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Dead Bhuttos are a Taqwacore band from Islamabad Pakistan.  Formed by Imran Malik, Basim Usmani, Ali Malik & Omair Chowdhry in 2007, when Pakistan was in the throes of a tumultuous political climate.  In their song, ‘Teri Assi Ki Tassi’ (Urdu: roughly translates to “screw you”/words you say right before you pounce on someone.) they criticize corrupt police officers and the actions of the mafia-like political party known as the MQM (Muttahida Quami Movement Urdu: متحدہ قومی موومنٹ).  The band name is an homage to the seminal punk band The Dead Kennedy’s, as the Bhuttos are Pakistan’s own version  of a long standing nepotistic political family frought with a history of mysterious deaths and assassinations.

Sample Lyrics:

“Rolling past a mehran on fire, a new widow wails on the wire, you’ll probably be dead before you retire / Who let these monkeys out of their cage?, Uss bhaiyya nu wapas bhej [translation: Bring that brother back over here] If this keeps up then we don’t need no Bush bombing us back to the stone age!”