Suicide Machines

Detroit ska-punk band the Suicide Machines went from grassroots beginnings to time on major labels and back to their independent roots, every phase of their lengthy career marked by explosive live shows. Their debut album concurred with a wave of punk revivalism that was happening in the mid-'90s, and a tour opening for Rancid solidified their place in that wave. The band moved from a mixture of hardcore and ska on their first two albums into a more pop-punk sound, then into incorporating scathing political commentary into the lyrics and subject matter of later albums like 20...