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The Drastics first full-length album, Premonition, was released in 2005 to great expectation on Chicago's JumpUp! Records. The album featured guest vocalists Craig Akira Fujita (Pressure Cooker, Joint Chiefs, 10 ft Ganja Plant), King Django, Dr. Ring Ding as well as several local underground talents. The record's raw dirty sound quickly solidified their authenticity while their innovative approach to the music set them apart as leaders of a new school of reggae-based music.
. musically inventive and steeped in a variety of styles . know how to use horns and melodica to dub it up real fine - Beat Magazine
With their second release, Chicago Massive, The Drastics undertook their biggest endeavor to date. Chicago Massive is a 2 disc album boasting 27 tracks and 24 friends sharing the mic in a variety of styles. Guest musicians on the first disc include Chicago reeds player Charles Gorczynski (Silences Sumire, Leaves), Mike "Spyder" Hobson (Deals Gone Bad), and trumpeter Rich Graiko (Westbound Train). Guest vocalists include Drastic mainstays Fada Dougou and MC Zulu as well as friends King Django, Dr. Ring Ding, Dayna Lynn, Todd Hembrook (Deals Gone Bad), and Corey Dixon (formerly of The Zvooks). Selected cuts off this record were also treated to remix album appropriately titled "The Drastics Remixes" by electro-acoustic duo Silences Sumire (Rope-a-dope).
So creative are the riddims, so intriguing the dubs . The Drastics deserve much credit for moving deep into unchartered territories . - allMusic Guide
With their third release, The Drastics show no sign of slowing down. Refining their cutting-edge sound, Waiting comes hard and to-the-point with 12 new tracks. The album drops a perfect mixture of fresh material expanding from dub to vocal to jazz-centric improvisation carrying with it a maturity of sound appealing to reggae and non-reggae heads a like. Regular vocalists MC Zulu and Fada Dougou lend their voices over the tough "Redlight" and catchy "Good Time Tonight". While local hornsmen Charles Gorczynski (Silences Sumire, Leaves) and Gerald Bailey (Black Bear Combo) lend a hand to the horn section.
Spanning the generations, bridging the worlds between jazz and rock, reggae and prog, and bringing dub to a whole new pinnacle of sound, fans need wait no more, the Drastics have finally delivered their masterpiece. - allMusic Guide
