In the early 80’s when Suicidal Tendencies started, punk rock was not very
welcoming to “new ideas”, especially from a new crew that were obviously not
worried about fitting in.
But SxTx wasn’t there to be “accepted” and not only played their own STyle
of Cyco Punk, but reinvented the DYI attitude to a level never seen before with
their distinctive look and sound.
For 35 years ST hasn’t worried about what other bands or people were or
weren’t doing. About what was cool or trendy at the time. They didn’t ask
for permission, nor did they care who it offended. They did what they wanted,
but most importantly for the right reason, cause it’s what they felt, not
cause they wanted to be liked.
That didn’t make things easy. They were banned in L.A., Police riots and
harassed by various “Authorities” and even the Secret Service got into the
act, “dropping in” and paying singer Mike Muir a “visit”.
Soon after the PMRC got into the act. As would many others, but the music played
on, and ST became the soundtrack to an army of Cyco’s Worldwide…to Punx,
Thrashers, Metallers, Skaters, Surfers, Moto and other extreme athletes all
found motivation in the ST sound to stand on their own and blaze their own
trail.
Cyco Punk Lives on! There’s no time machine to go back (and thank goodness
for that).
This will be a full on Cyco Punk record taken to a whole new level with the
legendary drummer Dave Lombardo brutally beating the songs and sound that is
made to get your Slam On!
