SUICIDAL TENDENCIES have unveiled a promo video for their upcoming Slam City Tour which starts April 11th in San Francisco.
Suicidal Tendencies are touring in support of their new album, 13, which was released on March 26th and was produced by Mike Muir and Paul Northfield (RUSH, DREAM THEATER, QUEENSRŸCHE, OZZY OSBOURNE).
13 tracklisting:
‘Shake It Out’
‘Smash It!’
‘This Ain’t A Celebration’
‘God Only Knows Who I Am’
‘Make Your Stand’
‘Who’s Afraid?’
‘Show Some Love…Tear It Down’ (feat. Pro skaters Danny Way, Tony Trujillo, Steve and Alex Olson, Vincent Alvarez, Elijah Berle and Jim “Red Dog” Muir)
‘Cyco STyle’
‘Slam City’
‘Till My Last Breath’
‘Living The Fight’
‘Life…(Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It)’
‘This World’
Legendary skate-punks SUICIDAL TENDENCIES have unleashed their new video for the song ‘Cyco STyle’.
Says the band: “The new album countdown begins! 13 years since the last new ST CD, the 13th ST release, 13 new songs, finally out in 2013. Tomorrow is March 13th, 13 days before 13 is released. Cyco STyle is the first video release. ‘Cyco STyle’ was filmed by Pep Williams last May while the band was on tour in Brazil.”
Check out ‘Cyco STyle’ below:
13 tracklisting:
‘Shake It Out’
‘Smash It!’
‘This Ain’t A Celebration’
‘God Only Knows Who I Am’
‘Make Your Stand’
‘Who’s Afraid?’
‘Show Some Love…Tear It Down’
‘Cyco STyle’
‘Slam City’
‘Till My Last Breath’
‘Living The Fight’
‘Life…(Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It)’
‘This World’
Venice, California-based punk legends SUICIDAL TENDENCIES recently announced a US tour, in support of their upcoming new album, details for which will be announced on March 13th. They’ve since checked in with the following update:
“Suicidal Tendencies is very excited to announce that MADBALL will be playing April 11th in San Francisco, April 12th in Reno, April 13th In Salt Lake and April 14th in Denver. All tour dates and bands are now final and we’ll start posting individual on-date sales. Also, exciting news about WAKE THE DEAD, who will be on the whole tour, coming shortly. Gonna be an amazing tour!”
The first leg of the Slam City tour starts April 11th at the Regency Ballroom in San Franscisco and ends May 12th in San Diego at House Of Blues
Confirmed dates include:
April
11 – San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom
12 – Reno, NV – Kniting Factory
13 – Salt Lake, UT – In The Venue
14 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
16 – Minneapolis, MN – Mill City Nights
17 – Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
19 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Ballroom
20 – New York, NY – Best Buy Theater
21 – Worchester, MA – Palladium
23 – Patchogue, NY – The Emporium
24 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
26 – Charlotte, NC – Amos Southend
27 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
28 – Charleston, SC – The Music Farm
30 – St. Petersburg, FL – State Theatre
May
2 – Miami, FL – Grand Central
3 – Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live
6 – Houston, TX – House Of Blues
7 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
9 – Albuquerque, NN – TBA
10 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater
11 – Pomona, CA – Fox Theater
12 – San Diego, CA – House Of Blues
Says the band: “Extra pleased to announce the legendary DRI will be on the bill starting Minneapolis to Charleston. And, our good friends SICK OF IT ALL will be joining us in Philly, NY, Worchester, Baltimore, and from St. Petersburg to the end of the tour. Obviously ST is really excited about this tour, the new record, and hope to see you all shortly. As always, thanks for the support and STay Cyco!”
Long-running Venice Beach, California thrash/punk band SUICIDAL TENDENCIES will release a new album, “13″, on March 26.
A teaser for the CD’s first video, “Cyco Style”, directed by Pep Williams, can be seen below.
The first leg of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES‘ “Slam City” tour starts April 11 at the Regency Ballroom in San Franscisco and ends May 12 in San Diego at House Of Blues. All dates will see WAKE THE DEAD open. D.R.I. will support from Minneapolis to Charleston and SICK OF IT ALL will be join SUICIDAL TENDENCIES in Philadelphia, New York, Worchester, Baltimore, and from St. Petersburg until the end of the tour.
When asked why he thinks the sound of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES has stood the test of time, the band’s frotnman, Mike Muir, told Loudwire in a 2012 interview, “I think for us, when we started we didn’t really know what we were doing. We didn’t really set out and try to do something for other people. We stood there and did what we liked. We didn’t care what other people thought. After we did our first record, one of my good friends came up to me and said, ‘Yo, Mike, I got to talk to you. People aren’t going to like the album. It’s not music. You have an opportunity to make music that people can listen to on the radio.’ But I didn’t think that was an opportunity because I didn’t like what I was hearing on the radio. Our barometer is not what people are going to think or how many records we can sell. We just want to be proud of what we make. That’s why it stands the test of time. We did records that we thought were really good.”
