History Music / DirtyRottenImbeciles

* {{Mascot}}: The iconic Skanking Man, also known as Moshman and the Thrashing Man, which was designed by Eric Brecht for school assignment to create a corporate logo according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki. It appears on pretty much anything D.R.I. related, such as shirts, album art, and even Spike Cassidy's guitar.

* AdultFear: "Abduction" and "Syringes in the Sandbox", both being ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* GreenAesop: "Acid Rain".

* GreenAesop: Acid Rain.

* HeavyMeta: Thrashard, about what else but [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin thrashing really hard.]]

The band has a very dedicated fanbase, despite Beavis and Butthead reviewing Acid Rain being about as much "mainstream" attention as they got, and are probably best known as the TropeNamer and TropeCodifier of Crossover Thrash, and is a TropeMaker in the genre, along with Music/SuicidalTendencies, Music/StormtroopersOfDeath, The Cro-Mags, and many others.

* ProtestSong: As one would expect from their punk origins, the band has many. Examples include "I Don't Need Society", "Snap", "Do The Dream", "Suit and Tie Guy", "Violent Pacification", "Stupid, Stupid War"... you get the point.

The band has a very dedicated fanbase, despite never gaining much attention (Beavis and Butthead reviewing Acid Rain is about as "mainstream" as they got) and are probably best known as the TropeNamer and TropeCodifier of Crossover Thrash, and is a TropeMaker in the genre, along with Music/SuicidalTendencies, Music/StormtroopersOfDeath, MOD, and COC.

* AdultFear: Abduction and Syringes in the Sandbox.

** Who Am I? also has this.

* [[DualMeaningChorus Dual Meaning Song]]: The aforementioned Equal People can be seen as either [[http://www.examiner.com/metal-music-in-austin/the-best-songs-of-dri "a plea for understanding or a sarcastic comment on the ideas that gave way to the political correctness phenomenon"]].

* HeavyMeta: Thrashard.
* KarmaHoudini: The protagonist of Slumlord.
* KillThePoor: Again, Slumlord.
* {{Mascot}}: The Skanking Man, also known as Moshman and the Thrashing Man, which was designed by Eric Brecht for a corporate logo, according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki. It appears on pretty much anything D.R.I. related, such as shirts, album art, etc.
** To a lesser extent, the soldier on the Dirty Rotten LP.
* MotorMouth: Kurt Brecht is this, bordering on TheUnintelligible.
* PrecisionFStrike: Stupid, Stupid War's "nothing to fight ''fucking'' for" stands out.
* ProtestSong: Naturally, coming from a punk band. Examples include: I Don't Need Society, Snap, Do The Dream, Suit and Tie Guy, Violent Pacification, Stupid, Stupid War...
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Slumlord, Abduction, Beneath The Wheel...let's just say there's a few of their songs that use this trope.

* SomethingBlues: Nursing Home Blues.
** Soup Kitchen is sometimes labeled as "Soup Kitchen Blues".
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Problem Addict.
* ThrashMetal: Another important element to the crossover genre.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth
* TropeNamer: For the genre of crossover thrash.

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'''Discography:'''

D.R.I. provides examples of the following tropes:

* {{Mascot}}: The Skanking Man, also known as Moshman and the Thrashing Man, which was designed by Eric Brecht for a corporate logo, according to TheOtherWiki. It appears on pretty much anything D.R.I. related, such as shirts, album art, etc.

The band has a very dedicated fanbase, despite never gaining much attention (Beavis and Butthead reviewing Acid Rain is about as "mainstream" as they got) and are probably best known as the TropeNamer and TropeCodifier of Crossover Thrash, and is a TropeMaker in the genre, along with Music/SuicidalTendencies, M.O.D., C.O.C., and S.O.D.

The band has a very dedicated fanbase, despite never gaining much attention (Beavis and Butthead reviewing Acid Rain is about as "mainstream" as they got) and are probably best known as the TropeNamer and TropeCodifier of Crossover Thrash, and is a TropeMaker in the genre, along with Suicidal Tendencies, M.O.D., C.O.C., and S.O.D.

* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth:

* SingleStanzaSong: Most notably "Reaganomics", a 43 second ProtestSong which, if you don't count repetition, has four words worth of lyrics:
-->Reaganomics killing me!
-->Reaganomics killing me!
-->Reaganomics killing me!
-->Reaganomics killing you!

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Averted with guitarist Spike Cassidy. He was diagnosed with colon cancer in the mid 2000's, and with the help of chemotherapy and surgery, he managed to pull through.

* PrecisionFStrike: Stupid, Stupid War's "nothing to ''fucking'' fight for" stands out.

* PrecisionFStrike: I Don't Need Society, Stupid, Stupid War,

* AdultFear: Abduction, naturally.
** Arguably Syringes in the Sandbox.

