No Doubt Heard it in 85' off Repo Man..The Band Had a Cameo on Miami Vice back in the Day..1st Album was the Best, imo..Should be in Everyone's Collection with Fear,Circle Jerks,Germs,45 Grave,etc.
I seen your mother and your mother is dead....so burned into my brain like a tattoo on the inside...played this album in Bahrain for nearly a year every time I left ASU.
“All I wanted was a Pepsi, and she wouldn’t give it to me” is one of the funniest lines in a song ever. It gets a laugh out of me just about every time.
Back in about '89 or '90, I was walking down an alley back to my high school after lunch while listening to this tape on my Walkman. Some cops driving down the alley stopped me and asked what I was doing out of school. I told them my lunch break was almost over and needed to get back. They asked me what I was listening to and when I told them Suicidal Tendencies, the cop in the passenger seat says "Like, all I wanted was a Pepsi?" I said yeah and they let me go. A year or two later, I got to see them live with Pantera and Exodus at a college gymnasium. After the show, I was so exhausted that I sat down in the lobby waiting for my buddies to come out and some guy with a leg cast and crutches started screaming at me incoherently for no reason and then winds up his leg about to kick me in the face with his cast and a cop (there were a few dozen of them there that night keeping watch on us delinquents) flew over me and tackled him while his partner helped me up and made sure I was alright. Other than a couple of very small incidents like that, it was a pretty tame event and no-one caused trouble for the cops so they were all pretty friendly... until they caught me and my friends stuffed 11 deep in a old Thunderbird trying to leave the parking lot. Of course they just shook their heads and made half of us get out and walk, but we met back up a couple blocks from the college and piled back in for the hour ride home. Fun times!
Released in 1983, I always envisioned "Institutionalized" as a protest against parents joining the trend of sticking their kids in hospitals when they seemed "different". This song speaks from the child's perspective saying "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!" "It doesn't matter, I'll probably get hit by a car anyway"
There were religious satanic panic parents in the 80s who would send their children away to be fixed. Also just lazy parents who sent their children away to be fixed just to get rid of them because they couldn't be bothered. First time I heard this song I absolutely loved it. I had been institutionalized 3 times already. About a year each time. Each time I became more spiteful. Now I see the world clearly and hate everything and everyone. So it really did help.
This song perfectly embodied the struggles of the average alt/punk/metal/grunge kids of the 80s and 90s. The traditional families just didn't know how to deal with kids that acted differently, even tho in many cases yes we were on drugs and doing things most people wouldn't understand. Still most of us meant no harm to anyone and just wanted to express ourselves differently from everyone else. Suicidal tendencies has a killer sound that is more than just this song tho. Most of the lights camera revolution album is a total masterpiece with lots of grooves and iconic guitar work. The spin off band infectious grooves is also a fun ride thru a more funk oriented punk metal vibe. Suicidal tendencies original bass player is now the bass player for metalica, Robert Trujillo and he's an absolute bass beast.
@@longbeach7623 mike dunnigan was originally bass. But technically first bass on an actual album was Louiche Mayorga. Trujillo didn’t even come until like 89. So you’re correct
This song was an Anthem for a whole generation of kids, of which I was one. To myself it speaks to how society and (your parents) judged you because of the way you dressed the music you listened to and the length and color of your hair. Yet we are all products of the institutions put in place by said society. This whole album is truly a masterpiece of skate, punk genre which also is a bridge to the metal crossover era.
For us old GenXers who grew up in the 80s in America (and more specifically, California), this was the punk band that shaped us - not the more famous groups like The Clash or Sex Pistols or whatever. All we wanted was a Pepsi, and they wouldn't give it to us.
In my day, a band like Suicidal Tendencies was called "skater metal", which was a blend of metal with punk and rap. It was one of the first bridging of gaps between the genres and cliques. Proving music brings people together.
they kinda were the inventors of crossover, at least in America; in the UK the scenes were already pretty close, NWOBHM had some punk influence and some of the 80s bands like the Exploited and GBH were heavier than the ones that came before.
Yeah, DRI too. There was that vibe going around then where I was in San Francisco. Thrasher magazine and Pushead’s music picks had that going. I was a teenager in San Francisco then and that was the cool thing about the scene here. A lot of that sort of thing. Metal, punk, thrash, whatever man, it’s all angry skate rock and we all got along.
This song was my teenage anthem. So when my kids got to their teens I played it for them. I think anyone who had to deal with a noticeable generation gap with their parents can relate to this song.
I love that whole album! Im from west la and this was the shyt back in the days everyone had a flipped up cap and a skateboard from gangsters to white boys. I miss that scene
This is so far removed from my gen X experience it is ridiculous. I had hair down to my waste, wore ripped jeans, concert t-shirts, PARTIED, at my house AND my friends houses. If anything they weren't moral enough! Sorry your folks were lame bro! Guess who showed up back then? EVERYONE! No one cared either.
