Crossover album released

When Felix joined D.R.I. in 1984, he brought a new audience to the shows. The next three years the band toured and started developing a new genre, (along with other pioneers) crossover . Their third album, Crossover , released in 1987, was aptly named, as the songs on this album had a strong metal sound to them. As the band began to cross over to thrash, their songs became longer, slower, and more complex. The press has called D.R.I. the major band of the ” crossover ” movement, a style that combined hardcore punk and thrash metal . This music invited a mixed audience of punks , skinheads , and metal fans to their shows. Thanks to this movement, Crossover helped expand D.R.I.’s popularity worldwide, including touring Europe and Australia for the first time, and opening for a variety of bands such as The Exploited and Anthrax .