M'Lou Elkins
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
Granada Theater – 6/15/25 – Dallas, TX
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It was one of those sweltering summer nights in Dallas where the air feels like it’s made of lava and sweat, and what better way to embrace the heat than to be crushed shoulder to shoulder in the Granada Theater for a riotous night of Suicidal Tendencies? That’s exactly what went down as the legendary Venice, California crossover thrashers unleashed pure chaos to a packed crowd of punks, metalheads, and unsuspecting concertgoers who had no idea what they were about to get into.
Opening the show with the 1990 anthem “You Can’t Bring Me Down” off their classic Lights… Camera… Revolution! album, the energy exploded like a Molotov cocktail. Within seconds, a full-sized garbage can was crowd surfing like it had a backstage pass. If you’ve never seen a trash can flying overhead at the Granada, let me assure you: it’s the official sign that things are about to get absolutely unhinged.
With zero downtime, the band tore into “Join the Army,” “I Shot the Devil,” and “Freedumb,” a triple shot of sonic adrenaline that whipped the already rabid crowd into full-blown madness. Stage diving? Oh, you better believe it. We’re talking a revolving door of fans launching themselves off the stage like they were trying out for the punk rock Olympics. There were kids barely old enough to drive, grizzled punks with war stories in their eyes, women thrashing with the best of them, and at one point, a wildly twerking drunk woman who had to be gently removed from the stage. No one was safe, and everyone loved it.
Frontman Mike Muir, still commanding the stage with his signature hat and non-stop energy, preached his blend of street wisdom and self-empowerment. “You can’t love others until you love yourself,” he told the crowd, a line that resonated in a room packed with misfits and maniacs who somehow made that sentiment feel punk as hell.
And let’s talk about the low-end thunder coming from Tye Trujillo, the 21-year-old bass prodigy and son of Metallica’s Robert Trujillo. Tye isn’t just riding legacy coattails, he’s a monster talent in his own right, throwing down slap-happy, funky, and ferocious grooves like he was born with a bass in his hands. The kid’s got the chops, the swagger, and the Cyco DNA to carry the torch forward.
In one of the most Texas moments of the night, the band teased a quick snippet of “Deep in the Heart of Texas” before launching into the feral thrash of “Cyco Vision,” because if you’re going to burn down the house, you might as well wave the state flag while doing it.
The setlist spanned 15 songs of pure chaos, closing out the night with the band’s 1983 breakthrough hit “Institutionalized.” And in true Suicidal style, they invited fans from the crowd to join them onstage for the final blowout. It was a full-circle, sweaty communion of punk, metal, and unfiltered Cyco energy that left the Granada stage looking like a warzone of grins and bruises.
Suicidal Tendencies didn’t just play Dallas. They detonated it. And as the crowd spilled into the night, shirts ripped, hearts full, it was clear that this wasn’t just a concert. It was a beautiful, ridiculous, unforgettable act of punk rock catharsis.
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