In 2024, long time drummer Rampy left the band and was replaced by Danny Walker.
In January 2019, Metal Addicts reported that D.R.I. had been working on their first full-length studio album since 1995’s Full Speed Ahead , though no new material has been released as of 2026. In 2025, the band participated in the Hell’s Heroes music festival held at the White Oak Music…
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Although no longer working with D.R.I., one of the band’s old record labels, Rotten Records, in 2015, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in a suit against a Comcast user who allegedly downloaded and shared the band’s sixth album. According to the lawsuit, Rotten…
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D.R.I. entered a Southern California studio in October 2014 to begin recording an EP containing new material. It was produced by Bill Metoyer, who produced the band’s later studio albums. The EP, titled But Wait… There’s More! , was released on June 10, 2016. Vocalist Kurt Brecht has described the…
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On September 17, 2014, it was announced that Rob Rampy had departed from the band, citing serious injury as the reason. He was then replaced by Brandon Karns, who subsequently left the band shortly thereafter. Karns was then replaced by Walter “Monsta” Ryan. However, Rampy rejoined D.R.I in 2018. In…
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From 2011 through 2019, the band regularly trekked the United States, as well as tours of the United Kingdom, Europe, and South America. The COVID-19 pandemic canceled or postponed dates in 2020 but the band returned to the road in 2021 and planned for a 40th-anniversary tour in 2022 across…
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On April 13, 2010, Beer City Records reissued “Crossover – Millennium Edition” on LP and CD. Finally after many years Crossover was once again available. This reissue was remastered by the original co-producer/engineer Bill Metoyer. The CD version contains eleven bonus tracks including five songs from their performance at NYC’s…
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In March 2006, Cassidy was diagnosed with colon cancer, which put the band’s performances and recording on hiatus until his recovery. In December 2006, Cassidy had completed all radiation and chemotherapy; a one-foot section of the large intestine (colon) was removed through an eight-inch incision in his stomach. An announcement…
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After another tour in 2004, the band released Live At CBGB’s CD and DVD, and the reissue of the Crossover album, all on Beer City. The reissue of Crossover was delayed due to Cassidy’s illness.
The turn of the millennium saw the Dirty Rotten Imbeciles headline the “Millennium 2000 Tour”. The constant cycle of touring continued into 2001 with D.R.I. extensively touring the United States on the “Old School Tour” culminating in a headlining appearance at the Milwaukee Metal Fest, and other tours of the…
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