Destrophy is an American alternative metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1992 by singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer Ari (Aristotle Mihalopoulos).
Destrophy is currently managed world-wide by the Inner Light Agency, and have performed with artists such as OTEP, Type O Negative, Drowning Pool, Taproot, Korn, Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch, Stone Temple Pilots, Saliva, Avenged Sevenfold, Papa Roach, Soilwork, and Buckcherry, among others.
The band's original line-up consisted of Ari and high school classmates Stuart Urban, Heath Meyer and John Sales, and performed at talent shows and local venues.
In 2003, Destrophy worked with Curt Smith as part of their management team and won the Rock 108 Battle of the Bands competition.
Ari and Tschechaniuk were soon joined by Joe Fox on drums, and guitarist Bruce Swink (ex-Downthesun and Stone Sour) for live shows and touring in support of the Pray release, as well as introducing new songs that would be featured on their next album.
Bruce Swink would later step down as a guitarist in the band and join Moreno at iLA to aid in managing Destrophy and other promising artists.
In February 2007, Ari an avid weight-lifter, suffered an umbilical hernia while weight training, forcing the band to go on hiatus for the first part of the year.
October 20, 2007 (a week before the Destrophy sophomore release) Ari performed with Kareem Salama at Wembley Arena in London opening for Sami Yusuf at A Concert for Peace in Darfur.
[16] Once again, the band's single experienced exposure on radio, streaming, and on-demand services with the video seeing frequent airplay on MTV2 and Fuse TV.