Eve of Destruction
1981 · Heavy 45-1981 · USA
- Artist
- Haywire
- Title
- Eve of Destruction
- Release
- Eve of Destruction / Opec Oil
- Year
- 1981
- Label
- Heavy # 45-1981
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- P.F. Sloan
- Genre
- Rock · Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
About the artist
Unknown - the record is documented but the band's origin is not. This Haywire cut P. F. Sloan's "Eve of Destruction" backed with 'Opec Oil' (written by John Holtan Schmidt) on Heavy Records 45-1981 in 1981; the members were Bob Meekins (guitar, vocals), Dave Tecce (guitar, vocals), John Schmidt (bass, vocals) and Marty Muisse (drums), with Walter James engineering. No formation date or place has been located. [Source: Discogs (release only)]
Themes
Anti-War · Draft Inequality · Vote · Atomic · Civil Rights · Russia · Space Race · Draft · Answer to Eve of Destruction