* PrecisionFStrike: The "fuck you!" at the end of I Don't Need Society is rather well placed.
* ProtestSong: I Don't Need Society, Snap, Do The Dream, Suit and Tie Guy, Violent Pacification...

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* AGoodNameForARockBand: The name came from Kurt Brecht's father complaining about the group playing in his house and calling them "a bunch of dirty rotten imbeciles".

The band has a very dedicated fanbase, despite never gaining much attention (Beavis and Butthead reviewing Acid Rain is about as "mainstream" as they got) and are probably best known as the TropeNamer and TropeCodifier of Crossover Thrash, and is a TropeMaker in the genre, along with SuicidalTendencies, M.O.D., C.O.C., and S.O.D.

* FaceOfTheBand: Kurt Brecht and Spike Cassidy, for being the only original members of the band.

* ThisIsSparta: Slumlord, Abduction, Beneath The Wheel...let's just say there's a few of their songs that use this trope.

* TropeNamer: For the genre of crossover thrash.

* [[DualMeaningChorus Dual Meaning Song]]: The aforementioned Equal People can be seen as either "a plea for understanding or a sarcastic comment on the ideas that gave way to the political correctness phenomenon", says the author of [[http://www.examiner.com/metal-music-in-austin/the-best-songs-of-dri this post]].

* KarmaHoudini: Slumlord.

** Soup Kitchen is sometimes labeled as "Soup Kitchen ''Blues''".

* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: Naturally.
* ThisIsSparta: Slumlord, Abduction, Beneath The Wheel, Who Am I?...let's just say there's a few of their songs that use this trope.

* DualMeaningChorus: The aforementioned Equal People can be seen as either "a plea for understanding or a sarcastic comment on the ideas that gave way to the political correctness phenomenon", according to the author of [[http://www.examiner.com/metal-music-in-austin/the-best-songs-of-dri this post]].

* ProtestSong: I Don't Need Society, Snap, Do The Dream, Suit and Tie Guy...

Formed in Houston, Texas in 1982, the Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (D.R.I. for short) started from the remains of the hardcore band Suburbanites with Kurt Brecht on vocals, Spike Cassidy on guitar, Eric Brecht on drums, and Dennis Johnson on bass. Although the positions of bassist and drummer in the band would change, Kurt and Spike have remained in their positions since the beginning.

The band has a very dedicated fanbase, despite never gaining much attention (Beavis and Butthead reviewing Acid Rain is about as "mainstream" as they got) and are probably best known as the TropeNamer and TropeCodifier of Crossover Thrash, and is a TropeMaker in the genre, along with SuicidalTendencies, M.O.D., C.O.C., and S.O.D.

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'''Discography:'''

* 1983 -- ''Dirty Rotten LP''
* 1985 -- ''Dealing With It''
* 1987 -- ''Crossover''
* 1988 -- ''4 of a Kind''
* 1989 -- ''Thrash Zone''
* 1992 -- ''Definition''
* 1995 -- ''Full Speed Ahead''

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D.R.I. provides examples of the following tropes:

* AGoodNameForARockBand: The name came from Kurt Brecht's father complaining about the group playing in his house and calling them "a bunch of dirty rotten imbeciles".
* AdultFear: Abduction, naturally.
** Arguably Syringes in the Sandbox.
* AuthorExistenceFailure: Averted with guitarist Spike Cassidy. He was diagnosed with colon cancer in the mid 2000's, and with the help of chemotherapy and surgery, he managed to pull through.
* BrokenRecord: Equal People only has the lines "Look at you, then look at me/There's no difference I can see" repeated again and again.
* FaceOfTheBand: Kurt Brecht and Spike Cassidy, for being the only original members of the band.
* GreenAesop: Acid Rain.
* HeavyMeta: Thrashard.
* KarmaHoudini: Slumlord.
* KillThePoor: Again, Slumlord.
* {{Mascot}}: The Skanking Man, also known as Moshman and the Thrashing Man, which was designed by Eric Brecht for a corporate logo, according to TheOtherWiki. It appears on pretty much anything D.R.I. related, such as shirts, album art, etc.
** To a lesser extent, the soldier on the Dirty Rotten LP.
* PrecisionFStrike: The "fuck you!" at the end of I Don't Need Society is rather well placed.
* ProtestSong: I Don't Need Society, Snap, Do The Dream, Suit and Tie Guy...
* SomethingBlues: Nursing Home Blues.
** Soup Kitchen is sometimes labeled as "Soup Kitchen ''Blues''".
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Problem Addict.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: Naturally.
* ThisIsSparta: Slumlord, Abduction, Beneath The Wheel, Who Am I?...let's just say there's a few of their songs that use this trope.
* TropeNamer: For the genre of crossover thrash.