This song, and album are underrated gems. This song, in particular, is written and executed so flawlessly. The way he begins rambling, and the music speeds up to match. It gives you a sense of his mania.
One of my fave bands...saw them three times in Toronto through the late 80's to early 90's.Small clubs for first two shows then opening for Metallica for third show.Great band ,great tunes...check out their later stuff like Gotta kill Captain Stupid, You Can't bring me Down, etc...
Awesome song by an awesome band. My walk through metal and punk. Metallica, megadeth, S.T., dead Kennedys, bad religion, Ramones etc. Music with a message, and music just for the fun of it
Saw them open for Queensryche for the Operation:Livecrime tour. It was the 2nd loudest concert I've ever been to. it was over 20 years ago and I can still feel the bass vibrating my brain. :)
@@chito2294 Tool on the Lateralus tour. The bass was so loud my hair follicles felt like I was on a 5 day amphetamine bender. Moving like snakes on my scalp and arms, along with the, ummm, visual enhancements I had taken a few hours before, it was the trippiest concert experience I ever had.
One thing that a lot of people fail to realize/remember is that when this song came out (and I was a teenager) there was this fad/craze with parents sending their kids to these behavioral institutions for....being teenagers. You know the rebellious teenage years that we all go through? So yeah this song had a LOT more meaning back in the 80's.
Awesome job stepping out of your comfort zone a bit there. This was a pretty ground breaking album when it came out in '83 and it still sounds amazingly fresh today. They moved to a more Metal sound after this, I think you guys would dig Can't Bring Me Down or How Will I Laugh Tomorrow? from that side of things
Lmfao at the first pause 1:30 "ok" to talk about what you just heard. Brad's look was classic.😂 My friend Darrell got me into them. I actually liked them and I was an 80s Rock fan while he was into Punk. I know EVERY word to this and others even to this day.🤷♂️😂👏 We decided MY BEST INTEREST?😂
Venice California skate punk is what you just listened to. It’s 80s and they crossed over to more metal a few years after this. They were actually banned in Southern California for some years. Love that you are venturing into some hardcore 80s music. This was my teenage and young adult decade and this music is all me. Great reaction 🤘🤘🤘👏👏👏🤙🤙🤙
Psycho Mike saved me from getting my arse thumped by some V-13 goons who were passing out flyers for ST at a show in front of the Cathay De Grand. Note to self, don’t throw an ST flyer to the ground when V-13 fans are around…..😬🤪
Dude is a beast. I saw Metallica live his first year with the band and he did an interlude between songs to give the other members a rest. He was in a low crouch seated position with his bass on his lap whilst playing it, for a loooong time. Dude's gotta have tree trunk thighs my lord
The anthem for 80’s disaffected youth. Our parents and teachers didn’t understand us , didn’t even try. Of course we didn’t have the diagnosed disorders that kids today have or the goddamn drugs that go along with them. We took our issues out in other ways.
I hope you guys keep going with more punk rock tracks, there's so much awesome and fun music in the genre. Somebody suggested Rancid - 'Avenues and Alleyways' and why not, it's one of my favorite bands.
It’s hardcore punk. It was played alot by college radio stations in the early 80s. Northwestern University in Chicago played it Saturday nights on the show “Fast n Loud”, 89.3 FM. Evanston, Chicago. I was 15 years old when I discovered it in 1984. Thanks for the great review!
A KILLER tune! The syncopated but heavy groove, the guitar gradually winding out more, then the blast beat peak fury of the chorus. Loved this FOREVER, thanks for doing this, good dialogue on it. The thing you do best. Keep on doing it, pleeeeeeeeeez!
Suicidal tendencies are one of the most missed, under rated bands that has ever been. Check out " monopoly on sorrow" or anything else from the album "The Art of Rebellion ' or "Lights, camera, Revolution ". Also their side project "Infectious Grooves " . Absolutely amazing creativity and originality.
This isn't Rocky though. It's Grant Estes and Jon Nelson. And if Rocky is underrated (which he is not,stop overusing that word,please. Anyone who plays metal or punk knows and appreciates him) then Grant Estes and Jon Nelson (not sure which is playing the bulk of the guitar) is virtually nonexistent. The drummer from this record (Amery Smith) is also incredible and very unique.
@@jeffreycherep8264 oh i know who plays on this record, good friend of mine, Louichi Mayorga is on bass. But i rarely hear folks praising Rocky, so i agree he's underrated.
@@spfnorcal8955 I just get tired of the word "underrated". It seems like every comments section is full of people saying that someone in the video is underrated. EVERYONE can't be underrated. Anyway,my point was that even you said that Rocky "rarely" gets praised. (Which I disagree with, but not important right now) But that means that he at least gets praised. When was the last time you heard someone praise Grant Estes or Jon Nelson? Or even your friend Louiche? Exactly. I'm trying to say that these guys made an incredible record,and get almost 0 praise for it. THAT to me is underrated. Just trying to get them some love.
