Mike Muir

And I just wanted to read this one bit out.

This is from Mike Muir quote.

We reflect the world we live in.

In a sense, someone like Rick Astley is distorting the world because he sings about blossoming, blossoming flowers and girls with big tits.

that's what editors know he does when i walk outside i don't see that and editors know you don't selling three million records is not stuff i worry about getting letters from kids

talking about this sorry

this is mike muir from suicidal tendencies right um getting letters from kids saying our music saved their lives is important and i don't think rick ashley can claim that He's got real beef about Rick Astley.

Has he mistaken Rick Astley for someone else?

18, maybe 19,000 fans in the house, probably 17,000 of them in black T-shirts, same as it always was.

7:25, Mike Muir, Suicidal frontman, gets the chant going.

S-T, S-T, S-T. Yeah.

7:30, Suicidal is done.

Um, it was a really intense, uh, experience.

And it's-- Although it's something that, uh, Mike Muir, uh, sang of, um, in the-- what was, I think, a generational anthem for, um, obviously the, the track Institutionalized.

But I was suddenly in this place called Unit Six, um, which was a, uh, you know, psychiatric facility for youth.

I was the youngest one there.

I hate to compare things to artists, but whenever I first heard it, I got this instant...

Your cadence in the verses was very Mike Muir, Suicidal Tendencies.

Was that an intentional homage or is that just the way that came out? Or am I just preaching too far on that?

No, I think it was just me playing with triplets and having fun.

So, you gotta wait till the end of the video, but it's pretty sick because he's in, like, a trashed house, and he starts doing bonelesses and street plants.

Uh, another one for you, Suicidal Tendencies, Institutionalized, featuring jump ramping and Mike Muir.

I would say also, in addition to that, the Devo, um, Freedom of Choice video.

Yep, Devo, Freedom of Choice.

The air smelled of sea salt and the city's restless youth all hungry for a new sound that would echo their anger.

In early 1980, Mike Muir and his crew, guitarist Mike Ball, bassist Mike Dunnigan, drummer Carlos Egert, decided to fuse skate punk energy with raw hardcore fury.

They recorded a demo titled The Suicide that slipped out on tape and circulated in the Los Angeles underground like wildfire.

Soon after, drummer Egert quit and was replaced by Greg Smith, whose tight timing turned each track into a blistering wall of sound.

The lyrics, especially the opening line about institutionalized men, riled up school officials and even led to a temporary gabang at several local venues.

Critics called them violent, yet many fans felt the aggression was an honest cry against societal conformity.

Mike Muir's background in Venice's skating scene infused the music with a kinetic energy that mirrored board flips and street fights.

The band's imagery, skulls, chain links, and stylized gang signs was a nod to the local drug-crazed streets, yet also a badge of defiant unity.

And the result, a new sound that felt both fierce and unmistakably DIY.

Suicidal Tendencies formed in 1980 at Venice Beach with Mike Muir on vocals and an attitude like a firecracker.

Their first LP, self-titled 1983, burst onto the scene with Institutionalized, blending hardcore brevity with thrash's punchy guitar lines.

Even then, their bassist, DJ, was already riffing in a way that hinted at metal's darker undertones.

this record.

M- Mike Muir's, like, quick fire delivery, so unique and influential, and nobody sounded like him-

No

... back, back then Uh, Rocky George is one of my favorite guitar players ever.

Suicidal Tendencies, baby.

Mike Muir of Suicidal Tendencies, one of his other projects.

So you got a double dose of Mike Muir.

Dropkick Murphys and Blackstone Cherry.

Two totally different genres, but both bands are excellent live.