There is more than one artist with this name:

1) Deadline is a fem… Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name:

1) Deadline is a female fronted Punk Rock band from London, England formed in 2000. They have released 5 albums and 2 splits with Brassknuckle Boys, their newest album "We´re Taking Over!" came out in March of 2008. Members consisting of Liz (vocals), Hervé (bass), Ryan (guitar), Pascal (drums) and Doudou(guitar).

2) Deadline is a post-death metal band from Tychy, Poland founded in 2004. The bands music has evolded through years and is currently defined by their recent album "Dust, Bones and Oblivion", which is their most heaviest one so far. The album was released in 2022 and deliver a combination of post and death metal with groove and a post-apocalyptic vibe. Lirycs on the album is about a fictional past when civil war started on colonized Mars. Album is promoted by a single and a video for the song "Phobos Eclipse".

3) Deadline was a short-lived American punk band that featured future Fugazi member Brendan Canty. The four piece, composed of Brendan Canty (drums), Christian Caron (guitar), Terry Scanlon (bass) and Ray Hare (vocals), formed in the summer of 1981. They quickly recorded a demo at Inner Ear Studios that September and from those sessions, three tracks were culled for use on the Dischord "FLEX YOUR HEAD" sampler. After playing a number of memorable shows through the following year, including opening for Flipper at the old 9:30 club, the band recorded one more session at Inner Ear in August of 1982 just prior to disbanding. That tape, once one of the great lost gems of DC punk, was eventually released by the Peterbilt label as the one-sided 12" called "8/2/82"

Ray Hare - vocals
Christian Caron - guitar
Terry Scanlon - bass
Brendan Canty - drums

4) Deadline was a rock band from Berlin, Germany, that was founded in 1997. Unfortunately they only published one album, called "Goodlife" in 2003. Deadline won the Berlin rock contest "Emergenza" in 2001 and performed at the festivals "Rock am Ring" and "Rock im Park" in the same year. They were also supporting band for Lifehouse, Mother Tongue and Nickelback. The members were: Marek Jamrozy (vocals & guitar), Fabian Werner (guitar), Moritz Dill (bass) and Dennis Carl (drums)

5) Deadline is an American rock band, formed in 1998.

6) Deadline were a 4 piece Rock band from Yorkshire, England formed in 1999 and disbanded in 2005 by change of name to Crimes of Passion. Members were Kris Hudson-Lee (Bass Guitar), Andy Lindsay (Guitar), Dale Radcliffe (Vocals 2005) and Kev Tonge (Drums 2002-2005).

They were formed from the merging of two bands - Rotherham band Promise and Doncaster band Joe Lazarus. The band secretively changed its name in 2005 to become Crimes of Passion to record a new EP, released under the same name.

Previous members ware Steve Lunn (Vocals 1999-2005) and Christian Hayes (Drums 1999-2002).

7) Deadline is a Canadian four piece band that originated in Sarnia Ontario and moved to Vancouver BC. The band include twins Tim & Tom Wood on Vocals and drums with Sean Meehan on Guitar. The band released two EP's a self titled one and "So This Is Limbo" which were followed by Tangible Vibe a full length indie album. Before the massive explosion of pop punk Deadline were playing this style and doing a fantastic job. Their biggest success was the single "Freind In Me" which got airplay across Canada. The bands full length album saw them release two singles "Living Proof" and "Kill Me Slowly" both of which failed to ignite at radio. The band toured relentlessly playing clubs but nothing helped them break nation wide. The band have been inactive on the new music scene since their full length album was released in 1996.

8) Deadline was a French based Power/Thrash band with only one album released titled "Capital Punishment" which was released in 1994. The bands' music will appeal to fans of Metal Church and Sanctuary. Very rare and hard to find album.

9) Deadline was a prolific bassist & world music producer Bill Laswell beginning in the mid 1980's and again in the early 1990's for two projects released under this title. The first, released in 1985 under the title Down By Law saw Laswell collaborating with the drummer Phillip Wilson. Among other notable musicians appearing on this Deadline album were Manu Dibango (saxophone) Bernie Worrell (synthesizer) and Jaco Pastorius (bass guitar). The second Bill Laswell Deadline release appeared in 1991 called Dissident. This album saw Laswell playing with other bassists, Bootsy Collins & Jonas Hellborg.

Stolen Youth
Deadline Lyrics

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Promised you they would make you a man
Young and bored you didn't understand
But you didn't believe us
You needed proof
Now they stole two years of your youth

Now you're a man
Spent your youth on the run

It's too late now
You missed all the fun
They stole your youth

You come home you're glad
You're still fucking alive
Hiding in a tent
That was no place to hide
But you didn't believe us
You needed proof
Now they stole two years of your youth

Now you're a man
Spent your youth on the run
It's too late now
You missed all the fun
They stole your youth

They stole your youth (x4)

But now you're a man
Spent your youth on the run
It's too late now

You missed all the fun
They stole your youth

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Deadline's song "Stolen Youth" depict the harrowing reality of war and its impact on the lives of young soldiers. The song's opening lines suggest that the soldiers were promised that the war would make them into men, but they were unaware of the true consequences of war until it was too late. The line "But you didn't believe us, you needed proof" could imply that the soldiers were reluctant to go to war, but they had to go anyway, perhaps due to societal expectations or pressure from loved ones.

The chorus of the song repeats the line "They stole your youth" several times, emphasizing the fact that war robs young people of their formative years, experiences, and opportunities. The final verse suggests that the soldiers have returned home from the battlefield and are glad to still be alive. However, the experience has changed them, and they have missed out on the fun and excitement of their younger years.

Overall, "Stolen Youth" portrays war as a traumatic experience that can have a profound and lasting impact on young people's lives, robbing them of their childhood, innocence, and sense of self.

Line by Line Meaning

Promised you they would make you a man
They promised that they would help you become a man.

Young and bored you didn't understand
You were young and bored, and didn't understand the implications of what they were offering.

But you didn't believe us
Despite our warnings, you refused to believe us.

You needed proof
You needed evidence to believe what we were saying.

Now they stole two years of your youth
Now that it's too late, you realize that they stole two years of your youth.

Now you're a man
Now that the two years have passed, you're considered a man.

Spent your youth on the run
You spent your youth on the run.

It's too late now
It's too late to change what happened now.

You missed all the fun
You missed out on all the fun you could have had if you didn't go through what you did.

They stole your youth
They took away your youth, your freedom, and your joy.

You come home you're glad
You returned home, grateful to still be alive.