The Dead 60s
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The Dead 60s were an English skaâpunk band formed in Liverpool, Merseyside, in 2003, with Matt McManamon on vocals and guitar, Ben Gordon on guitar and organ, Charlie Turner on bass and vocals, and Bryan Johnson on drums; the members met at Merchant Taylor's School for Boys in Crosby and originally performed as Rest Home before becoming Pinhole, releasing the EP 122 Duke Street in 2001 and the single "So Over You" / "Morning Rain" in 2002, which reached Number 8 in the Johnâ¯Peel Festive Fifty. After a brief split in 2003, the group reâemerged as The Dead 60s, signed to Deltasonic Records, and released their debut album The Dead 60s in the United States on 31â¯Mayâ¯2005 and in the United Kingdom on 26â¯Septemberâ¯2005; the single "Riot Radio" became the third most added track on Alternative Radio that year, behind Whiteâ¯Stripes and Coldplay. The band toured extensively across the United Kingdom, Europe, Japan, and the United States, performing at festivals such as Lollapalooza and the KROQ Weenie Roast, and appeared on the Vans Warped Tour. They relocated to Newâ¯York in 2007 to record Time to Take Sides, released on 13â¯Augustâ¯2007, and played to 30â¯000 at Ward Park, Bangor. The band announced their split on 8â¯Februaryâ¯2008; members later pursued individual projects, with Matt McManamon working on his solo album Scally Folk released in Mayâ¯2021.
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- Horizontal
- We Get Low
- The Last Resort
- New Town Disaster
- You're Not The Law
- Ghostfaced Killer
- A Different Age
- Red Light
- Control This
- Just Another Love Song
- Nationwide
- Loaded Gun
- Control This
- We Get Low
- Horizontal
- Riot Radio
- Police Radio
- Flight Mission
- Tower Block
- CNS Lazer Attack D-60
- No Good Town
- Game Over
- Train To Nowhere
- Soul Survivor