On the topic of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES‘ plans to release a new studio album, Muir said, “We’ve always had new music in the works. Now it’s actually to the point that we have some that we’re ready to put out. Now is the time to put out a new record and we feel really, really good about it. There will definitely be a record out this year.
Regarding what fans can expect from the upcoming CD, Muir said, “The way we look at it is that next year will be the 30th anniversary of our first record. When we look at a record, we don’t want to have it sound like 2012. We want it to sound awesome 25 years from now, so when a kid who wasn’t even born when we made it listens to it, he’s like, ‘Damn, that’s a cool record!’ I just had a guy from a radio station tell me that some listeners have been requesting the new song ‘Institutionalized’. The young listeners don’t realize that’s an old song! Something like [METALLICA's recent Orion Music + More festival] is good for us, too, because a lot of people who wouldn’t have listened to us will check us out because they know Robert [Trujillo, METALLICA bassist] was in the band.”
Mexico’s Hell And Heaven Metal Fest 2013 is being held in Guadalajara, Mexico May 18th and 19th at the Esplanade adjacent to the Arena VFG. The premise of this festival, apart from presenting the most important groups of the genre in the world, was to promote national talent, and becoming a benchmark for heavy rock lovers in Latin America. Therefore, the scenarios presented, in addition to 16 international groups, 45 national bands championed various styles within the heavy rock, from various regions of Mexico.
The 2013 edition will present the following confirmed bands: MOTÖRHEAD, ANTHRAX , TESTAMENT, IN FLAMES, EPICA, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, SODOM, EXODUS, SIX FEET UNDER, MOONSPELL, SUFFOCATION, HAGGARD, ILL NINO, DOKKEN, HEATHEN, MUNICIPAL WASTE, WARBRINGER, AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK, GILBY CLARKE, RESORTE, VITAL REMAINS, DDLM, CATTLE DECAPITATION, ORIGIN, TRANSMETAL, HERE COMES THE KRAKEN, BLACK OIL, BUTCHER BABIES, PINHEAD, MORPHIUM, PRO-FE-CIA, AGONY LORDS, DRAKSEN, ATTACKHEAD, NIGHTBREED, WRECKER, THELL BARRIO, INTOXXXICATED, SABACTHANI, CTHULHU, CEMICAN, PSICOVOMITOSIS, THANTRA, IRA, ARCHETYPE, GODLESS PROCESSION, SACHIEL, MULUC PAX, BUFFALO GRILLZ, HACAVITZ, PROFANATOR, SUBHUMAN, LECUMBERRI, SPERPENTUM, ARCADIA LIBRE, THE BILLY’S, RINDERPEST, MORTOSS, INES CHAVEZ and TDH.
Jaka Curlic of JZA Crew has uploaded a quality 19-minute video clip of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES‘ July 12 performance at KC Mostovna in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. You can watch it below.
When asked why he thinks the sound of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES has stood the test of time, the band’s frotnman, Mike Muir, told Loudwire in a recent interview, “I think for us, when we started we didn’t really know what we were doing. We didn’t really set out and try to do something for other people. We stood there and did what we liked. We didn’t care what other people thought. After we did our first record, one of my good friends came up to me and said, ‘Yo, Mike, I got to talk to you. People aren’t going to like the album. It’s not music. You have an opportunity to make music that people can listen to on the radio.’ But I didn’t think that was an opportunity because I didn’t like what I was hearing on the radio. Our barometer is not what people are going to think or how many records we can sell. We just want to be proud of what we make. That’s why it stands the test of time. We did records that we thought were really good.”
On the topic of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES‘ plans to release a new studio album, Muir said, “We’ve always had new music in the works. Now it’s actually to the point that we have some that we’re ready to put out. Now is the time to put out a new record and we feel really, really good about it. There will definitely be a record out this year.
Regarding what fans can expect from the upcoming CD, Muir said, “The way we look at it is that next year will be the 30th anniversary of our first record. When we look at a record, we don’t want to have it sound like 2012. We want it to sound awesome 25 years from now, so when a kid who wasn’t even born when we made it listens to it, he’s like, ‘Damn, that’s a cool record!’ I just had a guy from a radio station tell me that some listeners have been requesting the new song ‘Institutionalized’. The young listeners don’t realize that’s an old song! Something like [METALLICA's recent Orion Music + More festival] is good for us, too, because a lot of people who wouldn’t have listened to us will check us out because they know Robert [Trujillo, METALLICA bassist] was in the band.”
Metallica has been making music for the last 30 years and as expansive as the bill is for their Orion Music + More festival at Atlantic City’s Bader Field, not many bands can say that. One band that can though is Suicidal Tendencies. The only permanent member of the band, Mike “Cyco Miko” Muir, has lead the charge for Suicidal Tendencies since 1981 as its singer. The thrash metal legends headlined the Damage Inc. stage Saturday night.
