Dc3

A member of the first edition of Black Flag circa 1981-1982, guitarist Dez Cadena moved on after the band temporarily broke up in 1983 due to contract squabbles with Unicorn/MCA. By 1984, he had recruited two veterans of the L.A. hardcore scene (Paul Roessler and Jeff Dahl) to form DC3, a band which pointed back to the roots of hardcore by reworking the sludge metal of Black Sabbath with little punk influence. Signed to former bandmember Greg Ginn's SST Records (which also handled Black Flag), the band debuted in 1985 with This Is the Dream. The Sabbath influences became more ...