{"id":28196,"date":"2026-03-24T17:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=28196"},"modified":"2026-03-24T17:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:00:46","slug":"dead-pioneers-no-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=28196","title":{"rendered":"Dead Pioneers &#8211; No Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>DEAD PIONEERS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM \u2018WAGON BURNER\u2019 TO BE RELEASED JUNE 26<sup>TH<\/sup> VIA HASSLE RECORDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PRE-ORDER <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dead-pioneers.ffm.to\/wagon-burner\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dead Pioneers - No Kings (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hgMqN5Cv3mw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>NOW CONFIRMED TO PLAY THEIR FIRST UK FESTIVAL APPEARANCE AT 2000 TREES IN JULY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cNo kings, No masters \/ Kick against fascist bastards\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following their packed-out first EU and UK headline tour last month, Dead Pioneers, the Indigenous fronted band from Denver, are now preparing to unleash their third album \u2018Wagon Burner\u2019, set for release June 26<sup>th<\/sup> via Hassle Records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Succeeding the album\u2019s first statement with the initial single \u2018Nazi Teeth\u2019, a powerful attack on the upsurge of the far right and white supremacists, Dead Pioneers are back with a second single \u2018No Kings\u2019, which delivers an equally powerful punch to right-wing politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLast summer, there were protests all over the United States called \u2018No Kings\u2019, in opposition of the current administration, the policies they\u2019ve been implementing, and the rights they\u2019ve been taking away from citizens,\u201d explains frontman Gregg Deal. \u201cWhile the issues are obvious, it\u2019s important that we all say it out loud. It\u2019s important that we show up and make our opinions known, that we won\u2019t allow our inherent rights to be trampled upon for the benefit of the Epstein Class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNot unlike \u2018Nazi Teeth\u2019, \u2018No Kings\u2019 is meant to bring the points home,\u201d he continues. \u201cICE, rights being taken away, mass shootings, greed over life, demonising immigrants, black, brown and queer people, widened economic gaps by the Epstein class, and the sincere frustration Americans feel over this. While this is happening, we realise that the right-wing politics coming out of the United States is emboldening conservative right-wing politics all over the world. We are against dictators, authoritarian regimes, Nazis, fascism or any other power structure, political, social or otherwise that seeks to take away the rights, freedoms or lives of human beings trying to live their lives. To that, we keep it simple: NO KINGS.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dead-Pioneers-Mar-26-Derek-Bremner-lo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dead-Pioneers-Mar-26-Derek-Bremner-lo-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dead-Pioneers-Mar-26-Derek-Bremner-lo-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dead-Pioneers-Mar-26-Derek-Bremner-lo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dead-Pioneers-Mar-26-Derek-Bremner-lo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dead-Pioneers-Mar-26-Derek-Bremner-lo-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dead-Pioneers-Mar-26-Derek-Bremner-lo-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dead-Pioneers-Mar-26-Derek-Bremner-lo.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dead Pioneers is rooted in a 2020 piece called <em>The Punk Pan-Indian Romantic Comedy<\/em>, a deeply personal work that dealt with Deal\u2019s upbringing. Following an embryonic performance of the piece, Deal secured a grant to expand it to include music created especially for the work. \u201cThe idea was to mix spoken word with punk music,\u201d explains Deal, who hooked up with drummer Shane Zweygardt and guitarist Joshua Rivers during lockdown and began kicking the concept around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A miraculous, natural chemistry made this supposed one-off project an actual band almost as soon as they cut what became their 2023 eponymous debut album (\u201cWe approached it like I approach my visual art: execute quickly, first thought is best thought,\u201d Deal says), but they didn\u2019t necessarily take it seriously until, unexpectedly, the outside world did. \u201cI was like, we\u2019ve made this record \u2013 what should I do with it? Put it online?\u201d Deal remembers. The response was vigorously positive, and soon came demands to commit this noise to vinyl. A first thousand-copy pressing sold out in minutes. \u201cSo, then we pressed another thousand,\u201d he adds, still marvelling at it all. \u201cAnd then they were gone, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What followed was \u201ca series of strange accidents\u201d that led to the group signing to Hassle, befriending Jello Biafra and touring with kindred spirits like Pennywise, Propaghandi, and even Pearl Jam. \u201cPunk-rock had made everything seem so accessible when I was a kid,\u201d says Deal. \u201cLike, simply having the balls to get up on stage and stage dive and then be carried off by people that become your best friends once they get your feet back on the ground.\u201d Now, punk-rock was reaching out its hands to Dead Pioneers and pulling them onto larger and larger stages. The group returned that favour by simply getting better and better: their second album, 2025\u2019s <em>PO$T AMERICAN<\/em>, was sharper, angrier, funnier than the debut, a riot riveted with punch-a-Nazi thrills.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DeadPioneers-WagonBurner-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DeadPioneers-WagonBurner-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DeadPioneers-WagonBurner-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DeadPioneers-WagonBurner-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DeadPioneers-WagonBurner-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DeadPioneers-WagonBurner-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DeadPioneers-WagonBurner-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DeadPioneers-WagonBurner-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DeadPioneers-WagonBurner-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DeadPioneers-WagonBurner-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>And now, <em>Wagon Burner<\/em>, their fearsome third album. Described by Deal as \u201cmore collaborative\u201d, it\u2019s a heavier, harder but also more accessible set, vicious hooks scattered among the punk-rock melee and guest appearances by kindred spirits Cheap Perfume (on the righteous \u2018Nazi Teeth\u2019), The Interrupters (on the shout-a-long anthem \u2018Never Alone\u2019) and, bringing it back to the group\u2019s beginnings, Sleaford Mods (on the searing slow-burn of \u2018The Worst Among Us\u2019). The world might be darkening by the day, but Dead Pioneers are rising to that miserable occasion, casting their empowering light into the gloom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-order \u2018Wagon Burner\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/dead-pioneers.ffm.to\/wagon-burner\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-produced by Dead Pioneers and Chris Beeble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recorded at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dead Pioneers are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gregg Deal \u2013 vocals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Josh Rivera \u2013 guitar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abe Brennan &#8211; guitar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee Tesche \u2013 bass<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shane Zweygardt \u2013 drums<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See Dead Pioneers at the following dates in the UK and EU.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8 &#8211; IE R\u00f3is\u00edn Dubh, Galway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9 &#8211; IE The Workman&#8217;s Club, Dublin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11 &#8211; UK 2000 Trees Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 &#8211; DE Back To The Future Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>17 &#8211; DE Adieu Tristesse Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>18 &#8211; DE Seepogo Festival&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find Dead Pioneers online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deadpioneers.band\/\">HERE<\/a>:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEAD PIONEERS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM \u2018WAGON BURNER\u2019 TO BE RELEASED JUNE 26TH VIA HASSLE RECORDS PRE-ORDER HERE NOW CONFIRMED TO PLAY THEIR FIRST UK FESTIVAL APPEARANCE AT 2000 TREES IN JULY \u201cNo kings, No masters \/ Kick against fascist bastards\u201d Following their packed-out first EU and UK headline tour last month, Dead Pioneers, the Indigenous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[8867,1787,1818,1710,1681,1680,1833,2052],"class_list":["post-28196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dead-pioneers","tag-its-a-revolution","tag-new-album","tag-rpm-online","tag-rpmnews1","tag-rpmonline","tag-tourlife","tag-vinyl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28200,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28196\/revisions\/28200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}