The Radioactive Chicken Heads are a punk rock

Punk rock

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 band from Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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They are best known for their outrageous live shows and music videos, during which they perform wearing cartoonish mutant chicken and vegetable masks. They frequently have on-stage battles mid-song with enemies such as Badd Bunny, Liquid Fat, Evil Carrot, and Chucky Cheeze.

Originally formed in 1993 under the name Joe and the Chicken Heads, the group was influenced by the theatrical bands Green Jelly

Green Jellÿ

Green Jellÿ is a Grammy-nominated American comedy rock band formed in 1981. Originally named Green Jellö, the band changed its name due to legal pressure from the owners of the Jell-O trademark, Kraft Foods, who claimed that it was an infringement of their trademark...

 and GWAR

GWAR

Gwar is a satirical heavy metal band formed in Richmond, Virginia, United States, in 1984. The band is best known for its elaborate science fiction/horror film inspired costumes, obscene lyrics and graphic stage performances, which feature humorous enactments of politically and morally taboo...

 as well as the children's songs of Barry Louis Polisar

Barry Louis Polisar

Barry Louis Polisar is an author and singer-songwriter who writes children's music and numerous children's books, poems and stories.- Works :He has traveled throughout the United States and Europe as a visiting author in schools and libraries...

 and rock parodies of "Weird Al" Yankovic

"Weird Al" Yankovic

Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...

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The band changed their name to the Radioactive Chicken Heads in 2004. According to their official explanation, "We were forced to be named the Radioactive Chicken Heads because of new government regulations which require all radioactive farm products to be labeled clearly."
However in the Philip K. Dick novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick first published in 1968. The main plot follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter of androids, while the secondary plot follows John Isidore, a man of sub-normal intelligence who befriends some of the...

 mutants with sub-standard intelligence, due to radioactive dust in the atmosphere, are referred to as "chicken heads"

The Chicken Heads made their television debut on the Halloween 1998 episode of the Extreme Gong show, performing their song "Pest Control" . Although they were "gonged" in mid-performance, they finished the song anyway, claiming that they were playing so loud that they couldn't hear the gong. In 2000, they released their first CD, Keep On Cluckin'.

The Radioactive Chicken Heads released the album "Growing Mold" in March 2005 and were featured in Blender Magazine's

Blender (magazine)

Blender was an American music magazine that billed itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more". It was also known for sometimes steamy pictorials of celebrities....

 October 2005 issue in the "Weird Band Alert" column.

In November 2006, the Radioactive Chicken Heads appeared on The Tyra Banks Show

The Tyra Banks Show

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 television show performing "Our Last Song" on the "Tyra's Got Talent" episode in a spoof of the America's Got Talent

America's Got Talent

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 program.

In the summer of 2008, they released the album Music For Mutants which featured the song "Headless Mike" about the true story of Mike the Headless Chicken

Mike the Headless Chicken

Mike the Headless Chicken , also known as Miracle Mike, was a Wyandotte chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been mostly cut off...

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In the Fall of 2008, the Radioactive Chicken Heads embarked on their first national tour, opening for fellow theatrical comedy rock bands Green Jellÿ

Green Jellÿ

Green Jellÿ is a Grammy-nominated American comedy rock band formed in 1981. Originally named Green Jellö, the band changed its name due to legal pressure from the owners of the Jell-O trademark, Kraft Foods, who claimed that it was an infringement of their trademark...

 and Rosemary's Billygoat

Rosemary's Billygoat

Rosemary's Billygoat is an American horror punk and heavy metal band from California formed in 1991. The band features live stage theatrics such as pyrotechnic effects, horned guitars, and satanic props that are reminiscent of shows by artists such as Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper...

 in 60 cities across the United States.

The band recorded the theme song for the upcoming movie, "Atom the Amazing Zombie Killer" and released it on Poultry Uprising, a rarities album available as a limited edition CD and as a digital download in 2009.

The Radioactive Chicken Heads paid tribute to their earliest songwriting inspiration, Barry Louis Polisar

Barry Louis Polisar

Barry Louis Polisar is an author and singer-songwriter who writes children's music and numerous children's books, poems and stories.- Works :He has traveled throughout the United States and Europe as a visiting author in schools and libraries...

 by compiling and recording songs for We're Not Kidding! A Tribute to Barry Louis Polisar, a various artists tribute album

Tribute album

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 which was released in April 2010.

Current members

• Carrot Topp - vocals
• Cheri Tomato - guitar
• Sgt. Psyclopps - guitar
• Bird Brain - bass
• Puke Boy - drums
• Punky Rooster - accordion
• Wikkan Chicken - keyboards
• Frankenchicken - tambourine
• Bone Head aka Bone Master - trumpet
• El Pollo Diablo
• Pastafarian- saxophone

Albums

• 2000 - Keep On Cluckin'
• 2005 - Growing Mold
• 2008 - Music For Mutants
• 2009 - Poultry Uprising

Music videos

Year	Title	Director	Other information
2007	I Looked Into The Mirror	Roy Knyrim	A cover of a song by Barry Louis Polisar Barry Louis Polisar Barry Louis Polisar is an author and singer-songwriter who writes children's music and numerous children's books, poems and stories.- Works :He has traveled throughout the United States and Europe as a visiting author in schools and libraries...
2007	Pest Control	Roy Knyrim	Features a cameo appearance by Ron Jeremy Ron Jeremy Ronald Jeremy Hyatt , usually called Ron Jeremy, is an American pornographic actor. Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", he was ranked by AVN at number one in their "The 50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" list...  as the pizza chef
2008	Badd Bunny	Chrix Lanier
2010	I Eat Kids	Kyle Caraher