Released: April, 1996
Cover art by Vladimir Ketchens

Destroy All Music
P. O. Box 3731
York, PA 17402-0137
USA

Sluggo - guitar
Stilianos Valavanis - bass
Ted E. Gray - guitar, bass, samples
A.P. Harris - sax, autoharp
A.P. Martin - drums, bottle

The Destroy Amerikkka single is the latest release by DragKing. It includes three new songs. Rock The Vote, L.V. Speaks, and Contract With Amerikkka. It's released on the Destroy All Music label which is based in Glasgow, Scotland and York, PA. As the title suggests, this is the first single where DragKing flexes their political muscles. All three songs were recorded at DogPatch studios, and were among the last songs ever recorded at DogPatch before the fire that destroyed it in the fall of '95. All three songs are sample driven and the samples, when taken as a whole over the entire single, send a powerful message. The music ranges from the heavy dub influence of Rock the Vote, to the deranged funk of LV and Contract With Amerikkka. Go to your local indie rock record store and buy it now!

You can write to Destroy All Music at pchavez@delphi.com

Reviews

DragKing as described by the Destroy All Music catalogue...

Chicago outfit combining a sense of jazz and experimental sounds that bring to mind those bygone days of beat poetry and the be bop hipster junkie. They've had stuff released on other labels and people have compared them to Flying Luttenbachers, Dolomite, & 5ive Style. Too confrontational to be your average lounge yet too cool to be punk.

from the latest issue of Chairs Missing Magazine (Stratford, CT)

DRAG KING: ROCK THE VOTE +2 (DESTROY ALL MUSIC 7")
Interesting combination of 50's be-bop and 90's punk ethos/noise with timeless rants from various sources (Joe Gibbs' Radio Show, James Baldwin and Studs Terkel). Also has its roots in African street-corner noise/poetry (yeh, like THIS cracker would know that shit). Wow, interesting stuff - you definitely won't hear this on college radio, unfortunately.

From FAQT Magazine #2 - It's a haiku!

DRAGKING - DESTROY AMERIKKKA 7" (Destroy All Music)
political jazz
experiments with noise funk
makes for great listen

Popwatch Magazine #8

DRAGKING "Rock The Vote" +2 (Destroy All Music)
Interesting jazz-backed-beat-poetry, only the band is backing vocal samples from movies and taped speeches. DragKing are based in Chicago and have been putting out their own releases up until now. Could be worth your checking out.

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