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Gregg Deal Combines Punk, Indigenous Activism in Denver Band Dead Pioneers

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With his new musical project, Dead Pioneers, the Indigenous activist Gregg Deal 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 Seventh Circle Music Collective, the DIY live-music space in west Denver. Following Dead Pioneers’ indie self-titled album release in September, the band performed at the Skylark in mid-January alongside Cheap Perfume and Elegant Everyone, and within just a few shows, Dead Pioneers is already generating serious local and national buzz…

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