Violent Pacification
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{{Infobox album
| name = Violent Pacification
| type = ep
| artist = Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
| cover = Dri_violentpacification.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1984
| recorded = November 1983
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Thrashcore, hardcore punk
| length = 5:41
| label = R Radical Records/Dirty Rotten
| producer =
| prev_title = Dirty Rotten
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Dealing with It!
| next_year = 1985
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r4989|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
}}
Violent Pacification is an EP by the American crossover thrash band D.R.I., which was released in 1984. The title track on this EP was covered by thrash metal band Slayer on their 1996 album Undisputed Attitude.
Track listing
;Dirty Rotten EP
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline = This Side
| extra_column =
| total_length = 2:54
| title1 = Violent Pacification
| length1 = 2:54
}}
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline = Flip Side
| extra_column =
| total_length = 2:47
| title1 = Running Around
| length1 = 0:55
| title2 = Couch Slouch
| length2 = 1:23
| title3 = To Open Closed Doors
| length3 = 0:29
}}
Personnel
- Spike Cassidy: Guitar/Backing vocals
- Josh Pappe: Bass
- Eric Brecht: Drums/Backing vocals
- Kurt Brecht: Lead vocals