6025
6025 (born Carlos Cadona) is an American musician who served as the second guitarist for the American punk rock band Dead Kennedys, from their formation in July 1978 to March 1979. Jello Biafra had met him at the Mabuhay Gardens, and asked him if he wanted to pose as the band’s drummer. 6025 then told Biafra that he could play guitar, and was invited to the group. Due to his very short tenure in the band and disappearance from the public eye almost immediately thereafter, very little is known about him, and the circumstances surrounding his departure from the band remain contested. (More from Wikipedia)
In certain circles at least, Dead Kennedys are as well known as the Grateful Dead. They are the founders of hardcore punk in the San Francisco Bay area, though most of that action was in Los Angeles.
As is common in the punk rock community, many of the bandmembers picked their own names: front man Jello Biafra, East Bay Ray, Klaus Fluoride and 6025; the latter gentleman left the band in 1979, perhaps because they weren't hardcore enough: One song of his that is included on their debut album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables is “Forward to Death” (as in: “I'm looking . . .”) and features the lyric: “I don't need this f--king world”.
(July 2012)
