DESTRUCTOR- 80’s thrasher’s story of earning major record deal, band ending tragedy and a 2022 comeback. Great walk down Heavy Metal Memory Lane.

2022-08-18

Cleveland, Ohio's DESTRUCTOR was a 1980s thrash metal band whose brief career was curtailed by tragedy. Formed in 1983 by spectacularly renamed members Dave Overkill (vocals/guitar), Pat Rabid (guitar), Paul Warhead (bass), and perhaps best of all, Matt Flammable (drums), Destructor jumped the thrash metal bandwagon hot on the heels of pioneers like Metallica and Slayer. 1985 saw the release of their Their full-length debut MAXIMUM DESTRUCTION . Although rough around the edges, the album was big on promise and well received by the metal ...

Cleveland, Ohio's DESTRUCTOR was a 1980s thrash metal band whose brief career was curtailed by tragedy.

Formed in 1983 by spectacularly renamed members Dave Overkill (vocals/guitar), Pat Rabid (guitar), Paul Warhead (bass), and perhaps best of all, Matt Flammable (drums), Destructor jumped the thrash metal bandwagon hot on the heels of pioneers like Metallica and Slayer.

1985 saw the release of their Their full-length debut MAXIMUM DESTRUCTION . Although rough around the edges, the album was big on promise and well received by the metal underground, eventually leading to a major label deal with Island Records for DESTRUCTOR'S next effort.

Recording for the tentatively entitled "Decibel Casualties" began in late 1987, but, tragically, Dave Holocaust was stabbed to death on January 1, 1988; and when their Island deal fell through, DESTRUCTOR decided to call it a day rather than carry on without their slain friend.

Fast forward to summer of 2022, The guys have re-grouped, released new material and are excited about a summer tour of Mexico with NASTY SAVAGE .
We speak with Dave Overkill (vocals/guitar)about the early days, their historic Rochester appearance in March of 1985 , we listen to cuts of an old interview the band conducted with Rochester Metal Radio DJ "THE WARHEAD" from 1985 and just shoot the shit about METAL!

A great unique conversation filled with in-depth antidotes and disclosures found only here at Metal Mayhem ROC.

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