Destroy What You Enjoy
Destroy What You Enjoy is the fifth studio album by American rock band Powerman 5000, released on August 1, 2006, by DRT Entertainment. It includes the single "Wild World", which was voted No. 3 on Headbangers Ball
Reception
Notably, this was the first Powerman 5000 album to feature none of the members from the Mega!! Kung-Fu Radio to Transform era of the band, with the exception of Spider One. The reaction to this was generally negative, with some calling the best moments of the following record Somewhere on the [Other Side of Nowhere|Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere] the "M.33/Adam 12 stylized" segments" with "an ounce of actual energy," as well as calling Spider himself "rather disengaged more often than not," remarking that the following, more positively-received work "wouldn't be a bad time to call it a day" as opposed to Destroy What You Enjoy.Destroy What You Enjoy received mixed reactions and reviews upon release. It had also received mostly negative reactions among the fanbase, due to the band's change in the music, shifting more towards the punk rock genre. Spider One, the band's vocalist and leader, claims to have come to terms with the reaction, comparing the record to "Star Wars with no spaceships" and recognizing that it did not match the majority of the band's prior content artistically.
Legal difficulty
Unlike most other Powerman 5000 records, Destroy What You Enjoy is unavailable for online streaming, which Spider attributed to the album being "wrapped up in some legal issues" in a Reddit Q&A event.Track listing
Personnel
Powerman 5000- Spider One – lead vocals
- Johnny Heatley – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Terry Corso – rhythm guitar
- Siggy Sjursen – bass guitar
- Adrian Ost – drums, backing vocals
- Scott Gilman – organ
- Jon Heintz – mastering
- Myriam Santos-Kayda – photography
- David Schiffman – mixing