- Carlos Cadona
Carlos Cadona, better known by his stage name 6025, was the first
drummer (from June to July 1978) and later second guitarist (from July 1978 to March 1979) for the Americanhardcore punk bandDead Kennedys . Due to his short tenure in the band and avoidance of the public eye since, very little is known about him, and he is most well-known for the mysteries surrounding his departure from the band.With Dead Kennedys
6025 started off as the drummer for the Dead Kennedys, playing on their first demos. After the demos, the band found a more experienced drummer,
Bruce Slesinger . 6025 left, but was invited back as second guitarist.6025's guitar playing with the band was very minimal and generally shadowed the bassline of
Klaus Flouride , with lead guitaristEast Bay Ray doing the majority of guitar work. 6025's writing style focused on chromatic, quirky time signature melodies and harmonies, creating polyrhythms against the other instruments. 6025's lyrics were notably different from the rest of the band's repertoire, focusing on strange, nonsensicalimagery and a morbid, fatalistic tone as opposed tovocalist /songwriter Jello Biafra 's politicalsatire .He wrote seven songs with the band - "Ill in the Head" and "Forward to Death", both of which appear on the band's debut album "
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables "; "Short Songs", "Gaslight", and "Straight A's", which appear on the live album "Live at the Deaf Club "; "Mutations of Today", which appears on "The 1978 Demos "; and "Religious Vomit", which appears on the EP "In God We Trust, Inc. ".He ultimately departed before the recording of any studio albums, but does guest as a second guitarist on the studio recording of "Ill in the Head". Following his departure, the Dead Kennedys auditioned numerous second guitarists and even -- having been inspired by
The Screamers -- considered replacing him with akeyboardist . Ultimately, the band decided to remain a four-piece.It was heavily rumored that 6025 did not leave of his own accord, but was ousted due to musical differences. According to East Bay Ray, 6025 left the band because he wanted to play
prog-rock , and felt the band's style was "too raunchy, too rock". In an interview, Klaus Flouride confirmed that 6025 and Jello Biafra became heavily opposed to the others' song-writing ideas, and after an argument culminating in a near fist-fight, 6025 chose to depart.After Dead Kennedys
After leaving Dead Kennedys, 6025 is rumored to have briefly played with
The Residents before being replaced by Philip "Snakefinger " Lithman. After this, 6025 disappeared completely from the public eye.In a 2005 interview with "Loud Fast Rules!" magazine, a spin-off of the magazine " [http://www.ampmagazine.com AMP] ", Klaus Flouride states that 6025 went on to become a
born-again Christian .6025 was eventually diagnosed with
schizophrenia . The Dead Kennedys' [http://www.deadkennedys.com official website] simply states that 6025 has been suffering from a disability since the early 1980s. In a 2003 interview for Russian [http://www.darkside.ru/interviews/deadkennedys-eng.html Darkside E-Zine] , East Bay Ray mentioned that 6025's mother acts as his legal trustee, and she presently receives all royalties on his behalf.In [http://www.alternativetentacles.com/bandinfo.php?band=deadkennedys&page=3 Alternative Tentacles bio] for Dead Kennedys, former Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra states that 6025 hasn't dropped out of music altogether, but that he is still trying to be "the
Captain Beefheart ofgospel music." 6025 has been working on a Christian punkrock opera for years that, due to his mental state he has decided he is now finished and not coming back ever again.See also
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iNh6BVZgJ0 1979 clip from last performance with 6025 (link at YouTube)]
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