Although they've been active in Los Angeles since the early 2000s, dynamic alt rock combo Dead Sara broke through in 2011 with the fiery "Weatherman," a single that channeled the wailing rally cries of Rage Against the Machine and the urban blues-punk of the Kills, filling a gap left after the decline of grunge. In 2015 they issued their sophomore LP, the crowd-funded Pleasure to Meet You, which soared to the number two spot on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. They inked a deal with Atlantic ahead of the release of the 2018 EP Temporary Things Taking Up Space, and in 2021 they issued the anthemic single "Heroes."