Band Name: Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
Music Album: Dealing With It!
Album Release Date: May 1985
Music Genre: Punk Rock Hardcore
Record Label: Enigma Records (3)
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 25 Tracks Vinyl Album LP
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles is a hardcore/punk/thrash metal band. Frequently credited as the abbreviated D.R.I. Although they began in Houston, TX, in 1982, the band relocated to San Francisco, CA, in 1983 and are generally associated with both cities. Today, they have band members in both cities.
D.R.I. is led by founding members Kurt Brecht (vocals) and Spike Cassidy (guitar). The band's name was taken from one of the insults that Brecht's father hurled at the group, who practiced at the Brecht family home, when they first started playing together. In the beginning, D.R.I. was a hardcore punk band and was renowned for their extremely short and fast songs (their debut EP featured 22 songs in 18 minutes). By the mid-1980s, the band was one of the first to mix hardcore punk and thrash metal, which would become known as the "crossover" sound. The band has a dozen or so official releases, as well as numerous appearances on compilations.
After the release of their last studio album to date ("Full Speed Ahead" in 1995), D.R.I. continued touring regularly over the next 20 years, with only a hiatus while guitarist Spike Cassidy recovered from cancer. The band did not record any new music until releasing the EP "But Wait... There's More!" in 2016.
| A1 | Snap |
| A2 | I'd Rather Be Sleeping |
| A3 | Marriage |
| A4 | Yes Ma'am |
| A5 | Soup Kitchen |
| A6 | Mad Man |
| A7 | Stupid, Stupid War |
| A8 | Counter Attack |
| A9 | Couch Slouch |
| A10 | God Is Broke |
| A11 | Karma |
| A12 | Nursing Home Blues |
| B1 | I Don't Need Society |
| B2 | Give My Taxes Back |
| B3 | The Explorer |
| B4 | Reaganomics |
| B5 | How To Act |
| B6 | Shame |
| B7 | Argument Then War |
| B8 | Evil Minds |
| B9 | Slit My Wrist |
| B10 | Busted Again |
| B11 | Equal People |
| B12 | On My Way Out |
| B13 | Bail Out |
Includes 11" x 11.5" full-color lyrics/credits sheet.
Mastered at K Disc.
© 1985 D.R.I.
Ⓟ 1985 Bloody Skull Music
© 1985 Death Records
First copies came with a hype sticker on front sleeve (on shrink-wrap). See picture.
Hype sticker on shrink-wrap reads:
DRI
"Dealing With IT"
Brand new LP from the popular Texas hard-core-thrash-punk band, DRI.
Incredible!!
Dave Lombardo of Slayer
$8.98 suggested USA list price
also available on high-quality cassette (72069-4)
ENIGMA/DEATH RECORDS 72069-1
B7 is written as "Arguement Then War" on release.
Mastering company (Greg Lee Processing) uncredited, identified by the matrix numbers.
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