Album Reviews

In 1986 guitarist Mike Clark started a speed metal band called No Mercy with Mike Muir as the vocalist. They released one album called “Widespread Bloodshed Love Runs Red” which was okay. Nothing more, nothing less. When the time came to record the follow-up, they instead called it a day. Clark joined Muir’s Suicidal Tendencies and the rest – as they say – was history.

While everybody’s wondering if Suicidal Tendencies will ever release a new album again, Muir & co now dropped “No Mercy Fool / The Suicidal Family”, which is not really a new album. They simply re-recorded four songs from No Mercy’s debut (“We’re Evil”, “Widespread Bloodshed”, “Crazy But Proud” and “I’m Your Nightmare”), seven songs from Suicidal Tendencies’ “Join The Army” and a couple of other tracks.

So is this worth listening to? Sure! “Join The Army” was generally considered a weak ST album but the re-recorded versions show not only what the songs were originally meant to sound like but also what skate metal in general was all about. So get that bandana out of the closet and wear it with pride once again!