# Tony Destra

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{{short description|American drummer}}

{{Infobox musical artist
| name                  = Tony Destra
| birth_date            = {{birth date|1954|09|20}}
| death_date            = {{death date and age|1987|02|08|1954|09|20}}
| occupations            = Musician
| instruments            = Drums
| years_active          = 1982–1987
| past_member_of       = [Cinderella](/source/Cinderella_(band))<br>[Britny Fox](/source/Britny_Fox)<br>Enforcer
| background            = non_vocal_instrumentalist
}}

'''Tony Destra''' (September 20, 1954&nbsp;– February 8, 1987), was an American drummer who played for the [glam metal](/source/glam_metal) bands [Cinderella](/source/Cinderella_(band)) and [Britny Fox](/source/Britny_Fox).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Talevski|first1=Nick|title=Rock Obituaries - Knocking On Heaven's Door|date=2006|publisher=Omnibus Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-84609-091-2|page=130|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DykffzkFALoC&dq=britny+fox&pg=PA130|accessdate=19 November 2017}}</ref>  Before Cinderella or Britny Fox, Destra was the drummer for another popular Philadelphia area band called Enforcer. Destra played on Cinderella's indie 45 of "Shake Me" and "Somebody Save Me". After he left Cinderella, Destra joined Britny Fox in 1985. He played on the Britny Fox demo ''In America'' in 1986. 

In Cinderella, Destra was replaced by drummer [Jim Drnec](/source/Jim_Drnec). In Britny Fox Destra was replaced by drummer Adam F Ferraioli who was then himself replaced by long-term drummer Johnny Dee.

Destra died in a car accident on February 8, 1987.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Carlson|first1=Taylor T.|title=HAIRcyclopedia Vol. 1 - The Legends|date=June 2014|isbn=978-1-312-28618-4|pages=36–37|publisher=Lulu.com |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2d7YBgAAQBAJ&dq=dean+davidson+britny+fox&pg=PA35|accessdate=19 November 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==

===With Cinderella===
Demos

===With Britny Fox===
''In America'' (demo) (1986)

==References==
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{{Cinderella (band)}}
{{Britny Fox}}

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Category:1954 births
Category:1987 deaths
Category:Road incident deaths in Pennsylvania
Category:American rock drummers
Category:Glam metal musicians
Category:Cinderella (band) members
Category:Britny Fox members
Category:20th-century American drummers
Category:American male drummers
Category:20th-century American male musicians
Category:Road incident deaths in the United States

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