Suicidal Tendencies

[Golden AWe]

"I saw your mama...and your mama was dead!"

"No bullshit, no bullshit, no bullshit!"

Give it up for one of the funniest and tighest metal bands ever...if we talk about humour in metal, I'd only rate Anthrax higher...

Any fans here?

Let's pay some tribute to this legendary band that has passed away...

[Rikk]

I thought they had reformed?

Anyway, I've always loved this band!

[FORD]

Yesterday, as I went out of the house
I saw a body lying down quiet as a mouse
Lying face down in the sewer
I got up closer and realized that I knew her
All her organs coming from her inside
Slashed up skin sliced up hide
Turned her over and saw the tire tracks on her head
That's when I realized she was dead
I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead
I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead

Twisted body chopped off feet
Her body was minced meat
Bugs crawling on her arms
She's dead, can't do no harm
Gnarled up legs, broken and bent
Her last breath has been spent

I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead
I watched her as she bled
Chewed off toes on her chopped off feet
I took a picture cause I thought it was neat
But the thing I like seeing the best
Was the rodents using her hair as a nest
I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead
I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead

I saw your mommy nnd your mommy's dead
I saw her lying in a pool of red
I think it's the greatest thing I'll ever see
Your dead mommy lying in front of me
I'll always remember her lying dead on the floor
I hope she dies twenty times more
I saw your mommy and your mommy is dead
I saw your mommy and your mommy is dead

[FORD]

Dedicated to the Bush Criminal Empire....

Tense atmosphere in the air
Riot written everywhere
Riot squads coming from over there
Time to go home if you're square

Riot squad, bash their heads
Kick their ass until they're dead
I want to be a fascist pig
Love to fight, what a thrill
We don't stop until we kill
I want to be a fascist pig

Throw a bottle in the air
Put them up to their dare
We'll just laugh while they stare
Let them hit us, see if we care!

Get attacked by them
You'll never heal
They'll rob your conscience
Your sanity they'll steal
They'll beat your brains until they spill
That's the fascist favorite meal!

[FORD]

Sometimes I try to do things and it just doesn't work out the way I wanted
to.
I get real frustrated and I try hard to do it and I take my time and it
doesn't work out the way I wanted to.
It's like I concentrate real hard and it doesn't work out
Everything I do and everything I try never turns out
It's like I need time to figure these things out
But there's always someone there going

Hey Mike:
You know we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately.You
know, maybe you should get away and maybe you should talk about it, maybe
you'll feel a lot better

And I go:
No it's okay, you know I'll figure it out, just leave me alone I'll figure
it out. You know I'll just work by myself.

And they go:
Well you know if you want to talk about it I'll be here you know and you'll
probably feel a lot better if you talk about it.

And I go:
No I don't want to I'm okay, I'll figure it out myself and they just keep
bugging me and they just keep bugging me and it builds up inside and it
builds up inside.

So you're gonna be institutionalized
You'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes
You won't have any say
They'll brainwash you until you see their way.

I'm not crazy - institutionalized
You're the one who's crazy - institutionalized
You're driving me crazy - institutionalized

They stuck me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
to give me the needed professional help
to protect me from the enemy, myself

I was in my room and I was just like staring at the wall thinking about
everything but then again I was thinking about nothing
And then my mom came in and I didn't even know she was there she called my
name and I didn't even hear it, and then she started screaming MIKE! MIKE!
And I go:
What, what's the matter
And she goes:
What's the matter with you?
I go:
There's nothing-wrong mom.
And she goes:
Don't tell me that, you're on drugs!
And I go:
No mom I'm not on drugs I'm okay, I was just thinking you know, why don't
you get me a pepsi.
And she goes:
NO you're on drugs!
I go:
Mom I'm okay, I'm just thinking.
She goes:
No you're not thinking, you're on drugs! Normal people don't act that way!
I go:
Mom just give me a Pepsi please
All I want is a Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me
All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me.
Just a Pepsi.

They give you a white shirt with long sleeves
Tied around you're back, you're treated like thieves
Drug you up because they're lazy
It's too much work to help a crazy

I'm not crazy - institutionalized
You're the one who's crazy - institutionalized
You're driving me crazy - institutionalized

They stuck me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed professional help
To protect me from the enemy, myself

I was sitting in my room and my mom and my dad came in and they pulled up
achair and they sat down, they go:
Mike, we need to talk to you
And I go:
Okay what's the matter
They go:
Me and your mom have been noticing lately that you've been having a lot of
problems, you've been going off for no reason and we're afraid you're gonna
hurt somebody, we're afraid you're gonna hurt yourself.
So we decided that it would be in your interest if we put you somewhere
where you could get the help that you need.
And I go:
Wait, what do you mean, what are you talking about, we decided!? My best
interest?! How can you know what's my best interest is? How can you say what
my best interest is? What are you trying to say, I'm crazy? When I went to
your schools, I went to your churches, I went to your institutional learning
facilities?! So how can you say I'm crazy.

They say they're gonna fix my brain
Alleviate my suffering and my pain
But by the time they fix my head
Mentally I'll be dead

I'm not crazy - institutionalized
You're the one who's crazy - institutionalized
You're driving me crazy - institutionalized

They stuck me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me the needed professional help
To protect me from the enemy, myself

It doesn't matter I'll probably get hit by a car anyway hahahaha

[Golden AWe]

HA...amazing stuff...I need to buy the cd's...I only have that thing on cassettes...

[bueno bob]

I've got the first album and the re-record ("Still Cyco After All These Years") on CD. Grate shit, but I fell out of touch with what they did in later years.

[scottd1984]

My favorite album by them is Lights,Camera,Revolution. When i saw the video for "You can't Bring Me Down" (back when MTV actually played Metal Videos) I knew i had to get the album,and it's still one of my favorites

[bueno bob]

Mike Muir was actually on TV a while back with his wife...they were having their home re-done on one of those redesign shows on the home improvement network...had a Japanese makeover...almost didn't recognize him. He looked familiar, but I couldn't place it until I saw the Suicidal bumper-sticker that was on his dresser.

[rustoffa]

"Suicidal Failure" is possibly the greatest example of the feel-good nature the socal hardcore scene revolved around.

Don't forget JFA!

[FORD]

Originally posted by bueno bob
Mike Muir was actually on TV a while back with his wife...they were having their home re-done on one of those redesign shows on the home improvement network...had a Japanese makeover...almost didn't recognize him. He looked familiar, but I couldn't place it until I saw the Suicidal bumper-sticker that was on his dresser.

That was a great show! They tricked out his house with secret dungeons, a "sacrifice" barbecue pit and all kinds of crazy shit. If home makeover shows were like that, I'd watch that shit all the time

[FORD]

Originally posted by rustoffa
"Suicidal Failure" is possibly the greatest example of the feel-good nature the socal hardcore scene revolved around.

Don't forget JFA!

JFA? The Jodie Foster Army???

Damn, I'm shocked that anyone else remembered those guys.

Now, can anybody other than Russ tell me what their name means?

[Mr Grimsdale]

Lights, Camera, Revolution and How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today are top 80s metal albums.

Go n'Breakdown and Get Whacked off Lights, Camera, Revolution being my faves.

[rustoffa]

Originally posted by FORD
JFA? The Jodie Foster Army???

Damn, I'm shocked that anyone else remembered those guys.

Now, can anybody other than Russ tell me what their name means?

"Beach Blanket Bong-Out" was certainly no "I Shot The Devil".

[Mr Grimsdale]

I feel lovely!