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'''Dead Pony''', formerly known as '''Crystal''', is a rock ] from ]. The band started as a duo comprising vocalist Anna Shields and guitarist Blair Crichton after she wanted a guitarist to make music with. After she formed Crystal with Crichton and three of her university classmates, the band supported ] at a ] concert, appeared on ]''<nowiki/>'s Unsigned Heroes'', and released the ''Sex Rich'' EP. Shields and Crichton then formed a quartet with bassist Lizzie Reid and drummer Aidan McAllister and released numerous singles, before Liam Adams replaced Reid and the band changed their name to Dead Pony. After Euan Lyons replaced McAllister, the band released the EP ''War Boys'', which was inspired by the 2015 movie ], and performed at numerous festivals. Their 2024 album, ''Ignore This'', charted at No. 8 on the ]. '''Dead Pony''', formerly known as '''Crystal''', is a band from ] formed in 2015. Initially a duo comprising Anna Shields and Blair Crichton, they formed Crystal with three of their university classmates. Two years later, Shields and Crichton then formed a new quartet with Lizzie Reid and Aidan McAllister and released numerous singles, before Liam Adams replaced Reid. The band changed their name to Dead Pony in 2020.

After Euan Lyons replaced McAllister, the band released the EP ''War Boys'' and the album ''Ignore This''; the latter charted at No. 8 on the ]. They have variously been inspired by ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]. Their music is generally classified as ] and ].

== History == == History ==
=== 2015–2019: Formation and early releases === === 2015–2019: Formation and early releases ===
In 2015,<ref name=":1" /> Glasgow ] Anna Shields contacted fellow Glaswegian Blair Crichton, as she wanted a guitarist to make music with.<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |last=McQuade |first=Christopher |date=2017-06-22 |title=Glasgow band CRYSTAL warm up for new single |url=http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/glasgow-band-crystal-warm-up-13225327 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Glasgow Live |language=en}}</ref> The pair bonded over their love of 1990s ] bands,<ref name=":1" /> and eventually began making music as a duo,<ref name=":16" /> choosing the name Crystal after an early track reminded Shields of a '']'' sound effect triggered by Spyro collecting gems and crystals.<ref name=":1" /> Shields and Crichton were later joined by Lewis Clarke, George McGarrity, and Ross Taylor, who Shields was studying commercial music alongside at the ].{{efn|{{unbulleted list citebundle|For Taylor's name being Ross, see <ref name=":17" />.|For everything else, see <ref name=":16" />.}}}} The band first came to prominence in 2016 after winning a competition to support Paolo Nutini at a BBC Scotland's Hogmanay concert.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=CRYSTAL - Heaven (Video Premiere): The Skinny |url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/new-music/crystal-heaven-video-premiere |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=www.theskinny.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> After being featured on ''Tony Visconti's Unsigned Heroes'',<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2018-07-28 |title=Sneaky Pete's |url=https://www.sneakypetes.co.uk/2018/07/27/sahara-sleepless-giants-crystal-spynn/ |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Sneaky Pete's |language=en}}</ref> a ] series,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cairns |first=Dan |date=2024-07-07 |title=Tony Visconti and his Unsigned Heroes |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/tony-visconti-unsigned-heroes-sky-arts-bowie-bolan-95ddwr2fn |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref> they released the singles "Passed Down"<ref name=":16" /> and "Sugar Sweet"<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Crystal, Scotland On Sunday, 8 April 2018 |url=https://www.newfoundsound.co.uk/blog/crystal-scotland-on-sunday-8-april-2018 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=New Found Sound |language=en-GB}}</ref> and the EP, ''Sex Rich''.<ref name=":3" /> In 2015,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Greenhorn |first=Sean |date=29 March 2022 |title=CRYSTAL: 'We're always evolving as artists and getting better at writing and performing' |url=https://list.co.uk/news/5553/crystal-were-always-evolving-as-artists-and-getting-better-at-writing-and-performing |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729151809/https://list.co.uk/news/5553/crystal-were-always-evolving-as-artists-and-getting-better-at-writing-and-performing |archive-date=29 July 2024 |access-date=7 July 2024 |website=list.co.uk}}</ref> Anna Shields, seeking a guitarist to make music with, contacted Blair Crichton.<ref name=":16">{{Cite web|last=McQuade|first=Christopher|date=22 June 2017|title=Glasgow band CRYSTAL warm up for new single|url=http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/glasgow-band-crystal-warm-up-13225327|access-date=10 July 2024|website=Glasgow Live|archive-date=10 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710114024/https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/glasgow-band-crystal-warm-up-13225327|url-status=live}}</ref> The pair bonded over their love of 1990s ] bands,<ref name=":1" /> and eventually began making music as a duo.<ref name=":16" /> They chose the name Crystal after an early track reminded Shields of a '']'' sound effect triggered by Spyro collecting gems and crystals.<ref name=":1" /> Shields and Crichton were later joined by Lewis Clarke, George McGarrity, and Ross Taylor, who Shields was studying alongside at the ].{{efn|{{unbulleted list citebundle|For Taylor's name being Ross, see <ref name=":17" />.|For everything else, see <ref name=":16" />.}}}} The band won a competition to support Paolo Nutini at a BBC Scotland's Hogmanay concert<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=24 April 2018|title=CRYSTAL - Heaven (Video Premiere)|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/new-music/crystal-heaven-video-premiere|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220632/https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/new-music/crystal-heaven-video-premiere|archive-date=9 July 2024|access-date=7 July 2024|website=www.theskinny.co.uk}}</ref> and released the singles "Passed Down"<ref name=":16" /> and "Sugar Sweet" in 2017.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Mackinnon|first=Derick|title=Under the Radar: Crystal|last2=Furniss|first2=Olaf|date=8 April 2018|publisher=]|pages=39}}</ref>


