Groove Family Cyco

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Groove Family Cyco / Snapped Lika Mutha
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 29, 1994
Recorded1993
Genre Funk metal
Length41:15
Label 550 Music
Producer Michael Vail Blum, Dhogcru
Infectious Grooves chronology
Sarsippius' Ark
(1993)
Groove Family Cyco / Snapped Lika Mutha
(1994)
Mas Borracho
(2000)
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Groove Family Cyco / Snapped Lika Mutha is the third album by Infectious Grooves, a 1994 concept record about a family of crazy people (the 'Cycos'). The "Violent & Funky" music video appeared in Beavis and Butt-head.

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Music and lyrics

"Do What I Tell Ya!" criticizes the band Rage Against the Machine, who are well known for expressing anti-corporate, left-wing politics in their lyrics, but are signed with Epic Records, a subsidiary of Sony, a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation. [1] [2] Mike Muir later stated that Rage Against the Machine's guitarist, Tom Morello, provoked the feud by attacking Suicidal Tendencies. [2] The song was written in 4/4, and takes a straight rock music approach, while the rest of the album combines elements of hard rock, funk and punk rock. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Violent & Funky" (Muir, Pleasants, Siegel, Trujillo) – 4:19
  2. "Boom Boom Boom" (Muir, Pleasants, Siegel, Trujillo) – 4:07
  3. "Frustrated Again" (Muir, Trujillo) – 2:59
  4. "Rules Go Out the Window" (Muir, Pleasants) – 4:27
  5. "Groove Family Cyco" (Muir) – 4:19
  6. "Die Lika Pig" (Muir, Siegel, Trujillo)– 3:14
  7. "Do What I Tell Ya!" (Muir, Siegel) – 4:57
  8. "Cousin Randy" (Muir, Trujillo) – 5:39
  9. "Why?" (Muir, Siegel) – 4:00
  10. "Made It" (Muir, Pleasants, Trujillo) – 4:32

Credits

Band

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [4] 19

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