Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Maniac

Artist: Suicidal Tendencies
Song: Suicidal Maniac
Album: Join the Army (1987)
Genres/ Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Rock, Heavy Metal, Hair Metal, Thrash Metal, Groove Metal, Speed Metal, Crossover Thrash, Hardcore Punk, Funk Metal, Skate Punk, Skate Metal, Skate Rock, Nu Metal, Metalcore
Label: Caroline Records
Producer: Lester Claypool and Suicidal Tendencies
Released: June 9, 1987
Recorded: January 1987 at Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles
Recorded and mixed at Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
Produced by: Lester Claypool (not to be confused with Les Claypool) and Suicidal Tendencies
Engineered by: Lester Claypool
Album cover by: Michael Seiff

Suicidal Tendencies:
Mike Muir – lead vocals
Louiche Mayorga – bass, backing vocals
Rocky George – guitars, backing vocals
R.J. Herrera – drums

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Join the Army is the second studio album by American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies. It was released in 1987 and is one of the most well known albums for crossing over the genres of punk and thrash metal, known as crossover thrash, a genre that Suicidal Tendencies have been credited for creating. Join the Army is arguably one of Suicidal Tendencies' popular efforts

Lyrics:
He's back
Maniac

A birth that came from more than sound, now rages on from town to town
A giant grows more every day and now the maniac is here to stay

A feeling you can't kill
It's the power, it's a will
Controls your thoughts but you can't see

Just when you thought it safe he suddenly appears
He feels no pain, he has no mercy or no fears
He gives the message and your mind is filled with blue
And now the maniac lives inside of you

He's back, the suicidal maniac

Each day he grows more and more, he's bigger now than ever before
His thoughts he'll compromise on never, he can't be stopped, he'll live forever

Blast away through the mind
A power of another kind
A presence that is growing out of sound

And now it's come, the time the maniac I'll meet
He takes my hand and now I bow down to his feet
His love for me is like a father to a son
And now the maniac and I are one

I bow to his might
Too powerful to fight
It's my destiny
Now the maniac lives inside of me

He's back, the suicidal maniac

An army at his command, a strength that you can't comprehend
A force unknown can now be told, the power of the world he holds

A feeling you can't kill
It's the power, It's the will
Controls your thoughts but you can't see

Just when you thought it safe he suddenly appears
He feels no pain, he has no mercy or no fears
He gives the message and your mind is filled with blue
And now the maniac's a part of you

And the time has come, the maniac you'll meet
He takes your hand and now you bow down to his feet
His love for you is like a father to a son
And now the maniac and you are one

He's back
And he's the suicidal maniac

Songwriters: Rocky George / Mike Muir

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