The band then diversified into blues rock and then into grunge;<ref name=":1" /> around this time, Clarke, McGarrity, and Taylor left. The duo were later formed a quartet with acoustic folk musician Lizzie Reid,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=CRYSTAL: 'We're always evolving as artists and getting better at writing and performing' {{!}} News & Features - The List |url=https://list.co.uk/news/5553/crystal-were-always-evolving-as-artists-and-getting-better-at-writing-and-performing |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=list.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> the granddaughter of the trade unionist ],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-11 |title=Granddaughter of Jimmy Reid could be Scotland’s answer to Joni Mitchell |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20270182.scotlands-joni-mitchell-jimmy-reids-grandaughter-lizzie-reid/ |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=The Herald |language=en}}</ref> and blues rock musician Aidan McAllister.<ref name=":1" /> In 2018, they released "Heaven", a track written from the perspective of a ] questioning their belief system, alongside a music video.<ref name=":2" /> They then released "Sex Rich" in January 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=PREMIERE: CRYSTAL 'Sex Rich' {{!}} New Music |url=https://www.tenementtv.com/tracks/premiere-crystal-sex-rich/ |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Tenement TV}}</ref> and "Sugar Sweet" in April 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CRYSTAL 'Sugar Sweet' {{!}} Listen |url=https://www.tenementtv.com/tracks/crystal-sugar-sweet/ |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Tenement TV}}</ref> After winning Pirate Prodigy 2019,<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2019-08-09 |title=This Feeling Track of the Day: Crystal 'Speak Of The Devil' |url=https://www.gigslutz.co.uk/this-feeling-track-of-the-day-crystal-speak-of-the-devil/ |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Gigslutz |language=en-US}}</ref> a competition operated by Pirate Studios,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pirate Studios launch a hunt for fresh UK talent with their Pirate Prodigy programme |url=https://dmy.co/news/pirate-studios-pirate-prodigy |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=dmy.co |language=en-GB}}</ref> they released "Speak of the Devil".<ref name=":5" /> Reid then left the band<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=TTV TALKS: Dead Pony on their name change, signing to LAB Records, future plans and more |url=https://www.tenementtv.com/interviews/ttv-talks-dead-pony/ |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Tenement TV}}</ref> and was replaced by Liam Adams in late 2019.<ref name=":9">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvAEVK1QGQI |title=Interview with Dead Pony - Glastonbury Festival 2022 |date=2022-06-27 |last=The Sound Lab |access-date=2024-07-08 |via=YouTube}}</ref> The band diversified into blues rock and then into grunge; around this time, Clarke, McGarrity, and Taylor left.<ref name=":1" /> Shields and Crichton would later form a quartet with Lizzie Reid and Aidan McAllister.<ref name=":1" /> In 2018, they released "Heaven", a track written from the perspective of a ] questioning their belief system, alongside a music video.<ref name=":2" /> The group released "Sex Rich" in January 2019<ref>{{Cite web|last=Oswald|first=Suzanne|date=11 January 2019|title=PREMIERE: CRYSTAL 'Sex Rich' {{!}} New Music|url=https://www.tenementtv.com/tracks/premiere-crystal-sex-rich/|access-date=7 July 2024|website=Tenement TV}}</ref> and re-released "Sugar Sweet" in April 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Oswald|first=Suzanne|title=CRYSTAL 'Sugar Sweet'|url=https://www.tenementtv.com/tracks/crystal-sugar-sweet/|access-date=7 July 2024|website=Tenement TV|archive-date=9 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220635/https://www.tenementtv.com/tracks/crystal-sugar-sweet/|url-status=live}}</ref> After winning the Pirate Prodigy 2019 contest, they released "Speak of the Devil".<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Murphy|first=Georgia|date=9 August 2019|title=This Feeling Track of the Day: Crystal 'Speak Of The Devil'|url=https://www.gigslutz.co.uk/this-feeling-track-of-the-day-crystal-speak-of-the-devil/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220633/https://www.gigslutz.co.uk/this-feeling-track-of-the-day-crystal-speak-of-the-devil/|archive-date=9 July 2024|access-date=7 July 2024|website=Gigslutz}}</ref> Reid then left the band<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ewins |first=Eamon |date=15 April 2020 |title=TTV TALKS: Dead Pony on their name change, signing to LAB Records, future plans and more |url=https://www.tenementtv.com/interviews/ttv-talks-dead-pony/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220632/https://www.tenementtv.com/interviews/ttv-talks-dead-pony/ |archive-date=9 July 2024 |access-date=7 July 2024 |website=Tenement TV}}</ref> and was replaced by Liam Adams in late 2019.<ref name=":9">{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvAEVK1QGQI|title=Interview with Dead Pony - Glastonbury Festival 2022|date=27 June 2022|last=The Sound Lab|access-date=8 July 2024|via=YouTube|archive-date=9 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220632/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvAEVK1QGQI|url-status=live}}</ref>


=== 2020–2022: Name change and ''War Boys'' === === 2020–2022: Name change and ''War Boys'' ===
{{quote box|"A horse – a pony – is one of the most beautiful, majestic creatures on the planet, and there’s something really tragic about the idea of it lying there dead. That sense of waste, and the anger and confusion it brings, reflects what we’ve been feeling recently – but coming to terms with it has kinda’ become the vibe of this band."{{sic}} {{quote box|"A horse – a pony – is one of the most beautiful, majestic creatures on the planet, and there's something really tragic about the idea of it lying there dead. That sense of waste, and the anger and confusion it brings, reflects what we've been feeling recently – but coming to terms with it has kinda' become the vibe of this band."{{sic}}
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In April 2020,<ref name="tsl">{{cite web |title=Dead Pony |url=http://thesunflowerlounge.com/events/dead-pony/ |accessdate=9 July 2024 |publisher=The Sunflower Lounge}}</ref> the band renamed themselves "Dead Pony", which was the original title of their then-unreleased track "Everything is Easy".<ref name=":0" /> The song is an attempt at conveying the feelings of betrayal the band had felt as children when they were told that ] was fictional.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dead Pony confront the brutal realities of growing up in frantic “Everything is Easy” {{!}} Best Fit |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/dead-pony-everything-is-easy |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-US}}</ref> They did this as Shields and Crichton wanted to tighten up their image.<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |date=2020-11-27 |title=Dead Pony: Bridging the chasm between chaos and harmony |url=https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/weekender/18904576.dead-pony-bridging-chasm-chaos-harmony/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Alloa and Hillfoots Advertiser |language=en}}</ref> Shields and Reid released a remote cover of ]'s "]" during the pandemic, and "Everything is Easy" was released on 1 May 2020, their first release on ].{{efn|{{unbulleted list citebundle|For the fact that the Fleetwood Mac cover was "Dreams", see <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/DeadPonyBand/videos/fleetwood-mac-dreams-virtual-collab-anna-lizzie/2656253961323556/|title=Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (Virtual Collab) Anna & Lizzie {{!}} hello everyone! i hope you're doing okay. amidst this mass quarantine, I thought it would be nice to do a virtual collab with Lizzie to (hopefully) lift your spirits a bit. this is one of our favourite songs ever and it was so much fun to record our rendition of it. i hope we did it justice 🙂 thank you to my angel Lizzie Reid for recording this with me. it was so nice to sing with you again even if it was over a computer screen 💘💘💘 anyway, stay safe and see you shortly. love, anna xx|publisher=]|accessdate=8 July 2024}}</ref>.|For everything else, see <ref name=":0" />.}}}} A subsequent track, "Sharp Tongues", addressed rumours and those who started them and was released in July,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=2020-07-23 |title=Dead Pony Strike Back With New Single 'Sharp Tongues' |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/dead-pony-strike-back-with-new-single-sharp-tongues/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |language=en-GB}}</ref> with a self-shot music video released that September.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-10 |title=Dead Pony have released a new video for 'Sharp Tongues' |url=https://readdork.com/news/dead-pony-video-for-sharp-tongues/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> In November 2020, the band were nominated for "Best Rock/Alternative Act" at the ],<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2020-11-05 |title=Dead Pony Share Punishing New Cut '23, Never Me' |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/dead-pony-share-punishing-new-cut-23-never-me/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |language=en-GB}}</ref> an award won by Fauves;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holland |first=Cath |date=2020-11-24 |title=Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMA) 2020 Winners Revealed - God Is In The TV |url=https://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2020/11/24/scottish-alternative-music-awards-sama-2020-winners-revealed/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> they were later nominated for that award ceremony's Sound of Young Scotland Award in 2022, which was won by Berta Kennedy.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=Fergus McCreadie's 'Forest Floor' revealed as winner of Scottish Album of the Year Award |url=https://www.creativescotland.com/news-stories/latest-news/archive/2022/10/fergus-mccreadie-forest-floor-winner-say-award |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=www.creativescotland.com |language=en}}</ref> In April 2020,<ref name="tsl">{{cite web|title=Dead Pony|url=http://thesunflowerlounge.com/events/dead-pony/|access-date=9 July 2024|publisher=The Sunflower Lounge|archive-date=29 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729151815/http://thesunflowerlounge.com/events/dead-pony/|url-status=live}}</ref> the band renamed themselves "Dead Pony", which was the original title of their then-unreleased track "Everything is Easy".<ref name=":0" /> The song is an attempt at conveying the feelings of betrayal the band had felt as children when they were told that ] was fictional.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Miles|first=Ben|date=1 May 2020|title=Dead Pony confront the brutal realities of growing up in frantic "Everything is Easy"|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/dead-pony-everything-is-easy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220632/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/dead-pony-everything-is-easy|archive-date=9 July 2024|access-date=8 July 2024|website=The Line of Best Fit}}</ref> By changing the name of the band, Shields and Crichton sought to tighten up its image.<ref name=":18">{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Iain|date=27 November 2020|title=Dead Pony: Bridging the chasm between chaos and harmony|url=https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/weekender/18904576.dead-pony-bridging-chasm-chaos-harmony/|access-date=8 July 2024|website=Alloa and Hillfoots Advertiser}}</ref> "Everything is Easy" was released on 1 May 2020, their first release on ].<ref name=":0" /> A subsequent track, "Sharp Tongues", focusing on rumours and those who start them, was released in July,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=23 July 2020|title=Dead Pony Strike Back With New Single 'Sharp Tongues'|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/dead-pony-strike-back-with-new-single-sharp-tongues/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220634/https://www.clashmusic.com/news/dead-pony-strike-back-with-new-single-sharp-tongues/|archive-date=9 July 2024|access-date=8 July 2024|website=Clash Magazine}}</ref> with a self-shot music video released that September.<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 September 2020|title=Dead Pony have released a new video for 'Sharp Tongues'|url=https://readdork.com/news/dead-pony-video-for-sharp-tongues/|access-date=8 July 2024|website=Dork|archive-date=5 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605064134/https://readdork.com/news/dead-pony-video-for-sharp-tongues/|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2020, the band were nominated for "Best Rock/Alternative Act" at the ],<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|date=5 November 2020|title=Dead Pony Share Punishing New Cut '23, Never Me'|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/dead-pony-share-punishing-new-cut-23-never-me/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729151756/https://www.clashmusic.com/news/dead-pony-share-punishing-new-cut-23-never-me/|archive-date=29 July 2024|access-date=8 July 2024|website=Clash Magazine}}</ref> an award won by Fauves;<ref>{{Cite web|last=Holland|first=Cath|date=24 November 2020|title=Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMA) 2020 Winners Revealed|url=https://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2020/11/24/scottish-alternative-music-awards-sama-2020-winners-revealed/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220632/https://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2020/11/24/scottish-alternative-music-awards-sama-2020-winners-revealed/|archive-date=9 July 2024|access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref> they were later nominated for that award ceremony's Sound of Young Scotland Award in 2022, which was won by Berta Kennedy.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|title=Fergus McCreadie's 'Forest Floor' revealed as winner of Scottish Album of the Year Award|url=https://www.creativescotland.com/news-stories/latest-news/archive/2022/10/fergus-mccreadie-forest-floor-winner-say-award|access-date=9 July 2023|website=www.creativescotland.com}}</ref>


