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UNITED STATES OF HARDCORE!!! These guys really connect all possible worlds of extreme music!!! And it's none other than the legendary crossover of hardcore, thrash, punk, grind and who knows what else, DROPDEAD!!! There's no one here who doesn't know them, because DROPDEAD have been going since 1991, so it's been a long but fruitful thirty-two years!!! And despite all that, their music still sounds fresh, pissed off and explosive, like they're still eighteen years old!!! The proof is the last DROPDEAD album, which is simply great and here the American quartet shows who is the king of the genre!!!
The speed, and the absolute eruption of hardcore pissed offness go hand in hand with singer Bob's insistent proclamations and believe me, this smart guy really has something to say nowadays!!! DROPDEAD will fight for the third time at the Trutnov Battlefield and they will definitely win again!!! As always!!!
Bio
Hometown: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Genre tags: Hardcore, Punk, Thrash, Grindcore, D-beat
Dropdead formed officially in January of 1991 in Providence RI, but the original 4 person lineup met in December 1989. We played music together for a year before a lineup change saw Bob and Ben switch instruments, a name change, and a great increase in speed and intensity. The idea was to play pissed off, aggressive, no bullshit hardcore punk thrash with personally political lyrics. Musically the influences drew from bands as diverse as Confuse, Siege, Larm, Crass, Swans, Infest, SSD, Pandemonium, Icons of Filth, Gauze, Septic Death, Discharge, Anti-Cimex and a slew of others. The first show was in April of 1991 with Born Aginst and Rorschach. The band continues to embrace a strong "Do It Yourself" work ethic, booking their own shows and releasing their own records via Armageddon Label. Over the years Dropdead has played hundreds of shows and fests, recorded three albums plus numerous splits and EP's, toured the USA and Europe numerous times, as well as Australia and Japan.
2023 is 32 years for us as a band, and 33 years with three of us playing music together.
Our 3rd self-titled album, recorded by Kurt Ballou and Zach Weeks at God City and mastered by Brad boatright at Audiosiege.
23 songs in 24 minutes, was released in November 2020. Musically this new record is a bit different from previous recordings, style wise and vocally. The vocals being delivered so the words have an impact more so than just raw screaming. Songs definitely vary more in tempo and style. It's a Dropdead record that makes sense in 2020. Lyrically this record is relevant to the times we live in, focused on the alarming state of the world, the disturbing rise of right wing extremism, animal abuse and the continued social failures of humankind. These are dark times we find ourselves living in, and this is how we vent our frustration and anger in a positive way.
We are currently booking shows and fests for Spring/Summer 2024 and beyond.
More news as we have it.
BAND:
Bob Otis - Vocals
Ben Barnett - Guitar
Brian Mastrobuono - Drums
George Radford - Bass
Discography
| Release date | Release name | Media |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Dropdead "Arms Race E.P." Flexi | EP |
| 2020 | Dropdead "Nothing Remains / Decibel Flexi Series" Flexi | EP |
| 2020 | Dropdead "Self Titled" | LP |
| 2019 | Dropdead "Demo" | DEMO |
| 2015 | Dropdead / Brainoil split | EP |
| 2015 | Dropdead / Unholy Grave split | EP |
| 2013 | Dropdead / Systematic Death split | EP |
| 2013 | Dropdead / Ruidosa Inmundicia split | EP |
| 2011 | Dropdead / Converge split | EP |
| 2004 | Dropdead / Look Back and Laugh - split 7" | |
| 2003 | Dropdead / Unholy Grave - split 7" | |
| 2002 | Dropdead / Totalitar split | EP |
| 1998 | Dropdead - Live in Wermelskirchen Germany 1998 | |
| 1998 | Dropdead "Self Tutled" | LP |
| 1996 | Dropdead "Hostile" | EP |
| 1994 | Dropdead "Discography 1992-1993" | |
| 1993 | Dropdead "Self Titled" | LP |
| 1993 | Dropdead / Crossed Out split | EP |
| 1993 | Dropdead / Rupture split | EP |
| 1992 | Dropdead "Self Titled" | EP |
| 1991 | Dropdead Demos 1 & 2 | DEMO |