Dropdead
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Dropdead is a Providence, Rhode Island-based[1] hardcore punk band whose sound is often characterized as a mix of crust punk, D-beat, power violence, and thrashcore. The band has been active in the hardcore punk scene since the early 1990s[2].
One member of the band, Ben Barnett, runs Armageddon Shop, a Providence record store, along with its record label Armageddon Label.
Dropdead has proven highly influential to modern strains of hardcore and crust while also adhering to the DIY ethic throughout its extended career. The band's songs are generally short and very fast-paced, with few lasting longer than one minute. Lyrically, Dropdead tends to address a handful of subjects typical of anarcho-punk, such as animal rights, pacifism, anti-authoritarianism and misanthropy.
Members of Dropdead also play in I, Destroyer, Straight to Hell, BATTLESNAKE, The Fuzz, Lolita Black, and, at one point, Monster X.
Partial discography
- Self Titled 7" (Crust Records)
- Self Titled 1998 LP/CD (Armageddon)
- Self Titled 1993 LP/CD (Armageddon)+
- Discography LP/CD, 1994 (Armageddon)++
- Hostile 7" (1996, Spiral Objective/Insurgence)
- Live in Hiroshima 3"CD (1997, Profance Existence Far East)
- Self Titled (Live 1998) LP (2003, Red C)
- Dropdead/Totalitär[ - split 7" or CD-EP (2002, Prank)
- Dropdead/Look Back and Laugh - split 7" (2004, Armageddon)
- Dropdead/Crossed Out - split 5" (1993, Co-released by 5 Labels)
- Dropdead/Rupture - split 8" (1993, Highly Collectable Records)
- Dropdead/Unholy Grave - split 7" (2003, MCR)
+ Originally released on Selfless Records
++ Originally released on Clearview and Flat Earth records