Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War This concept of intimate involvement reached new heights in May 1968 when the "Composers and Musicians for Peace" concert was staged in New York. As the war continued, and with the new media coverage, the movement snowballed and popular music reflected this. As early as the summer of 1965, music-based protest against the American involvement in Southeast Asia began with works like P. F. Sloan's folk rock song "Eve of Destruction", recorded by Barry McGuire as one of the earliest musical protests against the Vietnam War. A key figure on the rock end of the antiwar spectrum was Jimi Hendrix
Eve of Destruction (song) Nights"), while veteran Canadian punk outfit D.O.A. also covered the song on their 2004 album "Live Free Or Die". Tiny Tim included a 23-minute cover of the song as the final track of his 1993 album "Rock". The song has also been covered by Australian band Screaming Jets on their 1997 album "World Gone Crazy". Christian rock pioneer Larry Norman released his cover version on a maxi-single CD in 2004. Left-wing Christian punk band Crashdog also covered it on their album "Cashists, Fascists, and Other Fungus". Post-Industrial psychedelic rock outfit Psychic TV released "Eve Of Destruction" as a limited edition