{"id":72308,"date":"2018-09-03T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T00:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=72308"},"modified":"2018-09-03T16:39:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T16:39:46","slug":"album-review-suicidal-tendencies-still-cyco-punk-after-all-these-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-suicidal-tendencies-still-cyco-punk-after-all-these-years\/","title":{"rendered":"SUICIDAL TENDENCIES – Still Cyco Punk After All These Years (2018) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
Still Cyco Punk After All These Years<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSuicidal (2018)<\/span>
Rating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m baffled by this record. After hitting some sort of form with the energetic 2016 opus World Gone Mad<\/em><\/a>, Mike Muir and crazy company have decided to pretty much rework Muir\u2019s 1996 Cyco Miko solo outing Lost My Brain! (Once Again)<\/em>. A decision that leaves me scratching my head in confusion as the clouds of disappointment loom and eventually swallow up my soul.<\/p>\n

I guess if you never experienced Muir\u2019s debut solo platter then Still Cyco Punk After All These Years<\/em> may bring a few blustery surprises; the usual stamp of crossover insanity is very much emblazoned across everything Muir does, even in those more subtle and at times funkier moments we\u2019ve had the pleasure to hear.<\/p>\n

But for me, this record is just a wasted opportunity as the likes of \u2018I Love Destruction\u2019, \u2018Nothin\u2019 To Lose\u2019, \u2018Gonna Be Alright\u2019 and \u2018Ain\u2019t Gonna Get Me\u2019 are wheeled out in the rather predictable manic and sadly rehashed fashion. However much I try, I just don\u2019t want to revisit the songs from what was essentially a rather dire era for music in general.<\/p>\n

Muir\u2019s debut was a patchy and forgettable outburst of emotion, only given extra snarl by ex-Sex Pistol Steve Jones appearing on a good number of cuts. This time around the only real difference is that we hear extra clod in the percussive department thanks to ex-Slayer skin basher Dave Lombardo, while the lead guitar sound of Dean Pleasants does remain rather old school in its dynamics.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also a bonus with the previously unreleased heap \u2018Sippin’ From The Insanitea\u2019, but Still Cyco Punk…<\/em> \u2013 through all of its current dynamics \u2013 feels like an unwelcome kick to the ribs; a lazy attempt to reimagine something I never wanted to imagine in the first place. Yep, the punk streak is strong, the hyper, violent skids are frequent and Mike Muir\u2019s chops are, as expected, on point. And so we get a mash-up of modernized flips, skits and fits, all given extra meat by Lombardo\u2019s inimitable style.<\/p>\n

\u2018All Kinda Crazy\u2019 remains feverish, while \u2018Lost My Brain\u2026Once Again\u2019 provides a beefy chug, \u2018Save A Peace For Me\u2019 is joyously metallic with its speedball riffage that emerges from mid-paced drudgery, and \u2018All I Ever Get\u2019 is a punked-up frenzy steeled again by Lombardo\u2019s monstrous knocking. However, while the album is still riddled with merry melodies, infectious grooves (!) and punky whips and rips, only \u2018Sippin’ From The Insanitea\u2019 really digs in simply because I\u2019d not heard it before.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s the problem when artists revisit and rework material. Unless we\u2019re getting stripped down acoustic versions or jazzed up drum \u2018n\u2019 bass reggae versions, it\u2019s still, when all is said and done, going to be the same except with a few more tweaks and bits of polish slapped on.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d have understood this more if Muir had put it out as another solo record, and while this does have that Suicidal Tendencies feel one senses as if they\u2019ve been cheated, or manipulated into thinking that this was a good idea when surely Mike knew that fans would want a full-length album of new material.<\/p>\n

Having said that, for some of the die-hards or the newer fans this opus will provide plenty of fun and frashin\u2019 frolics, especially if they\u2019ve never heard the likes of the maniacal bass quivers of \u2018F.U.B.A.R.\u2019 and that doomy-cum-chopped up snappiness of \u2018It\u2019s Always Something\u2019. But even then, the album is not Suicidal Tendencies at their most explosive \u2013 another reason then for not reworking such an outing in the first place.<\/p>\n

To me, Suicidal Tendencies will always be cyco punks, but in this instance the bandana has slipped. <\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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