“Like The Exploding Hearts or Metallica before them, Dub Narcotic Sound System had a pretty bad van accident last year, swerving to avoid hitting a deer. Luckily, nobody died, though it was severe enough that Calvin Johnson and bassist Chris Sutton were hospitalized. Benefits were held, and before too long, the band was rested and healed. In that context, you could view *Degenerate Introduction*, t”