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Suicidal Tendencies, No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family – A pretty cool re-recording of seven Suicidal Tendencies songs from their second album of 1987, “Join The Army”, as well as seven No Mercy songs, four of which appeared on the first (and only) No Mercy album “Widespread Bloodshed Love Runs Red”, with three No Mercy new recordings (although one of them, “Something Inside Me”, has turned up here and there, such as on Friends And Family Volume 2).
The new recordings sounds pretty good, with funky new intros, and showoff bass moments. “Possessed To Skate” gets a big new doomy intro of nearly 30 seconds before the famous bass squall kicks in. Cool Rocky George-like guitar squealing here, something that the band has abandoned recently (although the guitar synthesizer sound in the chorus is a bit silly). “Join The ST Army” is a bit harder than the original, a bit less funky. Strangely, the band does not re-record “War Inside My Head”, an ST classic.
The No Mercy songs are marvelous – “Come Alive” is sheer evil and rocks very hard, with nasty choruses along the lines of darker Infectious Grooves tunes. “Something Inside Me” pounds nastiness and shreds mightily, but other than the prominent shredding it still sounds pretty similar to the version of the song that ST recorded on Friends And Family Volume 2. “No Mercy Fool” is a cool stomper, that starts off with the promise “Let’s kick the dust off this mother!” It’s a big, nasty tune with tough guy shouted chorus stuff. (None of these first three No Mercy songs were on the original No Mercy album) “We’re Fuckin’ Evil” is a much faster song, it’s pounding and smashing all over the place (although it’s not as good as the version on Friends And Family Volume 2, which has a very cool intro). It’s EVIL!! “Crazy But Proud” is sweet and nasty and crunches along!! “I’m’ Your Nightmare” kicks off with a spooky intro, then after a while picks up into a messy fast punker. “Widespread Bloodshed… Love Runs Red” also grooves mightily, and that’s all she wrote.