Suicidal Tendencies is an American
crossover thrash
Crossover thrash (often abbreviated to crossover) is a fusion genre of thrash metal and hardcore punk. The genre lies on a continuum between heavy metal and hardcore punk. Other genres on the same continuum, such as metalcore and grindcore, ...
band formed in 1980 in
Venice
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in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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by vocalist
Mike Muir
Michael Allen Muir (born March 14, 1963) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist and the only sole continuous member of Los Angeles-based bands Suicidal Tendencies, Los Cycos, and Infectious Grooves. He has also released several solo al ...
. Muir is the only remaining original member of the band. Along with
D.R.I.,
Corrosion of Conformity
Corrosion of Conformity (also known as COC) is an American heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina, formed in 1982. The band has undergone multiple line-up changes throughout its existence, with guitarist Woody Weatherman as the sole const ...
, and
Stormtroopers of Death
Stormtroopers of Death (abbreviated to S.O.D.) was an American crossover thrash band formed in New York City in 1985. They are credited as being among the first bands to fuse hardcore punk with thrash metal into a style sometimes referred to as ...
, the band is often credited as one of "the fathers of
crossover thrash
Crossover thrash (often abbreviated to crossover) is a fusion genre of thrash metal and hardcore punk. The genre lies on a continuum between heavy metal and hardcore punk. Other genres on the same continuum, such as metalcore and grindcore, ...
". Their current lineup includes Muir, guitarists
Dean Pleasants
Dean Pleasants (born May 18, 1965) is an American guitarist. He has been the lead guitarist for Suicidal Tendencies since 1996,http://metalstorm.ee/bands/band.php?band_id=399&bandname=Suicidal%2BTendencies Metal Storm and is their longest-standi ...
and
Ben Weinman
Benjamin A. Weinman (born August 8, 1975) is an American musician, film composer, and music manager, most notable for being the lead guitarist and primary songwriter of the metalcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan. He was the founder and sole con ...
, bassist Ra Díaz and drummer
Dave Lombardo
David Lombardo (born February 16, 1965) is a Cuban-American drummer, best known as a co-founding member of American thrash metal band Slayer. He is currently playing drums with Testament, Fantômas, Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Cross, Mr. Bungl ...
. Notable musicians who have contributed to the band's studio or live activities include guitarists
Rocky George
Leonard F. George (born January 9, 1965), best known by his stage name Rocky George, is an American guitarist who has been a member of several notable musical acts, including Suicidal Tendencies, where he was their lead guitarist from 1984 to th ...
and
Mike Clark, bassists Louiche Mayorga,
Robert Trujillo
Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz (; born October 23, 1964) is an American musician, best known as the bassist for heavy metal band Metallica since 2003. He first rose to prominence as the bassist of crossover thrash ban ...
,
Josh Paul
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and
Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner, and drummers Amery Smith,
Jimmy DeGrasso
Jimmy DeGrasso (born March 16, 1963) is an American heavy metal drummer.
DeGrasso played with Mama's Boys and Lita Ford before eventually working with Y&T and Megadeth and as a session or touring musician for Ozzy Osbourne (1986), White Lion ...
,
Brooks Wackerman
Brooks Wackerman (born February 15, 1977) is an American musician. He is the current drummer of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, which he joined in 2015. His first album with Avenged Sevenfold was '' The Stage'' (2016). He is most known as ...
,
David Hidalgo Jr.,
Thomas Pridgen
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and session musician
Josh Freese.
Suicidal Tendencies have released fourteen studio albums (four of which are composed of re-recorded or previously released material), two
EPs, four split albums, four compilation albums, and two long-form videos. The band achieved their first success with their 1983
self-titled debut album; it spawned the single "
Institutionalized", which was one of the first
hardcore punk
Hardcore punk (also known as simply hardcore) is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk ...
videos to receive substantial airplay on
MTV
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. After releasing one new song on the split release ''Welcome to Venice'' (1985) and their second studio album ''
Join the Army'' (1987), Suicidal Tendencies were signed to
Epic Records
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Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, also known as SCA), is the American arm of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group ...
in 1988, and continued their commercial success with its next three albums, ''
How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today'' (1988), ''
Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu'' (1989) and ''
Lights...Camera...Revolution!'' (1990);
the latter two were certified
Gold
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by the
RIAA
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. Their 1992 follow-up album ''
The Art of Rebellion
''The Art of Rebellion'' is the sixth studio album by American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, released in 1992 on Epic Records. It was the only Suicidal Tendencies album to be recorded without an official drummer; the drum tracks were ...
'' was another success,
and included three of their biggest hits "Asleep at the Wheel", "
Nobody Hears" and "I'll Hate You Better".
After releasing two more studio albums (''
Still Cyco After All These Years'' and ''
Suicidal for Life''), the band broke up and severed ties from Sony and Epic in 1995. However, they reunited a year later and have continued to perform and record since then. After over a decade of work and many lineup changes, Suicidal Tendencies released their eleventh studio album with all-new material, ''
13'', in 2013,
followed three years later by ''
World Gone Mad'' (2016);
both albums were well-received by critics, and considered comebacks for Suicidal Tendencies.
Their most recent releases are the EP ''
Get Your Fight On!'' and an album featuring unreleased and re-recorded material ''
Still Cyco Punk After All These Years'', both released in 2018. The band is currently working on new material for the follow-up to ''World Gone Mad''.
Band history
Early career and ''Suicidal Tendencies'' (1980–1986)
Suicidal Tendencies formed in 1980 as a punk band in
Venice, California
Venice is a neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles within the Westside region of Los Angeles County, California.
Venice was founded by Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a seaside resort town. It was an independent city until 1926, when it was annexed by ...
.
The original lineup of the band consisted of Mike Muir on vocals, Mike Ball on guitar, Carlos "Egie" Egert on drums, and Mike Dunnigan on bass. After the recording of their first demo, Carlos Egert left the band and was replaced by Dunnigan's brother, Sean. Muir, at the time a student at
Santa Monica College
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, originally only intended Suicidal Tendencies as a "party band", but as they grew in notoriety he soon found the band at the center of his life. Suicidal Tendencies had a rough start including being voted "Worst Band/Biggest Assholes" in ''
Flipside'' in 1982 but the following year were voted "Best New Band". There were many rumors of the band members as well as their friends and followers being involved with
gang
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s (especially
Venice 13
Venice 13 or West Side Venice 13, abbreviated as V13 or VX3, is a Mexican American street gang based in the Oakwood (aka "Ghost Town") neighborhood of Venice, a section of Los Angeles, California. It has a substantial presence in East Venice as we ...
