If your experience with the Suicidal Tendencies LP is/was anything like mine, you've listened to it over 1000 times and have probably been caught in public singing aloud some pretty fucked up lyrics (see post title). That record had to be one of the most hard-driving and catchy punk/hardcore records of all time (funniest, too). As was typical in the eighties, the band went completely metal (and not in a good way, either) after the release of their masterpiece, leaving only 12 tracks for the punks to dote over. Luckily, the bootleg operation Skate Core has dredged ST's 1982 Demos and rehearsals, and etched them on a quality 17 track (see picture below) LP that's been making the distro rounds recently. Side "S" (One) presents about seven rough recordings of tracks that would make it onto the LP, and a couple of unreleased ones (all with decent sound quality). Side "T" (Two) features mostly unreleased tracks, but they either have horrendous "production" or the vocals are nearly to completely inaudible. Most fans will enjoy hearing these songs regardless of their imperfections, so here are some decent rips for your demented listening pleasure...1982 Demos
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3 comments:
Thanks for this. Suicidal is perhaps my favorite band that only released one good album, it's just that good. More Venice thuggy ephemera here:
http://cosmichearse.blogspot.com/2008/01/venice-y-que.html
Wow, these demos are killer. I like hearing these classic songs before ST really refined their sound.
Totally! I expecially like that litte extra rock twang some of the classics have on these versions.
Oh yeah, thanks for pointing out that comp. I somehow missed that post.
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