In their essay The Grim Emotional Legacy Of 1970s Parenting, writer Jae L asserts the idea that it was a "golden era of parenting by benevolent neglect".
They argue that "it was entirely possible to be emotionally neglectful while appearing to the world as a model parent provided you kept a nice home and sent your children out the door fully clothed."
So, by the time the '80s rolled around, it's reasonable to assume that there was a generation of emotionally battered, self-reliant young adults who'd grown up with a resistance to authority baked into their DNA. And look at that, the California punk scene was full of their swinging limbs.
Hailing from Venice Beach, Suicidal Tendencies had been a hardcore band for just a few years when they recorded their self-titled debut album.
While Mike Muir has previously described his childhood as "fortunate," he cast a wider net when writing the lyrics for Institutionalized. Clocking in at 3:50, his half-spoken, half-shouted words help create a spiralling panic attack of a song which was composed by their then-bassist Louiche Mayorga.