, Mexican-American gang in that area), with Muir's trademark blue
bandanna
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and violence at the band's performances as evidence.
In their original lineup photo, which can be seen inside their self-titled debut album, drummer Amery Smith is wearing a flipped up hat and under the bill are the markings "V13", thought to be initials for Venice 13. Smith was not a member of V13 and the hat worn in the photo was borrowed from V13 member Steve Mayorga, brother of Suicidal Tendencies bassist Louiche Mayorga. Eventually another gang sprang up possibly named after the band, the Suicidal Cycos (also known as the Suicidals, Suis or Suicidal Boyz) with chapters in Venice, Long Beach, Santa Monica, Orange County, Oceanside, San Diego, and in San Antonio, Texas.
![Mike Muir](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Mike_Muir.jpg)
Suicidal Tendencies quickly gained a following and began performing at larger gigs. They recorded a demo in 1982 and were featured on the Slamulation compilation LP on
Mystic Records
Mystic Records is an American record label and music production company specializing in hardcore punk, crossover thrash, underground music, vintage and cult records. It is owned and operated by Doug Moody. The label was first established in Hollywo ...
. The song featured was "I Saw Your Mommy", which was later featured on their self-titled debut album. The Dunnigan brothers quit after these recordings, with Mike Dunnigan later joining
Tony Alva
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's band the Skoundrelz to be back with Mike Ball on guitar and Bela Horvath on drums. Ball stayed in the band for 2½ years before joining the Skoundrelz and was replaced by Dunnigan. Guitarist Rick Battson recorded the demo before the first album. Grant Estes learned that demo replacing him on guitar and playing on Suicidal Tendencies's first record.
In 1983 Suicidal Tendencies signed with the independent label
Frontier Records
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History
Frontier Records first ...
and released their
self-titled debut.
It was described by critic Steve Huey as "Fast, furious, and funny... Mike Muir proves himself an articulate lyricist and commentator, delving into subjects like
alienation,
depression, and nonconformist politics with intelligence and humor." It contained the song "
Institutionalized", which featured a music video that became one of the first
hardcore punk
Hardcore punk (also known as simply hardcore) is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk ...
videos to receive substantial MTV airplay, and greatly expanded the band's fan base. Prior to creating the "Instituitonalized" video, the band appeared on an episode of the MTV program, "The Cutting Edge," which generated some criticism by fans who regarded MTV as too mainstream; criticism to which Muir responded, "I think it was the best thing that's been on MTV! It's a helluva lot better to see Sucicidal Tendencies on
TVthan it is to see Duran Duran." The song "Institutionalized" was later featured in the 1984 film ''
Repo Man'', as well as in a 1986 episode of the TV show ''
Miami Vice
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'' ("Free Verse", which also featured a cameo appearance of the group performing in a new wave/punk club) and in the 2008 film ''Iron Man'', where the song plays in the background as Tony Stark works on his car.
Soon after the release of their debut album in 1983, Estes left the band and was replaced by Jon Nelson, former manager of the Venice-based band Neighborhood Watch. Nelson played with Suicidal Tendencies on all the early punk shows from 1983 to 1984 contributing the music for future songs like: "War Inside My Head", “You Got, I Want", "Human Guinea Pig", "You Are Forgiven" and "Look Up... (The Boys Are Back)", the latter ending up on the bands compilation record ''Welcome to Venice''. Though Nelson did not appear on any of the Suicidal Tendencies releases, there are some live recordings of the song "War Inside My Head" as well as others. All the music written by Jon Nelson was purchased by Muir upon his departure from the band for a small amount of money and a
Flying V
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guitar. He is credited on the albums only as written by (Suicidal Tendencies) and in 1987 was erroneously listed as guitarist on the reissue of their debut album ''Suicidal Tendencies'' which was soon corrected to appropriately credit Grant Estes.
That same year was the beginning of Suicidal Tendencies's four-year recording hiatus and Mike Muir and bassist Louiche Mayorga formed the label Suicidal Records as well as the band
Los Cycos
Los Cycos was an American crossover thrash band founded in 1984 in Venice, Los Angeles, California, by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. The only recording of the band appears on the rare 1985 release ''Welcome to Venice'', the debut album ...
. Jon Nelson left the group and Suicidal Tendencies were banned from playing L.A. shows from an incident at Perkins Palace (their fans tore out ten rows of seats and promoters could not get the proper insurance to hire them) Muir was also about to try his hand at producing as well as starting the new label. Los Cycos was originally Mike Muir (vocals), Bob Heathcote (bass),
Anthony Gallo (guitars) and Amery Smith (drums). After a few rehearsals Amery Smith left the line up to join Jon Nelson in starting their own band (
the Brood
''The Brood'' is a 1979 Canadian psychological body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, and Art Hindle. Its plot follows a man and his mentally ill ex-wife, who has been sequestered b ...
). Los Cycos eventually included Grant Estes on lead guitar and original choices Bob Heathcote and Amery Smith were replaced by Louiche Mayorga (bass) and Sal Troy (drums). They recorded the song "It's Not Easy" written by Muir. "Welcome to Venice" was the first record to be released on Suicidal Records, the original masters were destroyed in a fire. In 1989, Suicidal Tendencies re-recorded "It's Not Easy" for their release ''Controlled By Hatred/Feel Like Shit... DejaVu'' album. The other Los Cycos track "A Little Each Day" which never made it to the album, was re-recorded for the 1987 Suicidal Tendencies release ''
Join the Army'' and again on ''
Still Cyco After All These Years'' released in 1993. In 2000 it resurfaced on the ''
FNG'' compilation and a fourth time on 2008s (split) album ''Lights...Camera...Revolution!/Still Cyco After All These Years''. Suicidal Tendencies played on the track "Look Up... (The Boys are Back)" which was the introduction of guitarist
Rocky George
Leonard F. George (born January 9, 1965), best known by his stage name Rocky George, is an American guitarist who has been a member of several notable musical acts, including Suicidal Tendencies, where he was their lead guitarist from 1984 to th ...
and drummer RJ Herrera. The band found a new label in
Caroline Records
Caroline Records is a record label originally founded in 1973. Initially founded in the United Kingdom to showcase British progressive rock groups, the label ceased releasing titles in 1976, and then re-emerged in the United States in 1986. ...
in 1986.