This is a California band, and you can get 5150'd in California, which is when you are forced to spend 72-hours in a psych ward for evaluation (Article 1, Section 5150 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code).
This is Very early Suicidal Tendencies. Their early stuff was really dark and offbeat. They did a lot of social commentary in their songs. You should check out You Can’t Bring Me Down, Send Me Your Money or Have Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can’t Even Smile Today. ST has a very interesting history if you look into them. As many bands come up with names for their fans they called theirs the ST Army. Tipper Gore actually worked very hard at getting them banned in a lot of places saying that they were encouraging gang violence although in actuality they were working with some rappers and other community groups to try to control or end gang violence. Join The Army is another great song you could check out. Black Flag and Suicidal Tendencies were 2 of the bands that inspired Ice T to start his own metal/ punk band.
First time I heard this song, this album.. I was 7 years old and sitting in an institution. A series of events that led to my parents divorce and my own self isolation and seclusion put me in a situation where this song just seemed to tell the story of my life.. I can relate to how manic the song feels. It starts out slow and builds just like anxiety. Thank you for reviewing this song.
I love this debut album. But they evolved from this punk metal/hardcore band to thrash & funk metal with Rob Trujillo on bass (who is of course in Metallica now). They have a very melodic side to them too in songs like "Alone" or "Nobody Hears".
Typical 80's teen angst. I knew some kids that were shipped to wherever for "their own good". This is one of those bands that change me musically. Specially their self titled album. DRI's Dealing with it, Misfits We are 128 live album, GBH Leather, Bristles, No Survivors & Sick Boys, and various SST comps.
I was one of them, my hometown is this little shitburg in the southern tier NY called Elmira and for "my own good" I was sent up state to The Roc to live with family.
Mike actually got a visit bc of the song "I Shot the Devil". To Mike, the devil at that time was the leader of the free world. True story. It seems the Secret Service didn't find it funny.
The kid just wants to be left alone to work through his issues, which he is well aware he has. But instead of giving him space, they poke and prod, and "it builds up inside, it builds up inside." Then he blows up and starts yelling bc he cant take it anymore lol. It's a masterpiece.
I'm so happy to see you call Body Count by its "correct genre". They were hard punk that became a lot more metal than punk. And yes their version is fricking hilarious
@@gumbydar whoops!! on my screen it stopped your sentence at slaughter, and cut off " to prevail" I literally thought you meant the glam/hair rock band Slaughter..lol my bad
LOL oh my god best.intro.ever. You two are fucking awesome and im SO GLAD WE ARE ON PUNK! Please dont forget that 90's SoCal punk: NOFX, Pennywise, Bad Religion, etc. Im so goddamn excited im about to start safety-pinning patches on jackets that dont need patches.
I watched the live stream last night and loved this reaction. I'll probably watch this a dozen more times. Remember that phrase: "All i wanted was a pepsi." The greatest punk lyric ever written.
Ah cool you're moving toward punk. It would be so cool to hear your take on some genres like punk, new wave, industrial, indie, etc. that you haven't hit yet
Welcome to Punk Music. This song was my "go to" when I was mad at my parents (rebellious teen and all). I'd crank this all the way up to "11".....just trying to piss 'em off. Worked like a charm!
BTW, I clicked real quick when I saw you did a Suicidal Tendencies song. I knew it would be interesting. Punk (not the late 90s and beyond pop punk) will be a challenging genre. ;) On a second listen just listen to the music and don't pay attention to Mike singing. Then you'll see it's a "song" that is completely playing off the lyrics.
This is the kind of song that you put on when you had a low-key shit-tastic day and you are doing everything to try and just smile. So, you hop in your car on the way home from work and before you know it you are making eye contact with the car next to you screaming "IM NOT CRAZY! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S CRAZY"!
Now it's officially required that you react to Bodycount's version of Institutionalized. Where this song is about the hardship of a teenager, the BC version is more about the struggles of a middle aged married man. A great sequal to this song.
Oh wow. I was living in Utah (where I am from) and we went to see the Suicidal Tendancies. MOSH pit ! OM my hell this this brings back so many memories. "Behind the Eight ball". So My favorite song. You love Metal. Welcome to a totally different form. This is a cross between punk and metal. Band's like these were the crossroads. They aren't for everyone. Bravo for being so brave to react to it. I like your interpretation. Pretty brilliant.
Does anyone else miss the 80's and 90's? There was so much more freedom growing up in that era. It wasn't perfect, but I'll take that any day over what kids are dealing with today.
