RFI Ep. 277: D.R.I. 

Pits are still INSANE at their shows

@@themadmattster9647 definitely. I saw them back in October when they came through town.

Cryptic Slaughter's fantastic! I got into them pretty early on because I had this paper Relapse catalog that advertised the reissues of their first two albums. Fenriz has always been a big advocate for them and Crumbsuckers.

@@radiofreeinnsmouth1337 also English Dogs and After the Bombs. These are among his frequent recommendations on influential punk.

He definitely was the one that got me into English Dogs for sure, I wanna say around 2010-ish

lol literally the same thing happened with me

They actually got their name from Kurt's dad, who is also the titular Mad Man in their song "Mad Man." They were rehearsing once when he got home from work, and he couldn't stand the noise and called them a bunch of dirty rotten imbeciles.

I imagine the dad to be payl harrel, explaining in calm detail how he disapproves

caught that in editing, I couldn't just let it go

I would do a lotta things if I could “edit” that edit….😅🤭

@@radiofreeinnsmouth1337 you know I’m just being silly, but for real though…. I can’t believe you only have 3k+ subs…. To me you’re quintessential band/sound talk. I still believe that your channel is going to blow up. You’re consistent and relatable. What more can a viewer ask for. You’re talkin anthropology of heavy music…… Dude, you can write a book or a Hollywood screenplay about heavy music…. Anyway. Have a nice night.✌️

I agree with this. This channel is criminally underrated

I actually like all of those! I'm not as familiar with M.O.D. as I am with S.O.D., but I listen to Ludichrist/Scatterbrain a whole lot. Spazztic Blurr's fun too, I'll probably cover them on the inevitable Wehrmacht episode. I know I used a clip from that song "Mexicalli" at some point, but I can't remember which episode. I'm also big into Dead Horse for that kind of goofiness.

Fuck yeah! So stoked to see a Wehrmacht video from you. In my opinion they influenced NUMEROUS bands and styles. Spazztic blurrs music has had a major impact on my life hahaha but fuck yeah can’t wait to see that! And I need to revisit dead horse it’s been years

Vektor's so great, they kinda did that with Fast Paced Society too

@@radiofreeinnsmouth1337 I don't know how to articulate it, but the overall cyclical structure that the best metal tends to follow is on display too as it returns to the older riff and the last few verses drive home that Mad Max robot lord has just played his part in the cycle of violence. Vektor does a great job of this in many other songs too, Hunger for Violence is just my favorite because it's where I first discovered it. My theory is that death metal, by it's own nature, struggles with this due to it's obsession with extremity. So you get this music which is ripe with feeling, but the lyrical content doesn't necessarily always match or express itself in time with the instruments. It's the type of thing that King Diamond's concept albums constantly strive to maintain. Yet bands like Autopsy are fucking swimming in it, it's just not always utilized perfectly. But that's ok! In the Grip of Winter is the classic example, but there are so many more. There is a reason they still play so many tracks from Severed Survival and Mental Funeral live.

John Connelly's vocals definitely filter out the posers

I'd say the limp-wristed intellectual stuff like Crass and Gang of Four had way more to do with that than Cro-Mags or Crumbsuckers.

@@radiofreeinnsmouth1337 I’ll agree with that. But look at DRI for example Capitalist Suck, Money Stinks etc they definitely preached that give me free shit because I don’t want to work and you owe me. And I definitely know punk had to do with it like Dead Kennedys, MDC. But you are correct.