Cyco Miko

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Cyco Miko
General information
origin Los Angeles , California , United States
Genre (s) Crossover , hardcore punk
founding 1995
Founding members
Mike "Cyco Miko" Muir
Adam Siegel
guitar
 Dave Kushner
Dave Silva
Greg Saenz
Live and session members
guitar
 Steve Jones
guitar
 Dean Pleasants

Cyco Miko is the side project of the suicidal tendencies singer Mike Muir . "Cyco Miko" stands for "Psycho-Mike" and is Muir's nickname.

history

The starting point for Cyco Miko was the dissolution of Suicidal Tendencies in 1995 and the return of the post to other employment of the individual members. There was no time for the implementation of ideas deviating from the concept of suicidal tendencies due to the fact that the members were busy, so they decided to take this step and were quickly involved in new tasks. Ultimately, the separation did not last long, because in 1997 the band reunited.

Muir originally wanted to take the Infectious Grooves musicians into the studio for the album debut . Infectious Grooves had been a side project of Suicidal Tendencies since 1991. But since he received a rejection from bassist Robert Trujillo , he dropped the plan and looked for new people. He thought of guitarist Adam Siegel, who had previously worked for Infectious Grooves. Since his youth he played together with Greg Saenz, whom Siegel now brought in as a drummer. In the last band together called My Head, they were supported by bassist Dave Silva, who conveniently joined them right away. Another friend of Muir, guitarist Dave Kushner, was invited and within 48 hours the new band had acquired 16 Muir compositions. By the time of the recording, the repertoire had increased to 22 pieces, half of which ended up being on the Lost My Brain! (Once Again) made it. Ex- Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones can also be heard on seven tracks , who was subsequently asked to contribute. When Trujillo first heard the album, he is reported to have said to Muir that he regretted his absence. For this they agreed to do a joint Infectious Grooves / Cyco-Miko world tour, with both groups performing in the same line-up. The sequence of appearances was then based on whether Lost My Brain had already appeared in the country in question or not. The work was released in Germany on September 21, 1995, but Cyco Miko performed before Infectious Grooves in November. The musicians each wore T-shirts with the band name that was applicable at the time.

After the reunion of Suicidal Tendencies there was no opportunity for a second album for a long time. The only thing that came out was compilations or split albums, which were conceptually difficult to distinguish from one another. It wasn't until 2011 that the regular second album The Mad Mad Muir Musical Tour (Part One) was released . Guitarist Dean Pleasants was involved in some of these releases (and therefore also in Cyco-Miko songs) .

style

While the style names in Discogs vary from album to album (certainly also because of the involvement of various band projects on some albums) and include funk metal , heavy metal , speed metal , hardcore and punk , Allmusic describes this as “punk-funk-metal- Mixture ”together. "Punk-Funk-Metal" was also the formula in the Metal Hammer . The indicated combination is commonly referred to as “ crossover ”.

The Ox-Fanzine said: “Punk rock, and there are melodies too. Not sugary and sweet, but rather bitter, but that doesn't bother Muir. What bothers Muir, however, is the name “punk rock”. This applies to Green Day and anything that is called the same would be equated with Green Day and viewed as a fad. In Muir's spirit, Metal Hammer editor Henning Richter expressed himself in his review of the debut album. The offered punk style is based on the unpolished original English style, not on the mass-compatible contemporary punk style à la Green Day and The Offspring . The singing varies between “straightforward” and “crazy”. The adjective “straight” was also used by MusikWoche , which was “amazed” by the “straightforward mixture of hard guitar riffs, throbbing rhythms and the unmistakable singing of Mike Muir”.

In the Horror Infernal , Christian Prenger rated the style as "much more punk" compared to suicidal tendencies. Cyco Miko goes to work powerfully and without frills. Unfortunately, there is a lack of variety in the face of “simple songs”, he thought. “(Ram)” did not describe any style in the Musikexpress and only reported that the live performance was “hard as a board and soulless”.

Discography

  • 1995: Lost My Brain! (Once Again) (Album, Epic)
  • 1997: Suicidal Friends & Family ( compilation of songs from various bands with Muir's participation, Suicidal Records)
  • 1999: Schizophrenic Born Again Problem Child (compilation of songs by various bands with Muir's participation, Suicidal Records)
  • 2008: Year of the Cycos (compilation of songs from various bands with Muir's participation, Suicidal Records)
  • 2010: Funk It Up & Punk It Up: Live in France '95 (Split-Live-Album with Infectious Grooves, Suicidal Records)
  • 2011: The Mad Mad Muir Musical Tour (Part One) (Album, Suicidal Records)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Suicidal Tendencies dissolved! In: Metal Hammer. The international hard rock & heavy metal magazine . June 1995, Hardfax, p. 7 .
  2. ↑ a b [Uwe] "Buffo" [Schnädelbach]: Cyco Miko. A new chapter . In: Rock Hard . No. 102 , November 1995, pp. 68 f .
  3. ^ Henning Richter: Suicidal Tendencies. Withdrawal from resignation . In: (Hard Rock & Metal) Hammer . October 2000, p. 70 f .
  4. ↑ a b Cyco Miko. Lost My Brain! (Once Again) . In: MusikWoche . The news magazine for the music industry. No. 39/1995 , September 25, 1995, new items. Also ..., p. 19 .
  5. ↑ Ulrike Rechel: Two T-shirts, two styles. "Cyco Miko / Infectious Grooves" inspire . In: Darmstädter Echo . November 30, 1995, p. 39 .
  6. ↑ Dean Pleasants. Credits. In: allmusic.com. Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
  7. ^ Phil Freeman: Cyco Miko / Infectious Grooves / Cyco Miko. Funk It Up & Punk It Up: Live in France '95. AllMusic Review by Phil Freeman. In: allmusic.com. Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Metal Hammer presents Cyco Miko + Infectious Grooves . The international hard rock & heavy metal magazine. In: Metal Hammer . November 1995, Hard Fax, pp. 7 .
  9. ↑ Joachim Hiller: Cyco Miko. Lost My Brain! CD. In: ox-fanzine.de. 1995, accessed on December 4, 2016 (from # 21).
  10. ^ Claudio Flunkert: Cyco Miko. Fun in joy . In: Horror Infernal . Heavy metal magazine. No. 61 , November 1995, p. 36 f .
  11. ↑ Henning Richter: Cyco Miko. Lost my Brain (Once Again) . The international hard rock & heavy metal magazine. In: Metal Hammer. November 1995, Reviews. Wood and plastic, p. 58 .
  12. ^ Christian Prenger: Cyco Miko. Lost My Brain (Once Again) . In: Horror Infernal . Heavy metal magazine. No. 61 , November 1995, p. 46 .
  13. ↑ (ram): Cyco Miko. Hamburg, market hall . In: Musikexpress / Sounds . No. 480 , January 1996, Concert, pp. 82 .

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