Destroyer
Dan Bejar
Background information
Origin	Vancouver, BC Canada
Genre(s)	Chamber pop Indie pop
Years active	1995 - Present
Label(s)	Tinker Granted Passage Cassettes Merge
Associated acts	The New Pornographers Swan Lake Hello, Blue Roses Bonaparte
Members
Dan Bejar

Daniel Bejar (pronounced beːhaɹ) (b. 1972), is a singer songwriter native of the Canadian city of Vancouver well known for his challenging and often cryptic lyrics featured in many of his songs. Bejar has gained widespread popularity through his musical collaborations with Vancouver indie band The New Pornographers, but has released far more material through his other band, Destroyer. Most recently, he has joined together with members of Frog Eyes and Wolf Parade to create another indie supergroup known as Swan Lake. Image File history File links DanBejar. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Baroque pop as a style originated in the mid 1960s as the flipside of sunshine pop. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. ... The New Pornographers are a predominantly Canadian indie rock group formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Swan Lake is a Canadian indie supergroup comprising Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes, Daniel Bejar of Destroyer and The New Pornographers, and Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, and Frog Eyes. ... Daniel Bejar (pronounced beːhaʁ) (b. ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper Location of Vancouver within the Greater Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, Canada Coordinates: , Country  Canada Province  British Columbia Region Lower Mainland Regional District Greater Vancouver Incorporated 1886 Government  - Mayor Sam Sullivan (NPA)  - City Council List of Councilors Suzanne Anton (NPA) Peter... The New Pornographers are a predominantly Canadian indie rock group formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Frog Eyes are an Indie Rock band from Canada. ... Wolf Parade is an indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, now based in Montreal, Quebec. ... For other uses, see Supergroup (disambiguation). ... Swan Lake is a Canadian indie supergroup comprising Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes, Daniel Bejar of Destroyer and The New Pornographers, and Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, and Frog Eyes. ...

Destroyer

Bejar created Destroyer in 1995, producing his first album, the lo-fi We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge, recorded at his in home studio in Vancouver. As the band gained popularity in the Vancouver music scene, Destroyer began to grow in popularity as Bejar was joined by John Collins on City of Daughters after which he managed to put together a band. In 2000 the band broke up and Bejar took an extended vacation in Spain. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Well Build Them a Golden Bridge is the impossibly lo-fi record that introduced Destroyer to the world. ... Track Listing Comments on the World as Will–0:56 No Cease Fires! (Crimes Against the State of Our Love, Baby)–3:30 The Space Race–2:22 Dark Purposes–2:15 Emax I–1:46 I Want This Cyclops–3:13 Loves of a Gnostic–2:38 Emax II...

Following his brief break from Destroyer, he returned to Vancouver to release Thief in 2000. Interpreted by many critics as an indictment of the music industry, this album brought Destroyer significant recognition. Following Thief's release, Bejar put more focus into his music, beginning his music contributions to The New Pornographers. After the 2001 release of Streethawk: A Seduction on Misra Records, Destroyer picked up something of a cult following. Having the band Frog Eyes play back-up for several shows inspired Notorious Lightning & Other Works, a reworking of six tracks from the previous album Your Blues with Frog Eyes once again as back-up. The first Destroyer album recorded with a full band on every track. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The New Pornographers are a predominantly Canadian indie rock group formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Misra is a record label founded in New York City in 1998 by Phil Waldorf. ... Frog Eyes are an Indie Rock band from Canada. ... Track Listing Notorious Lightning–9:51 New Ways Of Living–3:21 The Music Lovers–4:41 An Actors Revenge–2:55 Dont Become The Thing You Hated–3:07 Your Blues–3:32 Personnel Dan Bejar Carey Mercer Melanie Campbell Michael Rak Grayson Walker Category: ... Track Listing Notorious Lightening–5:57 Its Gonna Take an Airplane–3:41 An Actors Revenge–2:57 The Music Lovers–4:22 From Oakland to Warsaw–3:11 Your Blues–2:57 New Ways of Living–4:23 Dont Become the Thing You Hated–2:13...

Style

Destroyer's unique style is almost impossible to categorize. Bejar calls it "European Blues". It is often compared to David Bowie, but admitted influences are Pavement and other indie and shoegaze bands. Bejar's lyric stylings are also noteworthy. Their cryptic poetry has vexed some and intrigued others. Bejar openly borrows phrases from other artists and a variety of other sources, even political rhetoric (ex: Ronald Reagan's "Evil Empire"). Your Blues presented a new direction in Destroyer's style by introducing orchestral elements as well as a heavy reliance on midi instruments. ^[1] David Bowie (IPA: []) (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ... Pavement was an American indie rock band in the 1990s. ... in music that is characterized by its perceived independence from mainstream or pop culture as a whole. ... Shoegazing is a style of music that emerged in Britain in the late 1980s. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981 – 1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967 – 1975). ... The term evil empire was applied to the former Soviet Union (USSR) by U.S. President Ronald Reagan, American conservatives, and other Americans, particularly hawks. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Musical Instrument Digital Interface, or MIDI, is a system designed to transmit information between electronic musical instruments. ...

Musical collaborators

Over the 10-plus years that Bejar has been performing and recording as Destroyer, there have been numerous lineup changes and shifts within the artists he plays with. This ever-evolving shuffle of musicians has led some to consider Destroyer as a solo project, but Bejar has always insisted that he sees Destroyer as a band, with full contributions from his collaborators. Bejar has said in interviews that he’s just never been especially good at the logistics of keeping a band together.

Bejar has said that the current musician line-up from the recording sessions for Destroyer's Rubies shall be the definitive and permanent line up for the band from this point forward. Many members here have performed with Bejar in one form or another before, some on previous Destroyer albums, many of whom have the commonality of being from the production team of JC/DC (John Collins and Dave Carswell). Track Listing Rubies–9:25 Your Blood–4:15 European Oils–4:55 Painter in Your Pocket–4:10 Looters Follies–7:26 3000 Flowers–3:46 A Dangerous Woman Up to a Point–6:02 Priests Knees–3:08 Water Colours Into the Ocean–4:46 Sick...

Discography

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References

External links

• Destroyer at Merge Records
• Destroyer at Misra Records
• Billions Corp - Destroyer's Tour and Booking agent
• Destroyer Wiki
• Streethawk: The LiveJournal Destroyer Community
• Studio Session from Just Concerts - Recorded by CBC Radio 3 with Frog Eyes after the Your Blues Tour.
• Destroyer - Destroyer Lyrics at LyricWiki.Org
• Bejar-O-Matic - Destroyer Lyrics Dispenser
• The Bejar Family Circus - Random cartoon based on the Bejar-O-Matic
• The Ratio - Destroyer Special Issue
• *sixeyes Interview - Destroyer's Dan Bejar Interview
• Destroyer Album Reviews
• Dan Bejar's 'Other' Band NPR segment aired 18 March 2006
• Destroyer - Cover story on Destroyer in Exclaim! magazine
• Destroyer in Session at CBC Radio 3