New musical direction and arrivals of new members (1987–1989)
With the line-up of Muir, Louiche Mayorga, George, and Herrera, the band released their second album, ''
Join the Army'', in 1987. The album was met with a mixed reaction from longtime fans due to its considerably more metal-oriented sound (an element brought to the table by Rocky George), as they were expecting another punk album. Nonetheless, ''Join the Army'' featured classic tracks such as the title track, "War Inside My Head" and "Possessed to Skate" (which featured a video, originally intended for an unsuccessful skateboard movie, which featured
Timothy Leary
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).
Shortly afterwards, the band made some major changes.
Rocky George
Leonard F. George (born January 9, 1965), best known by his stage name Rocky George, is an American guitarist who has been a member of several notable musical acts, including Suicidal Tendencies, where he was their lead guitarist from 1984 to th ...
's metal influences (reflected in his
Motörhead
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-esque songwriting contributions to ''Join the Army'') began in turn influencing Muir, who replaced Keven Guercio as singer for
Mike Clark's
speed metal
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band
No Mercy prior to this. Muir hired No Mercy's Clark as a rhythm guitarist for Suicidal. Clark helped handle much of the band's songwriting, which progressed into a more
thrash
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*Thrash (surname)
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oriented musical direction. He fired Mayorga, who had been trying to keep the band in punk territory, and was replaced briefly by No Mercy bassist Ric Clayton, who was replaced by Bob Heathcote. Shortly after the band was picked up by
Anthrax
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producer
Mark Dodson
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and signed to the
Columbia subsidiary
Epic Records
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Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, also known as SCA), is the American arm of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group ...
. The stylistic changes and signing to a major label outraged a few longtime fans, but Suicidal Tendencies began to pick up more fans from the
heavy metal community as well.
The band's first release with Epic was ''
How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today'', released in 1988. The album was mostly stripped of the band's punk and hardcore roots, instead featuring a thrash-oriented sound with more complex song structures and a greater emphasis on instrumental skill than the band had ever shown previously. However, the album was considerably more melodic than most thrash metal albums, perhaps a lasting influence of the band's punk past. Singles and music videos were released for "Trip at the Brain" and the title track, which were successful and helped expand the bands audience. That same year the band was thanked by country musician
Hank Williams Jr.
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at the 1988 CMA Awards;
Williams' son was apparently a fan of Suicidal Tendencies.
In early 1989, Heathcote (who at the time was a father of one child) left the band to support his family and was replaced by
Robert Trujillo
Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz (; born October 23, 1964) is an American musician, best known as the bassist for heavy metal band Metallica since 2003. He first rose to prominence as the bassist of crossover thrash ban ...
, who joined Suicidal Tendencies right before their summer European tour with
Anthrax
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.
Later that year, Suicidal Tendencies released their fourth album (also referred to as a compilation of two
EPs), ''
Controlled By Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu''. Although Trujillo appeared in the videos that promoted the album, he was not a member of the band at the time of its recording; bass duties were reportedly by handled by
Rocky George
Leonard F. George (born January 9, 1965), best known by his stage name Rocky George, is an American guitarist who has been a member of several notable musical acts, including Suicidal Tendencies, where he was their lead guitarist from 1984 to th ...
and
Mike Clark. ''Controlled by Hatred...'' featured two versions of "How Will I Laugh Tomorrow": the video version (the original song cut down for radio/video airplay) and the "heavy emotion" version (a semi-unplugged, more mellow version of the song). In addition to those two versions of "How Will I Laugh Tomorrow", as well as two new original cuts ("Just Another Love Song" and "Feel Like Shit...Deja Vu"), the album includes four covers of No Mercy songs ("Master of No Mercy", "Waking the Dead", "Controlled by Hatred" and "Choosing My Own Way of Life") and a cover version of
Los Cycos
Los Cycos was an American crossover thrash band founded in 1984 in Venice, Los Angeles, California, by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. The only recording of the band appears on the rare 1985 release ''Welcome to Venice'', the debut album ...
' only-known existing track "It's Not Easy". The album featured the hit "Waking the Dead", which at seven minutes was one of the most
progressive tracks the band had released to date, and had a music video that received considerable airplay by ''
Headbangers Ball
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'' on
MTV
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.
''Controlled By Hatred...'' eventually went
gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile met ...
, the first of only two Suicidal albums to do so.
Height of popularity and funk-oriented era (1990–1993)
![Robert Trujillo live in London 2008-09-15](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Robert_Trujillo_live_in_London_2008-09-15.jpg)
In 1990, Suicidal Tendencies released the album that many fans consider to be their masterpiece, and the album that almost broke them into the rock mainstream, ''
Lights...Camera...Revolution!''. This album featured the same line-up as ''Controlled By Hatred...'', with Trujillo on bass guitar. The songs were much more complex than on any other Suicidal album, some songs bordering on
progressive metal
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, but also showed a new influence courtesy of Trujillo,
funk
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. To accompany the album, Suicidal Tendencies released the
home video
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''
Lights...Camera...Suicidal''. The album was a hit, and featured the singles "
You Can't Bring Me Down", "
Send Me Your Money", and the melodic thrash song "Alone". All three singles were successful and its music videos (especially "You Can't Bring Me Down") became staples on
MTV
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's ''
Headbangers Ball
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'';
this new-found popularity helped Suicidal Tendencies gain a wider audience in the heavy metal community, despite being commonly accused of "selling out" in the hardcore circle, and eventually resulted in ''Lights...Camera...Revolution!'' reaching gold status.
The success of the album also led to the band's first show in Los Angeles in years, in addition to headlining major U.S. tours (with a variety of acts such as
Pantera
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,
Exodus
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,
Armored Saint
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,
Jane's Addiction
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,
24-7 Spyz,
White Zombie and
Leeway
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), their appearance on the European
Clash of the Titans tour (with
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal along wit ...
,
Slayer and
Testament) and supporting
Queensrÿche
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on their ''
Empire
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'' tour.
Muir eventually became interested in the funk music that Trujillo had brought to the table of Suicidal Tendencies's influences. As a result, the two formed a
funk metal
Funk metal (also known as thrash-funk or punk-funk) is a subgenre of funk rock and alternative metal that infuses heavy metal music (often thrash metal) with elements of funk and punk rock. Funk metal was part of the alternative metal movement, ...
side project in the vein of early
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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called
Infectious Grooves
Infectious Grooves is an American funk metal supergroup led by vocalist Mike Muir and initially a side project from his group Suicidal Tendencies. The current lineup also includes guitarists Dean Pleasants and Jim Martin; bassist Robert Truji ...
