Artist description The Destroyed was one of Boston's wildest punk bands during the seventies. Hated by the club owners, bouncers, other bands, and even the punk audience, The Destroyed were even banned from the notorious punk rock club, The Rathskeller. The band never re hearsed between performances. Instead, the rehearsal started when we hit the stage. Our big break came when we played to 12,000 people in Portland, Maine with the J. Geils Band. To get there, we had to escape Boston during the Blizzard of '78 driving ba n. We were the only car on the road. At the show, the crowd threw bottles at us. When we refused to leave the stage after our 30-minute limit, they pulled the plug on us. --- Since they couldn't pull the plug on my drums, I started playing a wild solo, re fusing to leave, until I was surrounded by security. As I left, I threw my drums all over the stage. We played our last show in August 1979 on Commonwealth Avenue for Boston University. At that point, we were so wild, on and off stage, there was n o way we could have continued. The last song we played that day was "The End of Time." Joey was ripping his shirt off, screaming at the top of his lungs, "It's the end of time, baby, it's the end of your mind," and every time he did, Tony and I would ri p into vicious guitar and drum solos, with Joey following, screaming out anything that came into his head. It was pure punk madness. That was the last show I ever played in public. ---- Bert Switzer (drummer)-

Music Style PUNK

Location Somerville, MA - USA

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