Cyco Miko is a busy guy, and one who travels with a big entourage. His crew all don Suicidal Tendencies apparel, and there is no question that they are dedicated to spreading the good word of thrash metal. Fortunately for metal fans across the globe, Cyco Miko took a few minutes to check in with Loudwire at Orion.
Why do you think the sound of Suicidal Tendencies has stood the test of time?
I think for us, when we started we didn’t really know what we were doing. We didn’t really set out and try to do something for other people. We stood there and did what we liked. We didn’t care what other people thought. After we did our first record, one of my good friends came up to me and said, “Yo, Mike, I got to talk to you. People aren’t going to like the album. It’s not music. You have an opportunity to make music that people can listen to on the radio.” But I didn’t think that was an opportunity because I didn’t like what I was hearing on the radio. Our barometer is not what people are going to think or how many records we can sell. We just want to be proud of what we make. That’s why it stands the test of time. We did records that we thought were really good.
How does it feel to be invited to Orion?
It’s much better to be here than not to be here. It’s always good to be invited to things and get offered stuff. We’re in the position now that we get offered a lot more stuff than we used to. We get to turn down a lot of things that we probably wouldn’t have before. We are like, “Will this be something we look back on in 10 or 20 years and think that it was awesome we did it? Will people think it’s cool?” And you know, with Robert [Trujillo, Metallica's bassist], it’s great to be playing with him. This is the first time we played with him since he’s been out of the band.
Do you and Robert stay in touch?
The funny thing is, his mom and cousin were on the same flight as ours coming here. I sent him a text message about it. It’s not like we’re on the road nine months together, but Robert is like a brother to me. He’s a very important person. It’s definitely exciting to be here with him.
Word on the street is you have some new music in the works.
We’ve always had new music in the works. Now it’s actually to the point that we have some that we’re ready to put out. Now is the time to put out a new record and we feel really, really good about it. There will definitely be a record out this year.
What can fans expect?
The way we look at it is that next year will be the 30th anniversary of our first record. When we look at a record, we don’t want to have it sound like 2012. We want it to sound awesome 25 years from now, so when a kid who wasn’t even born when we made it listens to it, he’s like, “Damn, that’s a cool record!” I just had a guy from a radio station tell me that some listeners have been requesting the new song ‘Institutionalized.’ The young listeners don’t realize that’s an old song! Something like this [Orion] is good for us, too, because a lot of people who wouldn’t have listened to us will check us out because they know Robert was in the band.
Any new music in the set?
Not really. We have a really short set, but we do have a new guitar player. He’s our first non-Californian in the band. He’s from New York, so there’s our East Coast connection. We could’ve waited and made his debut at a small show, but we thought we’d throw him an easy one like this. This will be his first show ever with us.
Are there any new bands out there that you’re excited about?
I haven’t really heard any new things, and I make a point to not listen to stuff when we’re in the studio. I get stacks of CDs. It’s like, I have three kids, I can’t listen to them. I’ve listened to hundreds of thousands of CDs from people who said I had to check them out, and then I realize I didn’t ever need to check them out. A lot of people want us to put their records out, and it’s like, we haven’t even put out a record in 13 years, we’re not going to put yours out! We have our priorities, man.
RockHard Live has uploaded quality video footage of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES‘ June 1 performance at Ace Of Spades in Sacramento, California. You can check it out below.
In a 2011 interview with Loudwire, singerMike Muir was asked if SUICIDAL TENDENCIES or INFECTIOUS GROOVES were working on any new material. “SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, we basically got three records done,” he replied. “It’s just putting them together in a time frame and then the touring. INFECTIOUS is right behind, but you can’t be in two places at once, you know?! We don’t want to do anything unless we actually want to do it, and I know for a lot of people, they haven’t been doing it for as long as we have. They kind of just want to go on the road because they don’t like their life, they don’t like their family, and I’m the opposite. So when [my kids are] older, I don’t want them to say, ‘Dad, why are you running around the world for and you weren’t there for me?’ I want there to be a situation where they know if I’m not there, there’s a good reason for it. We know when to say ‘no’ and we do things for the right reason. Everything we do, it’s something we want to do, it’s something cool, not just because someone called up and we’re like, ‘Well, we got nothing better to do.’ It’s just that certain standard and I think that’s why we’re able to be here almost thirty years later where if we just did things that other people thought were good opportunities or smart, I wouldn’t be here now.”
“No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family” was released in September 2010 via Suicidal Records. The CD featured re-recorded tracks from SUICIDAL TENDENCIES‘ second album, “Join The Army”, as well as tunes from the second full-length from NO MERCY, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES‘ guitarist Mike Clark‘s speed metal band (which found SUICIDAL TENDENCIES vocalist Mike Muir on vocals) from 1986.
Quality fan-filmed video footage of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES‘ August 23, 2011 concert at Virgin Oil Co. in Helsinki, Finland can be seen below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
