Suicidal Tendencies

Artist: Suicidal Tendencies
Label: Frontier Records
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 018663101125
EAN: 0018663101125
ASIN: B000007489

Release Date: 2001-02-20

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Tracks:

Suicide's An Alternative / You'll Be Sorry
Two Sided Politics
I Shot The Devil
Subliminal
Won't Fall In Love Today
Institutionalized
Memories Of Tomorrow
Possessed
I Saw Your Mommy...
Fascist Pig
I Want More
Suicidal Failure

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Customer Reviews:

Classic. From start to end. Hands down........2007-01-01

Essential listening. Nothing can touch it. For those who were born around the time this album came out, or who are only familiar with "Institutionalized", do yourself a favor, and get ahold of this album. It's barely 30 minutes long, and goes by real quick. It will also leave a long lasting impact on your outlook of music, among other things.

All I wanted was a Pepsi.......2006-12-04

Suicidal Tendencies remains a comma in a footnote in the history of rock, but they wrote one song, "Institutionalized," which should forever imprint their legacy. There are a few songs which capture the zeitgeist of their decade: "White Cliffs of Dover" in the 40's; "Heartbreak Hotel" in the 50's; "The Times They Are a Changin'" and "My Generation" in the 60's; "Stayin' Alive" in the 70's; and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in the 90's. The song for the 80's could be "Institutionalized." This punkrock paen to teen angst got sporadic airplay on alternative radio and the band still draws its loyal cult especially in native Southern California, but its canon remains relatively unknown and underappreciated in rock annals. But it will always have "Institutionalized." Twenty years later, I still hear it on KROQ, and I suspect its longevity will in itself increase its importance. But it is the lyrics, arrangement and musicianship that preserves its legacy and enduring relevancy. It is unlike any other rock song in history. Like very few songs ("Seven and Seven Is," "Like a Rolling Stone," and "Purple Haze," come to mind), it explodes out of the speaker. The lyrics are at once humorous, urgent and profound. The brilliantly performed narrative channels J.D. Salinger, Jack Kerouac and Lenny Bruce. The musicianship is amazing, especially the drumming.

Singer Mike Muir and his band have never capitalized on the potential that was demonstrated on "Institutionalized," though many songs in their catalog are vibrant and dynamically performed. But they're still on the road, which is saying something for a band that never compromised its relentless, punk style. If you want to own an important piece of rock history, own any album on which "Institutionalized" can be found.

Give credit where credit is due.......2006-08-21

Reguarding your Editoriol Reviews, per amazone.com's David Sprague on Suicidal Tendencies first album release, erroneously credits Rocky George and Mike Clark's guitar playing for being instrumental in part for the albums success. However, the original and actual guitar players on that album where bassist Louiche Mayorga and guitarist Grant Estes.

A great album that everyone should try listening to.......2006-03-27

I, like a lot of people, hate all of the whiney little posers that call themselves punk. Before you ever say you like punk music, I think you should base that off of an actual punk band (not Green Day or Good Charlotte). So here is one album that I find very easy to listen to and enjoy. It pretty much represents what hard-core punk should be.

1. Suicide's An Alternative/You'll Be Sorry: Great openning track 10/10
2. Two Sided Politics: Very Catchy. 10/10
3. I Shot The Devil: The devil being Reagan. Very funny and good. 10/10
4. Subliminal: Funny and catchy song. 10/10
5. Won't Fall In Love Today: Nothing impressive. 7/10
6. Institutionalized: A really funny song that you may have heard before. 8/10
7. Memories Of Tomorrow: Very catchy. 10/10
8. Possessed; Very catchy also. 10/10
9. I Saw Your Mommy...: pretty funny song. 8/10
10. Fascist Pig: Catchy and funny. 10/10
11. I Want More: Another good one. 9/10
12. Suicidal Failure: Not as great as the other slow ones, but still ok. 7/10

So there you go, if you can't stand any songs from this album, you should probably stick with pop-punk or classic rock. I hope this was helpful for anyone in deciding what kind of music they should listen to.

for the record . . . . . . ........2006-02-01

This record was their first and as far as i'm concerned. . . . their best. The amazon review is incorrect regarding who played guitar on it though. Nothing agains rocky or mike but Grant Estes played ALL guitars on that record. Those other guys did the remake and it's not even close. Don't waste your money. the original kicks azz and was the total precursor to sooooo many bands today it's not even funny. Mike's insane lyrics spoke to a generation trying to find itself and Grant's guitar work was groundbreaking for that genre of music. NOBODY had solos in punk at that time. This record was ahead of it's time and still holds up today. check it out, you'll play the siht out of it like i do.

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