Later that month, the band announced that they were working on an EP and released "23, Never Me",<ref name=":7" /> a ] track<ref>{{Cite web |title=15 of the Best New Bands from Scotland |url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3394065/13-of-the-best-new-bands-from-scotland/ |access-date=9 July 2024 |website=]}}</ref> about ending unhealthy friendships.<ref name=":7" /> The cover art for the single featured a recently-administered tattoo of the track's title on Shields' arm, which was performed by the drummer for ].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-11-17 |title=Dead Pony: 'People don’t really sing about friendship breakups. To me, they can be more hurtful than relationship breakups.' |url=https://glasgowguardian.co.uk/2020/11/17/dead-pony-people-dont-really-sing-about-friendship-breakups-to-me-they-can-be-more-hurtful-than-relationship-breakups/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=The Glasgow Guardian |language=en-GB}}</ref> Euan Lyons replaced McAllister in mid-2021;{{efn|{{unbulleted list citebundle|For the fact that he replaced McAllister, see <ref name=":8"/>.|For mid-2021, see <ref name=":9" />.|For the fact that his name was in fact ''Euan'' Lyons, see <ref name="jonah">{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/under-the-radar-jonah-eli-3819666|title=Under the Radar: Jonah Eli|publisher=]|accessdate=8 July 2024}}</ref>.}}}} by August 2022, McAllister was gigging as half of the alternative rock duo Brasser.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-07 |title=Brasser at The Hug and Pint, Glasgow on 07 Aug 2022 |url=https://www.thehugandpint.com/events/2022-08-07-the-hug-and-pint |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=The Hug and Pint}}</ref> The band then released a further single in March 2022, "Bullet Farm",<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dead Pony 'Bullet Farm' {{!}} New Music |url=https://www.tenementtv.com/tracks/dead-pony-bullet-farm/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Tenement TV}}</ref> which was based around a riff from a chase scene in ].<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Future Sound: Dead Pony {{!}} News & Features - The List |url=https://list.co.uk/news/42793/future-sounds-dead-pony |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=list.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> They then supported ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Shiona |date=2022-05-18 |title=PHOTO GALLERY: Twin Atlantic, Declan Welsh And The Decadent West, Dead Pony, Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, 12/05/2022 |url=https://www.bringthenoiseuk.com/202205/photo-galleries/photo-gallery-twin-atlantic-declan-welsh-and-the-decadent-west-dead-pony-barrowland-ballroom-glasgow-12-05-2022 |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Bring the Noise UK |language=en-US}}</ref> That June, they released "Zero" and announced their debut EP, ''War Boys'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Sam |date=2022-06-09 |title=Dead Pony embrace their rock side with new single 'Zero', from their debut EP |url=https://readdork.com/news/dead-pony-debut-ep/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> which was entirely Mad Max-themed.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvcp8SdRC9A |title=Dead Pony interview - Touring, Mad Max, perseverance, musical growth and more! (2022) |date=2022-12-17 |last=FaceCulture |access-date=2024-07-08 |via=YouTube}}</ref> They then played ] on the ] stage,<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-11 |title=BBC Music - Glastonbury, 2022, Wolf Alice present BBC Music Introducing at Glastonbury |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ck5dz5 |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> before releasing the EP's title track and then the EP that September.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heasley |first=Ellis |date=2022-09-02 |title=Dead Pony release new song 'War Boys' |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/dead-pony-release-new-song-war-boys/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Distorted Sound Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> Later that month, the band announced that they were working on an EP and released "23, Never Me",<ref name=":7" /> a ] track<ref>{{Cite web|last=McConnell|first=Ryan|date=15 December 2020|title=15 of the Best New Bands from Scotland|url=https://www.gigwise.com/features/3394065/13-of-the-best-new-bands-from-scotland/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220632/https://www.gigwise.com/features/3394065/13-of-the-best-new-bands-from-scotland/|archive-date=9 July 2024|access-date=9 July 2024|website=]}}</ref> about ending unhealthy friendships.<ref name=":7" /> Euan Lyons replaced McAllister in mid-2021.{{efn|{{unbulleted list citebundle|For the fact that he replaced McAllister, see <ref name=":8"/>.|For mid-2021, see <ref name=":9" />.|For the fact that his name was in fact ''Euan'' Lyons, see <ref name="jonah">{{cite web|last=Mackinnon|first=Derick|last2=Furniss|first2=Olaf|url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/under-the-radar-jonah-eli-3819666|title=Under the Radar: Jonah Eli|date=28 August 2022|publisher=]|access-date=8 July 2024|archive-date=9 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220631/https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/under-the-radar-jonah-eli-3819666|url-status=live}}</ref>.}}}} The band then released a further single in March 2022, "Bullet Farm",<ref>{{Cite web|last=Oswald|first=Suzanne|date=24 March 2022|title=Dead Pony 'Bullet Farm'|url=https://www.tenementtv.com/tracks/dead-pony-bullet-farm/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220632/https://www.tenementtv.com/tracks/dead-pony-bullet-farm/|archive-date=9 July 2024|access-date=8 July 2024|website=Tenement TV}}</ref> which was based around a riff from a chase scene in '']'' (2015).<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|last=Shepherd|first=Fiona|date=30 September 2022|title=Future Sound: Dead Pony {{!}} News & Features - The List|url=https://list.co.uk/news/42793/future-sounds-dead-pony|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930114858/https://list.co.uk/news/42793/future-sounds-dead-pony|archive-date=30 September 2022|access-date=9 July 2023|website=list.co.uk}}</ref> That June, they released "Zero" and announced their debut EP, ''War Boys'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Taylor|first=Sam|date=9 June 2022|title=Dead Pony embrace their rock side with new single 'Zero', from their debut EP|url=https://readdork.com/news/dead-pony-debut-ep/|access-date=8 July 2024|website=Dork|archive-date=29 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729151828/https://readdork.com/news/dead-pony-debut-ep/|url-status=live}}</ref> which was entirely Mad Max-themed;<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvcp8SdRC9A|title=Dead Pony interview - Touring, Mad Max, perseverance, musical growth and more! (2022)|date=17 December 2022|last=FaceCulture|access-date=8 July 2024|via=YouTube|archive-date=9 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220631/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvcp8SdRC9A|url-status=live}}</ref> they released the EP's title track and then the EP that September,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Heasley|first=Ellis|date=2 September 2022|title=Dead Pony release new song 'War Boys'|url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/dead-pony-release-new-song-war-boys/|access-date=8 July 2024|website=Distorted Sound Magazine|archive-date=29 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729152733/https://distortedsoundmag.com/dead-pony-release-new-song-war-boys/|url-status=live}}</ref> followed by a cover version of ]'s "]" in December.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|last=Weaver|first=James|date=11 December 2022|title=Dead Pony release new cover of Nelly Furtado's 'Maneater'|url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/dead-pony-release-new-cover-of-nelly-furtados-monster/|access-date=9 July 2024|website=Distorted Sound Magazine|archive-date=9 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220632/https://distortedsoundmag.com/dead-pony-release-new-cover-of-nelly-furtados-monster/|url-status=live}}</ref>


