Description
Black vinyl. Limited 500 copies
Not punk enough for the punk rockers and not metal enough for the metal heads, the legend of Los Angeles Suicidal Tendencies (ST) is one of which you are likely aware, unless you’ve spent substantial portions of your life living in a cave. Whether considered hardcore punk or crossover (they were both), the band’s first release, 1983’s self-titled album became a skate punk bible and ultimately a hugely successful and all-time classic release. With a track list that defines “all killer, no filler” and lyrics that were anti-establishment, outrageous, and often darkly comedic, the album spawned the mega-classic “Institutionalized”, as well as “I Saw Your Mommy”, “Suicidal Failure”, “Subliminal”, and “I Shot Reagan”. Even with a sophomore album in 1987’s “Join the Army” that didn’t quite measure up to the uniqueness and creativity of the debut, though it is a fine crossover release in its own right, ST ended up an immoderately influential band that played by its own set of rules, regardless of what some might think of the metallic leanings of later albums. 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, but also showed a new influence courtesy of Trujillo, funk. The album was a smash hit. It featured “You Can’t Bring Me Down” as well as “Send Me Your Money”, and the melodic thrash song “Alone” – all released as singles and music videos. All three singles were successful (especially “You Can’t Bring Me Down”), and helped Lights…Camera…Revolution! also reach gold status, and the band gained a heavy audience in the thrash metal community despite being commonly accused of “selling out” in the hardcore circle. This album was recorded at the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio on the 31st of August 1990 by Westwood One Radio and it splendidly captures the raw, energetic, and insanely entertaining essence of ST in its natural environment. This album features one track from the new album, Alone, while the remaining album features some classic ST songs. War Inside My Head, I Saw Your Monny, Trip At The Brain etc. And then there is the Reverend of the Church of Suicidal himself, vocalist Mike Muir, who whips the crowd into a frenzy and uplifts the spirit with his seamless flow of street wisdom, succinct storytelling, and pulpit sermonizing. Up to this point this band hadn’t done a single thing wrong and the 1990-1991 tours (among them the Clash Of The Titans tour), was the peak of the bands career. This is a must have. As Muir sometimes says, “if you ain’t suicidal, you ain’t shit.” He’s right, you know.
Track list:
1. Trip At The Brain
2. Alone
3. War Inside My Head
4. I Want More
5. Possessed To Skate
6. I Saw Your Mommy
7. Lovely
8. Institutionalised
9. Waking The Dead
10. How Will I Laugh Tomorrow