Eve of Destruction (song) Eve of Destruction (song) "Eve of Destruction" is a protest song written by P. F. Sloan in mid-1964. Several artists have recorded it, but the best-known recording was by Barry McGuire. This recording was made between July 12 and July 15, 1965, and released by Dunhill Records. The accompanying musicians were top-tier Los Angeles session players: P. F. Sloan on guitar, Hal Blaine (of Phil Spector's Wrecking Crew) on drums, and Larry Knechtel on bass guitar. The vocal track was thrown on as a rough mix and was not intended to be the final version, but a copy of the
Eve of Destruction (song) list" by the BBC, and could not be played on "general entertainment programmes". In the late 1970s Los Angeles punk band The Dickies recorded a cover of "Eve of Destruction". The Undead (Fronted by Ex-Misfits guitarist Bobby Steele) recorded a cover of "Eve of Destruction" in 1986 and was released on their album "Act Your Rage" in 1989. New wave group Red Rockers covered the song in their 1984 album "Schizoprenic Circus". Johnny Thunders recorded it on his 1984 album "Hurt Me" and also frequently covered the song in concert (a live version is included on his 2000 CD, "Belfast