By Jason Heller, Westword | Denver band Dead Pioneers has had a humongous year. The group, fronted by Indigenous artist and activist Gregg Deal, released the incendiary song and video “Bad Indian” early in 2024, and we named it Best Punk Music Video in our annual Best of Denver issue. Then the song was voted one of NPR’s best by an unsigned band. Then, well, Dead Pioneers did get signed — to Hassle Records out of the UK, which worked with Alternative Tentacles, the legendary punk label owned by Jello Biafra, to release the 7” that AT was keen to put out on its own label but in partnership with Hassle. (Biafra, frontman of San Francisco trailblazing punk group Dead Kennedys, was a 1976 graduate of Boulder High School who remains involved in the Colorado music scene.)
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Read Westword’s full story here:
https://www.westword.com/music/pearl-jam-to-take-denver-band-on-tour-in-april-22749646
Photo: Dead Pioneers poster