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Rock
Release Date: 09/25/2001
At the time
Steal This Record dropped in 2001, it had been ten years since
the Suicide Machines formed in Detroit, MI. In those ten years, the band had toured heavily, opening for such acts as
No Doubt and
Rancid, and put three discs under its belt before dropping
Steal This Record. Upon hearing the first single release, the
punk/
modern rock anthem
"Killing Blow," you wonder why the group hadn't broken through.
The Suicide Machines are a bad-ass
punk act -- the title track races on, leaving your disc platter smoking when it's done -- with a contemporary edge (think
Lit or
the Offspring). Its socially defiant lyrics and fun speedy guitar- and drum-racing music make the band a shoo-in for
modern,
college,
alternative, and traditional
rock stations. The best evidence of this is
the Suicide Machines' raunchy and in-your-face cover of
R.E.M.'s hit
"It's the End of the World (And I Feel Fine)." Alien Ant Farm remade
Michael Jackson's
"Smooth Criminal" in 2001; this is a similar instance and the song is as, if not more, worthy of airplay. And just to shake things up a bit,
the Suicide Machines even offer up some
reggae on the charming
"Stand Up." Do yourself, and this band, a favor -- don't steal, but buy this record.
~Liana Jonas, All Music Guide
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