MDC (band) "burn in hell bloodclot faggot." The incident resulted in the MDC song "Pay to Come Along". For MDC, 1982 ended with a tour of Europe with the Dead Kennedys which brought the band greater exposure in the punk scene outside of the U.S., especially in the UK. In 1983 the band began to deemphasize the "Dead Cops" aspect of its name, as drummer Al Schvitz noted in a "Flipside" interview: It's a problem of people can't see the [name] concept, they take it as a violent action of saying what to do. ... When we chose the name we really
Speed The Band indie music website, IndieRockReviews.com (who called the band "Indie Rock Gods") as well as The Orange County Register. A follow-up second album is reported to be in the works. In March 2010, Speed The Band wrote and recorded a song called "Chelsea Runs" in tribute to Chelsea King, a recently slain San Diego youth whose cause immediately became the driving force behind new child protection laws in the state of California. The band released a music video for the song which quickly gained momentum and aided in the efforts of Chelsea's Light Foundation, an organization started by Brent and Kelly