Luicidal is a punk rock band from

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, California, formed in 2012. The band consists of Mando Ochoa (vocals), Mike Avilez (vocals), Louichi Mayorga (bass/guitar), R.J. Herrera (drums), Gene Duarte (guitar), and Doug Mug Swanson (bass).

Band history

Bassist Louiche Mayorga decided to form Luicidal with his former

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bandmate R.J. Herrera after he missed "being on the stage as an artist". In order to put the band together, they were joined by Mando Ochoa (Sick Sense) on vocals and Ricky Reynaga (Rated X, Rolling Papers and Sancho's Revenge) on guitar. Luicidal performs songs from Suicidal Tendencies' first three studio albums, ''

'', ''

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'' and ''

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''; the first two featured Mayorga on bass, while the last two featured Herrera on drums. Luicidal released their debut album ''Luicidal'' on October 14, 2014, on

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. Mayorga has described the musical direction as "badass like the 80's style Suicidal music." ''Luicidal'' features guest appearances by former Suicidal Tendencies members

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, Grant Estes and Amery Smith as well as

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of the

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and

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. ''Luicidal'' has received strong praise from the media. Rich Dodgin from All About The Rock said ''"This is an album of old school punk rock, Venice Beach style, and an album that I'm going to have on repeat play for a long time to come"''. Luicidal promoted the album with a U.S. and European tour. By early 2016, Herrera had left the band and was replaced by Vince Sollecito. Luicidal released their second album ''Born in Venice'' on October 12, 2018, on

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Discography

* '' Luicidal'' (2014) * ''Born in Venice'' (2018)

References

External links

* Musical groups established in 2012 Punk rock groups from California 2012 establishments in California Suicidal Tendencies {{US-punk-band-stub