That song is a punk/hardcore punk masterpiece. Actually their whole fist album is a masterpiece. Keep it up.
Yes. This album is it
Totally agreed. It was great to hear the original version. The last version in my head was their re-recording of this album into metal.
Actually it's thrash.
No Doubt Heard it in 85' off Repo Man..The Band Had a Cameo on Miami Vice back in the Day..1st Album was the Best, imo..Should be in Everyone's Collection with Fear,Circle Jerks,Germs,45 Grave,etc.
I seen your mother and your mother is dead....so burned into my brain like a tattoo on the inside...played this album in Bahrain for nearly a year every time I left ASU.
“All I wanted was a Pepsi, and she wouldn’t give it to me” is one of the funniest lines in a song ever. It gets a laugh out of me just about every time.
I still randomly quote it haha
"just a pepsi!!"
@@OmegaMacheteStorm Cypress Hill quoted it.
Oh my God..."All I wanted was a Pepsi!" I can't believe you just did this. Punk Rock Spoken Word
Thrash
Right? 😂
@@josephegillispie8509 Institutionalized was done during their punk era.
Back in about '89 or '90, I was walking down an alley back to my high school after lunch while listening to this tape on my Walkman. Some cops driving down the alley stopped me and asked what I was doing out of school. I told them my lunch break was almost over and needed to get back. They asked me what I was listening to and when I told them Suicidal Tendencies, the cop in the passenger seat says "Like, all I wanted was a Pepsi?" I said yeah and they let me go.
A year or two later, I got to see them live with Pantera and Exodus at a college gymnasium. After the show, I was so exhausted that I sat down in the lobby waiting for my buddies to come out and some guy with a leg cast and crutches started screaming at me incoherently for no reason and then winds up his leg about to kick me in the face with his cast and a cop (there were a few dozen of them there that night keeping watch on us delinquents) flew over me and tackled him while his partner helped me up and made sure I was alright. Other than a couple of very small incidents like that, it was a pretty tame event and no-one caused trouble for the cops so they were all pretty friendly... until they caught me and my friends stuffed 11 deep in a old Thunderbird trying to leave the parking lot. Of course they just shook their heads and made half of us get out and walk, but we met back up a couple blocks from the college and piled back in for the hour ride home. Fun times!
@@josephegillispie8509 Punk.
Released in 1983, I always envisioned "Institutionalized" as a protest against parents joining the trend of sticking their kids in hospitals when they seemed "different". This song speaks from the child's perspective saying "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!"
"It doesn't matter, I'll probably get hit by a car anyway"
jews
@@coffee8814
Based and redpilled.
It was that. And more.
There were religious satanic panic parents in the 80s who would send their children away to be fixed. Also just lazy parents who sent their children away to be fixed just to get rid of them because they couldn't be bothered. First time I heard this song I absolutely loved it. I had been institutionalized 3 times already. About a year each time. Each time I became more spiteful. Now I see the world clearly and hate everything and everyone. So it really did help.
Or being pushed by big pharma to consume their products
Do the official video to " You Can't Bring Me Down". It's a killer
But make sure it’s the uncensored version 👍🏻
Love that song.
One of my favorite metal songs.
My first time hearing suicidal was live and they opened with this song. Loved them from that moment. Lol
"Pledge", "Trip at the brain", "Hearing voices" all better...
Grew up in Orange County CA and in the 80's Suicidal Tendencies was banned from playing in our County because violence at concerts.
This song perfectly embodied the struggles of the average alt/punk/metal/grunge kids of the 80s and 90s. The traditional families just didn't know how to deal with kids that acted differently, even tho in many cases yes we were on drugs and doing things most people wouldn't understand. Still most of us meant no harm to anyone and just wanted to express ourselves differently from everyone else.
Suicidal tendencies has a killer sound that is more than just this song tho. Most of the lights camera revolution album is a total masterpiece with lots of grooves and iconic guitar work. The spin off band infectious grooves is also a fun ride thru a more funk oriented punk metal vibe.
Suicidal tendencies original bass player is now the bass player for metalica, Robert Trujillo and he's an absolute bass beast.
80's dude.
That bass player is an absolute monster. I love how he stomps around on stage, accentuating notes with big body gestures.
I don't believe he was the original bass player though.
@@longbeach7623 mike dunnigan was originally bass. But technically first bass on an actual album was Louiche Mayorga. Trujillo didn’t even come until like 89. So you’re correct
@@fakebrake 80s and 90s was the time when generation x were young
This song was an Anthem for a whole generation of kids, of which I was one. To myself it speaks to how society and (your parents) judged you because of the way you dressed the music you listened to and the length and color of your hair. Yet we are all products of the institutions put in place by said society. This whole album is truly a masterpiece of skate, punk genre which also is a bridge to the metal crossover era.
