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) 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