Ready The Destroyer

Based in Chicago, Ready the Destroyer is Neill Miller (vocals/ guitar/bass), and Nicolas Lama (drums). This band is focused on layering unique melodies on top of energetic and flowing soundscapes. Ready the Destroyer, best experienced live, explores every aspect of sound with the aim of stimulating the senses. Influences vary widely, but are along the lines of Alkaline Trio, Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh, Angels and Airwaves, My Chemical Romance, Kill Hannah, Green Day, etc.

Influences vary widely, but are along the lines of Alkaline Trio, Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh, Angels and Airwaves, My Chemical Romance, Kill Hannah, Green Day, etc. Ready the Destroyer has been compared to Archers of Loaf, Jawbreakers, Psychedelic Furs, and even Husker Du, however, none of those bands have a strong listening presence in any of the members of the band.

Ready the Destroyer signed to Window Licker Records in April 2009.

Jack Rabid of The Big Takeover (Issue #63) reviews Ready the Destroyer as follows:

This is punchy punk the way I've always liked it best: deft, well-played, melodic, and not the least bit simple. This multi-racial (hurrah to that!) Chicago trio work in a fair bit of '80s emo on their debut. too, so they sound younger, less "old school" '77 ramalama. Leader Neill Miller already sounded like a bad ass guitar guy (he plays circles around most) and ballsy singer long before I got a gander at his equally bad-ass afro out of The Mod Squad. Yowsa! Meanwhile, his nondescript looking rhythm section of Aaron Cleall bass and Nic Lama drums are no slouches in talent quotient, either, holding down a pulsing basis for Miller's stabbing, ripping leads and dangerous rhythm parts. Hard-hitting, serious, and smart, RtD are, like The Soft Boys, ready to destroy you. (http://www.readythedestroyer.com)