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Long-Running Self-Described Queerpunks the Dead Betties Imagine an ‘Impossible Future’
The Dead Betties have released "Impossible Future," the title track from their like-titled EP, out this fall.
The group, which finds singer-bassist Ackley playing along with drummer Derek Pippin and guitarist Eric Shepherd, formed in 2000 and have persisted against bigotry from all angles, whether fighting through neo-Nazis barring their entry into venues or in their private lives. Ackley, in particular, faced heat as the Vice President of Communications for Girl Scouts of the USA from the conservative media a decade ago simply for fronting the Dead Betties, which Breitbart described in square quotes as “homo-punk” and “homocore.” Ackley previously served as an assistant engineer for her archival tapes’ inclusion in NYU’s Bobst Library.
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