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James Herrault: Bass guitar | Mikey Pelo: Vocals | Kelly Dean: Drums | Joshy Wastrel: Guitar (electric), Vocals | John Dean: Bass guitar

Genre: Punk, Rock

Sound description: Vegitation

RIYL: The Gizzards, Vegitation, Battalion of Saints, Homeless Sexuals, Behind the Wagon, Castoff

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Related Links

• D.P.I. website

• "Drunk 'n' Pukin'" · March 2, 2006

• "Punk Marketing Tactic" · Dec. 22, 2005

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• ReverbNation

Synoposis

Inception: San Diego, 2002

Influences: Fear, Black Flag, Social Distortion, Bad Religion, JFA, Battalion of Saints, DeCry, Dr. Know. the Ramones, the Clash, the Sex Pistols

Background:

D.P.I. (Drunkin’ Punkin’ Idiots) are based in Ocean Beach. “D.P.I. started in April of 2002,” says bassist James Herrault. “I was the manager at a skate surf shop in O.B. called Pride. Our lead singer worked there, and all we listened to was late-1970s and early-1980s punk. One day he says to me, ‘I’m starting a punk band!’ I said I used to play bass when I was 12.”

“We went over there and wrote our first two songs...I couldn’t play bass worth shit. The drumming and singing was carrying us along. But we still didn’t have a guitar player...the first shows were house parties and, if you were fortunate to be there, you saw some insane shit. Absolutely packed like sardines and D.P.I. girls almost naked, dancing around like psycho go-go dancers while the pit was cranking.”

Their full-length Smashed was released in October 2012.

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