My Just Deserve: Everything Hardcore, Emo and Alternative Music-related: Dead Tired

Photo by Nick Ball

Dead Tired are the more hardcore punk-influenced offshoot of vocalist George Pettit's Alexisonfire (alongside the other notable Alexisonfire offshoot, Cunter, who also have members of Moneen). Signed to New Damage Records, they take inspiration from everybody from Iggy Pop to D.R.I. The Hamilton, Ontario outfit has released 3 full-length including the avant-gardesque, bonecrushing 'Satan Will Follow You Home' from 2022. The band currently consists of Pettit (Alexisonfire) on vocals, Theo McKibbon on drums, Marco Bressette (Threat Signal) and Franz Stefanik on guitars, and Nick Ball on bass. Former drummer Chris Whetstone also plays in Born Wrong.

The band formed after Alexisonfire announced that they'd be going on hiatus, and they and released their debut self-titled album on April 7th, 2015. In the years following, while balancing other bands and personal life (including George becoming a professional firefighter), they would go on to release a handful of singles leading up to 2019's Full Volume.

Come 2020, where things would start slowing down, Dead Tired were featured in the Amazon Prime show 'The Boys' (Season 2, Episode 5) as a band performing live on stage. Just a fun fact about that show, it is completely filmed in Toronto, Canada, so it's nice to see them get bands that are local.

Fast forward to 2022, where they would hop on bills such as Past Present Future Fest and Anti-Fest, a festival/show held by punk rock act Anti-Flag, along with Cancer Bats and more. They also played a show with L.S. Dunes, which was their first show in 3 years.

With influences ranging from thrash metal and hardcore punk, to a more avant-garde "cosmic/noise punk" heavily influenced by the likes of Kyuss and Cave-In on 2022's Satan Will Follow You Home, Dead Tired is an essential band for any fan of any heavy Canadian band, whether it be Alexisonfire, Moneen, or Fucked Up.