The Suicide Machines
The Suicide Machines were a band formed in 1991 in Detroit, Michigan under … Read Full Bio ↴The Suicide Machines were a band formed in 1991 in Detroit, Michigan under the original name Jack Kevorkian and the Suicide Machines. The band's original lineup consisted of Jason Navarro on vocals, Dan Lukacinsky on guitar, Jason Brake on bass, and Stefan Rairigh on drums. This lineup lasted a year until Bill Jennings replaced Rairigh, but he was himself soon replaced by Derek Grant. They recorded the band's first demos The Essential Kevorkian and Green World in 1993 and 1994, both released through their own label Sluggo's Old Skool Records. They also released the "Vans Song" 7" single on Youth Rendition Records. Brake left the group in 1994 and was briefly replaced by Dave Smith until Royce Nunley joined as the new permanent bass player. The lineup of Navarro, Lukacinsky, Nunley, and Grant would last for the next four years. This lineup reduced the band's name to The Suicide Machines and recorded the Skank for Brains split album with The Rudiments.

1996-2001: Hollywood Records years

In 1995 the band signed to Hollywood Records, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. 1996 saw the release of their first album, Destruction by Definition. Its blend of punk rock and ska brought the national attention in the midst of the mid-1990s punk rock mainstream revival. The single "No Face" became a minor hit on modern rock radio stations and the album was supported through extensive touring across the United States. They released a follow-up in 1998 entitled Battle Hymns, which continued their ska punk style while incorporating more aggressive elements of hardcore punk, with nearly all of its songs lasting under two minutes in length.

Following the release of Battle Hymns Grant left the band. He went on to play with numerous groups including Thoughts of Ionesco, The Vandals, face to face, and Telegraph before finding a permanent position in the Alkaline Trio. He was replaced by Erin Pitman for some touring before new permanent drummer Ryan Vandeberghe joined. In 2000 this lineup released The Suicide Machines, a more pop rock oriented effort that moved away from the ska influences of their earlier releases. They received some radio and video play for the single "Sometimes I Don't Mind" and performed on the Warped Tour that Summer. In 2001 they released Steal This Record, which continued their exploration of pop punk style while mixing in elements of their earlier ska punk and hardcore albums.

2002-2005: Side One Dummy years

Following touring in support of Steal This Record bassist Nunley left The Suicide Machines to start his own band, Blueprint 76, and was replaced by Rich Tschirhart. The band also ended their contract with Hollywood Records, fulfilling their contractual obligations by releasing the compilation album The Least Worst of the Suicide Machines. They then moved to the independent label Side One Dummy Records. Their next album A Match and Some Gasoline, released in 2003, found the band abandoning the pop experimentations of their previous two albums and returning more to the ska punk and hardcore styles of their earlier years. They also began to explore sociopolitical themes in songs such as "Did You Ever Get a Feeling of Dread?" and "Your Silence," which were critical of President George W. Bush's administration, its response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. They toured internationally in support of the album and again performed on the Warped Tour.

In 2005 the band released the album War Profiteering is Killing Us All, which continued their political themes by openly attacking the Bush White House, the continuation of the Iraq War, and conservative Republicanism. Navarro also launched his own record label, Noise Riot Records, and released On the Eve of Destruction: 1991-1995, a compilation of the band's early EPs, singles, and demos.

2006: Breakup and post-Suicide Machines activity

In 2006, while touring in support of War Profiteering is Killing Us All, the band abruptly broke up. Explanations given by the band members for this included Vandeberghe's desire to take a break from touring, which he did while friend Steve McCrumb filled for a performance at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on May 11. A tour of Mexico had been planned to follow this, and Navarro had suggested that the band perform its final shows that Christmas. However, interpersonal tensions came to a head after the Troubadour show when Lukacinsky refused to finish the tour. Lukacinsky himself further elaborated that the band had been planning to break up for some time.

