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) 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