POP/ROCK - April 15, 1987

Jello Biafra, lead singer of the defunct punk-rock band Dead Kennedys, and four record company associates pleaded innocent Monday to charges that they illegally distributed an obscene poster to a minor who purchased the Dead Kennedys LP “Frankenchrist.” Biafra, whose real name is Eric Boucher, and the others were charged last June after a teen-age girl bought the album as a gift for her 11-year-old brother. Inside was a reproduction of a painting by Swiss surrealist painter H.R. Giger depicting copulation. Trial is set for June 1.