Dead Rosetta Rocks SoCal
Photography By: Dylan Lucas (@asian_grom)
How many of us grew up listening to the Rock and Punk bands of the 80’s and 90’s? Bands that make music which speaks to the part of ourselves that wants to scream. Bands like System of a Down, Radiohead, or Avenged Sevenfold- who you can identify with and who give you a sense of freedom to feel whatever you want to. While these groups are all dear to our hearts, we need something new. A new sound or voice that can be heard and felt in waves. Thankfully for all of us, that new-next-best-thing is rising to popularity in the Southern California area, and their name is Dead Rosetta.
Creating music together since 2020, and later playing one of their first official shows on May 30th 2021, for the Plate O’ Shrimp Fest at Fiesta Island- Dead Rosetta has become a loved fixture in the San Diego show scene for years now. Using inspirations from the formerly mentioned bands, they have perfected a headbang blend of Alternative Hard Rock. Or, as they so fondly like to refer to themselves as “Alt-Metal-Death-Shit”. With Noah Miles on guitar and lead vocals, Max Castro as lead guitarist, Isabelle Bain on Bass, and drummer Joey Faddick, the 4 musicians that make up Dead Rosetta ensure a satisfied and sweaty crowd at the end of every show they play.
Writing songs mainly from their own experiences sprinkled in with some societal influences, their most mosh-inducing hits are ‘Ego’ (released June 3rd, 2022) and ‘King of Everything’, which was released on their first EP. Named ‘The Wasted’ this EP (released September 9th, 2021) includes 4 other songs titled- ‘Rate’, ‘Dolly Parton’, ‘Her Grip’, and ‘The Wasted’. Every single one of the 5 guaranteed to get you on your feet and belting out the lyrics. With a range of topics, Dead Rosetta’s songs detail personal insights. Such as ‘Her Grip’, written about a family member of one of the musicians, to hits like ‘Ego’, which take more of a sexual path- outlining getting to know someone in every way possible. Though no songs specifically focus on a single person for the entirety, the themes remain consistent throughout, telling stories through their eyes.
As for upcoming releases, which fans have been eagerly anticipating since the drop of ‘Hide’, (released January 27th, 2023) the wait is almost over! Dead Rosetta’s next music release date will be October 31st- the Halloween of 2023! With little information circling about as to whether it will be a single or an EP, make sure to keep checking their Instagram and Spotify for any extra details! Although, regardless of release dates, when you go to a Dead Rosetta show, usually you pick out a few sounds that aren’t on their spotify.
Anybody who’s been to a couple Dead Rosetta shows can tell that there’s some new songs thrown in the mix that we don’t know the names of. These songs are all in the process of being recorded, named, and apparently renamed? The band shared that they change up the names of their songs a lot, so until a song has a set title, they use fillers of animal names (example being that the interim name for ‘Ego’ was ‘Locusts’). Along with the new music they’ve been creating and adding into their current show lineup, Dead Rosetta shared that they’ll be re-recording and releasing at least two songs from ‘The Wasted’ EP. Without specifying which ones, you’ll have to go to their shows to play detective and see if you can figure out which ones it’ll be!
Dead Rosetta is gaining popularity for a multitude of reasons, and the music is only the beginning of it. Every show that they play, no matter crowd size or energy levels, they give it everything that they have, expressing a genuine love for the sounds they’ve created and the thoughts they have to express through that sound (if not a bit of ego praise as well, as Max humbly added in). And that flows all around them to every person they attract to their following. This is the true embodiment of the Rock, Alt, Punk, and Metal bands from the 80’s and 90’s. With dreams to play venues such as Glastonbury, The Switchfoot Bro-Am, a sold out Wembley stadium, and Coachella, (though it seems Joey may be the only one jonesing for that last stage) we don’t have any doubt that we’ll see Dead Rosetta’s name in lights one day soon.
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Written By: Mykah Worthington (@inside.reds.head)
Published: 10/03/2023