For this week’s Osiris music podcast spotlight, we’re looking at the latest episode of Dead to Me, which sees hosts Ed and Casey looking at the surprising ways the Grateful Dead connect to other musical movements in the underground scene and elsewhere, blurring the lines that separate punk, hardcore, metal and jam.

The hosts brought in two special guests to help investigate this connection between the Grateful Dead and punk. Jay Coyle, founder of Music Geek Services and an instructor at Berklee Online, talks about the Dead’s trailblazing direct-to-fan efforts and how DIY became the going rate in today’s music marketplace. Michael Brunetto, a musician and self-professed “metal kid,” shares his experiences as a longtime Deadhead who also loves the heavier stuff. Plus, Dead to Me offers another Feed Your Head, this time featuring punk-rock icon and Deadhead Henry Rollins

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