. Also recruiting ex-
Jane's Addiction
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drummer
Stephen Perkins
Stephen Andrew Perkins (September 13, 1967) is an American musician and songwriter. A drummer and percussionist, he currently plays with Jane's Addiction and Hellride.
Following the dissolution of Jane's Addiction, Perkins continued to play ...
and
Excel
ExCeL London (an abbreviation for Exhibition Centre London) is an exhibition centre, international convention centre and former hospital in the Custom House area of Newham, East London. It is situated on a site on the northern quay of the ...
guitarist
Adam Siegel
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, Infectious Grooves released their debut, ''
The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves'', which featured
Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adop ...
singing the line "therapy" in the song "Therapy" in 1991. This helped expand Suicidal Tendencies' fan base into a wider audience that included members of the
alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...
community (funk-metal was a popular alternative-metal style at the time).
Herrera left Suicidal Tendencies in 1991 due to personal differences. The rest of the band continued as an incomplete four-piece for about a year, drafting now-famous drummer
Josh Freese to record their new album which would become ''
The Art of Rebellion
''The Art of Rebellion'' is the sixth studio album by American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, released in 1992 on Epic Records. It was the only Suicidal Tendencies album to be recorded without an official drummer; the drum tracks were ...
'', released in 1992. The album was very different from anything Suicidal Tendencies had done before, but it was actually their most melodic, accessible album to date. It lessened the bands thrash influences, instead focusing on a unique, almost
alternative metal
Alternative metal (also known as alt-metal) is a genre of heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With r ...
sound, with more emphasis on
funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...
and
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...
, as well as traditional
metal
A metal (from Greek μέταλλον ''métallon'', "mine, quarry, metal") is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well. Metals are typicall ...
guitars. Despite the experimentation, and the fact that it was released at a time when
grunge
Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is an alternative rock genre and subculture that emerged during the in the American Pacific Northwest state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and nearby towns. Grunge fuses elements of p ...
became more successful than
hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
and heavy metal, ''The Art of Rebellion'' was greeted warmly by most fans and many critics, and garnered Suicidal Tendencies their highest chart position to date on the
''Billboard'' 200 (reaching at number 52), and producing three hits: "Asleep at the Wheel", "
Nobody Hears" and "I'll Hate You Better", all of which were successful on the Billboard singles charts.
During the accompanying tour for ''The Art of Rebellion'', the band had performed at mostly arenas and stadiums worldwide, sharing the stage with such mainstream rock staples as
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrume ...
,
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal along wit ...
,
Kiss
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,
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKa ...
,
Queensrÿche
Queensrÿche is an American heavy metal band. It formed in 1982 in Bellevue, Washington, out of the local band the Mob. The band has released 16 studio albums, one EP, and several DVDs, and continues to tour and record. The original lineup ...
,
Danzig,
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains (often abbreviated as AIC) is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1987 by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who later recruited bassist Mike Starr and lead vocalist Layne ...
,
Faith No More
Faith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1979. Before settling on the current name in July 1983, the band performed under the names Sharp Young Men and later Faith No Man. Bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist/r ...
and
White Zombie,
where they earned a wide reputation as an excellent live act. Also during this period, Suicidal Tendencies had found a permanent replacement for Herrera, former
White Lion
The white lion is a rare color mutation of the lion, specifically the Southern African lion. White lions in the area of Timbavati are thought to have been indigenous to the Timbavati region of South Africa for centuries, although the earliest ...
and
Y&T drummer
Jimmy DeGrasso
Jimmy DeGrasso (born March 16, 1963) is an American heavy metal drummer.
DeGrasso played with Mama's Boys and Lita Ford before eventually working with Y&T and Megadeth and as a session or touring musician for Ozzy Osbourne (1986), White Lion ...
.
Now at their commercial peak, Suicidal Tendencies released ''
Still Cyco After All These Years'' in 1993. The album was a re-recording of Suicidal Tendencies's self-titled debut album with three additional songs (two re-recordings of ''
Join the Army'' tracks, and the B-side to the 1990 single "Send Me Your Money"). It featured singles for the new versions of "Institutionalized" and "I Saw Your Mommy", which managed to do well, as did the album. That same year also saw the release of another
Infectious Grooves
Infectious Grooves is an American funk metal supergroup led by vocalist Mike Muir and initially a side project from his group Suicidal Tendencies. The current lineup also includes guitarists Dean Pleasants and Jim Martin; bassist Robert Truji ...
album, ''
Sarsippius' Ark'', which included new tracks as well as demo recordings of old songs, and live tracks.
''Suicidal for Life'', disbandment and reunion (1994–2001)
Disturbed by their recent commercial success and fame, and fear that the band was no longer relevant in the underground, Suicidal Tendencies released ''
Suicidal for Life'' in 1994. The album was intended by the band to be the least accessible album they had released, starting out by having four consecutive songs with the word "
fuck
''Fuck'' is an English-language expletive. It often refers to the act of sexual intercourse, but is also commonly used as an intensifier or to convey disdain. While its origin is obscure, it is usually considered to be first attested to aro ...
" in the title, and switching to a more aggressive style than on their previous studio album. ''Suicidal for Life'' was widely considered to be a disappointing album by critics, many of which claimed Muir had "dumbed down" his lyrical approach from previous albums. Fans also had a generally mixed reaction, although their reaction was more favorable than critics'.
Muir's strategy worked, however. Despite obtaining the band's second-highest chart position on the
''Billboard'' 200 at number 82,
the album did not sell nearly as well as the past four Suicidal Tendencies records (although it did sell decently on the band's reputation alone) and one of its singles, "Love Vs. Loneliness", featured a gloomy music video that hurt the song's airplay. One of the other singles, "What You Need's a Friend", did however receive good rotation on album-oriented radio stations, the most notable being
KNAC
KBUE (105.5 FM, "Que Buena 105.5/94.3 FM") is a commercial radio station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In te ...
.
![Dean Pleasants 2008 France pic by st-math!eu under cc by sa](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Dean_Pleasants_2008_France_pic_by_st-math%21eu_under_cc_by_sa.jpg)
It was also around this time the band, whose contract with Epic Records had expired, began to fall apart, and folded after a tour in 1995. Muir and Trujillo continued Infectious Grooves, releasing ''
Groove Family Cyco
''Groove Family Cyco / Snapped Lika Mutha'' is the third album by Infectious Grooves, a 1994 concept record about a family of crazy people (the 'Cycos'). The "Violent & Funky" music video appeared in Beavis and Butt-head.
