Dead Posey

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Dead Posey
Origin Los Angeles, California
Genres Alternative rock, post grunge, industrial rock, punk rock, Hard Rock
Years active2016 - Present
Labels Sumerian Position Music
Members Danyell Souza, Tony Fagenson
Website www.deadposey.com

Dead Posey is an American rock band founded in Los Angeles, California by lead singer Danyell Souza [1] and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Tony Fagenson. [2]

The band started releasing music independently in 2016 and signed a publishing deal with Position Music [3] soon after. On August 27, 2018 Dead Posey signed to rock/metal label Sumerian Records [4] and released three EP's with the label: Freak Show, [5] Malfunction, [6] and Malfunction X Broken Down. [7]

Dead Posey started releasing new music for their debut album due out Fall 2024. Ahead of the unreleased album, the band has received some early radio play with singles, "Can't Take Me Down", [8] which debuted on Kerrang! Radio's Fresh Blood hosted by Alex Baker and were The Featured Artist Of The Week. [9] Dead Posey's single "She Went Bad" was also featured on Sirius XM Octane Test Drive with host Jose Mangin. [10]

The band has played notable festivals Download, [11] Louder Than Life, [12] Aftershock, Shiprocked, [13] MadCool Festival summer 2024 [14] as well as toured with bands such as Theory of a Deadman, [15] Palaye Royale, Bones UK, [16] Through Fire, The Birthday Massacre, and Saul. [17]

Dead Posey's music has been featured in numerous television shows such as Syfy's Wynonna Earp, [18] Fox's Lucifer, MTV's Teen Wolf, Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, CBS's Fire Country, Netflix's Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father and The Most Hated Man On The Internet. Ads for Taco Bell, Sony PlayStation, Back 4 Blood , and Riot Games’ League of Legends have also featured their music. [19] In 2019 the bands song "Don't Stop The Devil" was the theme song for WWE's Elimination Chamber. [20]

Dead Posey has received positive writeups from the likes of Spin, [21] Guitar World [22] and Kerrang! Magazine. [23] Loudwire featured the band's single "Can't Take Me Down" among best rock and metal songs. [24] They collaborated with Hot Topic on their "I Like Scary Movies Experience" feature. Podcasts such as The Boo Crew, [25] The Fred Minnick Show, [26] and She Will Rock You have interviewed them. [1]

Influences

The band has cited Garbage, Nine Inch Nails, The Kills, Nirvana, Hole, Marilyn Manson, Depeche Mode, Rob Zombie, and PJ Harvey as musical influences and David Lynch, Edgar Allan Poe and Salvador Dalí, as artistic influences. [27]

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