Artist D.R.I.
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D.R.I.
D.R.I (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles) is widely credited with being the first band to mix hardcore punk with thrash metal, a feat that has propelled its nearly 30-year career. Like many veteran punk acts, D.R.I has undergone numerous personnel changes—and it was briefly sidelined in 2006 when guitarist Spike Cassidy was diagnosed with colon cancer, from which he only recently recovered—but its enduring and wide-ranging impact on thrash (Slayer’s Dave Lombardo hails it as a major influence) is undeniable. Last year, Beer City Records reissued the band’s best-received record, 1987’s Crossover, as well as The Dirty Rotten EP and LP and Dealing With It on vinyl, all of which had previously been out of print.
Updated 01/20/2011
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