D.I.
Background information
Origin	California, United States
Genre(s)	Hardcore Punk Punk Rock
Years active	1982-1995 2002-present
Website	Official Website

D.I. is a Southern California punk band featuring ex-Adolescents and Social Distortion drummer Casey Royer on vocals. Royer formed the group after he and former Social Distortion original member Rikk Agnew, left the original Mike Ness crew. Through the years, members have included the aforementioned Rikk Agnew, also of the Adolescents and Social Distortion, Alfie Agnew, and Tim Maag, with Royer being the only constant. Image File history File links D.I..jpg‎ Photograph of the band D.I., source: Europunk. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock which originated in North America in the early 1980s. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The Adolescents are a punk band formed in 1980 in Fullerton, California. ... Social Distortion (often known as Social D or SxDx) is a punk rock band that originally formed in 1978 by frontman Mike Ness. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Ness in his 54 Chevrolet. ... The Adolescents are a punk band formed in 1980 in Fullerton, California. ...

History

D.I. was formed in 1982 and combined the Orange County punk sound with a decidedly gothic style on their debut self-titled EP. The EP featured five songs including "Richard Hung Himself" (originally recorded by The Adolescents), "Venus De Milo," "Reagan Der Fuhrer," "Purgatory," and "Guns." This EP was later reissued as Team Goon with extra tracks including versions of Gary Glitter's "Rock & Roll Part II" and Devo's "Uncontrollable Urge." Their first proper album Ancient Artifacts was a more straight ahead Orange County sounding album that included new versions of "Guns" and "Purgatory" from the EP. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Adolescents are a punk band formed in 1980 in Fullerton, California. ... This is an article about the singer who performs as Gary Glitter. ... Devo (pronounced DEE-vo or dee-VO, often spelled DEVO or DEV-O) is an American Rock group formed in Akron, Ohio in 1972. ...

D.I. released two more albums Horse Bites, Dog Cries (1985) and What Good Is Grief to a God? (1988). Before recording sessions for What Good Is Grief to a God? commenced, guitarist Rikk Agnew left D.I. in 1987 to pursue his career with Adolescents and released two more albums (Brats in Battalions and Balboa Fun Zone) before splitting up. Rikk was replaced by Stevie DRT. D.I. released their next album Tragedy Again in 1989. After that, the band remained silent. Rikk Agnew Is A Punk Guitarist who has performed and been a member of Social Distortion (joined in 1978, replaced in 1980) And The Adolescents (Guitar 1980-89) Rikk resides In Orange County California and still performs with punk bands. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Adolescents are a punk band formed in 1980 in Fullerton, California. ... Brats in Battalions is the second album by punk band The Adolescents. ... The Balboa Fun Zone (1936 to present) is located on the Balboa Peninsula in the city of Newport Beach, Orange County, California. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Generally considered their best studio album, 'Horse Bites, Dog Cries' is seen as a continuance of The Adolescents famed Blue Album, with fast punk guitar riffs and vocals that suggest the hopelessness of a punk in Orange County, like the Agnews and of course Casey Royer. Tracks like "Johnny's Got a Problem", "Youth in Asia", "Imminent War" and "Hang Ten in East Berlin" demonstrate the band's real motives on this classic record. The Adolescents is the first album by the Orange County punk rock band of the same title. ...

A live album, Live at a Dive, was released in 1993. After Stevie DRT left the band, original drummer John Knight rejoined and their fifth album State of Shock was released in the following year. After touring and promoting it, the band broke up in 1995. To date, State of Shock remains the band's last full-length studio release. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... John Shively Knight (October 26, 1894–June 16, 1981) was an American newspaper publisher and editor. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

D.I. reunited in 2002 with the current line-up (Royer/Chckn/Clinton/Tater) to promote the compilation album Caseyology. To date, the band has continued touring. There was talk of a new studio album, but it has never surfaced. In March 2006, Punkmusic.com announced that D.I. had begun writing and is currently looking for a new record label for the album.^[1] For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... March 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Events 1 March 2006 (Wednesday) Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase announces that the 2006 Fiji general elections will be held in the second week of May 2006 from the 6th to the 13th. ...

The band also recently appeared on Discovery Channel's Monster Garage, and it turns out that D.I. is the shows host's favorite band. Discovery Channel is a property of Discovery Communications primarily packaged as a network entertainment brand distributed in virtually every pay-television market in the world. ... Monster Garage is a popular television show for the Discovery Channel. ...

Members

Current members

• Casey Royer - Vocals (since 1982)
• Chckn - Guitars
• Clinton - Guitars
• Eddie Tater - Bass
• Joey Tater - Dums

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Past members

• Fredric Taccone - Bass (1982-1983)
• Derek O'Brien - Drums (1982-1983)
• Tim Maag - Guitar (1982 - 1983)
• Rikk Agnew - Guitars, Vocals (1984-1987)
• Alfie Agnew - Guitars, Vocals (1984-1993)
• John "Bosco" Calabro - Guitars (1984-1995)
• Mark "The Kid" Cerneka - Guitars (1986-1988)
• Michael Calabro - Guitars (1991-1995)
• Hedge - Bass, Guitar (1986-1991)
• Dan Colburn - Bass (1991-1993)
• John Knight - Drums (1982-1987, 1993-1995)
• Stevie DRT - Drums (1985-1993)
• Sean Elliot - Guitars (1989-1993)

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Discography

Studio releases

EP, compilation and live albums

Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single, but are too short to qualify as albums. ...

Trivia

• The initials D.I. have no meaning. Casey Royer (singer / founder) is actually humored by all of the "what it stands for" thing. Many popular guesses include "Drug Ideology" and "Doggy Intercourse" (the popular D.I. logo actually shows a dog in a mounting position). It is noteworthy, however, that D.I.'s publishing name is Damned Immature.
• D.I. should not be confused with the Thrasher Magazine skate-rock band Drunk Injuns.
• The American thrash metal band Slayer covered "Spiritual Law" and "Richard Hung Himself" on their 1996 album Undisputed Attitude.

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References

1. ↑  Punkmusic.com (see Neal Ganslaw)

Neal Ganslaw (born 1972) is the founder and president of the punk website Punk Music Community (Punkmusic. ...

External links

• Official Website
• D.I. at MySpace
• D.I. Lyrics