Destroyed (Sloppy Seconds album)

Destroyed is the first full-length studio album by punk band Sloppy Seconds. It was released in 1989 by Toxic Shock Records, on LP and cassette; Metal Blade Records released the CD. Metal Blade also released the LP and CD in the UK, with a slightly different track listing.

Destroyed
Studio album by
Sloppy Seconds
Released1989[1]
Recorded1988 - 1989 at Diehl Production Studios in Carmel
GenrePunk rock
LabelToxic Shock
ProducerPaul Mahern and Sloppy Seconds
Sloppy Seconds chronology
Destroyed
(1989)
Knock Yer Block Off
(1993)
Singles from Destroyed
  1. "Come Back, Traci"
    Released: 1989
  2. "I Don't Wanna Be a Homosexual"
    Released: 1990[2]

The album was reissued on Last Resort Records in 1995, Coldfront Records on October 15, 2002, and Kid Tested Records in 2009 (to coincide with the album's 20th anniversary). The album cover is a parody of the Kiss album Destroyer, from 1976.[3]

Track listing

US Release

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Don't Wanna Be A Homosexual"Danny Thompson Steve Childers5:04
2."Come Back Traci" 2:03
3."Take You Home" 1:23
4."Black Roses" 2:22
5."Runnin' From the CIA" 2:01
6."The Horror of Party Beach" 2:08
7."Black Mail" 2:49
8."So Fucked Up" 2:33
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Germany" 2:19
10."Janie Is A Nazi" 2:36
11."I Want 'Em Dead" 3:32
12."If I Had A Woman" 2:53
13."Veronica" 2:42
14."The Candy Man"Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley1:34
15."Steal Your Beer" 1:40
16."Time Bomb" 1:42

Bonus tracks

CD bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
17."Serious"Alice Cooper, David Foster, Steve Lukather, Bernie Taupin2:14
20th Anniversary Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
17."Don's Guns" 
18."Before We Had Cable" 
19."Playin' With Poison" 
20."The Horror Of Party Beach" (demo) 
21."Witness" 
22."Woman From Babylon" 
23."Livin' In the Shadows" 
24."Public Beat" (rehearsal) 
25."Somewhere In The Seventies" 
26."Human Waste" (acoustic) 

UK Release

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Don't Wanna Be A Homosexual"Danny Thompson, Steve Childers5:04
2."Come Back Traci" 2:03
3."Take You Home" 1:23
4."Black Roses" 2:22
5."Runnin' From the CIA" 2:01
6."The Horror of Party Beach" 2:08
7."Black Mail" 2:49
8."So Fucked Up" 2:33
9."Leavin' On A Jet Plane"John Denver2:32
10."Germany" 2:19
11."Janie Is A Nazi" 2:36
12."I Want 'Em Dead" 3:32
13."If I Had A Woman" 2:53
14."Veronica" 2:42
15."The Candy Man"Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley1:34
16."Steal Your Beer" 1:40
17."Time Bomb" 1:42
18."Serious"Alice Cooper, David Foster, Steve Lukather, Bernie Taupin2:14

2002 Reissue

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Don't Wanna Be A Homosexual"Danny Thompson, Steve Childers5:04
2."Come Back Traci" 2:03
3."Take You Home" 1:23
4."Black Roses" 2:22
5."Runnin' From the CIA" 2:01
6."The Horror of Party Beach" 2:08
7."Black Mail" 2:49
8."So Fucked Up" 2:33
9."Leavin' On A Jet Plane"John Denver2:32
10."Germany" 2:19
11."Janie Is A Nazi" 2:36
12."I Want 'Em Dead" 3:32
13."If I Had A Woman" 2:53
14."Veronica" 2:42
15."The Candy Man"Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley1:34
16."Steal Your Beer" 1:40
17."Time Bomb" 1:42
18."Human Waste"  
19."Conned Again"  
20."Hooray For Santa Claus"  
21."Serious"Alice Cooper, David Foster, Steve Lukather, Bernie Taupin2:14

Personnel

  • B.A. - yells, producer
  • Steve Sloppy - drums, producer
  • Bo'Ba Jam - bass, producer
  • Dr. Roadkill - guitar, producer
  • Paul Mahern - producer, engineer
  • Mike Kreffel - artwork, cover art, pre-press layout
  • Rob Perkins - background vocals, photography, road crew
  • Paul Bohall - background vocals, road crew, bus repair technician
  • Craig "R.V." Croomes - background vocals
  • Jeff Masengale - background vocals, photography
  • Scott Turns - background vocals, road crew
  • John Barron - road crew

Trivia

  • On the cover, Steve Sloppy is wearing a Misfits shirt.
  • The song "I Don't Wanna Be a Homosexual" was the inspiration for the tongue-in-cheek song "I Wanna Be a Homosexual" by Screeching Weasel.
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