Destruction by Definition - Suicide Machines (The) (CD 1996)

Well, it seems I'm getting old you see, and I can't avoid responsibility, stuck in a box of popular belief, and it feel's like something's wrong with me. I'll never forget when I first heard The Suicide Machines. My friend John was looking for a new punk album, something with energy and something that was a bit different as well. He had remembered hearing about the Suicide Machines and ended up buying this disc, Destruction By Definition. We put it on in my car, and quite frankly, I think I liked it even more than he did. Within a week, I had bought my own copy. The Suicide Machines are a...

The suicide machines were another ska band looking to break big in when ska was mainstreaming in the mid to late nineties, and they did after releasing destruction by definition on May 21 1996. The Suicide machines are a ska punk band that doesn t have any horns but they still play some really strong ska. Their music seems to start punk and transition into ska, it is an interesting mix but it works pretty well. I remember listening to the suicide machines a while back and wondering who they were because it was so catchy, then I saw it was the suicide machines and I got their debut album....

After largely ignoring this album since the release of Battle Hymns, I just gave it another listen the other day. The album is still of the same quality as its follow-up, it's just a little more ska, as things were in the day it was released. The Suicide Machines play a blend of Operation Ivy style ska-punk, blended upbeat, fast tempo ska with pop-punk and some hardcore elements. This album kicks off with two songs that now sound a little bit dated to me. "New Girl," though a good song, is just a little to boppy for me, and "S.O.S.," the band's calling card for tolerance is just a little to...

I ve heard all three albums by the Suicide Machines and Destruction by Definition is by far their best work. Isn t it weird how band s first albums are usually their best? It s probably because they have more time to work on their debut than their other albums. Tony Hawk Made Me Buy This (not really) Well, Tony Hawk the skateboarder didn t actually force my to buy this CD, his Playstation game got me into the Suicide Machines. I heard their song New Girl hundreds of times because I would play Tony Hawk s Pro Skater endlessly and their was only a 10 song rotation, so every ten runs I d hear...