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Horse Bites Dog Cries

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Classic album that satisfies from start to finish. Often confused with the Thrasher Mag skate-rock band Drunk Injuns, D.I. is must for every record collection (Drunk Injuns aren't bad either, but you would have to shell out over $200 on ebay to get their record). In spite of many bands reforming to cash in on the punk revival, D.I. is also credited for being the ONLY 80's punk band that never broke up and kept churning out discs. BUY THIS DISC NOW!!

A keeper from the period. Not much better than this from the LA punk scene.

There's plenty of great songs on this, but IMMINENT WAR is their best song HANDS DOWN! Only Casey would do that "...luh-luh-luh-light...fuh-fi-fuh-fi-fuhfuh- FIIIGGHT!" lyric. CLASSIC! Disagree all you want; you know I'm ruh-ri-ruh-ri-ruhruh- RIIIGGHT! (My review title refers to the live material on ANCIENT ARTIFACTS; in case yer lost).

You'll love this album (horse bites...), especially "youth in Asia"

You can easily hear elements of TSOL and The Vandals, to name a few., very good sound, excellent example of the pure lineage of punk rock.

And definitely look out for Drunk Injuns "question authority", it's great.

Punk out!

Just so that everyone knows...D.I. stands for nothing,it's whatever you feel like making it stand for, Casey has no meaning for it, actually he's humored by all of the "what it stands for" thing. Just a note to the fan in Boise,ID. If you want to debate it feel free to contact me! Other than that D.I. is one of the GREATEST bands of all time.

I miss D.I., they were a great skate punk band.
I had the pleasure of opening up for them years back here in Colorado, not only were they a great punk band they were good guys.
Even the almighty Slayer would end up covering thier songs, that should be enough to tell you D.I. is worth something.

Get the album, be happy.

SO much bad music gets name dropped and hyped in all the Spin music magazines from the "now classic" 80's LA punk era. Then albums like this one go unnoticed.

D.I. has a great frontman. He can sing half-decent, but his standout strength is in attitude/charisma. Casey's vocals have a deep sardonic humor in them. There is sharp teeth on his lyrics, but you as a listener are invited to laugh with him. Some D.I. songs are these nasty slabs of gloom and doom and others are wickedly sarcastic. Casey Royer is an interesting character too often ignored in the history of punk.

D.I. made good records. This one is probably the most well known, though none are really all that inferior. If people are going to swoon over a crummy Germs "re-union" then D.I. deserves a 4 star rating.

Pick up Horse Bites and make an iTunes mix w/ old Suicdal and Black Flag. You'll be set up and "germ free".

This album is much more polished than DI's previous albums, Team Goon and Ancient Artifacts, which actually makes it a little less enjoyable to me. Also, the song Obnoxious definitely lives up to its own name after awhile, and the versions of Hang Ten in East Berlin, Guns, and Spiritual Law aren't as good as the original versions, but other than that, this album is a classic. It contains more great DI songs, and it is probably their most popular album. Johnny's Got a Problem is probably their best known song, Imminent War gets the adrenaline going, and Living in the USA is probably the best anthem DI ever wrote. This is DI's last pure punk rock album, as their later material had a more punk/metal edge to it. Overall, not as good as their previous two efforts, but I'd have to say it comes in third.

An excellent CD, D.I. being the aftermath of the Adolescents. After about fove years, i found out the "D.I." stands for the Drunk Injuns. Isn't that great?

If you guys really want to know what D.I. stands for listen to it on vynl. On the last song on the first side at the end play it backwards. You'll here what the band members think it means.