Groove Family Cyco

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox album | name = Groove Family Cyco / Snapped Lika Mutha | type = studio | artist = Infectious Grooves | cover = Groove Family Cyco.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1994|3|29}} | recorded = 1993 | venue = | studio = Titan Studios, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California<br>Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, California (drums) | genre = Funk metal | length = 41:15 | label = 550 Music | producer = Michael Vail Blum, Infectious Grooves, Dhogcru | prev_title = Sarsippius' Ark | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Mas Borracho | next_year = 2000 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r194271|pure_url=yes}} link] | noprose = yes }}

'''''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.

== Recording == The album was recorded at Michael Vail Blum's Titan Studios in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, except the drums which were recorded at Sound City Studios. It was produced by Infectious Grooves and Michael Vail Blum, mixed by Paul Northfield at Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, and mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering.<ref name=":0">''Groove Family Cyco / Snapped Lika Mutha'' (1994) Epic: BK 57279. (CD release)</ref>

== 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.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music|author=Larkin, C.|date=1995|volume=3|publisher=Guinness Pub.|isbn=9781561591763|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wdAzAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref><ref name=blabbermouth>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/suicidal-tendencies-frontman-on-rumored-gang-affiliation-being-only-original-member/|title=Suicidal Tendencies Frontman On Rumored Gang Affiliation, Being Only Original Member|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=November 30, 2018|date=November 26, 2008}}</ref> Mike Muir later stated that Rage Against the Machine's guitarist, Tom Morello, provoked the feud by attacking Suicidal Tendencies.<ref name=blabbermouth/> 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.<ref name="google2">{{cite book|title=The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock: The All-new Fifth Edition of The Trouser Press Record Guide|author1=Robbins, I.A.|author2=Sprague, D.|date=1997|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=9780684814377|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nH9oejneZtQC|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref>

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

== Credits == Sourced from the CD liner notes:<ref name=":0" />

'''Infectious Grooves''' * Mike Muir – vocals * Robert Trujillo – bass * Dean Pleasants – guitar * Adam Siegel – guitar, artwork * Brooks Wackerman – drums '''Technical personnel'''

* Michael Vail Blum – Producer, Engineer * Dhogcru – Executive Producer, Additional Production * Paul Northfield – Mixing * Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – Mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering * Kenny "Biscuit" Komisar – A&R Representation * Dave Gottlieb – Product Manager * Chris Cuffaro – Photography * Zimbo – Art Direction

== Charts ==

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1994) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|19|artist=Infectious Grooves|accessdate=March 6, 2018}} |}

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:1994 albums Category:Infectious Grooves albums Category:550 Music albums