Music and lyrics
" ...
'' later that year (this album was released before Suicidal Tendencies split), but they eventually folded as well, with Trujillo joining
Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adop ...
's band (and later
Black Label Society
Black Label Society is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1998 by guitarist/singer Zakk Wylde. To date, the band has released eleven studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, one EP, and three vid ...
and
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrume ...
) and Muir performing as
Cyco Miko, releasing ''
Lost My Brain! (Once Again)''. Rocky George formed the group Samsara and played in 40 Cycle Hum and
Cro-Mags
Cro-Mags are an American hardcore punk band from New York City. The band, which has a strong cult following, has released six studio albums, with the first two considered the most influential. With a Hare Krishna background, they were among t ...
after Suicidal Tendencies's breakup, eventually joining
Fishbone
Fishbone is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1979, that plays a fusion of ska, punk, funk, metal, reggae, and soul. AllMusic has described the group as "one of the most distinctive and eclectic alternative rock bands of the lat ...
. Mike Clark joined a band called
Creeper, while Jimmy DeGrasso joined
Dave Mustaine
David Scott Mustaine (born September 13, 1961) is an American musician. He is the co-founder, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter of the thrash metal band Megadeth, as well as their sole consistent member. Mustaine has relea ...
's side project
MD.45
MD.45 was an American heavy metal/ punk rock band formed as a side project by Megadeth guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine and Fear vocalist Lee Ving. Bassist Kelly LeMieux (of Fear) and drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (of Y&T and on a break from Alice ...
, and eventually replaced
Nick Menza
Nicholas Menza (July 23, 1964 – May 21, 2016) was an American musician best known as the drummer for thrash metal band Megadeth from 1989 to 1998. He recorded drums on four of Megadeth's albums: ''Rust in Peace'' (1990), ''Countdown to Extin ...
in
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal along wit ...
, who recruited guitarist
Anthony Gallo (Suicidal Tendencies, Los Cycos) for his solo record entitled ''Life After Deth''.
Around 1996, Suicidal Tendencies had reunited, with Muir and Clark hiring lead guitarist
Dean Pleasants
Dean Pleasants (born May 18, 1965) is an American guitarist. He has been the lead guitarist for Suicidal Tendencies since 1996,http://metalstorm.ee/bands/band.php?band_id=399&bandname=Suicidal%2BTendencies Metal Storm and is their longest-standi ...
(formerly of
Infectious Grooves
Infectious Grooves is an American funk metal supergroup led by vocalist Mike Muir and initially a side project from his group Suicidal Tendencies. The current lineup also includes guitarists Dean Pleasants and Jim Martin; bassist Robert Truji ...
), new bassist
Josh Paul
Joshua William Paul (born May 19, 1975) is a retired American professional baseball catcher and professional coach. He most recently served as the quality control coach for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for ...
and new drummer
Brooks Wackerman
Brooks Wackerman (born February 15, 1977) is an American musician. He is the current drummer of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, which he joined in 2015. His first album with Avenged Sevenfold was '' The Stage'' (2016). He is most known as ...
(formerly of
Bad4Good
Bad4Good was a heavy metal band formed in 1991 by guitarist Steve Vai. The band was a quartet of teenagers, the oldest of whom was 16. The group consisted of guitarist Thomas McRocklin, bassist Zack Young, drummer Brooks Wackerman, and sin ...
,
Infectious Grooves
Infectious Grooves is an American funk metal supergroup led by vocalist Mike Muir and initially a side project from his group Suicidal Tendencies. The current lineup also includes guitarists Dean Pleasants and Jim Martin; bassist Robert Truji ...
and
Bad Religion
Bad Religion is an American punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980. The band's lyrics cover topics related to religion, politics, society, the media and science. Musically, they are noted for their melodic sensibilitie ...
, now with
Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold (abbreviated as A7X) is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist M. Shadows, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Zacky Vengeance, ...
) as the respective replacements of George, Trujillo, and DeGrasso. Coinciding with the reunion, a greatest hits compilation, ''
Prime Cuts'', was released in 1997 by their former record company, apparently against the band's will.
The band released their first new material in almost half a decade, the ''
Six the Hard Way
''Six the Hard Way'' is the first EP by crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, released on November 17, 1998. Until 2018's '' Get Your Fight On!'', this was the only EP the band had released.
The record features two live recordings and four ...
'' EP in 1998, which also included two live tracks. Released on Suicidal Records, this EP saw the band switching back to their original
punk metal
A number of overlapping punk rock subgenres have developed since the emergence of punk rock (often shortened to ''punk'') in the mid-1970s. Even though punk genres at times are difficult to segregate, they usually show differing characteristics i ...
and
skatepunk style (with songs originally recorded by
Cyco Miko covered). This, along with the absence of George and Trujillo, upset many of the bands metal-era fans, but fans of the older punk Suicidal Tendencies warmly welcomed the new style.
The band stuck to a similar formula for ''
Freedumb
''Freedumb'' is a studio album by American crossover band Suicidal Tendencies. It was released in 1999 on Suicidal Records.
The tracks are rawer than the funk-influenced thrash metal direction they were taking before the hiatus. The album's co ...
'', released in 1999. Despite generally bad reviews from critics (who claimed that the band had "dumbed themselves down" not only lyrically, but musically as well) it was considered by fans of the band as their "comeback album", with the title track, "Cyco Vision" and "We Are A Family" becoming fan favorites (although no singles from the album were released).
The following year Suicidal Tendencies released ''
Free Your Soul and Save My Mind
''Free Your Soul...and Save My Mind'' is the tenth studio album by crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, released in 2000.
A music video was made for "Pop Songs". It was the band's first official video in six years, since "Love Vs. Lonelines ...
''. Unlike its predecessor, which was more straightforward hardcore, this album saw the band covering most of the styles they had dabbled with in the past. Some songs were punk, but many of them were also
thrash
Thrash may refer to:
*Thrashing (computer science), where increasing resources are used to do a decreasing amount of work
*Thrash (surname)
* Thrash, mascot of the Atlanta Thrashers
*'' Thrash Rally'', a top-down perspective rally racing video gam ...
-oriented, and this was by far Suicidal Tendencies's funkiest album yet. Fans and critics greeted the album warmly, and a new single, "Pop Song", was released.
