Dirty Rotten EP

by D.R.I.

Dirty Rotten EP cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Dirty Rotten
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:05
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Lewis Merenstein, Jay Berliner, John Payne, Connie Kay, Larry Fallon, Richard Davis, Warren Smith, Van Morrison

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Cramming an astonishing 22 tracks into roughly 18 minutes, this ridiculously hyperactive debut effectively created the entire crossover thrash paradigm by accelerating hardcore punk to its absolute physical limits. The blurring guitar speeds and politically charged, micro-song format deeply informed the extreme metal underground, particularly the nascent grindcore and powerviolence scenes.

Genres

Descriptors: DIY, fast, political, protest, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Sad To Be (2:11)
  2. War Crimes (1:11)
  3. Busted (0:46)
  4. Draft Me (0:19)
  5. F.D.R.C. (0:21)
  6. Capitalist Suck (0:35)
  7. Misery Loves Company (0:33)
  8. No Sense (1:16)
  9. Blockhead (0:55)
  10. I Don't Need Society (1:15)
  11. Commuter Man (0:56)
  12. Plastique (0:23)
  13. Why (0:18)
  14. Balance Of Terror (0:39)
  15. My Fate To Hate (0:26)
  16. Who Am I (0:45)
  17. Money Stinks (0:43)
  18. Human Waste (0:19)
  19. Yes Ma'am (0:48)
  20. Dennis's Problem (0:51)
  21. Closet Punk (0:31)
  22. Reaganomics (0:40)

Credits

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