George Thorogood & The Destroyers – Born To Be Bad (VG/VG+) – LP, Australasia 1988

Born To Be Bad is an LP by George Thorogood & The Destroyers from 1988 released on the Manhattan Records label.

About this album

Born to Be Bad shows George Thorogood & The Destroyers leaning into the rough-edged blues rock and rock ’n’ roll formula that made them a reliable live draw. Issued in 1988, the album finds Thorogood's gritty guitar and hard-driving vocals backed by the Destroyers' tight, plain-spoken rhythm section, keeping the focus on energy, cover-driven muscle and good-time abrasion. Drawing on material associated with Chuck Berry, Elmore James, Willie Dixon and others, the record underlines Thorogood's role as a champion of stripped-back American roots music rather than a polished studio stylist. It stands as a late-1980s snapshot of his enduring bar-band appeal.