Suicidal Tendencies anniversary

September 13, 1988: Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today - Epic Records

"How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today is the third studio album by American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies. It was released on September 13, 1988 on Epic Records, the band's first album on that label. It was also their first album recorded with guitarist Mike Clark and their only release with bassist Bob Heathcote, who was replaced by Robert Trujillo in 1989. It is considered to be an essential release in the genre by Revolver." -Wikipedia

"How Will I Laugh... represents a critical step in Suicidal Tendencies' stylistic evolution, in that it captures the band abandoning most of their full-fledged punk influences in favor of a more thrash-oriented sound. One begins to hear this stylistic shift in this album's predecessor Join the Army, with 'How Will I Laugh' delivering a distinctly more defined metal sound, with more complex and lengthy songs, and better production values ... The addition of a rhythm guitarist Mike Clark (who had played with vocalist Mike Muir in No Mercy, which was supposed to originally be a metal-only side project) changed the band's style heavily as well. Clark wrote much of the music for this album and gave lead guitarist Rocky George more soloing time, thus creating another factor in this album and future albums' more metal-oriented sound." -Wikipedia

Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow