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Dirty Rotten Imbeciles at Hard Rock
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January 19, 2011 | 02:39 PM Having a foot-long chunk of your large intestine removed through a an eight-inch incision in your abdomen is pretty hardcore. So is radiation and chemotherapy. But Spike Cassidy, founding member of hardcore punk band D.R.I. (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles), is a hardcore kind of guy. He endured all that and then some after being diagnosed with colon cancer in 2006. Cassidy has been cancer-free since '08 and says he's "very happy D.R.I. (is) playing again—it has been far too long. We are looking forward to restarting up exactly where we left off." Following the release of their last album, 1995's Full Speed Ahead, the band said they would no longer record new work. While continuing to tour, the band has since retracted that statement, but have (pretty much) held true to its sentiments (save a single called "Against Me" which is generally unavailable). Though putting a stop to studio work—or being stopped by crazy cancer surgery—hasn't held back Cassidy, Kurt Brecht, Rob Rampy and Harald Oimoen from international touring, Maui thrashers should still consider themselves lucky D.R.I. is making a stop on the West side, giving us a something to mosh about. The Valley Isle's own Order of the White Rose and Minor Setback opens. Tickets available at groovetickets.com. 667-7400; underworldevents.com
Friday (January 21), 9pm, Hard Rock Cafe, Lahaina, $22
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