=== 2023–present: ''Ignore This'' and festivals === === 2023–present: ''Ignore This'' ===
]The band supported ] that November,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lear |first=Mark |date=2022-11-23 |title=Mother Mother in Manchester: Massive appreciation from the crowd which could be the ‘concert of the year’ |url=https://www.rockatnight.com/2022/11/mother-mother-in-manchester-massive-appreciation-from-the-crowd-which-could-be-the-concert-of-the-year/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |language=en-US}}</ref> before releasing a cover version of ]'s "]" the following month.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Weaver |first=James |date=2022-12-11 |title=Dead Pony release new cover of Nelly Furtado's 'Maneater' |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/dead-pony-release-new-cover-of-nelly-furtados-monster/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Distorted Sound Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> In June 2023, they then released "MK Nothing", a track Shields wrote after dreaming of a woman brainwashed by ] to assassinate villains,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-06 |title=Listen to Dead Pony’s explosive new single, MK Nothing |url=https://www.kerrang.com/listen-to-dead-ponys-explosive-new-single-mk-nothing |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Kerrang! |language=en}}</ref> alongside a music video.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Sam |date=2023-06-06 |title=Dead Pony's new single is about a girl who's mind controlled to assassinate bad guys |url=https://readdork.com/news/dead-ponys-single-mk-nothing/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> The band then supported ]<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |date=2023-06-21 |title="They've Still Got It"- Live Review: Chvrches @ Rock City |url=https://impactnottingham.com/2023/06/theyve-still-got-it-live-review-chvrches-rock-city/ |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=Impact Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> and performed at ],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-10 |title=The big review: 2000trees festival 2023 |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-big-review-2000trees-festival-2023 |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Kerrang! |language=en}}</ref> before releasing "Mana" in July, a track describing survival in a ] ghost town.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-19 |title=Dead Pony have released an intense new single, MANA |url=https://www.kerrang.com/dead-pony-have-released-an-intense-new-single-mana |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Kerrang! |language=en}}</ref> Around this time, they performed at ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Katie |date=2022-07-09 |title=Spot yourself in the crowd as Paolo Nutini wraps up day one of TRNSMT |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/trnsmt-2022-spot-yourself-crowd-24444134 |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Glasgow Live |language=en}}</ref> ], ],<ref name=":14" /> and ].<ref name="scotsman">{{Cite web |title=Dead Pony kick off UK tour in style with Aberdeen show |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/music/dead-pony-aberdeen-tour-4284705 |access-date=9 July 2024 |website=]}}</ref> They released "Cobra" in August 2023, a combination of ] and ] beats,<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Sam |date=2023-08-18 |title=Dead Pony have dropped their "diss track to everyone we stand against", new single 'Cobra' |url=https://readdork.com/news/dead-pony-single-cobra/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> before playing a headline tour the following month and releasing the lost love ballad "About Love" the month after that.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Sam |date=2023-10-27 |title=Dead Pony have dropped a ballad about lost love, new single 'About Love' |url=https://readdork.com/news/dead-pony-single-about-love/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> That November, the band won won the P&J Live Spotlight Award at the ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Complete lineup of winners announced for the 2023 Specsavers Scottish Music Awards {{!}} News |url=https://www.whatsonglasgow.co.uk/news/2023/11/02/complete-lineup-of-winners-announced-for-the-2023-specsavers-scottish-music-awards/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=What's On Glasgow |language=en}}</ref> ]In June 2023, they released "MK Nothing", a track Shields wrote after dreaming of a woman brainwashed by ] to assassinate villains,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carter|first=Emily|date=6 June 2023|title=Listen to Dead Pony's explosive new single, MK Nothing|url=https://www.kerrang.com/listen-to-dead-ponys-explosive-new-single-mk-nothing|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220633/https://www.kerrang.com/listen-to-dead-ponys-explosive-new-single-mk-nothing|archive-date=9 July 2024|access-date=9 July 2024|website=Kerrang!}}</ref> alongside a music video.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Taylor|first=Sam|date=6 June 2023|title=Dead Pony's new single is about a girl who's mind controlled to assassinate bad guys|url=https://readdork.com/news/dead-ponys-single-mk-nothing/|access-date=9 July 2024|website=Dork|archive-date=29 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729152834/https://readdork.com/news/dead-ponys-single-mk-nothing/|url-status=live}}</ref> This was followed by "Mana" in July, a track describing survival in a ] ghost town,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carter|first=Emily|date=19 July 2023|title=Dead Pony have released an intense new single, MANA|url=https://www.kerrang.com/dead-pony-have-released-an-intense-new-single-mana|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220632/https://www.kerrang.com/dead-pony-have-released-an-intense-new-single-mana|archive-date=9 July 2024|access-date=9 July 2024|website=Kerrang!}}</ref> "Cobra" in August, a combination of ] and ] beats,<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|last=Taylor|first=Sam|date=18 August 2023|title=Dead Pony have dropped their "diss track to everyone we stand against", new single 'Cobra'|url=https://readdork.com/news/dead-pony-single-cobra/|access-date=9 July 2024|website=Dork|archive-date=9 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709222134/https://readdork.com/news/dead-pony-single-cobra/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the lost love ballad "About Love" the month after that.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Taylor|first=Sam|date=27 October 2023|title=Dead Pony have dropped a ballad about lost love, new single 'About Love'|url=https://readdork.com/news/dead-pony-single-about-love/|access-date=9 July 2024|website=Dork|archive-date=29 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729152737/https://readdork.com/news/dead-pony-single-about-love/|url-status=live}}</ref> In November, the band won won the P&J Live Spotlight Award at the ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete lineup of winners announced for the 2023 Specsavers Scottish Music Awards {{!}} News|url=https://www.whatsonglasgow.co.uk/news/2023/11/02/complete-lineup-of-winners-announced-for-the-2023-specsavers-scottish-music-awards/|access-date=9 July 2024|website=What's On Glasgow|archive-date=29 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729152844/https://www.whatsonglasgow.co.uk/news/2023/11/02/complete-lineup-of-winners-announced-for-the-2023-specsavers-scottish-music-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref>


