The Audacity of Hype

The Audacity of Hype is an album released on October 20, 2009 by Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine on Alternative Tentacles. The name is a parody of Barack Obama's book The Audacity of Hope.

The Audacity of Hype
Studio album by Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine
Released	October 20, 2009
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	57:49
Label	Alternative Tentacles
Producer	Mr. Biafra
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine chronology
The Audacity of Hype (2009) Enhanced Methods of Questioning EP (2011)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Alternative Press
The Aquarian Weekly	(B+)
Punknews.org

Song origins

Some of the songs have previously been played by Biafra with other collaborators:

• "Electronic Plantation", "Panic Land", and "Three Strikes" originated from an unreleased collaboration with Biafra and The Heads.
• "New Feudalism" and "Electronic Plantation" were released by The No WTO Combo on the live album Live from the Battle in Seattle.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mr. Biafra

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Terror of Tinytown"	4:36
2.	"Clean As A Thistle"	4:14
3.	"New Feudalism"	2:38
4.	"Panic Land"	4:21
5.	"Electronic Plantation"	5:45
6.	"Three Strikes"	6:05
7.	"Strength Thru Shopping"	3:54
8.	"Pets Eat Their Master"	5:03
9.	"I Won't Give Up" (the song "I Won't Give Up" ends at 7:11. After 6 minutes of silence, at minute 13:11, starts a hidden track featuring all of the songs played at the same time)	21:13

Personnel

• Jello Biafra – Vocals
• Ralph Spight – Guitars
• Jon Weiss – Drums
• Billy Gould – Bass guitar
• Kimo Ball – Guitars

Additional personnel

• Ani Kyd – Back-up vocals on "Electronic Plantation" and "Pets Eat Their Masters"
• Pat Wynne – Back-up vocals
• Anne-Marie Anderson – Back up vocals