Infectious Grooves
Infectious Grooves is an American funk metal supergroup led by vocalist Mike Muir and initially a side project from his group Suicidal Tendencies. The current lineup also includes guitarists Dean Pleasants and Jim Martin; bassist Robert Truji ...
released their fourth and comeback album ''
Mas Borracho
''Mas Borracho'' is the fourth album by Infectious Grooves, released in 2000. The title, as written on the album, is "but drunk" in Spanish. However, it is most likely a misspell of "más borracho", meaning "more drunk" or "drunker".
Critical r ...
'' in 2000, followed by Muir's second solo album as
Cyco Miko, ''Schizophrenic Born Again Problem Child'', in 2001.
Suicidal Tendencies featured a new song on the ''
Friends & Family, Vol. 2'' compilation in 2001, but after then the band fell silent again.
Years of touring and lineup changes (2001–2012)
Wackerman (who had just joined
Bad Religion
Bad Religion is an American punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980. The band's lyrics cover topics related to religion, politics, society, the media and science. Musically, they are noted for their melodic sensibilitie ...
) had left Suicidal Tendencies by 2001 while the band was on tour.
Greg Saenz
Greg Saenz (a.k.a. Gregory Pecker) (born April 27, 1967) is an American drummer from Highland Park, California, currently based in Coachella Valley. He started playing for groups around North East Los Angeles in 1985, mainly influenced by drum ...
joined the band before
Ron Bruner took over drum duties and Paul also left by the following year but was replaced by his brother
Steve. The band toured during 2003 but were forced take another hiatus in 2004 due to Mike Muir requiring surgery for a back injury.
![Suicidal Tendencies @ Capitol (18 5 2011) (5770925587)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Suicidal_Tendencies_%40_Capitol_%2818_5_2011%29_%285770925587%29.jpg)
While the band failed to release an album with material, independently or otherwise, Suicidal Tendencies have continued to tour consistently since 2005. On October 29 of that year their live performance at the
Grand Olympic Auditorium
The Grand Olympic Auditorium is a former sports venue in southern Downtown Los Angeles, California. The venue was built in 1924 at 1801 South Grand Avenue, now just south of the Santa Monica Freeway. The grand opening of the Olympic Auditorium ...
in Los Angeles was filmed. Suicidal Tendencies secured a spot in the metal/punk-rock
Soundwave Festival in Australia in February and March 2007, taking in
Brisbane
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, Sydney and
Perth
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. They performed at the Artefact Festival in France on April 29, 2007, and performed in Istanbul, Turkey on May 29. They also headlined the
Tuborg
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Stage at the
Download Festival
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, held at
Donington Park
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, UK on Friday June 8, 2007, and closed select shows for the ''Sounds of the Underground'' tour in San Jose, California on August 3, Irvine, California on August 4, and Mesa, Arizona on August 5. On August 1, 2008, Suicidal Tendencies headlined the Porão do Rock Festival in
Brasília
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in front of 15,000 people. By this stage Eric Moore had replaced Dave Hidalgo on drums. During the fall of 2008, the band toured with
Madball
Madball is an American New York hardcore band formed in New York City, that originated in the late 1980s as a side project of Agnostic Front. The band developed after Agnostic Front's front man Roger Miret would let his younger half-brother Fr ...
,
Terror, and
Death by Stereo
Death by Stereo (also referred to as D.B.S.) is an American hardcore punk band formed in Orange County, California circa 1998 by frontman Efrem Schulz. They are well known for their energetic performances and intricate guitar work. Their name ...
, opening select dates. During this tour ''
Year of the Cycos
''Year of the Cycos'' is a compilation album of bands featuring vocalist Mike Muir, released in 2008. It includes new and previously released songs by Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Cyco Miko and No Mercy.
''Year of the Cycos'' was a ...
'' – a compilation album featuring Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Cyco Miko and No Mercy – was available for the first time for purchase at the concerts or from their official website. From the album, the original track "Come Alive" was released as a
video clip
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. The band replaced
As I Lay Dying
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on the first five shows of the ''No Fear Energy Music Tour'' with
Lamb of God
Lamb of God ( el, Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, Amnòs toû Theoû; la, Agnus Dei, ) is a title for Jesus that appears in the Gospel of John. It appears at John 1:29, where John the Baptist sees Jesus and exclaims, "Behold the Lamb of God wh ...
. Suicidal Tendencies toured Europe from June through July 2009.
The first Suicidal Tendencies DVD ''
Live at the Olympic Auditorium'', featuring the full show recorded in Los Angeles back in 2005, was released on January 26, 2010 by
Fontana Distribution
Fontana Distribution was a division of San Francisco-based Isolation Network (now owned by the Virgin Music Group unit of the Universal Music Group since 2019). A minority stake of the company was owned by Universal Music until INgrooves acquire ...
via the band's own imprint, Suicidal Records. On the same day, a
best of compilation was released as part of the ''Playlist'' music album series issued by
Sony BMG
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout o ...
.
In September 2010, Suicidal Tendencies released the album ''
No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family
''No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family'' is a studio album by American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, released in 2010. It is considered the follow-up to 1993's ''Still Cyco After All These Years''; like that album, it features some re-r ...
'' which consists of re-recordings of tracks from the ''
Join the Army'' album and of old
No Mercy songs, plus the previously released "Come Alive". In support of the album the band toured the US in October and November, including performing at Tucson, Arizona KFMA radio station's Fall Ball 2010 on October 24 at Pima County Fairgrounds.
''13'' and ''World Gone Mad'' (2013–2017)
![Suicidal Tendencies @ Capitol (18 5 2011) (5771468486)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Suicidal_Tendencies_%40_Capitol_%2818_5_2011%29_%285771468486%29.jpg)
Suicidal Tendencies released ''
13'', their first album with new material in 13 years, on March 26, 2013.
The band spent the next few years touring in support of the album, with such bands as
D.R.I.,
Sick of It All
Sick of It All is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1986 in Queens, New York City. The band's lineup consists of brothers Lou and Pete Koller on lead vocals and guitars respectively, Armand Majidi on drums, and Craig Setari on bass. Sick ...
,
Slayer,
Exodus
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* Book of Exodus, second book of the Hebrew Torah and the Christian Bible
* The Exodus, the biblical story of the migration of the ancient Israelites from Egypt into Canaan
Historical events
* Ex ...
,
Slipknot,
Beartooth,
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal along wit ...
