Radkey is an American punk rock band from

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formed in 2010 by brothers, Dee, Solomon, and Isaiah Radke.

History

Radkey consists of three home-schooled brothers from

. Isaiah Radke (bass), Solomon Radke (drums), and Dee Radke (lead vocals and guitar) who formed their family-titled band in 2010, and played their first show in 2011 when they opened for

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. With their dad, Matt Radke, as their manager, they have since played with the likes of the Foo Fighters,

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and performed at festivals like

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, Japan's Punkspring the U.K.’s

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, and

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. They have released two EPs since their inception: 2012’s ''Cat & Mouse'' with

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’s Wreckroom Records and 2013's ''Devil Fruit'' on Little Man Records. The band worked with

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, Drenge) to release their latest single, "Feed My Brain" and the team released their debut LP ''Dark Black Makeup'' in August 2015 The music video for their song "Glore" was featured near the ending of the episode "Shapes" of ''

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. Their debut album was re-released in 2016 under a new name, 'Delicious Rock Noise' and featuring two bonus tracks. In 2020, the group released their follow up album, Green Room.

Performances

Radkey's first chance to play Afropunk Fest in 2011 was cancelled due to Hurricane Irene. The band would then return to Brooklyn to play Afropunk in 2012. September 25, 2012 the trio tracked the single and video, ''Cat & Mouse'', for Wreckroom Records. The band had their first Daytrotter session January 30, 2013. Radkey's performances at

2012 attracts the attention of

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reporter Jim McKinley. On April 18, 2013, Radkey releases Spirals & N.I.G.G.A. (Not Okay) on Replay Records single 7" Following

2013, radio producer for

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introduces the music to Zane's program; Zane Lowe debuts two tracks - Spirals and Cat & Mouse on his show May 2, 2013. June 4, 2013 Radkey releases Cat & Mouse EP on Wreckroom Records. Radkey was invited to play at

in the UK - Summer 2013. While in Europe the band attracted critical press with

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, both in print and online. Radkey then went on to record their second EP, ''Devil Fruit'',with Joel Nanos at Element Studios Kansas City, Missouri. The EP is mixed by

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). The band then hits the road for their US tour in support of NAAM. September 24, 2013 radkey's video, ''Romance Dawn'', debuts on

. Directed by Shaun Hamontree (MK12 design crew, video for Common 'Go', Jack White & Alicia Keys 'Another Way to Die', Title design for Quantum of Solace, The Kite Runner and Stranger than Fiction). October 1, 2013 the band appeared on

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to perform ''Out Here in My Head''. The trio continued touring in late 2013 in support of Drenge,

and

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. Following their tour, the band recorded their latest single, ''Feed My Brain'', and the track, ''Digging the Grave'', with Justin Mantooth at Westend Studio, KC, MO - mixed by

. In early 2014 Radkey was featured in a print edition of

. In fall of 2014 Radkey went on tour with Rise Against and Touché Amoré The band toured in Europe and North America through 2015. The band predominantly toured North America through 2016. The band played at

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festival in Columbus, Ohio in May 2017. In summer of 2018 Radkey went on tour with

. In late 2018 they toured with British punk rock and psychedelic band The Damned.

Members

* Dee Radke - lead vocals, guitars * Isaiah Radke - bass, backing vocals * Solomon Radke - drums, backing vocals

Discography

LPs

*''Delicious Rock Noise'' (2016) *''Green Room'' (2020)

EPs

*''Cat & Mouse'' (2013) *''Devil Fruit'' (2013) *''No Strange Cats'' (2019)

Singles

*"Romance Dawn" (2013) *"Feed My Brain" (2014) *"Romance Dawn (UNKLE Reconstruction)" (2014) *"Dark Black Makeup" (2015) *"Marvel" (2016) *"Not Smart" (2016) *"You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" (2017) *"Basement" (2018) *"St. Elwood" (2018) *"Rock & Roll Homeschool" (2018) *"Junes" (2018) *"Portraits" (2019) *"Bend" (2020) *"Ain't No Sunshine" (2020) *"Seize" (2020) *"Underground" (2020)

References

External links

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