Dirty Rotten Imbeciles

Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (often abbreviated and referred to as D.R.I.) is an American crossover thrash band that formed in Houston in 1982 and would later relocate to San Francisco. The band is currently composed of two of its founding members, vocalist Kurt Brecht and guitarist Spike Cassidy, as well as drummer Rob Rampy and bass player Greg Orr.
D.R.I. never gained a mainstream audience, but the integration of their hardcore punkroots with thrash metal influences was a stylistic catalyst for their contemporaries – most notably Suicidal Tendencies, Corrosion of Conformity, Stormtroopers Of Death, the Cro-Mags, Nuclear Assault, Adrenalin O.D., and Cryptic Slaughter – alongside whom they are considered to be one of the major pioneers of what would later be called "crossover thrash". These bands had a heavy influence on modern thrash metal.
==Links to Peel==
Peel seemed to have first played material from the band in 1984 when he played tracks from their, 'Violent Pacification', single. Further material from the group were played by the DJ until the end of 1987. On his 05 October 1987 show, Peel mentioned seeing the band at The Garage in Nottingham, along with Heresy and Napalm Death. He then played a wrong track from the group, but then corrected the song after that on his programme. No further records after 1987 by the band were played by Peel, according to available tracklistings on this site.
==Sessions==
*None
==Other Shows Played==
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*18 February 1984 (BFBS): Running Around (7" EP - Violent Pacification) R Radical
*29 February 1984: Running Around (7" EP - Violent Pacification) R Radical
;1985
*10 February 1985 (BFBS): Madman (v/a album - Rat Music For Rat People Vol. 2) CD Presents, Ltd.
;1987
*13 April 1987: Hooked (album - Crossover) Restless
*29 April 1987: I.D.K.Y. (LP - Crossover) Restless
*April 1987 (Radio Bremen): Fun & Games (album - Crossover) Restless
*16 June 1987: Hooked (LP - Crossover) Restless
*22 September 1987: Hooked (LP - Crossover) Restless
*05 October 1987: Violent Pacification (7") R Radical
*05 October 1987: Running Around (7" - Violent Pacification) R Radical
*14 October 1987: To Open Closed Doors (7" - Violent Pacification) R Radical
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
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