Rezisting Borderlands Symposium & Rez Metal Pop Up Show
Join us for the Rezisting Borderlands Symposium hosted by UCLA’s Cotsen Institute of Archaeology on Thursday (6/28) in Fowler Building Room A222. This all day program will center the Native American alternative music community and howsounds and music are sites of resistance, history, and storytelling.
Join us for a morning session with Gregg Deal (Pyramid Lake Paiute), the multidisciplinary artist and front man of the Dead Pioneers, a punk band engaged in Native activism who will be in conversation with founder of Native Audio Mike Trombley (Blackfeet Nation), an engineer and musician influenced by his upbringing in Montana who designs Native inspired guitar pedals. This conversation will be facilitated by Jason De Leon, Director of the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. During the lunch break, there will be a guitar pedal demo organized by Native Audio founder Mike Trombley. Participants will be able to try out a variety of boutique guitar pedals inspired by Native American culture and history. These pedals will be available for purchase. Our afternoon session is a panel with Dr. Viki Eagle (Sicangu Lakota) and UCLA PhD Candidate Kristen Martinez (Texas Band of Yaqui) discussing Rez Metal music and the Indigenous Punx Archives. They will be in conversation with Arizona Rez Metal bands Ocean Harvest and Six Million Dead. Rez Metal is Native
American Heavy Metal music originating from the Navajo Nation and greater Southwest four corners including Pueblo, Apache, and O’odham Tribal Nations. “Rez” is a slang term referring to Native American Reservation communities in North America. The sound of Rez Metal is often described as fast, distorted, raw, and gritty music influenced by various Heavy Metal genres including Black Metal, Death Metal, Thrash, and Hard Core with a distinct Native American feel and aesthetic.
Date & Time: Thurs. 6/28 10am-7pm
reception from 3-5pm
Rez Metal Pop Up Show at Fowler amphitheater from 5-8pm.
Location: Fowler Museum-Rm A222
