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There is more than one performer with the name Destroyer.
1) Dan Bejar started Destroyer as a solo home-recording experiment in the early to mid 90s. Working alone, and at his own pace, Bejar dabbled in four tracking and worked to develop his style and vision.
He was meticulous in reworking songs again and again until he found confidence in his music and his voice. By 1996 he had culled enough material to release his debut full length, We’ll Build Them A Golden Bridge. Stripped down lo-fi electric folk, Golden Bridge introduced Dan as a major new talent in Vancouver.
In 1998 Bejar added a rhythm section to Destroyer and headed into a real studio for the first time to record City Of Daughters, a sparsely produced but engagingly vibrant batch of songs in which Bejar’s unique and inventive lyrics began to evolve into an obtuse and poetically original voice.
Destroyer expanded once again in early 2000, this time rounding out into a quintet for Thief, the third album, which provided an expanded canvas for Bejar’s cryptic and scathing indictments that warned of the pitfalls and pratfalls of the modern music industry (or at least that’s what everyone claimed he was singing about; Dan offered no explanations).
By the time Streethawk: A Seduction hit the streets in 2001, the groundwork had been laid and a maelstrom of critical acclaim flowed all around. Streethawk was a highly refined and biting condemnation, a harsh satire of popular culture, an idea and conception honed to razor sharp perfection.
1) Dan Bejar started Destroyer as a solo home-recording experiment in the early to mid 90s. Working alone, and at his own pace, Bejar dabbled in four tracking and worked to develop his style and vision.
He was meticulous in reworking songs again and again until he found confidence in his music and his voice. By 1996 he had culled enough material to release his debut full length, We’ll Build Them A Golden Bridge. Stripped down lo-fi electric folk, Golden Bridge introduced Dan as a major new talent in Vancouver.
In 1998 Bejar added a rhythm section to Destroyer and headed into a real studio for the first time to record City Of Daughters, a sparsely produced but engagingly vibrant batch of songs in which Bejar’s unique and inventive lyrics began to evolve into an obtuse and poetically original voice.
Destroyer expanded once again in early 2000, this time rounding out into a quintet for Thief, the third album, which provided an expanded canvas for Bejar’s cryptic and scathing indictments that warned of the pitfalls and pratfalls of the modern music industry (or at least that’s what everyone claimed he was singing about; Dan offered no explanations).
By the time Streethawk: A Seduction hit the streets in 2001, the groundwork had been laid and a maelstrom of critical acclaim flowed all around. Streethawk was a highly refined and biting condemnation, a harsh satire of popular culture, an idea and conception honed to razor sharp perfection.
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Strangeluv_ wrote:
yeah swan lake and hello, blue roses!!
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bethanypwns wrote:
I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS IN SWAN LAKE. DUDE.
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gaving wrote:
same as below only glasgow :D
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Strangeluv_ wrote:
destroyer rubies<3. ahhhh, come to pomona! PLEASE. i want a t-shirt!
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DotsDisconnect wrote:
this is music tragedy
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dstaylor wrote:
she tasted of the christmas wines and said so many things have run through me. the altar boys, they just want to do me, and that's fine. you just gotta have faith
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aya2103 wrote:
Painter in your Pocket is a god tune
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criddled wrote:
Love this man.
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murrika wrote:
I NEED A NEW ALBUM
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thedeadpools wrote:
man i am so tired of other bands using a name already used. to me Bejar's Destroyer is the original. i hate looking at my scrobbler and it says that there are multiple performers using the same name. gosh people do some research and use some creativity when choosing names.
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Cesar_Marcio wrote:
Rubies
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blunnie wrote:
What should I start with, people? I love the New Pornographers
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chelslovesu wrote:
i can't stand his voice! it's hard to listen to. too bad cos the instrumentals are so good
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warmcereal wrote:
Amazingly creative lyrics!
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xiddx wrote:
also a thrash hardcore punk band!
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ditrixa wrote:
destroyer's rubies is beautiful album !
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ianthewalrus wrote:
<3!!!!!
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Jossif wrote:
Looters' Follies is awesome
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Ohaxx wrote:
bay of pigs is awesome, but ravers cant compete with rivers :/
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