Suicide Machines

Finally -- a band that actually sounds angry and has something to say. Although the hardcore mayhem that pushes the title track into the stratosphere isn't a constant thread throughout the album, the Detroit old-school punk group seems especially inspired this time out. Hats off to war and corporate greed, then!

In the mid-nineties, Detroit's Suicide Machines sold a few hundred thousand copies of their
major-label debut thanks to the Third Wave ska revival that had been ushered in by bands
such as Sublime, Rancid and No Doubt. The commercial success of ska punk bit the dust
around the same time Gwen Stefani unglued her bindi, but Suicide Machines dropped their
anchor in 1996 and, goddamn it, they're not leaving without a fight. Their sixth al... More >