Skip Greer

{{Short description|Vocalist for US hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys}}

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| name = Skip Greer

| image = 2019 Dead Kennedys - Ron Greer - by 2eight - DSC4295.jpg

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| caption = Greer in 2019

| birth_name = Ronald Greer

| alias = Skip McSkipster

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| genre = Garage, punk

| years_active = 1992–present

| associated_acts = Wynona Riders, Dead Kennedys

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Ronald "Skip" Greer is the lead vocalist for the Dead Kennedys.{{cite web | title=Dead Kennedys | website=Time Out Los Angeles | date=2014-12-18 | url=https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/music/dead-kennedys | access-date=2021-03-15}}{{cite web | last=Colburn | first=Randall | title=Jello Biafra bashes Dead Kennedys' "dumb and clueless" praise of Mitt Romney | website=News | date=2021-01-07 | url=https://www.avclub.com/jello-biafra-isnt-happy-about-dead-kennedys-dumb-and-c-1846009044 | access-date=2021-03-15}} Greer joined the band in 2008, replacing Jeff Penalty, and is the band's longest-serving vocalist.{{cite news |last1=Staff |first1=OC Weekly |title=Dead Kennedys' East Bay Ray Says Band is Better Than Ever |url=https://www.ocweekly.com/dead-kennedys-east-bay-ray-says-band-is-better-than-ever-8240167/ |access-date=15 March 2021 |work=OC Weekly |date=July 12, 2017}}{{cite web | last=Callwood | first=Brett | title=Basslines and Protest Signs Part 29: Nazi Punks Fuck Off (Again) | website=idobi | date=2019-10-09 | url=https://idobi.com/editorial/basslines-and-protest-signs-part-29/ | access-date=2021-03-15}} He was a founding member of and vocalist for the Wynona Riders from 1992 through 1996 and has also performed with East Bay Ray and the Killer Smiles and the Lightouts.{{cite web | title=Garage punk The Killer Smiles release single "Raising the Stakes" | website=rockatnight.com | date=2020-06-10 | url=https://www.rockatnight.com/2020/06/garage-punk-the-killer-smiles-release-single-raising-the-stakes/ | access-date=2021-03-15}}{{cite web | title=Dead Kennedy's Singer Ron 'Skip' Greer Joins Brooklyn Indie Rock Band Lightouts | website=Indie Rock Cafe | date=2015-06-19 | url=https://indierockcafe.com/2015/06/dead-kennedys-singer-greer-joins-brooklyn-indie-rock-band-lightouts/ | access-date=2021-03-15}}{{cite web |last1=Prato |first1=Greg |title=Dead Kennedys' East Bay Ray on Their Explosive Live Legacy -- And His Hopes for Jello Biafra |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8506510/dead-kennedys-east-bay-ray-dk40-live |website=Billboard.com |access-date=15 March 2021}}

Greer is known for being a high-energy performer and being physically interactive with the audience.{{cite web | last=Lim | first=Alena | title=REVIEW: Dead Kennedys Bring Life to Classic Punk Performance at The Dive Bar in Las Vegas – California Rocker | website=California Rocker – Award-Winning Online Music Magazine | date=2017-06-17 | url=https://californiarocker.com/2017/06/17/review-dead-kennedys-bring-life-to-classic-punk-performance-at-the-dive-bar-in-las-vegas/ | access-date=2021-03-15}}{{cite magazine | title=C Tangana El Madrileno | magazine=The New Yorker | url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/night-life/c-tangana-el-madrileno | access-date=2021-03-15}}{{cite web | last=Fournier|first=Lilas|title=Dead Kennedys @ The Croxton|url=https://themusic.com.au/reviews/dead-kennedys-the-croxton-lilas-fournier/Gx8HDw4xMDM/07-11-18/| access-date=2021-03-16}} Greer's songwriting style has been called "more poetic" than that of his DK predecessor, though he has only written songs for the Killer Smiles.{{cite news |last1=Smart |first1=Amy |title=Dead Kennedys Surface in Capital |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/510058921/ |access-date=15 March 2021 |work=Times Colonist |date=September 29, 2012 |location=Victoria BC |page=32}} DK bassist Klaus Flouride has said this was what the band was looking for, saying "Skip is a good singer, a good performer, but he doesn't do Biafra."{{cite news |last1=Renner |first1=Lisa Milligan |title=Eternal Punk |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/667668051/ |access-date=16 March 2021 |work=Modesto Bee |date=January 28, 2011 |page=E16}}