Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies were originally an American hardcore punk band that later crossed over into thrash metal and even combining both genres. The band was founded in 1981 in Los Angeles, California by Mike Muir, its leader and only permanent member. The band has been credited as one of "the fathers of crossover thrash". Suicidal Tendencies rose to fame with their 1983 self-titled debut album, which spawned the single "Institutionalized". That single was one of the first crossover thrash videos to receive substantial airplay on MTV in America. Since then the band have continued making albums, recently in 2013 releasing the album called 13.

Links To Peel
Peel seems to have got hold of their self titled debut album, which wasn't released in Europe until the mid-late 80's, despite the album being released in America in 1983. Some of the tracks from their debut album were played on Peel's shows and JP even claimed that Institutionalized was one of the best ever tracks he has ever heard. Later albums of Suicidal Tendencies weren't played on his show, as their music started to crossover into thrash metal, which he wasn't majority keen on.

Other Shows Played
(The list below was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive. Please add further information if known.)

1985 1986 1987
 * 30 July 1985:  Memories Of Tomorrow (LP – Suicidal Tendencies) Frontier
 * 14 August 1985: Possessed (LP - Suicidal Tendencies) Frontier
 * Peel 044 (BFBS): 'Institutionalized (Soundtrack LP-Repo Man)' (MCA) (JP: 'Seriously one of the best records ever, I think, that.')    
 * Peel 061 (BFBS): 'Won't Fall In Love Today (LP-Suicidal Tendencies)' (Frontier)