Earlier this week, Loudwire sat down for an interview with Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir, where he talks about his just-released solo album The Mad Mad Muir Musical Tour, his label Suicidal Records, families and touring. When asked if either Suicidal Tendencies or his side project Infectious Grooves were working on new material, Mike said that the former has completed three new albums. He explains:
“Suicidal Tendencies, we basically got three records done. It’s just putting them together in a time frame and then the touring. Infectious is right behind, but you can’t be in two places at once, you know?! We don’t want to do anything unless we actually want to do it, and I know for a lot of people, they haven’t been doing it for as long as we have. They kind of just want to go on the road because they don’t like their life, they don’t like their family, and I’m the opposite. So when [my kids are] older, I don’t want them to say, “Dad, why are you running around the world for and you weren’t there for me?” I want there to be a situation where they know if I’m not there, there’s a good reason for it. We know when to say “no” and we do things for the right reason. Everything we do, it’s something we want to do, it’s something cool, not just because someone called up and we’re like, “Well, we got nothing better to do.” It’s just that certain standard and I think that’s why we’re able to be here almost thirty years later where if we just did things that other people thought were good opportunities or smart, I wouldn’t be here now.”
The new S.T. album will be their first since 2000’s Free Your Soul and Save My Mind. Last year they released No Mercy Fool! The Suicidal Family, which features re-recorded tracks from the band’s classic 1987 album Join the Army as well as never-before heard material.