The band announced their debut album, ''Ignore This'', in December 2023, alongside the release of new videos for "Cobra" and "About Love". The album got its title from the band's experience of being ignored,<ref name="lobf">{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Tyler Damara |date=14 December 2023 |title=Dead Pony announce their debut album, IGNORE THIS |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/dead-pony-announce-their-debut-album-ignore-this |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-US}}</ref> and was recorded during two weeks in a Scottish Highlands<ref>{{Cite web |last=Picker |first=Ciaran |date=2024-02-29 |title=Dead Pony: "We didn't have time to mess around" |url=https://readdork.com/features/dead-pony-upset-cover-feb24/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> cabin, during which time it rained constantly. On the last day, they wrote the self-empowerment track "Rainbows" after the rain stopped and they saw one in the sky;<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title=Dead Pony, 'IGNORE THIS' |url=https://rocksound.tv/features/dead-pony-ignore-this-track-by-track |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=]}}</ref> they released the track as a single that March,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weaver |first=James |date=2024-03-01 |title=Dead Pony release new song 'Rainbows' |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/dead-pony-release-new-song-rainbows/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Distorted Sound Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> followed by its music video the month after.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Sam |date=2024-04-02 |title=Dead Pony have shared a new video for 'Rainbows', a song about loving yourself |url=https://readdork.com/news/dead-pony-video-rainbows/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Ignore This'' was released in April 2024<ref name=":15" /> and featured "MK Nothing", "Mana", "Cobra", "About Love", "Rainbows",<ref name=":15" /> four interludes,<ref name=":19" /> and seven other tracks.<ref name=":15" /> Designed to evoke surfing between ],<ref name=":19" /> the album charted at No. 8 on the ].<ref name="albumcharts" /> The band then asserted that they would play a seven-date headline tour in December 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-22 |title=Dead Pony announce winter headline tour |url=https://www.kerrang.com/dead-pony-announce-uk-winter-headline-tour |first=Emily |last=Carter |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Kerrang! |language=en}}</ref> The band announced their debut album, ''Ignore This'', in December 2023, alongside the release of new videos for "Cobra" and "About Love". The album got its title from the band's experience of being ignored,<ref name="lobf">{{Cite web|last=Kelly|first=Tyler Damara|date=14 December 2023|title=Dead Pony announce their debut album, IGNORE THIS|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/dead-pony-announce-their-debut-album-ignore-this|access-date=5 July 2024|website=The Line of Best Fit|archive-date=15 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215130756/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/dead-pony-announce-their-debut-album-ignore-this|url-status=live}}</ref> and was recorded during two weeks in a Scottish Highlands cabin, during which time it rained constantly.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Picker|first=Ciaran|date=29 February 2024|title=Dead Pony: "We didn't have time to mess around"|url=https://readdork.com/features/dead-pony-upset-cover-feb24/|access-date=10 July 2024|website=Dork}}</ref> On the last day, they wrote the self-empowerment track "Rainbows" after the rain stopped and they saw one in the sky;<ref name=":15">{{Cite web|title=Dead Pony, 'IGNORE THIS'|url=https://rocksound.tv/features/dead-pony-ignore-this-track-by-track|access-date=10 July 2024|website=]|date=8 April 2024}}</ref> they released the track as a single that March,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Weaver|first=James|date=1 March 2024|title=Dead Pony release new song 'Rainbows'|url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/dead-pony-release-new-song-rainbows/|access-date=10 July 2024|website=Distorted Sound Magazine|archive-date=29 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729153249/https://distortedsoundmag.com/dead-pony-release-new-song-rainbows/|url-status=live}}</ref> followed by its music video the month after.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Taylor|first=Sam|date=2 April 2024|title=Dead Pony have shared a new video for 'Rainbows', a song about loving yourself|url=https://readdork.com/news/dead-pony-video-rainbows/|access-date=10 July 2024|website=Dork|archive-date=10 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710094850/https://readdork.com/news/dead-pony-video-rainbows/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Ignore This'' was released in April 2024 and featured "MK Nothing", "Mana", "Cobra", "About Love", "Rainbows",<ref name=":15" /> four interludes,<ref name=":19" /> and seven other tracks.<ref name=":15" /> Designed to evoke surfing between ],<ref name=":19" /> the album charted at No. 8 on the ].<ref name="albumcharts" />


== Artistry == == Artistry ==
Shields stated in a April 2018 interview with ] that she personally took inspiration from ], the lead vocalist of ],<ref name=":2"/> while Lauren Jack of '']'' wrote that Shields "clearly" took inspiration from ]'s ], even to the point of replicating some of her dance moves.<ref name="scotsman"/> Iain Smith wrote in November 2020 that Shields took inspiration "from the pop and indie spheres with elements of grunge" and that Crichton's influences included metal and hard rock,<ref name=":18" /> while Crichton used a 2023 ''Skinny'' piece to suggest that "Nirvana's simple, tasteful chord progressions and interesting note choices" had moulded the band's sound.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celebrating 30 Years of Nirvana's In Utero - The Skinny |url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/opinion/celebrating-30-years-of-nirvanas-in-utero |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=www.theskinny.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> Shields stated in an April 2018 interview with ] that she personally took inspiration from ], the lead vocalist of ],<ref name=":2"/> while Lauren Jack of '']'' wrote that Shields "clearly" took inspiration from ]'s ], even to the point of replicating some of her dance moves.<ref name="scotsman">{{Cite web|last=Jack|first=Lauren|date=7 September 2023|title=Dead Pony kick off UK tour in style with Aberdeen show|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/music/dead-pony-aberdeen-tour-4284705|access-date=9 July 2024|website=]}}</ref> Iain Smith wrote in November 2020 that Shields was "from the pop and indie spheres with elements of grunge" and that Crichton's influences included metal and hard rock.<ref name=":18" /> Crichton himself suggested in 2023 that "Nirvana's simple, tasteful chord progressions and interesting note choices" had moulded the band's sound.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Walker|first=Logan|date=8 November 2023|title=Celebrating 30 Years of Nirvana's In Utero - The Skinny|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/opinion/celebrating-30-years-of-nirvanas-in-utero|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711085151/https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/opinion/celebrating-30-years-of-nirvanas-in-utero|archive-date=11 July 2024|access-date=11 July 2024|website=www.theskinny.co.uk}}</ref>


"Heaven"'s style was influenced by ] and ], while the song's vocals were inspired by ] and ] and its music video was initially inspired by the works of ] and Wolf Alice.<ref name=":2" /> Their cover of "Maneater" was inspired by ], ], and ], as the band were listening to significant volumes of music from the early 2000s at the time,<ref name=":12" /> while "Cobra"'s musical stylings were inspired by ], who the band described as their "idols" in a 2024 ] interview.<ref name=":15" /> "Heaven"'s style was influenced by ] and ], while the song's vocals were inspired by ] and ], and its music video was initially inspired by the works of ] and Wolf Alice.<ref name=":2" /> Their cover of "Maneater" was inspired by ], ], and ], as the band were listening to significant volumes of music from the early 2000s at the time,<ref name=":12" /> while "Cobra"'s musical stylings were inspired by ], who the band described as their "idols" in a 2024 '']'' interview.<ref name=":15" />


