Ben Sawin - Vox/Guitar
Tom Hassall - Guitar/Vox/Keys
Adam Scard Jones - Bass
Dom McCready - Drums/Vox
Influences
qotsa/nirvana/stooges/doors/beck/theprisoner
Sounds Like
as a band, we've played with:
s.c.u.m, metronomy, spider webb (horrors), little comets,
in our other groups we've played with:
nine black alps, the subways, twisted wheel and a plethora of fiery local bands
ROY DESTROY IS THE SOUND OF FOUR RADIOACTIVE IDIOSYNCRATIC GENTLEMEN.
a dynamite garage rock band/draws on sixties psych, proto punk, blues and grunge/described as furiousfreneticgaragerock
You can listen to all of our EP GUERILLA VANILLA for free at
http://www.last.fm/music/Roy+Destroy
Don't Die Just Yet Blogspot Roy Destroy are a compelling blast of something dark yet fresh and this is why they're setting tongues wagging in the build up to Wednesday's sure-to-be-brilliant show.
Wrexhammusic.co.uk Spotlight Act First of all, I love the name, let’s take it bit by bit. ‘Roy‘ - a name generally associated with the boring biron that is ‘Roy Cropper’ from Corrie - a wimpish and weak handbag carrying, Marks and Spencer’s tailored definition of a man. ‘Destroy‘ - definition: to defeat completely. Quite polar opposites if you compare them. A juxtaposition if you will.
The newly formed band began to beaver away in a local music studio, The Filter Rooms, where they honed and gelled a sound which they were happy with - all without a speck of procrastination, ready for their debut band performance at The Malthouse in July.
A performance which I attended, and I wasn’t disappointed. The crowd succumbed quickly to a sound so raw and vervacious that straggler’s walking by stopped to take a listen to songs such as ‘Zut Alors’, ‘Charming Heart’ and ‘Joker’.
Full article at: http://www.wrexhammusic.co.uk/roy-destroy/
The Green Man Poll is almost over, only 4 days remain! If you’ve been having trouble working out how to vote exactly, we’ve written an extensive guide to voting and posted it in a blog, which you can read by following this link
We are playing at The Nursery Tavern, Coventry on 25th June with Wes Finch & The Dirty Band and Scattered Sons (featuring members of The Treehorns and Shackletons)
Hi Ben, thanks for playing the Cardiff show with us!!! you were brilliant! Swansea was great thanks! give us a shout when you're next back up North... andy :) x
cheers home boi, im applying for Manchester Met to do Design & Art direction so hopefully it all goes to plan. yeah you can use that image for a bit, if u could whack a link up to the blog for now that'd be sweet as pie, il make a little banner or something later.
wheres your chester gig at? do you know if theres anymore slots available for another band cos my mate ricks looking for some decent gigs to play over the summer - should check him out www.myspace.com/spirecraines
oh really? how come? what you been up to you silly boy?? i went to liverpool by myself on wednesday and it was crap cuz you werent there =( lol you're missing out on some good exhibitions by the way =P hope you have a good easter! and yes we better be friends again when we're back in newport otherwise i will have to kill you. if you cant be my friend you cant be anyone else's friend mwuahahaha!!! xxxxx
thanks for your swell comments. your sound is diverse from one track to the next, i must admit, i prefer the metronomy vibe lashings. keep up the joust! x
Hey fellas, just to let you know that you can now have listen to 5 new recordings from our soon to be released debut album ‘Little Eyes In The Universe’. Please have a listen... We hope you enjoy... Andy x
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