Already Dead Music

The sound of punk has changed, and so have the bands that define the genre. But some attitudes remain steady, and one of the more vocal and proactive groups to hit the scene is Already Dead, a three-piece band hailing from Massachusetts. Led by songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist Dan Cummings, Already Dead is composed of blue collar musicians (rounded out by bassist Brandon Bartlett and drummer Nick Cali) that unequivocally support the middle class and the true builders and visionaries of every city and town. Before forming Already Dead, its members were raised on punk, ska, and hardcore bands, and mix in other influences across a spectrum of genres to create a sound that’s entirely their own.
Already Dead crashed the scene in Summer 2022 with debut single “Stability,” which instantly caught attention in their native New England. Debut album My Collar is Blue, recorded at The Bridge Sound and Stage in Cambridge, followed in October, and the seven-song sampler platter of punk helped earn Already Dead a nomination for Punk Artist of the Year at the 2022 Boston Music Awards.
Unable to rest or sit still for very long, new music quickly followed in 2023: A genre-bending collaboration with BOS The Rapper titled “Don’t Wake Me”; a punk rendition of the “Bread & Roses” protest song for Labor Day, complete with a live performance at the Bread & Roses festival in Lawrence; and acoustic rager “Landlord”, an impassioned rally to highlight our society’s collective financial instability. New album Something Like A War arrives with a fury in Summer 2024, led by first single “The Spirit of Massachusetts” in May.
Cummings has also been a vocal presence on the front lines of labor movements, performing his music in solidarity for the working class and speaking openly about the rights of blue-collar citizens to the media and on radio. With growing support in their backyard and beyond, Already Dead has been featured on WBUR, Boston’s NPR Station and GBH’s The Culture Show, as well as Dying Scene, New Noise Magazine, If It’s Too Loud, Rock & Roll Fables, Worcester Magazine, The Struggling Artist Podcast, That’s Good Enough For Me, Hump Day News, and elsewhere across the digital media landscape.
Call it punk, call it whatever you want. It’s Already Dead.