For us old GenXers who grew up in the 80s in America (and more specifically, California), this was the punk band that shaped us - not the more famous groups like The Clash or Sex Pistols or whatever. All we wanted was a Pepsi, and they wouldn't give it to us.
Damn right! Gen X rules!
Suicidal Tendencies, X, Black Flag...
Just one Pepsi.....
I feel like I'm hanging out with Otto (Auto... Parts?) from Repo Man whenever I hear this.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Misfits, Social Distortion
In my day, a band like Suicidal Tendencies was called "skater metal", which was a blend of metal with punk and rap.
It was one of the first bridging of gaps between the genres and cliques. Proving music brings people together.
This makes me think of that photo of Eazy-E chilling with skaters.
they kinda were the inventors of crossover, at least in America; in the UK the scenes were already pretty close, NWOBHM had some punk influence and some of the 80s bands like the Exploited and GBH were heavier than the ones that came before.
@@AndyKusanagi86lets not forget about Dirty Rotten Imbeciles that i would say popularized crossover thrash
Yeah, DRI too. There was that vibe going around then where I was in San Francisco. Thrasher magazine and Pushead’s music picks had that going. I was a teenager in San Francisco then and that was the cool thing about the scene here. A lot of that sort of thing. Metal, punk, thrash, whatever man, it’s all angry skate rock and we all got along.
Yep. The first time I heard this song, I was in my local skatepark, back when skateboarding was pretty illegal.
This song was my teenage anthem. So when my kids got to their teens I played it for them. I think anyone who had to deal with a noticeable generation gap with their parents can relate to this song.
I showed this song to my daughter. She and her friends now listen to it. But they laugh hysterically the whole time 🤷
I love that whole album! Im from west la and this was the shyt back in the days everyone had a flipped up cap and a skateboard from gangsters to white boys. I miss that scene
This is what gen x dealt with as children. Adults were very judgemental back then.
I envy anyone who was born after the downfall of "The Moral Majority".
Back then? Fear based parenting still persists, unfortunately. See the state of Christian Nationalism.
nothings really changed
@@chaospoet no such thing, that "moral majority" is just different now
This is so far removed from my gen X experience it is ridiculous. I had hair down to my waste, wore ripped jeans, concert t-shirts, PARTIED, at my house AND my friends houses. If anything they weren't moral enough! Sorry your folks were lame bro! Guess who showed up back then? EVERYONE! No one cared either.
This song, and album are underrated gems. This song, in particular, is written and executed so flawlessly. The way he begins rambling, and the music speeds up to match. It gives you a sense of his mania.
This and the full length version of How will I Laugh Tomorrow when I can't Even Smile Today are my favs by them.
How will I*
One of my fave bands...saw them three times in Toronto through the late 80's to early 90's.Small clubs for first two shows then opening for Metallica for third show.Great band ,great tunes...check out their later stuff like Gotta kill Captain Stupid, You Can't bring me Down, etc...
I would recomend their song "You Can't Bring Me Down"
I second this
A Reaction I was genuinely excited to see, and your faces looked exactly how I expected 😂🤙🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻. This a good’un
How Will I Laugh Tomorrow (When I can't even smile today)- by Suicidal Tendencies is a great song
That's my favorite albumn all time
The whole album is great lyrically and musically.
Awesome song by an awesome band. My walk through metal and punk. Metallica, megadeth, S.T., dead Kennedys, bad religion, Ramones etc. Music with a message, and music just for the fun of it
1:47 I just busted out laughing at your huge grin on your face asking, "How'd you like it?!"
When you see these dudes live it's like watching a crossover thrash band fronted by a motivational speaker. Energy levels at maximum.
Saw them open for Queensryche for the Operation:Livecrime tour. It was the 2nd loudest concert I've ever been to. it was over 20 years ago and I can still feel the bass vibrating my brain. :)
@@matthewgarrison-perkins5377 ok i'll bite... what was the first?
@@chito2294 Tool on the Lateralus tour. The bass was so loud my hair follicles felt like I was on a 5 day amphetamine bender. Moving like snakes on my scalp and arms, along with the, ummm, visual enhancements I had taken a few hours before, it was the trippiest concert experience I ever had.
@@matthewgarrison-perkins5377 nice. i saw that show too. two nights in a row with king crimson opening. epic shows
One thing that a lot of people fail to realize/remember is that when this song came out (and I was a teenager) there was this fad/craze with parents sending their kids to these behavioral institutions for....being teenagers. You know the rebellious teenage years that we all go through? So yeah this song had a LOT more meaning back in the 80's.
Awesome job stepping out of your comfort zone a bit there. This was a pretty ground breaking album when it came out in '83 and it still sounds amazingly fresh today. They moved to a more Metal sound after this, I think you guys would dig Can't Bring Me Down or How Will I Laugh Tomorrow? from that side of things
I love the guitar work on this song..AWESOME!
