Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies was a
punk rock,
heavy metal music thrash, and
death band since
1982 in the city of
Venice, California, who achieved notoriety for attracting and
encouraging violence at their shows. The underground buzz regarding Suicidal Tendencies grew too loud for labels to ignore though, as the quartet signed on with the indie label Frontier Records - issuing Mike Muir & co's classic self-titled debut in
1983. The album quickly became the best-selling hardcore album up to that point, as its best known track, "Institutionalized," was one of the first
hardcore punk videos to receive substantial airplay on
MTV, and was eventually used in the Emilio Estevez cult classic movie
Repo Man, as well as in an episode for the hit TV show
Miami Vice (for which the group made a cameo appearance).
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Discography