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Dead Pioneers' vocalist, Gregg Deal, Indigenous artist (Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe), started this project as an extension to a performance piece titled “The Punk Pan-Indian Romantic Comedy”. With the intent to create original music for this performance piece, the Dead Pioneers were accidentally formed! Working closely with Josh and Shane, Gregg tried to form something over the Covid lockdown. Original music from Shane and Josh got things flowing, but things clicked when Gregg met Lee, lead guitarist for Algiers, at an art residency in Florida. Bad Indian was born! This gave enough information to begin forming songs and the overall voice of Dead Pioneers.
Rooted in the Punk aesthetic, Dead Pioneers is not afraid to tackle hard political and social issues, standing in solidarity of Indigenous rights, Black rights, Brown rights, Asian rights, Gay rights, Trans rights, Workers rights and beyond. From original songs to spoken word with punk riffs, Dead Pioneers was created with a love of music, a love of art and the DIY disposition of just figuring it out and seeing what happens.