D.R.I.

D.R.I.
Genre(s)
Hardcore/Punk, Thrash Metal/Crossover
Lyrical theme(s)
Political, Society, Daily Struggles
Origin Formed in Current label Status
United States of America (Houston, Texas) 1982 Beer City Records Active
Current line-up
Kurt Brecht - Vocals (1982-) (Probot, Pasadena Napalm Division)
Spike Cassidy - Guitar (1982-)
Harald Oimoen - Bass (1999-)
Rob Rampy - Drums (1990-) (Denial Fiend)
Former/past member(s)
Bass :
Chumly Porter (1994-1999)
John Menor (1989-1994)
Mikey "Offender" Donaldson (1985) (The Offenders) (R.I.P. September 22, 2007)
Josh Pappe (1984), (1986-1989)
Sabastian Amok (1983)
Dennis Johnson (1982-1983)

Drums :
Felix Griffin (1985-1990) (Blunt Force Trauma)
Eric Brecht (1982-1984) (Death, Hirax, Attitude (USA)/Two-Bit Thief)
Additional notes
D.R.I. were on hiatus from to 2006 to 2009 because Spike Cassidy was diagnosed with cancer. Spike has recovered from cancer.

D.R.I. are considered by many to be "the fathers of crossover thrash" along with Suicidal Tendencies, Stormtroopers of Death, M.O.D., Excel and Beowülf. The genre "crossover" was also coined from their 1987 album which [...]
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UltraBorisDecember 31st, 2002
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Discography


Demo Demo, 1983
Dirty Rotten LP Full-length, 1983[7 reviews, average 89%]
Violent Pacification EP, 1984
Demo # 2 1984 Demo, 1984
demo #1 1984 Demo, 1984
Demo #3 1984 Demo, 1984
Dealing With It! Full-length, 1985[5 reviews, average 92%]
Live at the Olympic Video/VHS, 1986
Crossover Full-length, 1987[3 reviews, average 90%]
Live at the Ritz Video/VHS, 1988
Manifest Destiny Single, 1988
Suit and Tie Guy / Five Year Plan Single, 1988
4 of a Kind Full-length, 1988[4 reviews, average 76%]
You Think for Yourself Single, 1988
Thrash Zone Full-length, 1989[3 reviews, average 90%]
Definition Full-length, 1992[4 reviews, average 75%]
Live Live album, 1994
Full Speed Ahead Full-length, 1995[5 reviews, average 95%]
The Dirty Rotten Power EP Split album, 2001
Live at the Ritz DVD, 2001
Greatest Hits Best of/Compilation, 2001
The Dirty Rotten CD Best of/Compilation, 2002
Live at CBGB'S 1984 DVD, 2005
Live at CBGB's 1984 Live album, 2005[1 review, 85%]
Skating to Some Fucked Up Shit Best of/Compilation, 2008


Links

Official
D.R.I. Official MySpace

Labels
Beer City Records
Rotten Records

Official merchandise
D.R.I. Shirts
Blackmetal.com
DRI Official Merch
Beer City

Fan site
D.R.I. @ KFTH
Detailed discography @ musik-sammler.de

Tablatures
Tabs @ Metal Tabs
Tabs @ Ultimate-Guitar
D.R.I. @ Guitabs.net
D.R.I. @AZ-Chords
D.R.I. @ Mxtabs.net
D.R.I. @ 911 tabs


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