d.r.i.

Why stay in one musical lane when you can cruise many?

Kurt Brecht's voice is thrash. As the vocalist for the highly influential D.R.I., the Texas native helped define the crossover (hardcore punk meets metal) scene of the '80s, leading the way for later groups like Crumbsuckers, Leeway and Municipal Waste...

Keep D.R.I. guitarist and founding member Spike Cassidy was admitted to an undisclosed hospital and is now recovering from complications after colectomy surgery. In case you are not aware, a colectomy is when doctors remove your entire colon...

In 1991, Christian thrash pioneers the Crucified were on their way to being something bigger and stronger than just an influence within the Christian underground -- they did inspire and pave the way for bands like Living Sacrifice, after all...

Talk about your slow news mornings...today takes the cake. After what's been a rather hectic week, which started out with Five Finger Death Punch misplaced their guitarist and was seemingly capped last night with Chiodos booting their frontman, things are slowing down a bit this morning...

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