Puig Destroyer: Members of Thrice & Curl Up and Die Form Baseball-Themed Grindcore Project

by | Jun 15, 2013

Riley Breckenridge (Thrice), Mike Minnick (Curl Up and Die), and members of Kowloon Walled City have formed a new band called Puig Destroyer, not to be confused with Pig Destroyer.

Their first song “One Man, Five Tools” is streaming on Bandcamp. The group is said to be a baseball-themed grindcore project named after the Los Angeles Dodgers rookie outfielder Yasiel Puig.

A five-song debut EP from the band is coming soon. 

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