Suicide Invoice

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Suicide Invoice
Suicide Invoice cover
Studio album by Hot Snakes
Released June 11, 2002
Recorded 2002
Genre Rock & Roll
Post Punk
Length ~33:01
Label Swami Records
Producer John Reis
Professional reviews
Hot Snakes chronology
Automatic Midnight
(2000)		 Suicide Invoice
(2002)		 Audit in Progress
(2004)

Suicide Invoice is the second album by the San Diego, California rock band Hot Snakes, released in 2002 by Swami Records. It was recorded in a similar manner to the band's previous album Automatic Midnight, with guitarist John Reis taking time off from his main band Rocket From the Crypt. As a visual artist and illustrator singer/guitarist Rick Froberg provided the album's artwork, while Reis released the album through his Swami Records label.

In comparison to the band's previous album Automatic Midnight, Suicide Invoice is slightly slower paced and more experimental, incorporating organs and melodicas which the band had not used before. It is also less aggressive and primal than their subsequent album Audit in Progress.

As with Automatic Midnight, touring in support of Suicide Invoice was limited due to the band members residing on opposite sides of the country, though they were able to tour the United States. The following year drummer Jason Kourkounis departed the band and Reis resumed full-time work with Rocket From the Crypt. The band would reunite in 2004 for another album and more extensive touring, replacing Kourkounis with Rocket From the Crypt drummer Mario Rubalcaba.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I Hate the Kids"
  2. "Gar Forgets His Insulin"
  3. "XOX"
  4. "Who Died"
  5. "Suicide Invoice"
  6. "Paid in Cigarettes"
  7. "LAX"
  8. "Bye Nancy Boy"
  9. "Paperwork"
  10. "Why Does it Hurt"
  11. "Unlisted"
  12. "Ben Gurion"

[edit] Performers

[edit] Album information

  • Record label:Swami Records
  • Recorded 2002 at Drag Racist studios by John Reis, Gar Wood and Ben Moore
  • Mixed at Big Fish Recorders in San Diego by John Reis, Gar Wood and Ben Moore
  • Artwork by Rick Froberg