As social commentary, this is really one of the most brilliant, insightful, important songs ever written.
Lmfao at the first pause 1:30 "ok" to talk about what you just heard. Brad's look was classic.😂
My friend Darrell got me into them. I actually liked them and I was an 80s Rock fan while he was into Punk. I know EVERY word to this and others even to this day.🤷♂️😂👏
We decided MY BEST INTEREST?😂
How will I laugh tomorrow, when I can't even smile today?
Today!
Today!
love love love this song!
Venice California skate punk is what you just listened to. It’s 80s and they crossed over to more metal a few years after this. They were actually banned in Southern California for some years. Love that you are venturing into some hardcore 80s music. This was my teenage and young adult decade and this music is all me. Great reaction 🤘🤘🤘👏👏👏🤙🤙🤙
Same here. I grew up in Sm/Venice in the 80s.
I always wondered why they didn't come to San Diego in 84,85,86
Psycho Mike saved me from getting my arse thumped by some V-13 goons who were passing out flyers for ST at a show in front of the Cathay De Grand. Note to self, don’t throw an ST flyer to the ground when V-13 fans are around…..😬🤪
This pulled Millions of Americans to take up Skateboards and Flannels, shaved Head with Bangs
vans,converse and Jordans ( great Skate shoe.)
Classic ST4L.... Join The Army
Rocky George, one of the most underrated guitarist in metal/punk. The dude is a beast.
Rocky’s a great player for sure. Unfortunately, he wasn’t in the band for this first record. He joined for record #2.
@@andrewkarp5067 thanks for sharing that.
Glad to help!
“Nobody Hears” - you’ll dig it
This is off their 1st record which was more punk, as they went on they went into Thrash . Good stuff
My favorite from these guys was How will I Laugh tomorrow when I can't even smile today. The guitar solo was phenomenal, Lex! LOL!
The first band of Robert Trujillo .... and now he is into Metallica .. deserved carrier, he's a good bass guitar player and a humble person.
He also was in infectious grooves with Mike Muir from suicidal. Great bassist!
Dude is a beast. I saw Metallica live his first year with the band and he did an interlude between songs to give the other members a rest. He was in a low crouch seated position with his bass on his lap whilst playing it, for a loooong time. Dude's gotta have tree trunk thighs my lord
He also played bass for Ozzy Osbourne for a few years during the late 90's
Yes, Ozzy actually did the song "therapy" with infectious grooves.
He is a beast and unfortunately with Metallica he can’t utilize his talent to full potential. But I don’t blame him for joining them.$$$
The anthem for 80’s disaffected youth. Our parents and teachers didn’t understand us , didn’t even try. Of course we didn’t have the diagnosed disorders that kids today have or the goddamn drugs that go along with them. We took our issues out in other ways.
Ice T’s metal band Body Count did a great rendition of this. It’s worth checking out.
Not as good
Body Count has WAY better songs than that cover...
Yes. But their Raining Blood rendition is the shit….
@@ReaLibro hell yes they do. Saw them in Santa Barbara back in the day. It took me a while to get used to seeing him play a cop on tv.
@@khworker1322 Love that nobody really expects Ice T to be in a hardcore punk band.
I luv that track! One of my favorites
My favorite local band from Venice. I miss those days in Venice
Who else here thinks that Brad & Lex have one of the best reaction TH-cam channels?
It is the best imo.
@@AshReacts A and P reacts is the best one.
I think they have THE best recation YT channel.
@@ChrisTheProactiveDM A and P reacts is a reaction review channel so different than a reaction only channel.
Yep. Good contrasting styles and viewpoints
I hope you guys keep going with more punk rock tracks, there's so much awesome and fun music in the genre.
Somebody suggested Rancid - 'Avenues and Alleyways' and why not, it's one of my favorite bands.
I absolutely love this band. Hopefully the algorithm doesn't shut you down.
Hand down ST is my favorite concert I have ever been to. I think you guy took my cd collection and made it your playlist. Love your show!
lmao, go for You Can't Bring Me Down by this band
Much love for this one! Need more punk/hardcore
They have a unique sound always. The bass player now plays with Metallica. The led guitarist is the most underrated player ever - Rocky rocks!
It’s hardcore punk. It was played alot by college radio stations in the early 80s. Northwestern University in Chicago played it Saturday nights on the show “Fast n Loud”, 89.3 FM. Evanston, Chicago. I was 15 years old when I discovered it in 1984. Thanks for the great review!
A KILLER tune! The syncopated but heavy groove, the guitar gradually winding out more, then the blast beat peak fury of the chorus. Loved this FOREVER, thanks for doing this, good dialogue on it. The thing you do best. Keep on doing it, pleeeeeeeeeez!
