SoCal's D.I. is preserved in the amber of the punk golden age. While many of their peers have either faded into obscurity, or grown into a mainstream tumor, D.I. have kept to their raw roots, living comfortably between the pop-punk of Green Day and the abrasive force of the Dead Kennedys. Sometimes the choruses are harmonized, other times frontman Casey Royer goes on some Jello Biafra-inspired political rants. Either way Royer is the true voice of the band-he's been the only consistent member since D.I.'s 1982 inception. They stand shoulder to shoulder with Social Distortion and the Adolescents, hailing from that same era while remaining entrenched in their musical principles. (KF)
SoCal's D.I. is preserved in the amber of the punk golden age. While many of their peers have either faded into obscurity, or grown into a mainstream tumor, D.I. have kept to their raw roots, living comfortably between the pop-punk of Green Day and the abrasive force of the Dead Kennedys. Sometimes the choruses are harmonized, other times frontman Casey Royer goes on some Jello Biafra-inspired political rants. Either way Royer is the true voice of the band-he's been the only consistent member since D.I.'s 1982 inception. They stand shoulder to shoulder with Social Distortion and the Adolescents, hailing from that same era while remaining entrenched in their musical principles. (KF)
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