Suicidal Tendencies - Join The Army (1987)

Join the Army is the second album by Suicidal Tendencies and also their first album since the self-titled debut in 4 years. This album was released in 1987. One of the well known albums that had the crossover genre of punk and metal known as thrash. Mike Muir used different vocal ranges compared to the self-titled album (sometimes sounding similar to Lemmy from Motorhead). Grant Estes was replaced by Rocky George, who, in addition to playing more complex guitar solos than Estes did, influenced the change of the bands genre into more of thrash. Amery Smith was replaced by R.J. Herrera, who used the particularly metal drum feature of double bass.

Tracklist:

01. Suicidal Maniac
02. Join The Army
03. You Got, I Want
04. A Little Each Day
05. The Prisoner
06. War Inside My Head
07. I Feel Your Pain
08. Human Guinea Pig #
09. Possessed To Skate
10. No Name, No Words
11. Cyco
12. Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right
(But They Make Me Feel A Whole Lot Better)
13. Looking In Your Eyes

# - CD Reissue bonus track.
all arrangements by Suicidal Tendencies
Produced by Suicidal Tendencies & Lester Claypool
Engineered by Lester Claypool
Recorded at Record Plant, Hollywood, CA January '87
Additional guitar & all vocals at Baby-O Studios, CA Jan-Feb '87
Mixed at Record Plant February-March 1987

• Mike Muir - vocals
• Rocky George - guitar
• Louiche Mayorga - bass
• R.J. Herrera - drums

Original Release Date: May 1987
Format: Original Recording Reissued
Label: Virgin Records Ltd.
CD-pressing: United Kingdom
Catalog No.: CDV 2424