KILL YR IDOLS
   
Originally Released on:

KILL YR IDOLS EP

also appears on:

  • Sonic Death (live '82/'83)
  • Overkill Yr Idols 7" (live '83)
  • Confusion is Sex/Kill Yr Idols CD
  • Live in Venlo (live '83)
  • The Walls Have Ears (live '85 - twice)
  • Gila Monster Jamboree video (live '85)
  • Live in Columbus video (live '85)
  • Live in Texas (live '86)
  • Smart Bar - Chicago 1985 (live '85)
  • Rarities 2 (live '83)
  • 10/05/85 "LIVE IN YUGOSLAVIA 1985/1987"
  • 04/12/86 "LIVE AT THE CONTINENTAL CLUB 1986"
  • 11/03/90 "LIVE IN IRVINE 1990"
  • 08/12/11 "LIVE IN BROOKLYN 2011"

  • Communicate Live At the James Poly (live '85)
  • Sub Pop 100

Line-up:
Thurston - guitar/vocals
Kim - bass
Lee - guitar
Bob Bert - drums

Lyrics   status: unconfirmed

I don't know why
You wanna impress Christgau
Ah let that shit die
And find out the new goal

Kill yr idols
Sonic death
It's the end of the world
Your confusion is sex

Kill yr idols
Sonic death
It's the end of the world
Your confusion is sex

Track length: 2:51

First Known Performance: 10/28/83
Last Known Performance:  08/12/11

NOTES:

  • Early live version retitled "I Killed Christgau With My Big Fuckin' Dick" by Byron Coley and released on the Forced Exposure "(Over)kill Yr Idols" 7". Robert Christgau was a Village Voice music critic who'd written a rather unfavourable review of an early SY show.
  • The Bob Bert version of Kill Yr Idols on the Walls Have Ears is retitled "Killed & Kicked Off".
  • Made its first live appearance in 11 years in 2003.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

  • "I Killed Christgau With My Big Fuckin' Dick"

  • On "Live in Venlo" - LIVE - 3:15

    Recorded live on 11/27/83 in Venlo, Holland.

  • On "Gila Monster Jamboree" - LIVE - ?

    Recorded live on 1/5/85 in the Mojave Desert. Released on home video.

  • On "Communicate" comp - LIVE - ?

    Recorded live on 3/23/85 in Thames, England. Appears on the "Communicate Live at the James Poly" compilation. Curiously, circulating versions of this show do not contain 'Kill Yr Idols'...

  • On "Live in Columbus" - LIVE - ?

    Recorded live on 8/1/85 in Columbus, Ohio @ Stache's. Released on Atavistic home video. Steve on drums now.

  • "Smart Bar - Chicago 1985" - LIVE - 2:32

    Recorded live 08/11/85 Chicago, IL @ Smart Bar.

  • "Killed & Kicked Off"

  • On "Walls Have Ears" - LIVE - ?

    Recorded live on 10/30/85 in London, England.

  • On "Live in Texas" - LIVE - 3:12

    Recorded live on 4/12/86 in Austin, Texas @ the Continental Club.