Emma Flynn of ] described "23, Never Me" as "menacing" ] and likened its chorus to works by the ],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-09 |title=The Neu Bulletin (Banji, Dead Pony, Jesswar and more!) |url=https://diymag.com/feature/the-neu-bulletin-banji-dead-pony-jesswar-and-more |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=DIY |language=en}}</ref> while Alex Curle of ''When the Horn Blows'' described ''War Boys'' as having "flairs and dabbles of grunge, punk and hard rock with sounds similar to the soft and hard undertones of Wolf Alice and Bikini Kill".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-28 |title=EP Review: Dead Pony - 'War Boys' |url=https://whenthehornblows.com/content/2022/9/28/ep-review-dead-pony-war-boys |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=When The Horn Blows |language=en-US}}</ref> Reviewing ''Ignore This'', Samantha Hall of ''Distorted Sound'' wrote that the album "features everything from nu-metal riffs to pop-punk energy, as well as classic rock guitar solos and electro-synth".<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Samantha |date=2024-04-02 |title=ALBUM REVIEW: Ignore This - Dead Pony |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-ignore-this-dead-pony/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Distorted Sound Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> Emma Flynn of ] described "23, Never Me" as "menacing" ] and likened its chorus to works by ],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Watson|first=Elly|last2=Swann|first2=Emma|last3=Wright|first3=Lisa|date=9 November 2020|title=The Neu Bulletin (Banji, Dead Pony, Jesswar and more!)|url=https://diymag.com/feature/the-neu-bulletin-banji-dead-pony-jesswar-and-more|access-date=10 July 2024|website=DIY}}</ref> while Alex Curle of ''When the Horn Blows'' described ''War Boys'' as having "flairs and dabbles of grunge, punk and hard rock with sounds similar to the soft and hard undertones of Wolf Alice and Bikini Kill".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Curle|first=Alex|date=28 September 2022|title=EP Review: Dead Pony - 'War Boys'|url=https://whenthehornblows.com/content/2022/9/28/ep-review-dead-pony-war-boys|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220632/https://whenthehornblows.com/content/2022/9/28/ep-review-dead-pony-war-boys|archive-date=9 July 2024|access-date=8 July 2024|website=When The Horn Blows}}</ref> Reviewing ''Ignore This'', Samantha Hall of ''Distorted Sound'' wrote that the album "features everything from nu-metal riffs to pop-punk energy, as well as classic rock guitar solos and electro-synth".<ref name=":19">{{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Samantha|date=2 April 2024|title=ALBUM REVIEW: Ignore This - Dead Pony|url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-ignore-this-dead-pony/|access-date=10 July 2024|website=Distorted Sound Magazine|archive-date=8 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408022114/https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-ignore-this-dead-pony/|url-status=live}}</ref>


== Members == == Members ==
'''Current members'''
*Anna Shields – vocals, guitar (2015–present) *Anna Shields – vocals, guitar (2015–present)
*Blair Crichton – guitar (2015–present) *Blair Crichton – guitar (2015–present)
*Liam Adams – bass (2019–present) *Liam Adams – bass (2019–present)
*Euan Lyons – drums (2021–present) *Euan Lyons – drums (2021–present)
'''Former members'''

* George McGarrity – bass (2015–2018)
* Lizzie Reid – bass (2018–2019)
* Ross Taylor – keyboards (2015–2018)
* Lewis Clarke – drums (2015–2018)
* Aidan McAllister – drums (2018–2021)

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==Discography== ==Discography==
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! colspan="2" scope="col" | Peak chart<br />positions ! colspan="2" scope="col" | Peak chart<br />positions
|- |-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%"| ]<br /><ref name=albumcharts>{{Cite web |title=IGNORE THIS – DEAD PONY - Official Charts |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/dead-pony-ignore-this/ |access-date=5 July 2024 |website=]}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%"| ]<br /><ref name=albumcharts>{{Cite web|title=IGNORE THIS – DEAD PONY - Official Charts|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/dead-pony-ignore-this/|access-date=5 July 2024|website=]|archive-date=29 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729153400/https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/dead-pony-ignore-this/|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%"| ]<br /><ref name=albumcharts/> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%"| ]<br /><ref name=albumcharts/>
|- |-
! scope="row" | ''Ignore This''<br /><small>(Dead Pony)</small> ! scope="row" | ''Ignore This''<br /><small>(Dead Pony)</small>
| |
* Released: 5 April 2024<ref name="spotify">{{Cite web |title=Dead Pony - Discography |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/3lGO6uBIzoFyU6OoGMER1B/discography/all |access-date=9 July 2024 |publisher=]}}</ref> * Released: 5 April 2024<ref name="spotify">{{Cite web|title=Dead Pony - Discography|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/3lGO6uBIzoFyU6OoGMER1B/discography/all|access-date=9 July 2024|publisher=]|archive-date=9 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709110941/https://open.spotify.com/artist/3lGO6uBIzoFyU6OoGMER1B/discography/all|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Format: CD, digital, LP * Format: CD, digital, LP
* Label: LAB Records * Label: LAB Records
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! scope="row" |''Youth''<br /><small>(Crystal)</small> ! scope="row" |''Youth''<br /><small>(Crystal)</small>
| |
* Released: 28 September 2016<ref>{{Citation |title=Youth |date=2016-09-28 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6xJEF9vY4DFPfhLyvWNygA |access-date=2024-07-06 |publisher=] |language=en}}</ref> * Released: 28 September 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=Youth|date=28 September 2016|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6xJEF9vY4DFPfhLyvWNygA|access-date=6 July 2024|publisher=]|archive-date=29 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729153251/https://open.spotify.com/album/6xJEF9vY4DFPfhLyvWNygA|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Format: ], ] * Format: ], ]
|- |-
! scope="row" |''Sex Rich''<br /><small>(Crystal)</small> ! scope="row" |''Sex Rich''<br /><small>(Crystal)</small>
| |
* Released: 25 November 2017<ref name=":17">{{Citation |title=SEX RICH EP |date=2017-11-25 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3fRyO4kl0tVdP0KXQb6s5G |access-date=2024-07-06 |publisher=] |language=en}}</ref> * Released: 25 November 2017<ref name=":17">{{cite web|title=SEX RICH EP|date=25 November 2017|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3fRyO4kl0tVdP0KXQb6s5G|access-date=6 July 2024|publisher=]|archive-date=9 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220634/https://open.spotify.com/album/3fRyO4kl0tVdP0KXQb6s5G|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Format: ], ] * Format: ], ]
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| 2018 | 2018
| {{Non-album single}} | {{Non-album single}}
|<ref>{{Citation |title=Heaven |date=2018-04-04 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1nCxlOVrnCs6VS9xkJbCsw |access-date=2024-07-06 |publisher=] |language=en}}</ref> |<ref>{{cite web|title=Heaven|date=4 April 2018|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1nCxlOVrnCs6VS9xkJbCsw|access-date=6 July 2024|publisher=]|archive-date=29 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729153252/https://open.spotify.com/album/1nCxlOVrnCs6VS9xkJbCsw|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- |-
! scope="row"| "Sex Rich"<br /><small>(Crystal)</small> ! scope="row"| "Sex Rich"<br /><small>(Crystal)</small>
| rowspan="3" | 2019 | rowspan="3" | 2019
| rowspan="2" | ''Sex Rich'' | rowspan="2" | ''Sex Rich''
|<ref>{{Citation |title=Sex Rich |date=2019-01-11 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4VNBBbs7kdUwoo899rv084 |access-date=2024-07-06 |publisher=] |language=en}}</ref> |<ref>{{cite web|title=Sex Rich|date=11 January 2019|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4VNBBbs7kdUwoo899rv084|access-date=6 July 2024|publisher=]|archive-date=29 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729153401/https://open.spotify.com/album/4VNBBbs7kdUwoo899rv084|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- |-
! scope="row"| "Sugar Sweet"<br /><small>(Crystal)</small> ! scope="row"| "Sugar Sweet"<br /><small>(Crystal)</small>
|<ref>{{Citation |title=Sugar Sweet |date=2019-04-26 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0MZ8TITMw7FwTuOqq3UxTN |access-date=2024-07-06 |publisher=] |language=en}}</ref> |<ref>{{cite web|title=Sugar Sweet|date=26 April 2019|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0MZ8TITMw7FwTuOqq3UxTN|access-date=6 July 2024|publisher=]|archive-date=9 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709220632/https://open.spotify.com/album/0MZ8TITMw7FwTuOqq3UxTN|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- |-
! scope="row"| "Speak of the Devil"<br /><small>(Crystal)</small> ! scope="row"| "Speak of the Devil"<br /><small>(Crystal)</small>
| rowspan="3" {{Non-album single}} | rowspan="3" {{Non-album single}}
|<ref>{{Citation |title=Speak of the Devil |date=2019-08-01 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0cwnN8cat7gqJDL84CxxyO |access-date=2024-07-06 |publisher=] |language=en}}</ref> |<ref>{{cite web|title=Speak of the Devil|date=1 August 2019|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0cwnN8cat7gqJDL84CxxyO|access-date=6 July 2024|publisher=]|archive-date=29 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729153317/https://open.spotify.com/album/0cwnN8cat7gqJDL84CxxyO|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- |-
! scope="row"| "Everything is Easy"<br /><small>(Dead Pony)</small> ! scope="row"| "Everything is Easy"<br /><small>(Dead Pony)</small>
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! scope="row" | "Generation Gap"<br /><small>(Mazare & Dead Pony)</small> ! scope="row" | "Generation Gap"<br /><small>(Mazare & Dead Pony)</small>
| ''The Losers Club''<ref name="losersclub">{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6S1xsAlR55vpgFD21uuPH5|title=The Losers Club - EP|publisher=]|accessdate=10 July 2024}}</ref> | ''The Losers Club''<ref name="losersclub">{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6S1xsAlR55vpgFD21uuPH5|title=The Losers Club - EP|publisher=]|access-date=10 July 2024|archive-date=10 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710092430/https://open.spotify.com/album/6S1xsAlR55vpgFD21uuPH5|url-status=live}}</ref>
| <ref name="spotify"/> | <ref name="spotify"/>
|} |}
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| rowspan="2" | 2015 | rowspan="2" | 2015
| rowspan="2" | ''Blastproof 2015'' | rowspan="2" | ''Blastproof 2015''
| <ref name=":blast">{{Citation |title=Blastproof 2015 |date=2015-07-16 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/08yVn0Dz7anyX4NN94Epa4 |access-date=2024-07-06 |publisher=] |language=en}}</ref> | <ref name=":blast">{{cite web|title=Blastproof 2015|date=16 July 2015|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/08yVn0Dz7anyX4NN94Epa4|access-date=6 July 2024|publisher=]|archive-date=29 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729153757/https://open.spotify.com/album/08yVn0Dz7anyX4NN94Epa4|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row" |"Paper"<br /><small>(Crystal)</small> ! scope="row" |"Paper"<br /><small>(Crystal)</small>
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== Tours == == Tours ==
=== Headlining === === Headlining ===
* Ignore This Tour (2024)<ref>{{Cite tweet |title=HEADLINE TOUR!! Let's goooo 😎 IGNORE THIS tour across the UK this December 🔥 |user=DeadPonyBand |number=1782344623727223234 |date=22 April 2024 |access-date=9 July 2024}}</ref> * Ignore This Tour (2024)<ref>{{Cite tweet|title=HEADLINE TOUR!! Let's goooo 😎 IGNORE THIS tour across the UK this December 🔥|user=DeadPonyBand|number=1782344623727223234|date=22 April 2024|access-date=9 July 2024}}</ref>