Following the band's breakup, Navarro and Vandeberghe continued working with Left in Ruin, a band they had started as a Suicide Machines side project and had worked on and off with for almost 6 years. Vandeberghe also joined the new band Hifi Handgrenades. Lukacinsky, meanwhile, started his own band Bayonetting the Wounded. Navarro is currently fronting Hellmouth. Tschirhart is in The A-Gang.
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The Suicide Machines Lyrics


01 War Profiteering Is Killing Us All War profiteering (is killing us all!) Capitalistic intent g…
17% 18 to 25 Well maybe you do but maybe you don't Exercise your privileg…
9021Oh No! Me and This is so fucking weird It′s [Incomprehensible] more…
95% of the World Is Third World I am a common man, I use common words. This is…
All My People All my people right here and right now - Let's stop…
All Out Yeah what you gonna do when they find out What…
All Systems Fail They're changing the rules, the conduction and flow is They…
All The Way All my people right here and right now - Let's stop…
Anarchist Wedding No god's no masters no happily ever after We're throwing bri…
Awkward Always I'm having a hard time trying to communicate I'm standing in…
Babylon of Ours This world is set to explode for reasons that are…
Beat My Head Against the Wall I need some patience because I have none do I need…
Black & White World some persecute their brothers because of the color of their …



Black Tar Halo Been stealing hearts been stealing cars She's a wolf praying…
Bleeding Heart Just a blank and empty store - Another number stuck…
Bonkers I don't have a lot to say because I lose…
Bottomed Out How we love, we love to hurt ourselves How we live,…
Break The Glass Breaking¡­.myself There's something about myself I can't …
Bully in Blue If you are white then think about this! If you were…
Burning in the Aftermath Since 1989 it seems that everyone's forgotten a time when In…
Capitalist Suicide Free market trade will destroy itself, The way that we live…
Capsule A world so sad when there's no rebirth, it's weakening…
Cheers to Ya No matter who you are No matter where you've been It'll alwa…
Confused Skyscraper so call said They're choking out the sun And we'r…
DDT Destroy the world without a thought Destroy our lives with y…
Detroit Is the New Miami They deny the proven as we face extinction  Solid proof as…
Did You Ever Get A Feel [Chorus] Did you ever get a feeling of dread? That everythin…
Did You Ever Get a Feeling of Dread [Chorus] Did you ever get a feeling of dread? That everyth…
Did You Ever Get a Feeling of Dread? [Chorus] Did you ever get a feeling of dread? That everythin…
Empty Room Let your accusations fly When you find the need to lie To…
Empty Time Empty streets and empty hearts Empty cars and empty bars Emp…
Eternal Contrarian I say yes and you say no I say let's stay…
Extraordinary Sunny day in the park and we sit out on…
Face Another Day Still I'm having a hard time, but I'm keeping the…
Face Values You've got No friends and so you're lonely. It does not…
Flint Hostage Crisis Drinking water that makes you fucking sick left with no choi…
For The Day It's so hard to find what to say When there is…
Ghost on Sunset Strip He told all his friends that he's gonna move out…
Give I've got a million things going around in my head And…
Goatless Before us is an empty slate we can impress how we please …
Goodbye For Now So many things that I didn't get to say And…
Green I don't understand your problems, 'cause you got too many…
Green World If ignorance becomes you, then subscribe to the masses and J…
Hands Tied I've got my hands tied behind my back You know doing…
Hating Hate Hatred! a deadly disease it's pumping through the veins of e…
Hey Hey! What's goin' on? Hey! What went wrong? Hey! I…
Hey Ska Hey! What's goin' on? Hey! What went wrong? Hey! I don't k…
High Anxiety [Chorus] Well it's the high anxiety I'm a victim of Society …
High Society You took me home and You spent a half an hour…
Honor Among Thieves Runnin with the thieves yeah - And slumming with the…
Hope I'm trying to find my way home to you I'm gonna…
I Don [Chorus] I don't want to hear it, all you do is…
I Don't Wanna Hear It [Chorus] I don't want to hear it, all you do is…
I Don't Want to Hear It [Chorus] I don't want to hear it, all you do is…
I Hate Everything My systems down Got an overload of hate Got a…
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Along…
I Went on Tour for Ten Years... and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt Neatly polished up package - Do you think you have…
Impossible Possibilities I'm overwhelmed what can I do? with all this inspiration yea…
In The End What you see isn't what you feel And what you see…
Independence Parade It took some time But now I can see my faults And…
Insecurities Held back by walls of security, that I just could never…
Inside If you're fucked up on the inside, then you're fucked…
