Suicidal Tendencies

**Suicidal Tendencies** is a hardcore punk band, which started in 1981 in Venice, California. Since their start, they had a lot of members come and go. Their lead singer Mike Muir is their only permanent member. They are credited by many as one of "the fathers of crossover thrash". Today, Suicidal Tendencies have released nine studio albums, one EP, four split albums, five compilation albums, and two long-form videos. They have not released an album of original material since 2000's _Free Your Soul and Save My Mind_. But they released a small number of new songs that had not been released before on the split/compilation albums _Friends & Family, Vol. 2_ (2001), _Year of the Cycos_ (2008), _No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family_ (2010) and _The Mad Mad Muir Musical Tour_ (2011).

Suicidal Tendencies became well known when they released their self-titled debut album in 1983. It spawned the single "Institutionalized", which was one of the first hardcore punk videos to get substantial airplay on MTV. Suicidal Tendencies had not released their second album until 1987, with _Join the Army_. It was the album that got the attention of Epic Records, who signed Suicidal Tendencies in 1988, the same year they released their third album _How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today_. People began to recognize Suicidal Tendencies more when they released the albums _Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu_ and _Lights...Camera...Revolution!_, which were both certified Gold by the RIAA. The band made two more albums, _The Art of Rebellion_ and _Suicidal for Life_, and then broke up in 1995 while serving ties with from Sony and Epic. However, Suicidal Tendencies reformed in 1997 and have continued recording and performing ever since. After over a decade of work and many lineup changes, the band is planning to release first album with all-new material in 12 years in 2012.

## Discography

They made ten studio albums, one EP, four split albums, five compilation albums, and two long-form videos.

### Studio albums

- _Suicidal Tendencies_ (1983)
- _Join the Army_ (1987)
- _How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today_ (1988)
- _Lights...Camera...Revolution!_ (1990)
- _The Art of Rebellion_ (1992)
- _Suicidal for Life_ (1994)
- _Freedumb_ (1999)
- _Free Your Soul and Save My Mind_ (2000)
- _13_ (2013)
- _World Gone Mad_ (2016)

### EPs

- _Six the Hard Way_ (1998)

### Split albums

- _Welcome to Venice_ (1985)
- _Friends & Family, Vol. 1_ (1997)
- _Friends & Family, Vol. 2_ (2001)
- _Year of the Cycos_ (2008)

### Compilation albums

- _Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu_ (1989)
- _Still Cyco After All These Years_ (1993)
- _Prime Cuts_ (1997)
- _Playlist: The Very Best of Suicidal Tendencies_ (2010)
- _No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family_ (2010)

### Videos and DVDs

- _Lights...Camera...Suicidal_ (1990)
- _Live at the Olympic Auditorium_ (2010)

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Suicidal Tendencies
- **img**: Hellfest2017SuicidalTendencies 05.jpg
- **img capt**: Suicidal Tendencies performing in 2017
- **landscape**: yes
- **background**: group_or_band
- **origin**: Venice, Los Angeles, Venice, California, United States
- **genre**: Hardcore punk, crossover thrash, funk metal
- **years active**: 1981–1995, 1997–present
- **label**: Frontier Records, Frontier, Caroline Records (U.S.), Caroline, Virgin Records, Virgin, Epic Records, Epic, Suicidal
- **associated acts**: Infectious Grooves, Los Cycos, Cyco Miko
- **current members**: Mike Muir
 Jeff Pogan
 Dean Pleasants
 Ra Diaz
 Dave Lombardo