The Indigenous activist, nationally acclaimed visual artist and spoken-word performer reminds listeners 'We Were Punk First.'
wants to remind listeners that “We Were Punk First.” A nationally acclaimed visual artist and spoken-word performer, Deal recently filmed the band’s video for its single “Bad Indian” at, the DIY live-music space in west Denver. Following Dead Pioneers’ indie self-titled album release in September, the band performed at thein mid-January alongside Cheap Perfume and Elegant Everyone, and within just a few shows, Dead Pioneers is already generating serious local and national buzz.
Back in Colorado, Deal shared that recording with Rivera and Zweygardt, and they quickly realized they might have something special. “As we tried to figure out next steps,” Greg says, “we got so caught up in it that I just started writing.” After raising enough money to bring everyone together in Fort Collins, Deal partnered with the, the Fort Collins studio founded by Bill Stevenson of Descendents.
“That is such a dope line that had just been hiding on skateboard art for years,” Deal says, “and I knew it had to be something.” The resulting song is short, hard and fast, with lines calling out white supremacy, challenging self importance and decrying hipsters who try to commodify punk. Dead Pioneers’ debut ends with the haunting “No One Owns Anything, and Death is Real.” The song’s urgent environmental message calls out shallow materialist values against a backdrop of screaming guitars, almost wailing with the warning: “We told you this wouldn’t work.” Deal is a natural on stage and behind the mic, and it’s surprising that it’s taken till his forties to start a band.
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