Which punk band recorded the song Holiday in Cambodia?

The Dead Kennedys recorded the song “Holiday in Cambodia.”

Released as the band's second single in 1980, the track was written by vocalist Jello Biafra and guitarist East Bay Ray. Its lyrics satirized privileged Western students by contrasting campus life with the brutality of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia.

The song became one of the Dead Kennedys' best-known recordings and a major example of the politically focused hardcore punk emerging from San Francisco. Its fast rhythm, sharp guitar sound, and confrontational subject matter made it an important early release for the band.

The title refers to Cambodia under Pol Pot, whose Khmer Rouge government ruled from 1975 to 1979. The song is sometimes treated as a straightforward travel reference, but its central idea is ironic: it imagines privileged people experiencing the historical violence they can ignore from a distance.