You Got to Move protest that grew into one of the first city-wide mass Demonstrations of the Civil Rights Movement. "Now I sit back and look at some of the things we did, and I say, 'What in the world came over us,' you know? But death had nothing to do with what we were doing. If somebody shot us we would be dead. And when people died, we cried. And we went to funerals. And we went and did the next thing the next day, because it was really beyond life and death. It was really like... Sometimes you know what you're supposed
What to Do When You Are Dead performed a series of shows in September, October and December 2015, during which they performed the album in its entirety. In 2015, Maria Sherman of Fuse.tv wrote that the album set the blueprint for "future pop-punk bands to explore concept records in very real ways". Calling it "impressive at the time, this band from the suburbs [wrote] a power pop-punk record with a linear, intricate narrative". AXS contributor Tarynn Law wrote that "the instantly relateable tracks that filled "What To Do When You Are Dead" soundtracked the teenage angst of kids all around the country for years to come". Brian