Get Dead is an American punk rock band from

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, California. They were formed in 2007 and were soon noticed by

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and signed to his label,

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History

Get Dead released their debut album ''Bad News'' in 2013 on

. Their second full length album for Fat Wreck Chords, ''Honesty Lives Elsewhere'', was released in 2016 and featured guest appearances by members of label-mate bands

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. In early 2019 the band revealed that they were recording their first album since 2016.

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used a Get Dead cover of "

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" by

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for their project entitled "Hate Breed" which was described by ''

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'' as "20 white men donned T-shirts, MAGA hats and custom collars and were paraded down the Hollywood Walk of Fame by people of color and members of the queer community." In 2020 the band released ''Dancing With The Curse''.

Band members

Current members *Sam King - lead vocals *Tim Mehew - bass, vocals *Mike McGuire - guitar, vocals *Scott Powell - drums, bellpepper *Kyle Santos - guitar Former members *Josh Garcia - drums, percussion, engineer, producer (All Get Dead releases) *David 'Moki' Marino - guitar, vocals (Forged In The Furnace of Rad, Tall Cans And Loose Ends, Bad News, Bygones, Honesty Lives Elsewhere) *JP Mangano - guitar, vocals (Letters Home, Self Titled EP) *Jeremy Korkki - guitar, vocals

References

External links

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