Invisible Government Do you know the world is run by big corporations Don't…
Islands You tell me that you've found a better way And…
It Ride free or die your laws don't apply gonna hop Your…
It's The End Of The World As We Know It That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and Snakes…
It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) That's great, it starts With an earthquake Birds and snakes,…
Its The End Of The World As We Know it That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and Snakes…
Jah Jah Jah Jah ...…
Junk Well I know that times are tough and it's hard…
Kaleidoscope Didn't I express my regrets about the Way things are and…
Keep It a Crime Ride free or die your laws don't apply gonna hop Your…
Leap Of Faith I wish I had faith in something I wish that I…
Little Home White picket fence and yeah that's me I've got a nice…
Look Before You Leap VERSE 1: I've got a million things going round in my…
Middle Way The road of life is paved with extreames Broken hearts and…
New Girl Well I can't wait to tell you all about her,…
No Face I know, they know Don't drink, drive slow Insane, no…
No Sale The wind was chill as we sat on the steps,…
Nuclear Generators Taken for granted, split the atom Make a chain reaction of…
Numbers Typewriters bang, Everyday it is the same Fact is These peop…
Off The Cuff Your shots are low you hit below the belt But you…
One More Time One more time Somebodies gotta kill One more time Is time…
Our Time I got no time! I got no time! How can…
Perfect Day When I wake up in the morning When the sun…
Permanent Holiday Well just today I was forced to say I'm going…
Pins And Needles how come! every time it seems that you make up your…
Politics of Humanity My blood runs cold when I think of the Condition of…
Potter's Song It's getting so hard to survive here An unaffordable life un…
Pre Fab People All my people right here and right now - Let's stop…
Punck It's PUNCK!…
Punk Out You're the only one in the world that you care…
Reasons toxic …
Rebellion Is on the Clearance Rack (And I Think I Like It) We're dying, We're dying out Dying art, dying sea Dying you…
Red Flag Drop out of mainstream society now Think about the world an…
S.O.S I take a look around, I don't like what I…
Scars Lately things they do not feel the same What we'll become…
Seized Up My friend Steve pissed away all his years 'cause he was…
Sides You're on your side, and you think that I'm on…
Simple This world is beautiful if you don't put up a…
Sincerity Some people'll tell you all about it They know everything…
So Long You never considered how I feel Show me something that's rea…
Someone Oh yeah I've been running all my life And I face the…
Sometime I Don There's something with the way you walk There's something …
Sometimes I Don't Mind There's something with the way you walk There's something t…
SOS I take a look around, I don't like what I…
Speak No Evil And I worked so hard to get ahead Just to fall…
Split the Time What were you doing when you did the things you…
Stand Up We gotta stand up - for what we believe in We…
Stay Promise not to forget this day Do you feel like this…
Steal This Record Neatly polished up package - Do you think you have…
Step One Compassion is at a stand still Desensitized this day, never …
Strike The division of society into two separate classes There are …
Sympathy One track minded you Bad habits are killing you Reaching out…
The Air We Breathe Why do you choose - To walk through life so…
The Change [Chorus] Hey you know that things can't stay the same Hey do…
The Fade Away I find it funny that we're at each others throats…
The Killing Blow What were you thinkning years ago When you did what you…
The Politics Of Humanity My blood runs cold when I think of the Condition of…
The Real You The word ¡°real¡± is defined as what really lies inside…
The Vans Song Well, you're just like a club fag wearing Doc Martens…
The_Suicide_Machines_-_16_-_So_Long you never considered how I feel show me something that's re…
To Play Caesar I ask why, I ask why do we all do…
Too Many Words When is there too much talk, too many words About…
Too Much When the extra weight hits my brain I feel like…
Trapped in a Bomb My phone rang at 4a.m.,  I could hear in your voice…
Unbreakable Friendships bloom but everything dies Seasons change its all…
Vans Well, you're just like a club fag wearing Doc Martens…
War Profiteering Is Killing Us All War profiteering (is killing us all!) Capitalistic intent g…
Well Whiskey Wishes Like quarters cast on failed wishes like bottle caps nights …
What I Like About You Hey Uh-uh-huh Hey Uh-uh-huh What I like about you You…
What You Say I don't need your criticisms I don't want you idealisms Sick…
With Sunshine I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Along…
Your Silence War for profit can nothing stop it punish those unloyal war…
Zero I'm not the same as I was when I was…


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