Suicidal Tendencies - The Art Of Rebellion (1992)

The Art of Rebellion was released in 1992 on the Sony Music label. It is widely considered to be Suicidal's "experimental" album. The album was very different than anything Suicidal Tendencies had done before, but it was actually their most melodic, accessible album to date. It lessened the bands thrash influences, instead focusing on a unique, almost alternative metal sound, with more emphasis on funk and progressive rock, as well as traditional metal guitars. Although different, the album was greeted warmly by most fans and many critics. The album was also the band's most commercially successful album. The first single, "Asleep At The Wheel", did moderately well, but was followed by two smash hits. The metal ballad "Nobody Hears" and the crossover hit "I'll Hate You Better", both of which managed to chart on the modern rock radio Billboards. The album debuted on number 52 on the Billboard Top 100 charts (ST's highest charting album ever) has since gone gold. The band began performing large stadium shows, touring with some mainstream rock staples as Metallica, Queensryche, and Danzig, where they earned a wide reputation as an excellent live act…

On the group's earliest albums, vocalist Mike Muir specialized in intense, angst-ridden rants, harrowing but one-dimensional. He has since developed into a rock-solid vocalist, his voice a powerful and fluid instrument. Muir still delivers emotionally ferocious spoken-word segments on "Nobody Hears" and "I Wasn't Meant to Hear This", but the trademark is woven into good songs rather than being an end onto itself. A clenched fist in a velvet glove — or is it an open hand in chain mail? — whichever, The Art of Rebellion packs a punch that should win over new devotees while maintaining the group's hardcore following.

~ Roch Parisien, all media guide

Tracklist:

01. Can't Stop
02. Accept My Sacrifice
03. Nobody Hears
04. Tap Into The Power
05. Monopoly On Sorrow
06. We Call This Mutha Revenge
07. I Wasn't Meant To Feel This/Asleep At The Wheel
08. Gotta Kill Captain Stupid
09. I'll Hate You Better
10. Which Way To Free?
11. It's Going Down
12. Where's The Truth

Produced by Peter Collins. Engineered by Paul Northfield
Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood and
Ground Control Studios, Santa Monica, California
Mixed by P. Northfield & P. Collins at Skip Saylor Studios, Hollywood, CA



• Mike Muir - vocals
• Rocky George - guitar
• Mike Clark - guitar
• Robert Trujillo - bass

Additional musicians:
- John Freese - drums
- John Webster - keyboards
- Dennis Karmazyn - cello

Original Release Date: June 30, 1992
Format: Original Recording
Label: Sony Music (Epic)
CD-pressing: USA
Catalog No.: EK 48864-2