Suicidal tendencies are one of the most missed, under rated bands that has ever been. Check out " monopoly on sorrow" or anything else from the album "The Art of Rebellion ' or "Lights, camera, Revolution ". Also their side project "Infectious Grooves " . Absolutely amazing creativity and originality.
Such an amazing band, an incredible catalog of music, and Rocky George the most underrated guitarists to ever play the instrument. Good Shit!!!
Rocky George definitely underrated, awesome guitarist!
Big facts!! Rocky is the man!
This isn't Rocky though. It's Grant Estes and Jon Nelson. And if Rocky is underrated (which he is not,stop overusing that word,please. Anyone who plays metal or punk knows and appreciates him) then Grant Estes and Jon Nelson (not sure which is playing the bulk of the guitar) is virtually nonexistent. The drummer from this record (Amery Smith) is also incredible and very unique.
@@jeffreycherep8264 oh i know who plays on this record, good friend of mine, Louichi Mayorga is on bass. But i rarely hear folks praising Rocky, so i agree he's underrated.
@@spfnorcal8955 I just get tired of the word "underrated". It seems like every comments section is full of people saying that someone in the video is underrated. EVERYONE can't be underrated. Anyway,my point was that even you said that Rocky "rarely" gets praised. (Which I disagree with, but not important right now) But that means that he at least gets praised. When was the last time you heard someone praise Grant Estes or Jon Nelson? Or even your friend Louiche? Exactly. I'm trying to say that these guys made an incredible record,and get almost 0 praise for it. THAT to me is underrated. Just trying to get them some love.
So happy to see you react to punk!!
A long time viewer , now a subscriber.
This came out in '82, a classic from a great band.
Thank you.
These guys are incredible, Totally worth digging a little deeper. Keep up the great work, enjoy your posts.👍
Ernie C plays guitar. Hall of Fame talent also plays with Body Count and Ice T. V13
I loved these guys. Mike Muir was awesome live. Hardcore 80s punk from California. Some people called it thrash.
That's because Thrash is influenced by Punk. This is Crossover Thrash.
@@jhamilton1007 I can see that. We didn't call this thrash. We just turned it real loud when it came on KROQ in California.
This is a California band, and you can get 5150'd in California, which is when you are forced to spend 72-hours in a psych ward for evaluation (Article 1, Section 5150 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code).
Loved this band in the 80's when I was in highschool...punk rock!!!
Me too.
I still do
@@jasono20001 as well as I.
Great choice, guys!
Metallica's bassist's first band!
"You can't bring me down" is a must!
Keep it up! 🤘🏽
This is Very early Suicidal Tendencies. Their early stuff was really dark and offbeat. They did a lot of social commentary in their songs. You should check out You Can’t Bring Me Down, Send Me Your Money or Have Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can’t Even Smile Today.
ST has a very interesting history if you look into them. As many bands come up with names for their fans they called theirs the ST Army. Tipper Gore actually worked very hard at getting them banned in a lot of places saying that they were encouraging gang violence although in actuality they were working with some rappers and other community groups to try to control or end gang violence. Join The Army is another great song you could check out.
Black Flag and Suicidal Tendencies were 2 of the bands that inspired Ice T to start his own metal/ punk band.
Mis cholos favoritos!!!!! Hardcore punk.
First time I heard this song, this album.. I was 7 years old and sitting in an institution. A series of events that led to my parents divorce and my own self isolation and seclusion put me in a situation where this song just seemed to tell the story of my life..
I can relate to how manic the song feels. It starts out slow and builds just like anxiety.
Thank you for reviewing this song.
Pissed off my big sister when my nephew walked around singing " I saw you mommy..."
I love this debut album. But they evolved from this punk metal/hardcore band to thrash & funk metal with Rob Trujillo on bass (who is of course in Metallica now). They have a very melodic side to them too in songs like "Alone" or "Nobody Hears".
Typical 80's teen angst. I knew some kids that were shipped to wherever for "their own good". This is one of those bands that change me musically. Specially their self titled album. DRI's Dealing with it, Misfits We are 128 live album, GBH Leather, Bristles, No Survivors & Sick Boys, and various SST comps.
* we are 138
I was one of them, my hometown is this little shitburg in the southern tier NY called Elmira and for "my own good" I was sent up state to The Roc to live with family.
Well, its the adults who are angsty in this song, which did happen, i know because it happened to me.
I am speechless (and impressed) that you guys reacted to this. Seriously, this is a deep, deep cut. You went way into the rabbit hole here
Yeah man 90's headed to one of the local street spots on my New Deal board blasting ST on my Walkman.
Mike actually got a visit bc of the song "I Shot the Devil". To Mike, the devil at that time was the leader of the free world. True story. It seems the Secret Service didn't find it funny.
This popped up while I was driving and I said we're pulling over kids
You're raising them right bro.
