Discharge, D.R.I., Possessed
Club Can’t Tell
Sacramento, CA
09/08/86
Flyer scan by Ken Doose
Tag: d.r.i.
D.R.I.- Sherwood Hall, Salinas Ca. 2/21/86 xfer from 1st gen audio cassette tape full show DRI
Since I posted the Slayer set yesterday, I figured that I would post DRI’s opening set today. I was so pumped for the D.R.I. set as they had quickly become my favorite band at the time. The crowd did not appreciate them- you can hear Kurt mention that they were getting harassed a bit. They were great and the set is a great mix of Dirty Rotten and Dealing with it. Ricky always did a nice job recording shows, he was a good guy.
Recorded by: Ricky Miramontes
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audi Audiophile 2496 card
D.R.I.- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca 12/31/85 to 1/1/86 xfer f/master audio cassette Dirty Rotten Imbec
Happy New Year! I hope 2026 is amazing for you all.
Man, did Wayne Vanderkuil bail my ass out for an On This Date post today. There aren’t many shows that happen on New Years Day, and my tape list is riddled with hundreds of “jan 1 yyyy” entries since that was the default for something that happened on an unknown date within a particular year… I couldn’t find anything.
But Wayne labeled this tape “DRI Ruthie’s 1/1/86” since the bands played after midnight, so I am running with it. Here is Wayne’s master from after midnight on a new years eve show. It sounds great, especially after an EQ job. Thanks Wayne!
2 more weeks of this On This Date nonsense and we can move on to something else.
Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10
D.R.I.- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca. 9/20/85 xfer from low gen cassette Audio Only
Here is a really cool show from Eric Mcintire’s archive. I went over to his house and borrowed about 30 tapes, then the Nak Dragon died right when I got them home. Sounds pretty good for a 1985 punk tape. I wonder if this is one of Verne Inhel’s pro walkman recordings… anyway, huge thanks to Eric for letting me borrow these tapes.
This is my favorite era of DRI, and within a month of when I saw them for the first time. That was a life changing show.
Recorded by ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon/M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card.
D.R.I. – Country Club, Reseda Ca 9/7/85 Low gen xfer f/Kerry’s VHS tape Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
Let’s start today with the Patreon Voter’s Choice! There is a backstory on this one. My friend Matt Polish used to be good friends with Slayer in the 1980s- he was so close to the band that he would fly to southern cal and stay at Jeff’s house for a week at a time. Kerry would fly up to Sacramento to see someone he was dating and I would pick him up at the airport and drive him around. Sometimes he would give or loan me tapes such as this one when he came up.
This one was a loan and I only had a day or so to get it copied. I begged our next door neighbor to do it at the time and after he heard Tom’s intro to Necrophiliac, he let me know that there would be no more copies on his equipment. LOL. Unfortunately I could only get the entire tape copied once, in 4 hour mode (the obscure VHS “LP” mode).
So since we were voting on patreon for a “D” video, my super-awesome voting patrons once again had great taste and picked this one. It’s DRI’s opening set on the 7th. It’s pretty cool and at shows the band at their absolute peak. I saw them a couple weeks before this and it was life changing.
I have a board tape of this show as well (not from Kerry) that I could synch, but the audio isn’t bad here.
Recorded by: Metal blade maybe?
2026 Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – ATI TV Wonder 600 USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
D.R.I.- Club Can’t Tell, Sacramento Ca. 8/25/85 Audio Recording xfer from master tape
Here is something that I posted to youtube in 2016 but it somehow didn’t get posted to the sac music archive. Ugh, I hate that. Who knows how much more from my YT channel is missing from the website. I even re-digitized it today. Annoying.
Anyway, I don’t usually do the “on this day” type of thing, but this one was a life changer. I was a total metalhead at the time and went to see Slayer, but D.R.I. was opening the show. I had never seen a band play this fast- I was hooked immediately. I bought “Dealing with It” right after the show and it was my soundtrack for the rest of the year. Then came the obligatory purchases of Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Adrenalin O.D, Crucifix, and so many more. So thank D.R.I. for the crash course (or is it thrash course) into punk.
I told the A.O.D. guys that they were on of my gateway bands because they were mentioned on one of Anthrax’ liner notes. They joked that that was a great trade- Anthrax plays arenas and they got Shayne in return.
Oh, it seems like the Slayer show from this date is not in the pile of 4,000 tapes I have here in my collection… but I think I saw Ron Quintana post a pic of a stack of cassettes recently with that show in there. Maybe we can convince him to stop teasing us and post it! 🙂
Recorded by: Mark Martin
Equipment used: Panasonic consumer handheld recorder
D.R.I.- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca. 7/14/85 Audio Soundboard xfer from low gen tape remastered
This is going to be a TL/DR. Sorry.
Josh Pappe passed away. I did not know him well, but I met him a few times and partied with him at the infamous Discharge Club Can’t Tell show. He was a nice guy. My friend Matt Polish was friends with him. He was the bass player responsible for my favorite D.R.I. era.
A lot of punk musicians/fans my age have been hit with health problems lately, with Reed and now Josh passing away. It makes me think about my own mortality and my place in life now, especially since I didn’t take great care of myself in my teenage years. Hoping I am around for a while for my kids, especially the 9 and 4 year old.
On to the details about the recording. This comes from Eric Mcintire’s collection- thanks for trusting me with the tapes. I worked on this for about an hour in Izotope RX to boost guitar/bass/drums and to remove hiss. Eric, that’s why it is taking me so long! If you all heard the original version, you would be shocked at the difference.
Izotope RX is an unbelievable tool- it takes audio and allows you to rebalance the instruments. I can’t believe something like this exists, and now I am going to be busy for YEARS remixing my old DAT soundboards. Haha.
HUGE thanks to Carl Sylvester for telling me about the app.
Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon, M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Remaster in Izotope rx7, boost bass/drums/guitar & remove hiss
D.R.I. Interview w/Barry Ward and early Demos early 80s? Barry’s archive tape Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
Here is the last of the 14 AUDIO collections that I had not posted for a while. It looks like the last thing that I posted from Barry’s collection took place in early 2023. From here on out, you can expect an audio post from every one of the 14 collections in rotation.
This tape blew my mind. The first 25min has Barry and the band talking. It’s part interview and part them screwing around. At the 25 minute mark, the rehearsal demo starts. Never heard the first song before, and most of the rest are played at radically different tempos than their album versions. Wildly entertaining listen for fans of the band.
From Barry:
That’s crazy. I don’t think I’ve heard that tape since it was recorded. That was in my garage bedroom at my parents house in Houston. So young and green. With Kurt and Eric Brecht. Was it on reel to reel or cassette? Had a stereo reel to reel at the time. Two mics. We were goofing off and making noises when slowing down or speeding up the reel.
Recorded by: Barry Ward (int) and ?(demo)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card