Dead Pioneers, the Indigenous fronted punk-rock band from Denver CO, are preparing to unleash their fearsome third album ‘Wagon Burner’.

Dead Pioneers, the Indigenous fronted punk-rock band from Denver CO, are preparing to unleash their third album ‘Wagon Burner’, set for release on June 26th via Hassle Records.

Dead Pioneers is rooted in a 2020 piece called The Punk Pan-Indian Romantic Comedy, a deeply personal work that dealt with vocalist Gregg Deal’s cultural upbringing. Following an embryonic performance of the piece, Deal secured a grant to expand it to include music created especially for the work.

A miraculous, natural chemistry made this supposed one-off project an actual band almost as soon as they cut what became their 2023 self-titled debut album. What followed was ‘a series of strange accidents’ that led to the group signing to Hassle, befriending Jello Biafra and touring with kindred spirits like Pennywise, Pro