YouTube Channel Profile Series: Destroilet's Channel

Here's this month's YouTube Channel Profile, as we again shine a spotlight on a randomly selected YouTube channel whose public videos are at least half devoted to local metal, hard rock, and/or punk artists and/or concerts! This month's channel takes us to another single-band offering, this time one of the most prominent local hardcore punk bands of the 2010s, so here's what you should know in this month's profile!

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Destroilet's Channel (http://youtube.com/destroilet)

Owner: A member of 2009-2021 local hardcore punk band Destroilet, exact identity unclear

Channel Timeline: Launched on October 18th, 2009; Videos uploaded from the beginning of 2010 through October 2013

Channel Summary: The official YouTube channel for Destroilet, it captures their early run via five (generally short) concert videos and two uploads of songs from their 2012 self-titled album.

Why You Should Watch: Fans of Destroilet's ferocious hardcore punk attack will want to check out their content here, and while venue lighting isn't always ideal, you do get a sense of what made them special to subgenre fans of the era! Note that the channel was not used after 2013, prior to the release of the "Fed Up!" split, their brief 2014-15 run as a sextet, and their late-era slowdown in gigs, but numerous fan videos from their mid-late 2010s run can be found elsewhere, and drummer Matt Waples would later post songs of theirs on his own YouTube channel.

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DESTROILET - TENNESSEE DRIVER: The first four videos on Destroilet's channel come from their debut live set in December 2009, when they opened for the similarly named local/Toronto hardcore punk quartet Detroit (fronted by their future co-vocalist Brenton Ellis) at their CD release party at Coch's Corner. This was back when Coch's was located in the Days Inn on Bay Street, now the Holiday Inn Express. Destroilet were exclusively filmed here doing covers, including The Dayglo Abortions' "My Erection" and fellow locals Fistmagnet's "Evil God Hater" from a more distant filmer. Another attendee much closer to the band filmed part of GG Allin's "Murder For The Mission" and, as featured here, "Tennessee Driver" by Hank Williams III's band Assjack. Despite some tinny audio, this is good as you could expect local digital camera video from a concert 15 years ago to be, and Destroilet are already showing their intense attack at this early stage, no doubt helped by members' prior local band work!

Destroilet - Cockteaser Pleaser (4 songs): After putting out a self-titled six-song EP in April 2011, Destroilet opted to re-release it in December 2012 with six more new songs. To promote the reissue, "Eternal Fire" was posted on YouTube later that month, followed by this teaser upload of four of the seven original cuts in 2013 (it also had five covers). In order, you'll hear "Truly Infected", "R.O.Y.C.", and "Eternal Fire" again, followed by "End Me", which is the only song here that was on the original 2011 EP. Featuring Matt alongside late frontman Mike Hull, guitarists John Conway and Christian Foisy, and bassist Adam Larocque, this sampler is a good way to introduce new fans to their studio material, especially with "Truly Infected" leading off! All sixteen of Destroilet's released studio songs, including the four new cuts on 2015's "Fed Up!" split, can be heard on YouTube here and here.

Destroilet - Eternal Fire: The last and most popular video on this channel is a music video for the aforementioned "Eternal Fire", as filmed/edited by Fred Kember with the 705 Video Magazine. This was filmed across multiple cameras when Destroilet opened for The Bunchofuckingoofs at the former Roosevelt Hotel (now Jay's Piston Broke Pub) in August 2013, before being uploaded on Devil's Night that year. While the vocals aren't always lined up with the studio track, this was well put together and captures Destroilet at their relative local peak nicely with a raucous crowd! Of course, Mike was in his element here too with another intense performance with constant motion, and he is definitely still missed in the local scene!

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I hope you guy liked this month's YouTube Channel Profile! Next month in this series, our next random channel selection is of local industrial metal solo project Molten Imp, so look for that on or around November 26th, and stay tuned for more news and notes on the site soon! Thanks everyone!