Album · Suicide Machines
Destruction by Definition by Suicide Machines
Destruction by Definition is an album by Suicide Machines, released in 1996. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “No Face”, on 2 lists with a best position of #69.
Destruction by Definition, the 1996 debut full-length from Detroit's Suicide Machines, landed on Hollywood Records with a grin and a snarl, riding the mid-'90s punk revival and the third-wave ska boom at once. Julian Raymond produced, and the band's mix of hardcore aggression and upstroke skank earned it the tag skacore, which is ironic, since frontman Jason Navarro picked the title as a jab at exactly that: stick a label on something and you've killed it, and they were sick of being filed under ska.
Navarro barks, Dan Lukacinsky's guitar flips between choppy offbeats and buzzsaw blasts, and Royce Nunley and Derek Grant keep it all careening. "No Face" and "S.O.S." got videos, and the album found a second life in games and movies: "New Girl" landed on the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater soundtrack, and "Break the Glass" turned up in An American Werewolf in Paris.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Destruction by Definition on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Face | 2 | #69 | – | 1996–1997 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.