Suicidal Tendencies (album)
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| Studio album by Suicidal Tendencies | ||
| Released | July 5, 1983 | |
| Recorded | 1983 | |
| Genre | Hardcore Punk | |
| Length | 28:17 | |
| Label | Frontier | |
| Producer(s) | Glen E. Friedman | |
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| Suicidal Tendencies chronology | ||
| Suicidal Tendencies (1983) |
Join the Army (1987) |
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Suicidal Tendencies is the eponymous debut album by the band Suicidal Tendencies, released in 1983 on Frontier Records. It became one of the best-selling hardcore rock albums at the time and launched the band into its future success.
Included on the album is "Institutionalized", possibly the band's most popular song after two decades. In the song, the narrator describes how, despite his claims to the contrary, his overbearing parents suspect he is using drugs and verging on a nervous breakdown. The song ends with them finally deciding to send him to a mental institution.
Critic Ira Robbins writes that "Half-sung, half-recited and built on repeated sudden tempo changes, 'Institutionalized' is a unique, devastating centerpiece. One of the era's quintessential expressions of teen dislocation, it converts generation gap misunderstandings into a complete communications breakdown, encapsulating all the punk sociology of such films as Repo Man and Suburbia in four minutes."[1]
The music video for "Institutionalized" was one of the first hardcore punk videos to receive substantial airplay on MTV, and the single was also used in the Emilio Estevez cult classic movie Repo Man and an episode for the hit TV show Miami Vice (which included a cameo appearance by the group).
"Institutionalized" is referenced in the Sage Francis song "Slow Down Gandhi" in the line "It's death penalty vs. suicidal tendencies / All I wanted was a fucking Pepsi / Institution / Making you think you're crazy is a billion dollar industry." Limp Bizkit also referenced it in the song "Stuck" with the lines "All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi. So far from suicidal but still I get them tendencies bringing back the memories that I really miss."
"Institutionalized" is featured in the game Guitar Hero II for the Playstation 2 as a playable song.
"I Shot The Devil" was originally titled "I Shot Reagan". Some rumors suggest the band was persuaded by the FBI to change the name of the song.
The song "Memories of Tomorrow" was covered by Slayer for their Undisputed Attitude album, but was not added to the final release. The song "Institutionalized" was also covered by Senses Fail for the soundtrack to the video game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.
The song "I Saw Your Mommy..." is featured on the soundtrack for the game Scarface: The World is Yours for the Playstation 2, Xbox, and PC.
[edit] Track listing
All songs composed by Mike Muir except as indicated.
- "Suicide's an Alternative / You'll Be Sorry" – 2:44
- "Two Sided Politics" (Muir, Louiche Mayorga) – 1:03
- "I Shot the Devil" – 1:51
- "Subliminal" – 3:08
- "Won't Fall in Love Today" (Muir, Mayorga) – 0:59
- "Institutionalized" (Muir, Mayorga) – 3:49
- "Memories of Tomorrow" (Muir, Mayorga) – 0:59
- "Possessed" – 2:07
- "I Saw Your Mommy..." (Muir, Mayorga) – 4:52
- "Fascist Pig" – 1:17
- "I Want More" - 2:28
- "Suicidal Failure" - 2:53
[edit] Credits
- Mike Muir – Vocals
- Grant Estes – Guitar
- Louiche Mayorga – Bass
- Amery Smith – Drums
- Glen E. Friedman – Album Photography & Design, Producer
- Randy Burns – Engineer
- Dee Zee – Art Mechanicals
- Marc Lewis & Dave Flynn – Roadies
- Mark Stern – Lyric Sheet Typesetting
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| Mike Muir |
| Mike Clark | Dean Pleasants | Ron Brunner, Jr. | Steve Brunner |
| Former members: Mike Dunnigan | Mike Ball | Grant Estes | Jon Nelson | Rocky George | Andrew Evans | Louiche Mayorga | Bob Heathcote | Robert Trujillo | Josh Paul | Sean Dunnigan | Amery Smith | R. J. Herrera | Jimmy DeGrasso | Brooks Wackerman |
| Discography |
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| Albums and EPs: Suicidal Tendencies | Join the Army | How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today | Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu | Lights...Camera...Revolution! | Art of Rebellion | Still Cyco After All These Years | Suicidal for Life | Six the Hard Way (EP) | Freedumb | Free Your Soul and Save My Mind |
| Compilations: F.N.G. | Prime Cuts |
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| Infectious Grooves | Cyco Miko | No Mercy | Beowülf | Excel | Uncle Slam |