=== Supporting === === Supporting ===
* ] - Land Of Nothing Tour (2021; seven shows)<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 June 2021 |title=Baby Strange announce support acts for UK tour |url=https://www.tenementtv.com/news/baby-strange-announce-support-acts-for-uk-tour/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Tenement TV}}</ref> * ] – Land of Nothing Tour (2021; seven shows)<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 June 2021|title=Baby Strange announce support acts for UK tour|url=https://www.tenementtv.com/news/baby-strange-announce-support-acts-for-uk-tour/|access-date=10 July 2024|website=Tenement TV|archive-date=10 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710200810/https://www.tenementtv.com/news/baby-strange-announce-support-acts-for-uk-tour/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ] - Inside Tour (2022; eighteen shows)<ref>{{Cite tweet |title=Hey FamFam, we’re excited to announce support for the upcoming UK + EU dates! We’ll be joined by @Robert_Grace in Dublin, PAMELA in Helsinki and @DeadPonyBand for all remaining dates. |user=mothermother |number=1591182553981255680 |date=11 November 2022 |access-date=10 July 2024}}</ref> * ] – Inside Tour (2022; eighteen shows)<ref>{{Cite tweet|title=Hey FamFam, we're excited to announce support for the upcoming UK + EU dates! We'll be joined by @Robert_Grace in Dublin, PAMELA in Helsinki and @DeadPonyBand for all remaining dates.|user=mothermother|number=1591182553981255680|date=11 November 2022|access-date=10 July 2024}}</ref>
* ] – Free 10th Anniversary Tour (2022)<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 May 2022|title=Twin Atlantic Free Tour and supports|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CbwxevwMyKK/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729153904/https://www.instagram.com/p/CbwxevwMyKK/|archive-date=29 July 2024|access-date=26 July 2024|website=Twin Atlantic|publisher=]}}</ref>
⚫ * ] - World Tour (2024; twelve shows)<ref>{{Cite tweet |title=As the beginning of our world tour gets closer, tickets are starting to sell out! Can't wait to take 'There Goes The Neighbourhood' on the road with some old favourites as well. Grab your tickets now to avoid disappointment 💛 |user=KidKapichi |number=1767253798508965902 |date=11 March 2024 |access-date=9 July 2024}}</ref>
* ] – UK Tour<ref name=":13">{{Cite web|date=21 June 2023|title="They've Still Got It"- Live Review: Chvrches @ Rock City|url=https://impactnottingham.com/2023/06/theyve-still-got-it-live-review-chvrches-rock-city/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709070655/https://impactnottingham.com/2023/06/theyve-still-got-it-live-review-chvrches-rock-city/|archive-date=9 July 2023|access-date=9 July 2023|website=Impact Magazine}}</ref>
⚫ * ] - UK Summer Tour (2024; two shows)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Emily |date=2024-05-29 |title=Against The Current announce two intimate summer shows with Dead Pony |url=https://www.kerrang.com/against-the-current-announce-two-intimate-summer-shows-with-dead-pony |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Kerrang! |language=en}}</ref>
⚫ * ] – World Tour (2024; twelve shows)<ref>{{Cite tweet|title=As the beginning of our world tour gets closer, tickets are starting to sell out! Can't wait to take 'There Goes The Neighbourhood' on the road with some old favourites as well. Grab your tickets now to avoid disappointment 💛|user=KidKapichi|number=1767253798508965902|date=11 March 2024|access-date=9 July 2024}}</ref>
⚫ * ] – UK Summer Tour (2024; two shows)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carter|first=Emily|date=29 May 2024|title=Against The Current announce two intimate summer shows with Dead Pony|url=https://www.kerrang.com/against-the-current-announce-two-intimate-summer-shows-with-dead-pony|access-date=9 July 2024|website=]|archive-date=9 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709223625/https://www.kerrang.com/against-the-current-announce-two-intimate-summer-shows-with-dead-pony|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Notes== ==Notes==
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Scottish pop punk band

Dead Pony
Dead Pony performing in 2024Dead Pony performing in 2024
Background information
Also known asCrystal (2015–2020)
OriginGlasgow, Scotland
Genres
Years active2015–present
Labels
Members
  • Anna Shields
  • Blair Crichton
  • Liam Adams
  • Euan Lyons
Past members
  • Lewis Clarke
  • George McGarrity
  • Ross Taylor
  • Aidan McAllister
  • Lizzie Reid
Websitedeadponyband.com

Dead Pony, formerly known as Crystal, is a band from Glasgow, Scotland formed in 2015. Initially a duo comprising Anna Shields and Blair Crichton, they formed Crystal with three of their university classmates. Two years later, Shields and Crichton then formed a new quartet with Lizzie Reid and Aidan McAllister and released numerous singles, before Liam Adams replaced Reid. The band changed their name to Dead Pony in 2020.

