Join the Army

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Join the Army

Studio album by Suicidal Tendencies
Released	1987
Recorded	Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, January 1987
Genre	Crossover Thrash Hardcore punk
Length	38:53
Label	Caroline
Producer(s)	Lester Claypool, Suicidal Tendencies
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Suicidal Tendencies chronology
Suicidal Tendencies (1983)	Join the Army (1987)	How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today (1988)

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 a lot like Lemmy from Motörhead). Grant Estes was replace by Rocky George, who, in addition to playing more compex 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. It was produced by Lester Claypool (not to be confused with Les Claypool of the band Primus).

1 Track listing
2 Credits
3 Chart positions
- 3.1 Album

[edit] Track listing

"Suicidal Maniac" (Rocky George, Mike Muir) – 2:57
"Join the Army" (Louiche Mayorga, Muir) – 3:37
"You Got, I Want" (Suicidal Tendencies) – 2:55
"A Little Each Day" (Muir) – 4:08
"The Prisoner" (Mayorga, Muir) – 2:53
"War Inside My Head" (Mayorga, Muir) – 3:51
"I Feel Your Pain" (George, Muir) – 3:27
"Human Guinea Pig" – 2:05
"Possessed to Skate" (Mayorga, Muir) – 2:34
"No Name, No Words" (Mayorga, Muir) – 2:35
"Cyco" (Mayorga, George, Muir) – 2:13
"Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right (But They Make Me Feel a Whole Lot Better)" (George, Muir) – 2:49
"Looking in Your Eyes" (Mayorga, Muir) – 2:50

Track 8 was not on the original release, but appeared on re-releases and the FNG compilation

[edit] Credits

Mike Muir – Vocals
Louiche Mayorga – Bass
Rocky George – Guitar
R.J. Herrera – Drums

Recorded and mixed at Record Plant, Los Angeles, California, USA
Produced by Lester Claypool and Suicidal Tendencies
Engineered by Lester Claypool
Guitar and vocals recorded at Baby/O/
Album cover by Michael Seiff

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1987	The Billboard 200	100

Discography
v • d • e Suicidal Tendencies
Mike Muir \| Mike Clark \| Dean Pleasants \| Ron Brunner, Jr. \| Steve Brunner
Former members: Mike Dunnigan \| Mike Ball \| Grant Estes \| Jon Nelson \| Rocky George \| Andrew Evans \| Louiche Mayorga \| Bob Heathcote \| Robert Trujillo \| Josh Paul \| Sean Dunnigan \| Amery Smith \| R. J. Herrera \| Jimmy DeGrasso \| Brooks Wackerman
Albums and EPs: Suicidal Tendencies \| Join the Army \| How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today \| Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu \| Lights...Camera...Revolution! \| Art of Rebellion \| Still Cyco After All These Years \| Suicidal for Life \| Six the Hard Way (EP) \| Freedumb \| Free Your Soul and Save My Mind
Compilations: F.N.G. \| Prime Cuts
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