Formed in 2015 when vocalist and guitarist Alexia Roditis and guitarist and backing vocalist Violet Mayugba were just 15- a pair of friends passionate about music and entrenched in their local Sacramento, California scene- genre-bending rockers Destroy Boys have grown into of the punk scene’s most exciting rising talents in the years since, pulling from elements of punk and pop punk, garage rock, indie rock, riot grrrl, and more to forge their unique, propulsive, and youthful sound. After a couple of promising early EPs, their full-length debut, Sorry, Mom, arrived in 2016, earning the band regional buzz as they began to attract and more widespread audience, and after 2018 sophomore record Make Room– notably, released while still in their teens- Destroy Boys were touring the nation with bands like The Regrettes and Mannequin Pussy, while increasingly being met with critical acclaim from the punk community and beyond.
Rounded out by drummer Narsai Malik and bassist David Orozco, the group inked a deal with famed label Hopeless Records ahead of their 2021 third album (and best, most confident and socially honed record to date), Open Mouth, Open Heart, and have been on an impressive tear since, continuing to tour regularly, and releasing a smattering of new singles this year and last, including most recent track “Plucked,” a propulsive and poppy indication of new music to come, produced by Carlos De La Garza (Paramore, The Linda Lindas). Though they’ve played Nashville before- we recall at headlining show at The End in 2021, and an opening spot with The Story So Far at Cannery Ballroom that same year- the rockers haven’t been to Music City as much as you’d expect, which makes their upcoming stop at Eastside Bowl, May 17 with Mexican grunge punks Margaritas Podridas and San Francisco indie punk and bubblegrunge newcomers Chokecherry an even more essential show!
Tickets are still available right here, but we’re also giving away a pair of tickets to one lucky fan! Preview the whole lineup and enter below.
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Destroy Boys, Margaritas Podridas, and Chokecherry will perform Friday, May 17 at Eastside Bowl. The show is all ages, begins at 7:30 p.m. (doors at 6:30 p.m.), and tickets are available to purchase for $24.50-28.