Suicidal Tendencies is a hardcore punk band, which started in 1981 in Venice, California. Since their start, they had a lot of members come and go. Their lead singer Mike Muir is their only permanent member. They are credited by many as one of "the fathers of crossover thrash". Today, Suicidal Tendencies have released nine studio albums, one EP, four split albums, five compilation albums, and two long-form videos. They have not released an album of original material since 2000's "Free Your Soul and Save My Mind". But they released a small number of new songs that had not been released before on the split/compilation albums "Friends & Family, Vol. 2" (2001), "Year of the Cycos" (2008), "No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family" (2010) and "The Mad Mad Muir Musical Tour" (2011).