One state that was full of weirdos during the early 80’s was Texas – it’s seems bands from there made a huge impact almost at the same time! I’m just saying, The Dicks and The Big Boys were the first wave, and both were totally fucking awesome. Two bands that really changed the game were M.D.C. with their 7″, and D.R.I. with their EP. It’s a trip, because both of these bands pretty much relocated to the Bay Area at the same time, where they continued to cause noise damage. Before D.R.I. made their journey up North, I got to see them wreck shit in Hollyweird at the Cathay de Grande. During this time they were known as the fastest hardcore band in America, since their 22 song EP was just over 16 minutes. These dudes had the homeless style to the max – when I saw the singer hanging out before the gig, I actually thought he was homeless, until I saw him kill shit on stage! D.R.I. blazed through the EP and were way beyond tight, and they left everyone in attendance in total fucking amazement. Later on they embraced thrash harder than many bands, plus they pulled it off better than most punk bands that tried to make the same musical transition. And if you listen to their EP, you can hear that they were already on some metal shit, which was cool with me. Check this ultra rad live footage of D.R.I. slaughtering shit in 1984 at CBGB’s. So after the jump, see that Texas punks were faster than most!
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