DYS (band)
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DYS | |
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| Origin | Bridge 9 |
| Members | Dave Smalley Jonathan Anastas Franz Stahl Al Pahanish Jr. Adam Porris |
| Past members | Andy Strachan Ross Luongo Dave Collins Chris Foley Bobby Frankenheim Jack Clark |
| Website | facebook |
DYS is an American
Boston Crew" in the 1980s, along with contemporaries such as SSD and Negative FX. The group later expanded their sound, becoming one of the first hardcore bands to veer into heavy metal
.
History
Formation
DYS was founded in the 1980s by singer
This Is Boston, Not LA compilation, and later adopted for a long-running MTV
advertising campaign titled "Santa, the Man, the Myth, the Slam Dancer."
DYS took its name from the Department of Youth Services, a
Andrew Murdock
, who works under the professional name "Mudrock” and ex-SS Decontrol drummer Chris Foley performed with the band, including their final show, a showcase for Elektra Records A&R executive Michael Alago, who was feted in a 2017 bio pic.
Initial Breakup
After DYS broke up, Anastas became a founding member of
ALL and Down By Law, before founding Don't Sleep. Strachan co-founded the more rock-focused band Slaughter Shack, winning the Rumble music contest. Ross Luongo went on to play guitar for the reformed Jerry's Kids.[3] Both of DYS's 1980s albums were re-issued together on CD and in digital formats by Taang! Records (titled Fire and Ice). Brotherhood has periodically reissued on CD, vinyl and digital formats with and without the addition of the Wolfpack demo tape, featuring Hüsker Dü
singing back-up vocals. An anniversary re-release with Bridge9 Records was issued in January 2024.
Reformation
On August 29, 2010, DYS headlined the Gallery East reunion show in front of over 1,000 fans, along with fellow Boston hardcore punk pioneers
live album of the performance was released on August 9, 2011, on Bridge 9 Records
as "More than Fashion: LIVE from the Gallery East Reunion" on vinyl and digital formats.
After that show, and facing interest from promoters to continue the reunion shows, Smalley and Anastas recruited a new west coast-based "all star" line-up featuring ex-
Mighty Mighty Bosstones on guest vocals, released December 13, 2011, "Unloaded", released January 24, 2012, a cover of Motörhead
's "(We Are The) Road Crew" in February 2012, a re-make of "Brotherhood" (Brotherhood 2012) in July 2012 and "True Believers" in October 2012.
This line-up of DYS played 50+ live shows in the US and Europe between 2010 and 2017. Major festival dates included the 2011 Rumble Fest in Chicago, the 2011 Sound and Fury Fest in Santa Barbara, the 2012 Black n' Blue Bowl, the 2012
Groezrock Festival
, the 2012 My Fest in Berlin, the 2012 Tsunami East Fest, the 2014 Southeast Beast Fest, the 2014 EIPER Fest and the 2017 Resurrection fest in Spain. DYS announced a summer 2020 run of European festivals and club shows that was cancelled due to COVID-19.
The 2024 Bridge9 Records anniversary re-release of "Brotherhood" sold out the first pressing in pre-orders and peaked at #9 on the Cortex Records sale charts, appearing on the legendary German punk rock record store's influential charts for three weeks.
Discography
- 1983 – DYS "Brotherhood" on XClaim! Records
- 1985 – DYS "DYS" on Modern Method Records
- 1993 – Various Artists "Faster and Louder, Volume Two" (Contributed the track "Wolfpack" which was the band's unreleased first demo tape and a live favorite)
- 1993 – DYS "Fire and Ice" (first two albums combined on CD) on Taang! Records
- 2005 – DYS "Wolfpack" – "Brotherhood" re-released with the addition of the band's original Wolfpack radio demo featuring Hüsker Dü on back-up vocals, on Taang! Records
- 2011 – DYS "More than Fashion: LIVE from the Gallery East Reunion" – live tracks from the "Gallery East Reunion" festival and "xxx All Ages xxx" movie, on Bridge 9 Records
- 2011 - DYS "Wild Card" - Single on Bridge 9 Records
- 2011 - DYS "Sound of our Town" - Single on Bridge 9 Records, featuring Dicky Barrett of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- 2012 - DYS "Unloaded" - Single on Bridge 9 Records
- 2012 - DYS "(We are) The Road Crew" - Single on Bridge 9 Records, Motorhead cover
- 2012 - DYS "Brotherhood 2012" - Single on Bridge 9 Records
- 2012 - DYS "True Believer" - Single on Bridge 9 Records
- 2012 – DYS "Brotherhood" Vinyl-only re-release on Taang! Records (1,000 copies, limited edition, 500 red/500 180 gram)
- 2023 – DYS "Brotherhood" Vinyl-only "40th Anniversary" version released on Bridge 9 Records (1,000 copies screen printed, one-sided)
References
- ^ a b "Music man - BCM - Spring 2004". Bcm.bc.edu. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
- ^ "Exclusive: DYS Premiere "Wild Card" - Revolver Magazine". Archived from the original on November 3, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- ISBN 9780922915712.
- ^ Thomas (June 3, 2010). "Gallery East Reunion Press Release" (PDF). Cambridge Marketing Group.
Bibliography
- Blush, Steve (2001). ISBN 1-932595-89-9.
External links
- Bridge 9 Records site, DYS page
- Taang Records site, DYS page Archived May 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- DYS Page on Facebook
- DYS video of "City to City" live on YouTube
- DYS video of "Wild Card" on YouTube
- PMAKid Interview – Interview with Dave Smalley on PMAKid.com
- Suburban Voice Interview Archived September 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine – DYS interview from 1993
- Jonathan Anastas Interview
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