MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW author, Bay Area music scene fixture, and all-around madman Harald Oimoen has hammered the bass in D.R.I. for nearly two decades now, about half the span of the band’s existence. He’ll soon have more than a few seconds of new music to show for it. The band that broke the speed record in 1983 with its 22-song Dirty Rotten 7″ EP has ever-so-slowly gotten around to bashing out new recordings. As Kurt Brecht tells the Phoenix New Times: “It’s more old school hardcore…straightforward, without the metal guitar sound.”
We asked Harald to send us a postcard from South America with the details of this upcoming release. As usual, D.R.I. is touring heavily, visiting Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and Mexico this month. The West Coast gets its chance live dirty, rotten, and imbecilic in April:
03.19.16 BUENOS AIRES, ARG – PALERMO CLUB
03.20.16 SANTIAGO, CHL – TEATRO CAUPOLICAN
03.22.16 SAU PAULO, BRA – INFERNO CLUB
03.23.16 RIO DE JANEIRO, BRA – TEATRO ODISSEIA
03.25.16 MONTERREY, MEX – CAFE IGUANA
03.26.16 MEXICO CITY, MEX – CIRCO VOLADOR
04.13.16 CHICO, CA – 1078 GALLERY
04.14.16 PETALUMA, CA – PHOENIX THEATER
04.15.16 SANTA CRUZ, CA – ATRIUM / CATALYST
04.16.16 OAKLAND, CA – METRO
04.17.16 SACRAMENTO, CA – BOARDWALK
04.19.16 RENO, NV – SHEAS TAVERN
04.20.16 ASHLAND, OR – CLUB 66
04.21.16 EUGENE, OR – BORREAL
04.22.16 PORTLAND, OR – HAWTHORNE
04.23.16 SEATTLE, WA – EL CORAZON
04.24.16 SPOKANE, WA – THE PIN
04.25.16 WALLA WALLA, WA – TBA
04.26.16 BOISE, ID – SHREDDER
04.27.16 SALT LAKE CITY, UT – CLUB X
