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Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir will release “My Personal Revolution” on 12 February under Cyco Miko, the name he uses for his solo work. It’s out on BMG and has thirteen tracks mixing new material with unreleased recordings from across his projects, Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves included. Guests include Fred Durst, bassist Thundercat and Rancid’s Tim Armstrong.
The first single, out on 13 November, is a new recording of “Monster Skank” marking the song’s 35th anniversary. Muir and Robert Trujillo wrote it for Infectious Grooves’ 1991 debut. Sublime’s Jakob Nowell sings it, with Primus’s Larry LaLonde on guitar and Brooks Wackerman on drums. And, according to the press release, it keeps Trujillo’s original bass.
Thundercat knows Muir well: he was Suicidal Tendencies’ bassist from 2002 to 2011, toured Europe with Infectious Grooves in 2008 and played on “The Mad Mad Muir Musical Tour”, Cyco Miko’s 2011 album, alongside saxophonist Kamasi Washington.
Besides the title track, the tracklist includes an acoustic version of “Asleep at the Wheel”, also billed as a 35th-anniversary recording. Fred Durst features on the opener, “Schizo”, and Tim Armstrong on “Spinning Out of Control”, with Suicidal Tendencies. The press release doesn’t say which tracks are new and which are unreleased, or where Thundercat plays.
Text by Marçal Bonastre