Album: Full Speed Ahead by D.R.I. (1995)
Genre: Thrash Metal | Style: Metal
Format: Album

Description: Full Speed Ahead is the seventh studio album by the American crossover thrash band D.R.I., which was released in 1995. The album has been met with mixed reviews and was not successful commercially.

To date, Full Speed Ahead remains the last album of new material D.R.I. had released. After the album's release, the band had reached the conclusion they would no longer record any new music. However, they had later withdrawn the statement, recording and releasing the track "Against Me" on their website in 2003. D.R.I. would not release any material until 2016 with the EP But Wait... There's More!.

Artist Background: D.R.I. (or Dirty Rotten Imbeciles) is a hardcore/metal band from the United States that formed in Houston, in 1982. The band currently comprises founding members, vocalist Kurt Brecht and guitarist Spike Cassidy, as well as drummer Rob Rampy and bassist Harald Oimoen. D.R.I. never gained a mainstream audience, but the integration of their hardcore punk roots with thrash metal influences was a stylistic catalyst for their contemporaries -most notably Suicidal Tendencies, Corrosion of Conformit... Part of the Houston, Texas, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Thrash Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Music Scene: Part of the Houston, Texas, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Thrash Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Tags: Thrash Metal, Metal, 1990s, Album


Full Speed Ahead is the seventh studio album by the American crossover thrash band D.R.I., which was released in 1995. The album has been met with mixed reviews and was not successful commercially.

To date, Full Speed Ahead remains the last album of new material D.R.I. had released. After the album's release, the band had reached the conclusion they would no longer record any new music. However, they had later withdrawn the statement, recording and releasing the track "Against Me" on their website in 2003. D.R.I. would not release any material until 2016 with the EP But Wait... There's More!.

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