Love your channel. Keep digging deeper. Love it
Also a good Suicidal Tendencies song is "Subliminal" Love your channel!
The kid just wants to be left alone to work through his issues, which he is well aware he has. But instead of giving him space, they poke and prod, and "it builds up inside, it builds up inside." Then he blows up and starts yelling bc he cant take it anymore lol. It's a masterpiece.
ALL I WANTED WAS A PEPSI!
"Got it.." u crack me up Lex
Check out Ice-T’s punk group Body Count’s version of this song. With more updated modern lyrics 😂
Yeah it's funny as shit.
Yesssssss!
I'm so happy to see you call Body Count by its "correct genre". They were hard punk that became a lot more metal than punk. And yes their version is fricking hilarious
That version is so funny!
Girl, i love your open mind about this song! I personally love this band and this song!
This is basically the seed of influence that blossomed into bands like slipknot and slaughter to prevail
@@TANTRUMGASM slaughter to prevail's new album has a very slipknot sound, are you saying that is a coincidence? Hardcore -> Deathcore
@@gumbydar whoops!! on my screen it stopped your sentence at slaughter, and cut off " to prevail"
I literally thought you meant the glam/hair rock band Slaughter..lol my bad
@@TANTRUMGASM ha okay cool👍
LOL oh my god best.intro.ever. You two are fucking awesome and im SO GLAD WE ARE ON PUNK! Please dont forget that 90's SoCal punk: NOFX, Pennywise, Bad Religion, etc. Im so goddamn excited im about to start safety-pinning patches on jackets that dont need patches.
I watched the live stream last night and loved this reaction. I'll probably watch this a dozen more times. Remember that phrase: "All i wanted was a pepsi." The greatest punk lyric ever written.
Ah cool you're moving toward punk. It would be so cool to hear your take on some genres like punk, new wave, industrial, indie, etc. that you haven't hit yet
Pledge your alliance or war inside my head or join the army by suicidal. Most of their songs are awesome.
good job guys...loved your reaction
We played this very loud in the 80’s
And the 90s, 00s, 10s, 20s... 🤙
Wicked tune from my first year in University. Thank you!
Welcome to Punk Music. This song was my "go to" when I was mad at my parents (rebellious teen and all). I'd crank this all the way up to "11".....just trying to piss 'em off. Worked like a charm!
Actually it's thrash
This album is a MASTERPIECE.
Im so happy I got to see this band one time.
Same, saw em open for queensryche back in the day.
@@MrDabulls23 I saw them open for Metallica.
I love me some Punk Rock. I've seen these guys a lot. This album is awesome.
True West Coast Punk.
This is my favorite band! Love the song "How will I laugh tomorrow when I can't even smile today". Greetings from Nashville, Tennessee
All I wanted was a Pepsi...
Thank You! My youth! 80's hardcore punk. Anger, frustration, and rage. How cathartic.
First time I heard this was on an episode of Miami vice "I'm 47 years old!" 😂 years later in 92 or 93 saw em open for megadeth live. 🤘
I remember watching that episode when they walked into the bar they were playing in.
I saw the same tour at the Ritz in NYC.
Iconic song... I'm mad I didn't see this in your video list earlier, but I'm glad you checked them out. :)
Lex said this song got her out of her comfort zone, that is a very rare thing to hear.
You 2 give me a new insight for songs I have listened to for 30 years.
And now for fun, you should check out Body Count's version of this song. Please react to more punk
Lex’s interpretation is so interesting… thank you very much!😊
BTW, I clicked real quick when I saw you did a Suicidal Tendencies song. I knew it would be interesting. Punk (not the late 90s and beyond pop punk) will be a challenging genre. ;) On a second listen just listen to the music and don't pay attention to Mike singing. Then you'll see it's a "song" that is completely playing off the lyrics.
This is the kind of song that you put on when you had a low-key shit-tastic day and you are doing everything to try and just smile. So, you hop in your car on the way home from work and before you know it you are making eye contact with the car next to you screaming "IM NOT CRAZY! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S CRAZY"!
Now it's officially required that you react to Bodycount's version of Institutionalized. Where this song is about the hardship of a teenager, the BC version is more about the struggles of a middle aged married man. A great sequal to this song.
Oh wow. I was living in Utah (where I am from) and we went to see the Suicidal Tendancies. MOSH pit ! OM my hell this this brings back so many memories. "Behind the Eight ball". So My favorite song. You love Metal. Welcome to a totally different form. This is a cross between punk and metal. Band's like these were the crossroads. They aren't for everyone. Bravo for being so brave to react to it. I like your interpretation. Pretty brilliant.
Does anyone else miss the 80's and 90's? There was so much more freedom growing up in that era. It wasn't perfect, but I'll take that any day over what kids are dealing with today.
A time before 9/11 and social media? What's to miss?