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- APR 18, 2025
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- Suicidal Tendencies · 1983
- Lights... Camera... Revolution · 1990
- Suicidal Tendencies · 1983
- Adrenaline Addict - Single · 2025
- How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today · 1988
- Suicidal Tendencies · 1983
- How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today · 1988
- How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today · 1988
- Freedumb · 1999
- Suicidal Tendencies · 1983
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- The most definitive stanza in the Suicidal Tendencies catalog is at the start of the second song on their 1983 debut LP: “I'm not anti-society, society's anti-me/I'm not anti-religion, religion is anti-me/I'm not anti-tradition, tradition is anti-me/I'm not anti-anything, I just wanna be free.” Singer and band spokesman “Cyco Mike” Muir honed a brand of teenage disaffection that was specific to his corner of western Los Angeles—the border of Venice and Santa Monica, to be exact. That neighborhood’s melting pot of ethnic gangs, surf and skate cultures, and anti-authoritarian undercurrents gave birth to Suicidal Tendencies, which became a local institution. Though their debut LP is heavily rooted in Southern California hardcore, Muir refused to conform to what had by 1983 become the clichés of the style. Rather than bark uncontrollably, he included spoken-word rants, which made him sound more like an authentic teenage voice and less like a punk cartoon. Muir also put together a blistering band, including Grant Estes on guitar. His nitro-fueled solos give the hardcore formula a vitalizing dose of thrash-metal momentum.
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About Suicidal Tendencies
Formed in 1980 in Venice, CA, Suicidal Tendencies is considered one of the most influential crossover thrash bands of all time, owing to slashing metal riffs played at hardcore-caliber speed and Mike Muir’s aggressive vocals. As an example, look no further than the band’s landmark 1983 single “Institutionalized,” which combined frantic tempos and squealing guitars with frank lyrics about mental health and the decade’s moral panic over drugs. Suicidal Tendencies continued down a hardcore punk path on 1987’s ferocious Join the Army before leaning hard into crossover thrash on 1988’s How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can’t Even Smile Today. In subsequent decades, lineup changes brought additional influences to the band’s sound; most notably, future Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo's snarling funk touches on 1990’s metal tour de force Lights… Camera… Revolution. Muir has since continued to lead Suicidal Tendencies—extending the band’s legacy and underscoring its influence on modern punk and metal.
- FROM
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
- FORMED
- 1982
- GENRE
- Hard Rock