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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES – World Gone Mad

May 22, 2023 /

This is the 2016 release from Psycho Miko, the original skate punk/ hardcore crossover band from Venice Beach. This was originally going to be the band’s last album, but I guess with Dave Lombardo on drums the band had never sounded so good.

Of course, there was always a lot of humour in the band and off shoot infectious grooves, this continues with opening tune Clap Like Ozzy a full on metal punk blast. The New Degeneration is the band being all metal with that chugga riff and pounding beat before we get all hardcore and things go 100mph. There are moments of normality mixed in with the angst and weird like a Get Your Fight On, where it starts like a normal rock song but eventually gives way to those metal riffs and this is my favourite track on the album. One Finger Salute is pure old school Suicidal, and it’s good to see Mike still angry with the man.

This is as strong an album as they have ever done, and I hope they keep it going.

8.5/10 from The Grooveman.

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES – s/t

February 2, 2021 /

What we have here is a repress of the skate/punk/metal pioneer’s debut album. Even though the subject matter is quite serious in places, this still is a fun record to listen to! Fast is the order of the day here, as each song wants to finish before it starts.

Punk craziness and attitude is interspersed with some metal riffage, and all this appears in the album opener, Suicides An Alternative/You’ll Be Sorry. Even the tracks that start slow, like Subliminal, soon get to breakneck speed for greatest efficiency. You’ve just gotta laugh because the speed is just pure crazy and naïve, but they are having a good time. Last track on Side 1, Institutionalized, is their best known song from this period, and the drummer, Amery Smith, is struggling to keep the pace.

Flip over to Side 2 and it’s more attitude and speed with Memories Of Tomorrow. With its Slayer-ish riff, but probably twice as fast as anything the dark ones were doing at the time. Basically that’s it for the rest of the album, and if I’m honest it wears a bit thin towards the end. Mike Muir is the only original member left, though they haven’t been active for a lot of the time. I must be in the minority as I preferred the offshoot, Infectious Grooves. If you’re a 16 year old skate kid then this is for you.

6.5/10 from The Grooveman.

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