On the Eve of Destruction: 1991-1995 is a compilation album by the Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

 punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band The Suicide Machines

The Suicide Machines

The Suicide Machines were an American punk rock band formed in March 1991 in Detroit, Michigan and disbanded in May 2006. During the course of their career the band released six full-length albums on the labels Hollywood Records and Side One Dummy Records...

, released in 2005 by Noise Riot Records. It collects nearly all the tracks from the band's early releases, including The Essential Kevorkian and Green World demos, the "Vans Song" single, and other demos and rare tracks. Several of the songs were re-recorded for the band's debut album Destruction by Definition

Destruction by Definition

Destruction by Definition is the debut album by the Detroit, Michigan punk rock band The Suicide Machines, released in 1996 by Hollywood Records. It was the band's first full-length album and established their presence in the mid-1990s punk rock mainstream revival...

in 1996 but appear here in early, rawer forms. It was the first release from Noise Riot, a label founded by Suicide Machines singer Jason Navarro. It was the band's final release, as they broke up the following year.

Track listing

All songs written by The Suicide Machines

The Suicide Machines

The Suicide Machines were an American punk rock band formed in March 1991 in Detroit, Michigan and disbanded in May 2006. During the course of their career the band released six full-length albums on the labels Hollywood Records and Side One Dummy Records...

1. "Skachoo!"
2. "Everyday Life"
3. "Pre Fab People"
4. "Green World"
5. "With Sunshine"
6. "Inside/Outside"
7. "The Golfing Song"
8. "The Vans Song"
9. "Drunken Jocks..."
10. "Ugly Place"
11. "Snotrag"
12. "Friends Are Hard to Find"
13. "Something and Nothing"
14. "Heyska!"
15. "New Girl"
16. "The Real You"
17. "Too Much"
18. "90210h No!"
19. "Hey"
20. "Whatsername"
21. "Bonkers"
22. "Suicide Machines"
23. "She's Not Worth It"
24. "Little Home"
25. "Too Much"
26. "Vans Dub"
27. "Post Office Death Squad"
28. "Inside/Outside (reprise)"

Performers

• Jason Navarro - vocals
• Dan Lukacinsky
  Dan Lukacinsky
  Dan Lukacinsky is a singer and musician who provided vocals and guitar for the Suicide Machines. He now plays guitar and sings in Kick Like Kato. He's also been working as a producer for other bands and has been selling guitars for a living. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan and is currently living...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Jason Brake - bass
  Bass guitar
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• Dave Smith - bass (tracks 14-16)
• Derek Grant
  Derek Grant
  Derek Grant is the drummer for punk band Alkaline Trio, where he replaced Mike Felumlee. He was previously a member of The Suicide Machines, Telegraph, Gyga, Thoughts of Ionesco, Remainder, Walls of Jericho, The Exceptions and Broken Spoke, a side band with Royce Nunley and Jay Navarro...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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Album information

• Record label: Noise Riot Records
• All songs written by The Suicide Machines
• Mastered by Tim Pok
• Art direction and design by Mark A. Penxa