Dirty Rotten

D.R.I. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rotten
• ASIN: B0000017C2
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,601 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Don't Need Society

2. Commuter Man

3. Balance of Terror

4. Who Am I

5. Money Stinks

6. Yes Ma'am

7. Dennis' Problem

8. Closet Punk

9. Reaganomics

10. Running Around

11. Couch Slouch

12. To Open Closed Doors

13. Sad to Be

14. War Crimes

15. Busted

16. Capitalists Suck

17. Misery Loves Company

18. No Sense

19. Blockhead

20. Violent Pacification

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply historic, October 28, 2005

By 

Zander Haberstaft (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dirty Rotten (Audio CD)

This album is seminal influence on legions of genres, Hardcore, Thrash, Death and Grind. On the first D.R.I. album, they had an interesting sound, but if I had to describe it in one word: lighting fast. That's not to say it doesn't have melody, some times they slow it down to the Sabbath speeds to emphasize just how fast it really went. This is the album that earned them the title of "fastest band in the world".

But this album is very genre defying. Basically this was one of the first bands to mix Hardcore Punk and Thrash Metal together. Sure you had Suicidal Tendencies, but these guys didn't sound anything like them. Kurt, brother Eric, Spike, and Dennis were the kind of people that listened to Black Flag and Minor Threat, but also listened to Judas Priest, Maiden, Motorhead and Black Sabbath. And yes, the blast beat was invented here.

I like all of the D.R.I. albums up until Definition, but this album is one of those gems that you can look back on 23 years later (it was recorded in late 1982), and just listen in awe.
And I still got the original self release on vinyl. Blasts by at such a frantic pace you might not even notice that only a few songs make it past the minute and a half mark.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thrash Doesn't Suck!!!, February 10, 2004

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B-R-Mike M. (Old Lyme, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dirty Rotten (Audio CD)

Take a deep breath in. Now, take another deep breath out. Good. Now put this album on and lose your relaxation. This is dirty, rotten and filled with imbecility (is that a word?). F**k yeah. This is D R I!

If you can find a faster band than DRI then your playing a 33 1/3 record at 45 RPMs, because it doesn't get any faster. Brutal and uncomprimising, this disc will leave you unsettled for days. But you'll never get enough. With tracks like "Violent Pacification", "Reaganomics", "I Don't Need Society", and "Blockhead", you will be in disbelief of how fast these guys can play. However, they are playing this fast. They're DRI.

This disc also contains demo and live tracks, radio interviews, and Enhanced CD features. So, thrash, thrash, THRASH. For the last time: THIS IS DRI!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dirty Rotten Imbeciles first CD, July 10, 2006

By 

J. W. Nicoll (London England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dirty Rotten (Audio CD)

Hyperfast pissed off hardcore punk with loads of rabid guitar shredding. The big bonus it has a sense of humour unike the relentless, finger wagging Sociology lecturer type harangues of Pennywise, Ignite etc. Why doesn't just one band play like this today?