,
Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom was a Finnish melodic death metal band from Espoo. Formed in 1993 as Inearthed, the final line-up of the group upon their split in 2019 consisted of Alexi Laiho (lead guitar, lead vocals), Jaska Raatikainen (drums), Henkka Sepp ...
and
Havok. They also headlined the 2014
Persistence Tour, and appeared at many festivals such as
Riot Fest
Riot Fest is an annual three-day punk rock music festival based in Chicago, Illinois, at Douglass Park. It is known for booking reunions, guest performances, and full album performances. Riot Fest remains one of the largest independently owned m ...
in 2013,
Amnesia Rockfest in 2014 and
Motörhead
Motörhead () were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by Lemmy (lead vocals, bass), Larry Wallis (guitar) and Lucas Fox (drums). Lemmy was also the primary songwriter and only constant member. The band are often considered a precu ...
's Motörboat cruise and
Knotfest
Knotfest is a music festival created in 2012 by American heavy metal band Slipknot. The event has been held both as a touring festival and a destination festival in several countries including the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Mexico, C ...
in both 2015.
On March 11, 2014,
Thomas Pridgen
Thomas Armon Pridgen (born November 23, 1983) is an American drummer, best known for his role as the drummer of The Mars Volta from October 2006 until October 2009. He is touring with rapper Residente and is the drummer for hardcore punk band T ...
(former drummer of
the Mars Volta
The Mars Volta is an American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2001. The band's only constant members are Omar Rodríguez-López (guitar, producer, direction) and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals, lyrics), whose partnership for ...
) confirmed on his Instagram and Facebook page that he had joined Suicidal Tendencies. By the fall of 2014, Pridgen was no longer playing in Suicidal Tendencies, and Eric Moore rejoined the band.
On August 27, 2014, Suicidal Tendencies announced that bassist Tim Williams had died. Rawbiz was replaced by Michael Morgan, and two years later by Ra Díaz.
In a December 2014 interview with ''
Loudwire
''Loudwire'' is an American online media magazine that covers news of hard rock and heavy metal artists. It is owned by media and entertainment business Townsquare Media. Since its launch in August of 2011, ''Loudwire'' has secured exclusive ...
'', vocalist
Mike Muir
Michael Allen Muir (born March 14, 1963) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist and the only sole continuous member of Los Angeles-based bands Suicidal Tendencies, Los Cycos, and Infectious Grooves. He has also released several solo al ...
was asked if Suicidal Tendencies would release a follow-up to ''13''. He replied, "Right now I have no answer to that as far as the previous one. There were a lot of things that went on and I think for us now, if everyone said they wanted to get into the studio and there was something they really wanted to do, I'd take it into consideration. But we're in the studio all the time, we're always recording." In an April 2015 interview with Metalhead Blog, guitarist
Dean Pleasants
Dean Pleasants (born May 18, 1965) is an American guitarist. He has been the lead guitarist for Suicidal Tendencies since 1996,http://metalstorm.ee/bands/band.php?band_id=399&bandname=Suicidal%2BTendencies Metal Storm and is their longest-standi ...
revealed that Suicidal Tendencies had been working on new material for a possible compilation album.
In a February 2016 interview, Muir hinted at a new EP, followed by a new full-length studio album, inspired by then-current political climate and
upcoming election. He also stated that the album and EP could be the band's final recordings, although he added, "I thought the
first one would probably be the last we would do, too."
![Dave Lombardo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Dave_Lombardo.jpg)
On February 20, 2016, Suicidal Tendencies announced that former
Slayer drummer
Dave Lombardo
David Lombardo (born February 16, 1965) is a Cuban-American drummer, best known as a co-founding member of American thrash metal band Slayer. He is currently playing drums with Testament, Fantômas, Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Cross, Mr. Bungl ...
, a longtime friend and supporter of the band, would be playing drums on their February–March 2016 tour with
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal along wit ...
, and again on their May–June 2016 European tour. On May 6, 2016, guitarist Nico Santora announced on his Facebook page that he had left Suicidal Tendencies to focus on his new project Lillake. He was replaced by Oneironaut guitarist Jeff Pogan.
On May 15, 2016, Suicidal Tendencies posted a video of Lombardo laying down tracks for the band's follow-up to ''13'', which was expected to be released in September. This video implied that Lombardo had become a permanent member of Suicidal Tendencies.
On June 17, 2016, Suicidal Tendencies announced in a newsletter that they were in the final stages of mixing the new album, which was expected to be released on September 30, 2016.
Mike Muir
Michael Allen Muir (born March 14, 1963) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist and the only sole continuous member of Los Angeles-based bands Suicidal Tendencies, Los Cycos, and Infectious Grooves. He has also released several solo al ...
revealed in June 2016 interviews that the album would be called ''The World Gone Mad'', and that the band planned to release a new EP in January 2017. However, the title of the album was later shortened to ''
World Gone Mad''. It was supported by the band's first single in 22 years (since 1994's "Love Vs. Loneliness") "Clap Like Ozzy". To promote ''World Gone Mad'', Suicidal Tendencies supported
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal along wit ...
,
Amon Amarth and
Metal Church
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on the ''
Dystopia
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'' tour in the United States in September–October 2016, and headlined two tours in 2017: the
Persistence Tour with
Agnostic Front
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History First era (1980–19 ...
in Europe in January, and a U.S. tour in February–March with
Crowbar and
Havok. Muir had stated in interviews that ''World Gone Mad'' may be Suicidal Tendencies' final studio album, though he later retracted this statement, saying, "You can't believe what anybody says nowadays — everybody's effin' lyin'."
''Get Your Fight On!'', ''Still Cyco Punk After All These Years'' and The Next Album (2018–present)
On December 1, 2017, Suicidal Tendencies announced that they had completed work on a new EP with producer
Paul Northfield
Paul Northfield is a prolific British record producer and sound engineer, who has worked on albums by bands such as Dream Theater, Queensrÿche, Rush, Porcupine Tree and Suicidal Tendencies.
Northfield worked at Advision Studio, London from 197 ...
for an early 2018 release. Muir has described the EP as "a little more specifically a statement of the time" and an effort that "could be interpreted as political." The EP, ''
Get Your Fight On!'', was released on March 9, 2018, and was the first of two releases the band had planned for release that year; the second being a new full-length, ''
Still Cyco Punk After All These Years'', released on September 7, 2018. The latter is a near re-recording of
Cyco Miko's first album ''
Lost My Brain! (Once Again)''.
