One of the first local bands I heard about when we arrived in New London almost 20 years ago — after The Reducers, of course — was a ferocious and fun punk band called D.O.T. They were so-named, I was told, because the members in fact all worked for the Department of Transportation.

After seeing them live, I liked to imagine them, well-lubed on cheap beer and, by the light of an eerie moon, hotwiring large D.O.T. machines — vibratory steel drum compactors or cold planers, possibly — and cruising through the night screaming the lyrics to Henry Rollins songs as they indiscriminately mowed down anything in their path.

Well, all these decades later — all two of them! — D.O.T. still occasionally hit the stage and rock. Er, punk. On Friday, in celebration of vocalist Simon John's birthday, D.O.T. performs in New London at 33 Golden Street. Similarly loud entertainers Fleshhammer and the McJaggers are also on the bill.

D.O.T., 8:30 p.m. Friday, 33 Golden Street, 33 Golden St., New London; $5; (860) 443-1193.