Destroy All Gondolas is a power trio formed in the Venice Lagoon in 2012, following the Black Flag Revival project by artist Ryts Monet. This project brought togheter Andrea (Gonzales) on bass, Corrado (Minkions, Indian Nightmare) on drums and Enrico (aka Wasted Pido, Hormonas, L’Amico Martucci) on guitar and vocals for a performative installation (2/12/2012)

After the project ended, the band adopted the name Destroy All Gondolas and composed a dozen original songs. These were recorded in two sessions in 2013: the first at Brick Studio in Mirano (Venice) remains unpublished, and the second at Outside Inside Studio in Montebelluna, produced by Nene Baratto. This second session was self-released as the cassette “Blast Tape,” and later reissued as a 7” by Kornalcielo and Sailor Overdrive Records in 2014, with artwork by Il Lama, an independent design studio that created the band’s visual identity.

The band performed several concerts in Italy and Berlin, sharing the stage with Hobos, Santa Banana, Oozing Wound, Hallelujah!, and Eu’s Arse. In 2016, they toured Italy with Motosega from Napoli and soon after recorded their first LP “Laguna di Satana” at La Distilleria in Bassano del Grappa with Maurizio “Icio” Baggio. This LP, a blend of instro-surf, black-thrash metal, and garage-punk with ironic lyrics in English and Italian, was released in May 2017 in 300 copies by MacinaDischi.

Insto-surf pushed to the limit of a frantic black-thrash metal aural assault, “Laguna Di Satana” is a weird garage-punk tale evoking post-apocalyptic, exotic landscapes, often trespassing the wall of sound of hardcore with sporadic bitterly ironic shouted lyrics both in english and italian. In the twisted minds of Destroy All Gondolas references goes from Link Wray to Black Sabbath to Mayhem to Johnny Thunders

Following an Italian tour in December 2017/January 2018, they toured the West Coast USA in April 2018 with Gutara Kyo from Japan, playing 15 shows in 21 days and participating in the Debauch-A-Reno Fest. Upon returning to Italy, the band took a break from live shows. During this time, “Laguna di Satana” (sold out) was repressed on white vinyl with a different black cover.

In March/April 2019, DAG returned to the stage with Roger (La Piovra and other bands) on drums, performing at several summer festivals.

In 2022 they self-produce the song that will be later released on the 7” split with Gutara Kyo on Slovenly Recordings. On the first of October they play on the party boat of the “We’re Loud Fest” in Venice with The Anomalys, The Dirtiest and The Okmoniks.

In November/December 2023, after the release of the 7” split with Gutara Kyo, the two bands tour Europe together.

Back From the tour, Andrea “Biondo” quit the band for personal reasons.

Between December 2023 and February 2024, the remaining members, Corrado and Enrico, wrote new songs and recorded their second full-length album, “Riverbero Dell’Abisso,” with Giacomo Bernardelli (Bobson Dugnutt, Sputa) on bass at Big Snuff Studio in Berlin with Nene Baratto, and overdubs and mixing by Maurizio “Icio” Baggio at La Distilleria in Bassano. Giacomo has now joined the band full-time, and DAG played their first show with this lineup on June 22, 2024, at Köpi in Berlin.