On July 2, 2018, it was announced that guitarist Jeff Pogan had left Suicidal Tendencies for personal reasons. Former
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Dillinger Escape Plan was an American metalcore band. The band was formed in 1997 in Morris Plains, New Jersey by guitarist Ben Weinman, bassist Adam Doll, vocalist Dimitri Minakakis, and drummer Chris Pennie. The band's use of odd time si ...
guitarist
Ben Weinman
Benjamin A. Weinman (born August 8, 1975) is an American musician, film composer, and music manager, most notable for being the lead guitarist and primary songwriter of the metalcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan. He was the founder and sole con ...
filled in for him on the band's summer and fall 2018 shows.
In March 2019, Weinman announced on his Twitter page that he was in the studio tracking down new material for the next Suicidal Tendencies album. In a July 2020 interview with
Ultimate Guitar
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, however, Weinman stated that "there hasn't been any music made", but also stated that "maybe when all this comes back, when things go back to normal, we can think about that."
On March 18, 2020, Muir announced on Suicidal Tendencies' Facebook page that they are working on an "old-school vinyl release" featuring instrumental "songs from ST members and people related to ST."
Drummer, Brandon Pertzborn has filled in as a drummer for the band as well as Tye Trujillo filling as a bassist, most likely due to the relationship his father, Robert Trujillo has with the band. Ben Weinman has announced that there will be new Suicidal Tendencies shows soon.
Style and influence
Suicidal Tendencies have been influenced by a variety of genres, including
punk rock,
speed metal
Speed metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) roots.K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' (Berg Publishers, 2007), , p. 31. It ...
,
hardcore punk
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,
surf music
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,
heavy metal and
reggae
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, and by artists such as
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most ...
,
the Ramones
The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group. Despite achieving a limited commercial appeal in the United ...
,
the Sex Pistols
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,
the Beatles
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,
Led Zeppelin
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,
Pink Floyd
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,
Rush,
Black Flag,
the Germs
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,
Dick Dale
Richard Anthony Monsour (May 4, 1937 – March 16, 2019), known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist. He was a pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scale (music), scales and experimenting with reverb eff ...
,
Black Sabbath
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,
the Circle Jerks
Circle Jerks (stylized as Ciʀcle JƎʀᴋs) are an American hardcore punk band, formed in 1979 in Los Angeles, California. The group was founded by former Black Flag vocalist Keith Morris and Redd Kross guitarist Greg Hetson. To date, Ci ...
,
T.S.O.L.,
the Who
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, the Middle Class, the Simpletones,
China White, the Hated,
Motörhead
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,
the Plugz
The Plugz (also known as "Los Plugz") were a Latino punk band from Los Angeles that formed in 1977 and disbanded in 1984. They and The Zeros were among the first Latino punk bands, although several garage rock bands, such as Thee Midniters an ...
,
the Big Boys,
War
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,
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981; baptised in 1980 as Berhane Selassie) was a Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements o ...
and
Frank Zappa
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.
While their early material, including their
first album, is considered
hardcore punk
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, the band is well known for combining elements of
thrash metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . ...
with funk, punk rock and
alternative rock
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.
Critics have also described Suicidal Tendencies as "the godfathers" of the genre
crossover thrash
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, which they have been credited for creating along with Texas-based band
D.R.I. and New York-based band
Stormtroopers of Death
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.
Various artists have expressed their admiration for Suicidal Tendencies or have cited them as an influence, including
Anthrax
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,
Biohazard
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,
Body Count
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,
Children of Bodom
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,
Death by Stereo
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,
Dub War
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Biography
Dub War formed in 1993 in Wales. The band released two albums, via the metal label Earache Record ...
,
Green Day
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,
Jane's Addiction
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,
Incubus
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,
Killswitch Engage
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,
Korn
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Originally formed in 1993 ...
,
Limp Bizkit,
Megadeth
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,
Metallica
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,
MxPx, NOFX,
The Offspring,
P.O.D.,
Pantera
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,
Papa Roach, Pennywise (band), Pennywise,
Rage Against the Machine,
Sepultura,
Sevendust,
Skrillex,
Slayer,
Slipknot,
Soulfly,
Staind,
System of a Down,
Terror and Hank Williams III.
Band members
Current members
* Mike Muir, Mike "Cyco Miko" Muir – lead vocals (1980–present)
*
Dean Pleasants
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– lead guitar (1996–present)
* Brandon Pertzborn – drums (2018, 2022-present)
* Tye Trujillo – bass (2021-present)
*
Ben Weinman
Benjamin A. Weinman (born August 8, 1975) is an American musician, film composer, and music manager, most notable for being the lead guitarist and primary songwriter of the metalcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan. He was the founder and sole con ...
– rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2018–present)
Discography
*''Suicidal Tendencies (album), Suicidal Tendencies'' (1983)
*''
Join the Army'' (1987)
*''
How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today'' (1988)
*''
Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu'' (1989)
*''
Lights...Camera...Revolution!'' (1990)
*''
The Art of Rebellion
''The Art of Rebellion'' is the sixth studio album by American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, released in 1992 on Epic Records. It was the only Suicidal Tendencies album to be recorded without an official drummer; the drum tracks were ...
'' (1992)
*''
Still Cyco After All These Years'' (1993)
*''
Suicidal for Life'' (1994)
*''
Freedumb
''Freedumb'' is a studio album by American crossover band Suicidal Tendencies. It was released in 1999 on Suicidal Records.
The tracks are rawer than the funk-influenced thrash metal direction they were taking before the hiatus. The album's co ...
'' (1999)
*''
Free Your Soul and Save My Mind
''Free Your Soul...and Save My Mind'' is the tenth studio album by crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, released in 2000.
A music video was made for "Pop Songs". It was the band's first official video in six years, since "Love Vs. Lonelines ...
'' (2000)
*''
No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family
''No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family'' is a studio album by American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, released in 2010. It is considered the follow-up to 1993's ''Still Cyco After All These Years''; like that album, it features some re-r ...
'' (2010)
*''
13'' (2013)
*''
World Gone Mad'' (2016)
*''
Still Cyco Punk After All These Years'' (2018)
References
External links
Official websiteInterview in Hard Times, 1984
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Suicidal Tendencies,
1980 establishments in California
Crossover thrash groups
Thrash metal musical groups from California
Hardcore punk groups from California
Musical groups from Los Angeles
Musical groups established in 1980
Musical groups disestablished in 1995
Musical groups reestablished in 1996
Musical quintets
Nuclear Blast artists
Political music groups
Skate punk groups