Founded in 1976, the Dead Boys are a punk band from Cleveland, Ohio that built a reputation as one of the more violent and rowdy punk bands of the 1970s. Formed by vocalist Stiv Bators and guitarist Cheetah Chrome, the Dead Boys helped pioneer American punk rock. Though the group has had an intermittent existence with band members dying and frequent break ups, in 2017 the group reunited for a 40th anniversary tour and to release a new album dubbed Still Snotty: Young, Loud and Snotty at 40.
