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Dirty Heads and Coastkeeper to Host Beach Cleanup on Earth Day

  • Band gives back to its hometown with clean water nonprofit
  • Music fans and beach lovers invited to protect local waters

April 5, 2018 – Huntington Beach, CA – Southern California’s favorite reggae/hip-hop band, Dirty Heads, will join Orange County Coastkeeper to remove trash from the sand at the band’s hometown of Huntington Beach on Earth Day, April 22. Fans and beach lovers are invited to join the band members at 10 a.m. at Huntington State Beach Tower 2 to protect our shared environment. Attendance is free and supplies will be provided. To fuel the fans and volunteers at the event, KIND will be passing out their healthy snack bars and Wahoo’s Fish Taco will be on-site providing their famed tacos, chips & salsa.

April 5, 2018 – Huntington Beach, CA – Southern California’s favorite reggae/hip-hop band, Dirty Heads, will join Orange County Coastkeeper to remove trash from the sand at the band’s hometown of Huntington Beach on Earth Day, April 22. Fans and beach lovers are invited to join the band members at 10 a.m. at Huntington State Beach Tower 2 to protect our shared environment. Attendance is free and supplies will be provided. To fuel the fans and volunteers at the event, KIND will be passing out their healthy snack bars and Wahoo’s Fish Taco will be on-site providing their famed tacos, chips & salsa.
The beach has played a major role in the lives of the Dirty Heads and their music. Their connection to the ocean has had a positive impact on each band member and influenced their core sound. What better way to give back to their hometown and community than to partner with Orange County Coastkeeper to clean up the place they love the most. The Dirty Heads hope to bring people together for a fun, positive and productive event on April 22 and give back to their community.
“Our beaches have given us a life time of inspiration, memories, and education,” Dirty Heads percussionist Jon Olazabal reflected. “As kids it was our babysitter and as adults, our therapist. Join us on April 22 at Huntington State Beach (Tower 2) as we do our best to keep these beaches clean for the next generation.”
Fresh off of a national television performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! of their hit single “Celebrate ,” which is currently #16 at Alternative Radio this week, the Dirty Heads are gearing up for a Summer tour across the U.S. in support of the new album SWIM TEAM , which will continue benefitting the environment along the way. The band will partner with Plus 1, pinning $1 of every ticket sale to benefit the Natural Resources Defense Council(NRDC). With the help of Plus 1, Dirty Heads fans can support a wide range of environmental work, from combatting the effects of climate change, to protecting our seas from pollution.
On Earth Day, the band will join a growing army of cleanup volunteers with Coastkeeper. The nonprofit’s monthly cleanup events typically attract 200-600 volunteers who collect hundreds of pounds of trash and debris. Last year, more than 4,500 volunteers across Orange County participated in monthly cleanups are helped to remove 7,500 pounds of trash from state beaches.
“It takes all of us to protect Orange County’s swimmable, drinkable, fishable waters,” said Garry Brown, executive director of Orange County Coastkeeper. “Earth Day is a perfect opportunity to enjoy our shared environment and support our most valuable resource – clean water.”
Orange County beaches and waterways collect trash that travels from inland communities via the county’s rivers and storm drains. Beach cleanups stand as a last line of defense to prevent this debris from polluting the ocean and threatening wildlife.
Interested fans can sign up to volunteer at https://www.coastkeeper.org/get-involved/cleanup-oc/#huntington . The event begins at 10 a.m. on April 22 at Huntington Beach Tower 2, 22355 Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, CA 92646,
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DIRTY HEADS: Inhaling alternative, hip-hop, reggae, and rock and exhaling one irresistible and infectious anthem after another, DIRTY HEADS—Jared “Dirty J” Watson [vocals], Dustin “Duddy B” Bushnell [vocals/guitar], Jon Olazabal [percussion], Matt Ochoa [drums], & David Foral [bass]—have been redefining the sound of Southern California since 2003. With over 700 Million audio streams to date, the group first made a splash with their full-length 2008 debut  Any Point In A Storm . The record yielded the RIAA gold-certified smash “Lay Me Down,” and it held #1 on the  Billboard  Alternative Chart for 11 weeks: longer than any single that year by any other artist. 2014’s  Sound of Change  earned acclaim from the likes of  Esquire  and bowed at #8 on the  Billboard  Top 200 as its first single “My Sweet Summer” captured #3 on Alternative Radio. Meanwhile, the band’s 2016 self-titled  Dirty Heads  went Top 15 on the Top 200 and spawned the smash “That’s All I Need,” which racked up over 10.5 million Spotify streams and counting.  Noisey  described it as  “Killer .”  Beyond selling out countless shows around the world, the band headlined its own  High & Mighty Festival in 2017. “ Celebrate ”, which is currently #16 at Alternative Radio this week , follows the California quintet’s hit summer single & Spotify viral track “ Vacation ,” which went Top-10 at Alternative Radio and was the # 1 Most Added at Alternative Radio for two straight weeks upon its release, top stations including Sirius XM Alt Nation, KROQ, ALT 92.3 New York, ALT 105.3 San Francisco, KKDO Sacramento and KPNTY St. Louis.  Both tracks are taken from SWIM TEAM which sees Dirty Heads pushing their sound, moving between pop, alternative, hip-hop, reggae, and rock with the same spirit and spark that’s powered them since the beginning. The album’s wide-ranging sound is also due in part to the diverse team of collaborators: Jonas Jeberg [Demi Lovato, Juicy J, Jason Derulo], “Lay Me Down” partner-in-crime Rome [Enrique Iglesias] of Sublime with Rome, Blueprint [Jay-Z, Kanye West, Timbaland, Eminem, Nas, Prodigy], Oren Yoel [Miley Cyrus, Kanye West], HEAVY [Andrew McMahon], and The Score.
ORANGE COUNTY COASTKEEPER: Orange County Coastkeeper is a member of the International Waterkeeper Alliance , which has 236 different independent programs across 29 countries. Founded in 1999, the mission of Coastkeeper is to promote and restore water resources that are swimmable, drinkable, fishable, and sustainable. Coastkeeper is a nonprofit clean water organization that serves as a proactive steward of our fresh- and saltwater ecosystems. We work collaboratively with diverse groups in the public and private sectors to achieve healthy, accessible, and sustainable water resources for the region. We implement innovative, effective programs in education, advocacy, restoration, research, enforcement, and conservation. For more information, visit www.coastkeeper.org  or call 714-850-1965.