Dropdead

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Dropdead
Dropdead live in Texas.jpg
Dropdead live in Austin, Texas on May 19, 2007
Background information
Origin Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Genres
Years active1991present
Labels
  • Armageddon
  • MCR
  • Prank
  • Selfless
  • Crust
Members
  • Bob Otis
  • Ben Barnett
  • Brian Mastrobuono
  • George Radford
Past members
  • Devon Cahill
  • Lee Mastrobuono

Dropdead is an American hardcore punk band based in Providence, Rhode Island. [1] They have been active in the punk scene since 1991, [2] having been formed in January of that year. [3] The band's songs are generally short and very fast-paced, with few lasting longer than two minutes. Other famous crust punk and grindcore bands like Nasum [4] have covered some of their songs. The band has a strong do-it-yourself ethic.

Contents

History

Meeting in Providence in 1989, they started playing as Hellocaust. After reconfiguring the lineup, a name change, and a great increase in speed and intensity, Dropdead was officially formed in January 1991. The first show happened in April 1991 with Born Against and Rorschach.

Recorded with Kurt Ballou at GodCity Studio, their follow up to their 1998 Untitled album titled Dropdead 2020 was released on September 25, 2020. [5]

Influences

They have cited various acts where they have drawn musically from: Anti Cimex, Crass, Conflict, Confuse, Discharge, Gauze, Icons of Filth, Infest, Lärm, Merzbow, Mob 47, Pandemonium, S.O.B., Septic Death, Siege (whose 1984 demo tape Drop Dead is the origin of the band's name), SSD, and Swans.

Members

Live at St. Stephens, DC, 2011 Dropdead - March 12 2011 - Live in DC - by Will Butler.jpg
Live at St. Stephens, DC, 2011
Current
Former


Timeline

Dropdead

Discography

Studio albums
EPs
Splits
Other
Compilation albums
Live albums

Associated acts

Bob Otis
Ben Barnett
Brian Mastrobuono
George Radford
Devon Cahill

See also

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References

  1. Arab on Radar Interview mentioning Providence bands
  2. Interview with drummer (1st question)
  3. n/a (2011-08-11) (30 August 2011). "The Dropdead Interview". blowthescene.com. Blow the Scene. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  4. Pratt, Greg (2016-06-16) (30 June 2016). "Dropdead - Dropdead". decibelmagazine.com. Decibel. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  5. Pratt, Greg (6 December 2018). "Full EP Stream: Dropdead – "Arms Race" and unreleased 1995 material". Decibel. Red Flag Media. Retrieved 14 March 2019.