Album · Suicide Machines
The Suicide Machines by Suicide Machines
The Suicide Machines is an album by Suicide Machines, released in 2000. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Sometimes I Don't Mind”, on 7 lists with a best position of #64.
The Suicide Machines, the Detroit band's third album and a self-titled one at that, came out on Hollywood Records in 2000, and it's a swerve. The skank-and-thrash of the ska punk and hardcore records before it is mostly gone; in its place are big pop hooks and shiny alternative-rock guitars, enough that plenty of listeners filed it under pop punk. Jason Navarro still yelps up front, with Dan Lukacinsky on guitar, Royce Nunley on bass and Ryan Vandeberghe making his first album appearance on drums.
"Sometimes I Don't Mind" got a video and climbed to 22 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart, and the closing "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" had first surfaced on the soundtrack to the 1999 movie SLC Punk. The radio-friendly detour didn't last: the band soon swung back to its ska punk roots and a harder, more political bite.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Suicide Machines on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sometimes I Don't Mind | 7 | #64 | – | 2000 | |
| 2 | I Never Promised You A Rose Garden | 2 | #57 | – | 1999–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.