Suicidal Tendencies\u2019s debut has been regarded by critics as one of the most influential punk rock albums of all time and has inspired an untold number of influential musicians.<\/p>\n
In 1982 Suicidal Tendencies emerged from Venice, CA, with a dedicated audience among area skaters and surfers. As they established themselves on the Los Angeles punk scene, the group released their self-titled debut on Frontier Records with songs like \u2018Institutionalized,\u2019 \u2018Fascist Pig,\u2019 and \u2018Suicide\u2019s an Alternative.\u2019 \u201cSuicidal Tendencies\u201d became the bestselling American punk album of all time and launched the band into their long-lasting career.<\/p>\n
\u2018Institutionalized\u2019 has been referenced in many other songs, mostly its quote “all I wanted was a Pepsi”. It is referenced in the Sage Francis song \u2018Slow Down Gandhi,\u2019 Limp Bizkit also referenced it in the song \u2018Stuck\u2019, also the lines “All I wanted was a Pepsi ” are also quoted near the ending of the Cypress Hill song \u2018How I Could Just Kill a Man,\u2019 and Body Count recorded a cover version of \u2018Institutionalized\u2019, with new lyrics written by singer Ice-T, called \u2018Institutionalized 2014.\u2019<\/p>\n
Suicidal Tendencies became the chameleons of aggressive rock \u2018n\u2019 roll. Starting with their debut album on Frontier Records in 1983, the band progressed from the punk rock genre into heavy metal\/thrash. Throughout this transformation, singer, founder, and leader Mike Muir broadcast his own message with wit and wisdom to anyone that would listen.<\/p>\n
After the video for \u2018Institutionalized\u2019 broke through the MTV airwaves as the first hardcore video for the channel, the song gained further notoriety on the soundtrack for the cult film \u201cRepo Man\u201d in 1984.<\/p>\n
The original album continues to be a perennial punk rock best seller due to its wide appeal and catchy tunes. Every song on it is great. It’s a perfect crossover between hardcore punk and metal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Suicidal Tendencies\u2019s debut has been regarded by critics as one of the most influential punk rock albums of all time and has inspired an untold number of influential musicians.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuicidal Tendencies\u201d has also been cited as an influence or favorite album by each of the “big four” of thrash metal (Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax) as well as California punk bands such as The Offspring and NOFX. <\/p>\n
Limited edition colored vinyl includes original lyric sheet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":106461,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[232,65],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-109314","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-hardcore-en","7":"product_cat-punk-en","8":"product_shipping_class-lp-lp-7-lp-cd","9":"pa_formato-lp-color-en","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"taxable","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/109314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=109314"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=109314"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=109314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}