Full_Speed_Ahead_(D.R.I._album)

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Full Speed Ahead (D.R.I. album)

1995 studio album by D.R.I.

Full Speed Ahead is an album by the American crossover thrash band D.R.I., released in 1995.[2][3] It is the band's final studio album.[4] The band's former roadie, Chumly Porter, played bass.[5]

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The album was not a commercial success. D.R.I. supported it by touring with Acid Bath.[6][7]

After the album's release, the band decided that they would no longer record any new music; however, they recorded and released the track "Against Me" in 2003. D.R.I. would not release any material until 2016, with the EP But Wait... There's More!

Critical reception

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The Charlotte Observer called the album "teeth-gnashing thrash-core," writing that the "pulverizing, heavy guitar chords collide with rat-tat-tat drumming for World War III."[9] The Arizona Daily Star noted that the album title "is a testament to [D.R.I.'s] unrelenting attack."[10] The Wisconsin State Journal wrote that the band's "still blindly and wantonly cranking out metallic, old-school, hard-core punk rock."[11]

Track listing

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Credits

  • Kurt Brecht – vocals
  • Spike Cassidy – guitars
  • Chumly Porter – bass
  • Rob Rampy – drums

References

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    "Review". www.ox-fanzine.de.
  2. [2]
    "D.R.I. Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
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    Phillips, William; Cogan, Brian (March 20, 2009). "Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music". ABC-CLIO – via Google Books.
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    Sharpe-Young, Garry (May 14, 2005). "New Wave of American Heavy Metal". Zonda Books Limited – via Google Books.
  5. [5]
    "High and D.R.I". Weekender. The Columbus Dispatch. February 15, 1996. p. 8.
  6. [6]
    Ehrbar, Joe (February 23, 1996). "LIKE YOUR MUSIC HARD-HITTING? TRY D.R.I. AT ICHABOD'S NORTH". Weekend. The Spokesman-Review. p. 2.
  7. [7]
    Haymes, Greg (February 8, 1996). "REGIONAL CLUBS OFFERING SOUND ALTERNATIVES TO ROCK". Times Union. Albany. p. P4.
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    "D.R.I. - Full Speed Ahead". ROCK HARD Heavy-Metal-Magazin.
  9. [9]
    Johnson, Kenneth (February 2, 1996). "INTO THE NIGHT". The Charlotte Observer. p. 7E.
  10. [10]
    Armstrong, Gene (January 12, 1996). "Dirty Rotten Imbeciles". Arizona Daily Star. p. 19E.
  11. [11]
    Thompson, Stephen (April 25, 1996). "HOT PICKS: LESBIAN PUNK, SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS". Rhythm. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 7.
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