Destroy!

{{Short description|Crust punk band from Minneapolis, active 1988–1994}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=February 2024}} {{Notability|date=February 2024}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox musical artist | name = Destroy! | image = | caption = | image_size = | alias = | origin = Minneapolis, Minnesota | genre = Crust punk, grindcore | years_active = 1988–1994 | label = Havoc Records | associated_acts = Code 13, Damage Deposit, Brainoil, Stormcrow, Disembodied, Look Back and Laugh, Disrespect, PersonHurter, Servitude, Segue, The Murderers | website = http://destroy.net/bands/destroy | current_members = {{unbulleted list|Felix Havoc||Mark Snorkelman|Dallas|Kirby Pringle|Yngwie Markstein|Chris|Mitch Useless|CyberNate Scabies|Jake Scabies|Mandy Manduke|Troll}} | past_members = }} '''Destroy!''' was an American crust punk band from Minneapolis between 1988 and 1994. Vocalist Felix Havoc founded Havoc Records in 1992 as a vehicle for Destroy!'s ''Burn this Racist System Down'' 7-inch EP, and later used it to release music from other bands from 1993 onwards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burn This Racist System Down |url=https://www.havocrecords.com/destroy/burn-racist-system-down |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Havoc Records and Distribution}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yoe |first=Adam |date=2020-05-04 |title=Felix Havoc: The Founder of Havoc Records on His Label, Past Bands + More |url=https://www.noecho.net/interviews/felix-havoc-interview |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=No Echo}}</ref>

==Members== *Felix Havoc (Code 13, Damage Deposit) *Yngwie Markstein (Disembodied, Look Back and Laugh, No Statik) *Troll (Disrespect) *CyberNate Scabies (Brainoil, Stormcrow) *Mitch Useless (PersonHurter, Code 13, Servitude, Segue, [http://despise.bandcamp.com Despise], Mördrot

== Discography == ===Demos=== * ''Create Chaos'' demo, AYF, (1989)

===EPs=== * ''Total Fucking Chaos'' 7-inch EP, Relapse (GTGP) Records, (1991) * ''Burn this Racist System Down'' 7-inch EP (1992)

===LPs=== * ''The Basement Years'' cassette, AYF, (1990) * ''Necropolis'' LP/CD, Sound Pollution, (1994)

===Live albums=== * ''Live @ CBGBs'' cassette, AYF, (1990)

===Split albums=== * ''Destroy!/Disrupt'' split 7-inch EP, Adversity Records, (1991) * ''Destroy!/Disturb'' split 7-inch EP, (1995)

== Compilations ==

* ''Son of Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh!'' 7-inch compilation, Slap A Ham * ''Bloodless Unreality'' 7-inch comp. * ''Crust & Anguished Life'' CD, MCR Recs., Japan. (1992) * ''Songs For The Socially Retarded'' Cassette Compilation (Various Artists), Thrashing Mad

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==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071206161914/http://destroy.net/bands/destroy/ destroy.net] - destroy.net page about Destroy! by CyberNate Scabies. * [http://www.havocrex.com Havoc Records] - Official Havoc Records website.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Destroy (Band)}} Category:American crust and d-beat groups Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1994 Category:Musical groups established in 1988 Category:Musical groups from Minneapolis Category:Hardcore punk groups from Minnesota