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DROPDEAD United States

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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