This auction is for a signed, first pressing of DYS's 1983 debut LP, Brotherhood in mint condition. The sleeve is signed by Dave Smalley.  Please email with any questions.

DYS (band)

DYS was an American straight edge hardcore band from Boston, Massachusetts and part of the notorious "Boston Crew" along with contemporaries such as SSD and Negative FX. The group later expanded their sound, becoming one of the first hardcore bands to veer intoheavy metal.

Contents

• 1 Band history
• 2 Reunion
• 3 Post-DYS activities
• 4 Discography
• 5 References
• 6 Bibliography
• 7 External links

[edit]Band history

The band released two albums: Brotherhood, produced by legendary punk producer Lou Giordano – a record still held in high regard by fans of hardcore music, which sells for more than $150 a copy on ebay, and DYS, an album that took more of a metal direction than their debut. DYS is considered by many to be one of the first crossover thrash albums released. During their later rock/metal period, live sound was handled by noted hard rock producer Andrew Murdock, who works under the professional name "Mudrock."

Both albums have been re-issued together on CD and in digital formats by Taang! Records (titled Fire and Ice), and Brotherhood has also been reissued on CD and on iTunes in early 2005 by Taang! Records in its original format – with the addition of the Wolfpack demo tape, featuring Hüsker Dü singing back-up vocals.

DYS took its name from the Department of Youth Services, a Massachusetts governmental organization where delinquent youth were housed as well as the Alice Cooper classic "Department of Youth."

[edit]Reunion

On August 29, 2010 DYS headlined a reunion show and movie shoot in front of over 1,000 fans along with fellow Boston hardcore punk pioneers Jerry's Kids, Gang Green and The F.U.'s, as well as New York City’s Antidote. The show was in support of xxx ALL AGES xxx, a documentary about the hardcore punk scene in Boston in the early 1980s, produced by Gallery East in association with Stone Films NYC.[1]

The initial reunion line-up of DYS featured additional guitar player Bobby Frankenheim (ex-Death Wish) and new drummer Jack Clark of Jerry's Kids, Unnatural Axe and Cheetah Chrome's solo band.

DYS is now co-founders Dave Smalley and Jonathan Anastas, who have recruited ex-Foo Fighters and Scream_(band) guitar player Franz Stahl, ex-Powerman 5000 drummer Al Phanish and guitar player Adam Porris.

DYS has announced 2010/2011 shows at the House of Blues, Boston, MA, in support of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones' 13th annual Hometown Throwdown and in NYC at Webster Hall (formally the Ritz, where they had played in their previous incarnation), Baltimore, Phili, Sound and Fury Festival in Santa Barbara, Rumble Fest in Chicago and the legendary Gilman in Berkley CA. The band has also announced several shows in Norway and Sweden, planning to spend much of December 2011 touring Europe.

On June 23, 2011, the band and their new label - Bridge 9 - announced the August 9th release of "More than Fashion: LIVE from the Gallery East Reunion" on vinyl and Digital formats.

The band has also completed summer 2011 recording sessions with their old sound man (and now producer of note) Mudrock in Los Angeles.

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Discography

• 1983 – DYS "Brotherhood"
• 1984 – DYS "DYS"
• 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)
• 2005 – DYS "Wolfpack" – "Brotherhood" re-released with the addition of the band's original Wolfpack radio demo featuring Hüsker Dü on back-up vocals
• 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 shoot