Lights...Camera...Revolution!

Lights... Camera... Revolution! is the fifth studio album by American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, which was released in 1990. This was the final Suicidal Tendencies album to feature the Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu lineup, which many fans feel was technically the strongest lineup the band has had to date. Drummer R.J. Herrera would leave before the recording of their next album.

Lights... Camera... Revolution!
Studio album by
Suicidal Tendencies
ReleasedJuly 3, 1990
RecordedDecember 1989 – April 1990
Studio
  • Rumbo Recorders (Canoga Park, California)
  • Amigo Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length42:52
LabelEpic
Producer
Suicidal Tendencies chronology
Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu
(1989)		 Lights... Camera... Revolution!
(1990)		 The Art of Rebellion
(1992)
Singles from Lights...Camera...Revolution!
  1. "You Can't Bring Me Down"
    Released: 1990
  2. "Send Me Your Money"
    Released: 1990
  3. "Alone"
    Released: 1991
  4. "Lovely"
    Released: 1991

Music and lyrics

This album shows the band straying further away from their roots as a crossover thrash band and beginning to solidify themselves more and more as a thrash metal band. The song arrangements are more complex, as are the lyrics. This was also the first Suicidal Tendencies album to display heavy funk influences, which can be attributed to the input of new bassist Robert Trujillo.

Cover art

The album cover was taken at the Vista Theatre located at 4473 Sunset Drive in Los Feliz.[2][3] It shows Mike Clark, R.J. Herrera and Robert Trujillo standing on top of the theater behind the "Vista" sign, while Rocky George and Mike Muir appear on the top right window of the building.

Release and reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Village Voice[5]

Singles off this album included "You Can't Bring Me Down", "Send Me Your Money", "Alone" & "Lovely". The video for "You Can't Bring Me Down" received much MTV airplay, and was largely responsible for the success of this album. It was certified gold a few years later. It was also nominated for the "Best Metal Performance" Grammy Award in 1991, losing to "Stone Cold Crazy" by Metallica, whom Trujillo would join in 2003. Loudwire's Eduardo Rivadavia later ranked Lights...Camera...Revolution! at number seven on their top ten list of "Thrash Albums NOT Released by the Big 4".[6]

AllMusic's Alex Henderson described the record as "one of its [the band's] best albums ever" and "a disc that no Suicidal fan should be without," further writing: "Not since the mid-'80s had the L.A. band sounded this confident, focused and inspired."[4] The Village Voice critic Robert Christgau noted the track "You Can't Bring Me Down" as a choice cut from the album.[5]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Can't Bring Me Down"Mike Muir, Rocky George5:50
2."Lost Again"Muir, George5:16
3."Alone"Muir, Mike Clark4:24
4."Lovely"Muir, Clark, Robert Trujillo3:45
5."Give It Revolution"Muir, Clark, R. J. Herrera4:22
6."Get Whacked"Muir, Clark4:23
7."Send Me Your Money"Muir3:24
8."Emotion No. 13"Muir, George3:43
9."Disco's Out, Murder's In"Muir, Clark, Herrera3:07
10."Go'n Breakdown"Muir, Clark4:39

Credits

Trivia
  • The song "Disco's Out, Murder's In" is a reference to La Mirada Punks, a brutal hardcore punk gang from Southern California who is also influenced by the band
  • "Send Me Your Money" was written about evangelical television networks and references the Bakkers in particular.

Chart positions
Chart (1990) Peak
position
The Billboard 200 101

References
  1. "Suicidal Tendencies - Lights...Camera...Revolution!". punknews.org. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  2. "Lights...Camera...Revolution!". Rock & Roll Roadmaps. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  3. "ST no cinema". stillcyco.wordpress.com. October 5, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  4. Henderson, Alex. "Lights...Camera...Revolution! - Suicidal Tendencies". Allmusic. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
  5. Christgau, Robert (May 7, 1991). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  6. "Top 10 Thrash Albums NOT Released by the Big 4". Loudwire.com. October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
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