Dirty Rotten Hitz

D.R.I. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 9, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: ANARCHY MUSIC
• ASIN: B0001HAH64
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,221 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

The very best tracks from everyone s favorite Imbeciles, those legends of hardcore thrash metal, D.R.I.!

This retrospective spans the Dirty Rotten Imbeciles entire career including highlights such as Who Am I?, Violent Pacification, Commuter Man and many more of the band s best mosh anthems!

D.R.I. are legendary for their ear-piercing live shows which combine punkish, explosive guitar lines with polically outspoken lyrics!

The band still gigs regularly to their adoring fans who will be screaming for this title!

Dirty Rotten Imbeciles deserve a shrine in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, if for no other reason than that they practically inventing the most famous dance in the history of heavy music...the Mosh! Even their logo was moshing and skanking years before the move would be homogenized by followers of every pop band sporting a few distorted bar chords. This hardcore/punk/metal crossover crew came to San Fran via Texas in 1983 supplying a fresh injection of youthful intensity to the thrash capital of the world. This was a legendary era when, on any given night, you might have heard Jello & The
Dead Kennedys spilling into the streets from one club while being handed a show flyer from an upstart gang of misfits calling themselves Metallica. But it was D.R.I. who would merge the skins, 'hawks & heshers into one big happy violent pit, forever changing the soundscape of hard rock as we know it. The proof is in the pudding, so dig into this dirty collection of classic cuts from the godfathers of modern 'core! If you only own one D.R.I. record, your best bet is this one. If you don't own any yet...what are you waiting for? --Cleopatra Records

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Songs from the first 3 records..., June 17, 2008

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DJ Beast (LOS ANGELES, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dirty Rotten Hitz (Audio CD)

D.R.I. have been around along time now, from Hardcore Punk to Thrash Metal. This CD lets you hear what they did from 1983-1987. A few songs from: Dirty Rotten LP [1983]...Dealin' With It [1985] & Crossover [1987]. All the songs from Dirty Rotten LP sound exactly like they were taken from the record itself, the rest sound decent. The artwork stinks, very boring, just pictures of fliers from shows of yesterday. I think Anarchy Music [the label that released this compilation] or the band, could have done a better job.
The track listing is way off, & I think they could've added more songs from other albums after "Crossover" because it runs @ 39:27. So this is not a true "Hitz" CD, but I think it would be good for a beginner listener who is curious about Dirty Rotten Imbeciles.
Also, if your curious about the "Crossover" album, which shocked the hardcore punk fans [because of how Thrash Metal it was], this CD has a few from that album as I stated above. Good Luck finding the CD though because everyone is selling it at an outrageous price :(

The correct Track Listing:

01 - Who Am I?
02 - Commuter Man
03 - Yes Ma'am
04 - The Explorer
05 - Violent Pacification
06 - I Don't Need Society
07 - Couch Slouch
08 - Mad Man
09 - Argument Then War
10 - Nursing Home Blues
11 - A Coffin
12 - Redline
13 - Probation
14 - No Religion
15 - Five Year Plan
16 - Hooked
17 - Sad to Be

1.0 out of 5 stars another wasted best of/no new cd, July 20, 2008

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Dirty Rotten Hitz (Audio CD)

these companies need to couch up the money to dri in stead of releaseing 6 different best of's.DRI has new matterial but not money to release it this is stupid 10 years no cd 12 tours& a bunch of great new songs? why no cd?