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9 unusual facts about Destroy All Monsters


Destroy All Monsters

The three-headed space monster is dispatched to protect the alien stronghold at Mt. Fuji, and battles Godzilla, Minilla, Mothra, Rodan, Gorosaurus, Anguirus, and Kumonga (Manda, Baragon and an unnamed Varan are also present but do not take part in the battle).

Kumonga, a giant spider who joins the fray with the Monster Island residents.

The New York Times did not review the film upon release, but film critic Howard Thompson gave it a positive review on a re-release at a children's matinee with the Bugs Bunny short, Napoleon Bunny-Part, in December 1970.

Godzilla attacks New York City, Rodan invades Moscow, Mothra lays waste to Beijing, Gorosaurus (wrongly identified as Baragon) destroys Paris, and Manda attacks London, which is set in to motion to take attention away from Japan, so the aliens can establish an underground stronghold near Mt. Fuji in Japan.

This first draft included several monsters that would appear in the final film, such as Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah, Rodan, Baragon, Varan, Kumonga, and Manda.

FGL Productions

A new label “Revenge” contributed to the comeback of (Iggy Pop) and reissue of the rarest tracks of "Motorcity" as MC5, The Flamin' Groovies, The Stooges, New Race and Destroy All Monsters.

Freaks, Faggots, Drunks and Junkies

Three featured tracks, "Outlaw Scumfuc", "Die When You Die" and "I Wanna Kill You", are actually rewrites/parody by Allin, of the David Allen Coe song "Longhaired Redneck", of the Destroy All Monsters song "You're Gonna Die" and of former mentor David Peel's "I Want to Kill You" respectively, although no mention of this is made on any edition of Freaks, Faggots, Drunks & Junkies released to date.

Scott Benzel

In addition to work with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Lucinda Williams, Boss Hog, Destroy All Monsters, The Red Krayola, and various others, Benzel has produced albums for Fat Possum Records, Plug Research in Los Angeles and for Par Avion.

Musical projects have included Machines of Loving Grace (of which he was frontman and primary songwriter), and Destroy All Monsters, the band led by American artist Mike Kelley.



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Declan Burke

In 2010 he released his first solo album, Destroy All Monsters, which was recorded at his home studio and released via ProgRock Records in the US.