7”: dirty rotten records. dri 183 / 22 tracks / 1983

LP: dirty rotten / r radical records. drr 1983 / 1983

RI (LP): EU: roadrunner records. / 26 tracks / 1989 (?)

RI (CD): rotten. / 28 tracks / 1991

RI (EU, 7”): ?. ? / 2001 (bootleg)

RI (CD): beer city. / 2002

+ lyric sheet. 500 made of the 7” version, apparently there are also very few (2??) test press copies. Roadrunner LP version adds Violent Pacification 7” tracks. US rerelease on Metal Blade I think. CD reissue on Rotten has a new sleeve and adds Violent Pacification tracks and 2 bonus tracks (Snap, The Explorer). 2001 Euro bootleg is a 7”. Beer City CD reissue adds more (live) bonus tracks, a radio interview and a live video.

One of the first ultrafast hardcore records in punk history. The impact of the 7” version was quite limited, but when it was reissued on LP by R Radical the gospel spread around the globe immediately. Most people had never heard anything like it - raging, tight, and the speed at which the band played these songs just seemed impossible. Still this was not just a novelty record, it offered a convincing new hardcore paradigm that helped to bring the scene to a new level. Sure, you had other “ultracore” bands like Koro or Siege, but these bands never had the distribution and the impact of DRI. One of the true classics of hardcore. [9]

Tja, schon eine kleine Legende… zuerst als 7” erschienen und schon im gleichen Jahr als ’LP’ wiederveröffentlicht… Die Musik ist Vorbild für alles in der Richtung Speedcore/Crossover, obwohl hier von Metal wirklich noch nichts zu spüren ist. 22 rasende HC-Fetzer, schnell, brutal und kurz; vielleicht ein wenig einfach, aber dafür umso wütender. Klassiker.

Tracks: sad to be / war crimes / busted / draft me / f.r.d.c. / capatalist suck / misery loves company / no sense / blockhead // i don’t need society / commuter man / plastique / why / balance of terror / my fate to hate / who am i / money stinks / human waste / yes ma’am / dennis’s problem / closet punk / reagonomics