After Euan Lyons replaced McAllister, the band released the EP War Boys and the album Ignore This; the latter charted at No. 8 on the Scottish Album Charts. They have variously been inspired by Kathleen Hanna, Hayley Williams, Nirvana, the Breeders, Wolf Alice, Fleetwood Mac, Courtney Barnett, N.E.R.D., Justin Timberlake, Limp Bizkit, and the Prodigy. Their music is generally classified as rock and pop-punk.

History

2015–2019: Formation and early releases

In 2015, Anna Shields, seeking a guitarist to make music with, contacted Blair Crichton. The pair bonded over their love of 1990s grunge bands, and eventually began making music as a duo. They chose the name Crystal after an early track reminded Shields of a Spyro the Dragon sound effect triggered by Spyro collecting gems and crystals. Shields and Crichton were later joined by Lewis Clarke, George McGarrity, and Ross Taylor, who Shields was studying alongside at the University of the West of Scotland. The band won a competition to support Paolo Nutini at a BBC Scotland's Hogmanay concert and released the singles "Passed Down" and "Sugar Sweet" in 2017.

The band diversified into blues rock and then into grunge; around this time, Clarke, McGarrity, and Taylor left. Shields and Crichton would later form a quartet with Lizzie Reid and Aidan McAllister. In 2018, they released "Heaven", a track written from the perspective of a theist questioning their belief system, alongside a music video. The group released "Sex Rich" in January 2019 and re-released "Sugar Sweet" in April 2019. After winning the Pirate Prodigy 2019 contest, they released "Speak of the Devil". Reid then left the band and was replaced by Liam Adams in late 2019.

2020–2022: Name change and War Boys

"A horse – a pony – is one of the most beautiful, majestic creatures on the planet, and there's something really tragic about the idea of it lying there dead. That sense of waste, and the anger and confusion it brings, reflects what we've been feeling recently – but coming to terms with it has kinda' become the vibe of this band." [sic]

Shields talking to The Sunflower Lounge in 2023

In April 2020, the band renamed themselves "Dead Pony", which was the original title of their then-unreleased track "Everything is Easy". The song is an attempt at conveying the feelings of betrayal the band had felt as children when they were told that Santa Claus was fictional. By changing the name of the band, Shields and Crichton sought to tighten up its image. "Everything is Easy" was released on 1 May 2020, their first release on LAB Records. A subsequent track, "Sharp Tongues", focusing on rumours and those who start them, was released in July, with a self-shot music video released that September. In November 2020, the band were nominated for "Best Rock/Alternative Act" at the Scottish Alternative Music Awards, an award won by Fauves; they were later nominated for that award ceremony's Sound of Young Scotland Award in 2022, which was won by Berta Kennedy.

Later that month, the band announced that they were working on an EP and released "23, Never Me", a punk rock track about ending unhealthy friendships. Euan Lyons replaced McAllister in mid-2021. The band then released a further single in March 2022, "Bullet Farm", which was based around a riff from a chase scene in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). That June, they released "Zero" and announced their debut EP, War Boys, which was entirely Mad Max-themed; they released the EP's title track and then the EP that September, followed by a cover version of Nelly Furtado's "Maneater" in December.

2023–present: Ignore This

Vocalist Anna Shields in 2024

In June 2023, they released "MK Nothing", a track Shields wrote after dreaming of a woman brainwashed by MKUltra to assassinate villains, alongside a music video. This was followed by "Mana" in July, a track describing survival in a post-apocalyptic ghost town, "Cobra" in August, a combination of rock music and break beats, and the lost love ballad "About Love" the month after that. In November, the band won won the P&J Live Spotlight Award at the Scottish Music Awards.

The band announced their debut album, Ignore This, in December 2023, alongside the release of new videos for "Cobra" and "About Love". The album got its title from the band's experience of being ignored, and was recorded during two weeks in a Scottish Highlands cabin, during which time it rained constantly. On the last day, they wrote the self-empowerment track "Rainbows" after the rain stopped and they saw one in the sky; they released the track as a single that March, followed by its music video the month after. Ignore This was released in April 2024 and featured "MK Nothing", "Mana", "Cobra", "About Love", "Rainbows", four interludes, and seven other tracks. Designed to evoke surfing between VHS tapes, the album charted at No. 8 on the Scottish Albums Chart.

Artistry

Shields stated in an April 2018 interview with The Skinny that she personally took inspiration from Kathleen Hanna, the lead vocalist of Bikini Kill, while Lauren Jack of The Scotsman wrote that Shields "clearly" took inspiration from Paramore's Hayley Williams, even to the point of replicating some of her dance moves. Iain Smith wrote in November 2020 that Shields was "from the pop and indie spheres with elements of grunge" and that Crichton's influences included metal and hard rock. Crichton himself suggested in 2023 that "Nirvana's simple, tasteful chord progressions and interesting note choices" had moulded the band's sound.

"Heaven"'s style was influenced by Nirvana and the Breeders, while the song's vocals were inspired by Wolf Alice and Fleetwood Mac, and its music video was initially inspired by the works of Courtney Barnett and Wolf Alice. Their cover of "Maneater" was inspired by N.E.R.D., Justin Timberlake, and Limp Bizkit, as the band were listening to significant volumes of music from the early 2000s at the time, while "Cobra"'s musical stylings were inspired by the Prodigy, who the band described as their "idols" in a 2024 Rock Sound interview.

Emma Flynn of DIY described "23, Never Me" as "menacing" pop-punk and likened its chorus to works by Marmozets, while Alex Curle of When the Horn Blows described War Boys as having "flairs and dabbles of grunge, punk and hard rock with sounds similar to the soft and hard undertones of Wolf Alice and Bikini Kill". Reviewing Ignore This, Samantha Hall of Distorted Sound wrote that the album "features everything from nu-metal riffs to pop-punk energy, as well as classic rock guitar solos and electro-synth".

Members

Current members

  • Anna Shields – vocals, guitar (2015–present)
  • Blair Crichton – guitar (2015–present)
  • Liam Adams – bass (2019–present)
  • Euan Lyons – drums (2021–present)

Former members

  • George McGarrity – bass (2015–2018)
  • Lizzie Reid – bass (2018–2019)
  • Ross Taylor – keyboards (2015–2018)
  • Lewis Clarke – drums (2015–2018)
  • Aidan McAllister – drums (2018–2021)

Timeline

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
UK Indie
 SCO
Ignore This
(Dead Pony)
  • Released: 5 April 2024
  • Format: CD, digital, LP
  • Label: LAB Records
 11 8

EPs

Title Details
Youth
(Crystal)
Sex Rich
(Crystal)
War Boys
(Dead Pony)

Singles

As lead artist

Singles as lead artist
Title Year Album Ref.
"Heaven"
(Crystal) 		2018 Non-album single
"Sex Rich"
(Crystal) 		2019 Sex Rich
"Sugar Sweet"
(Crystal)
"Speak of the Devil"
(Crystal) 		Non-album single
"Everything is Easy"
(Dead Pony) 		2020
"Sharp Tongues"
(Dead Pony)
"23, Never Me"
(Dead Pony) 		War Boys
"Bullet Farm"
(Dead Pony) 		2022
"Zero"
(Dead Pony)
"War Boys"
(Dead Pony)
"Maneater"
(Dead Pony) 		Non-album single
"MK Nothing"
(Dead Pony) 		2023 Ignore This
"Mana"
(Dead Pony)
"Cobra"
(Dead Pony)
"About Love"
(Dead Pony)
"Rainbows"
(Dead Pony) 		2024
"Generation Gap"
(Mazare & Dead Pony) 		The Losers Club

Other appearances

Song Year Album Ref.
"Siren"
(Crystal) 		2015 Blastproof 2015
"Paper"
(Crystal)

Tours

Headlining

  • Ignore This Tour (2024)

Supporting

Notes

    • For Taylor's name being Ross, see .
    • For everything else, see .
    • For the fact that he replaced McAllister, see .
    • For mid-2021, see .
    • For the fact that his name was in fact Euan Lyons, see .

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