D.I. (band)

D.I.
Origin	Fullerton, California, U.S.
Genres	Hardcore punk punk rock skate punk
Years active	1981–present
Labels	Revenge Reject Triple X Doctor Dream Cleopatra Suburban Noize
Associated acts	Adolescents Social Distortion Christian Death X-Pistols
Members	Casey Royer Clinton Calton Eddie Tatar Joey Tatar
Past members	Tim Maag Rikk Agnew Alfie Agnew John "Bosco" Calabro Mark "The Kid" Cerneka Sean Elliott Ed Caudill Wade Walston Michael Calabro Fredric Taccone Hedge Dan Colburn Derek O'Brien John Knight Stevie DRT Steve Guevara Steve Lyen

D.I. is a Southern California punk band featuring ex-Adolescents and Social Distortion drummer Casey Royer on vocals. Royer formed the band after he and former Social Distortion original member Rikk Agnew (also formerly of Christian Death), left the original Mike Ness Social Distortion crew.

Since forming in 1981, D.I. has had many line-up changes over the years and Royer has been the only constant member of the band. The rotating line-up usually consists of former members of the Adolescents and Social Distortion (including the Agnew brothers, Rikk and Alfie Agnew). The band has continued to work, although they have had inactive periods, which include the band going on hiatus between albums. During their years of touring and recording albums, D.I. have never gained a huge mainstream success, but they have influenced many of the mostly formed in the 1990s melodic hardcore punk and punk rock revival bands, including Face to Face, Guttermouth, Jughead's Revenge,The Offspring, and Pennywise. Members of the band also joined up with Daddy X and the Dirtball of the Kottonmouth Kings, to create the punk rock band the X-Pistols, in 2010.

D.I. was formed in 1981 after the Adolescents' first break-up. Their original line-up consisted of Casey Royer on vocals, Tim Maag on guitar, Fredric Taccone on bass guitar, and Derek O'Brien on drums. The band combined the Orange County hardcore punk sound with a decidedly surf and new wave style on their debut self-titled EP. The EP featured five songs, including "Richard Hung Himself" (originally written by Steve Roberts while he played for the Adolescents, recorded with the Adolescents and later re-recorded with D.I.), "Venus De Milo", "Reagan der Führer", "Purgatory", and "Guns". This EP was later reissued as Team Goon with extra tracks including versions of Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part II" and Devo's "Uncontrollable Urge".

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