# Suicidal Tendencies — Institutionalized

Suicidal Tendencies’s Institutionalized (1983) is No. 6 in our Hardcore Punk ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1983
- **Label:** Frontier
- **On one list:** Hardcore Punk
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31
- **Artist:** [Suicidal Tendencies](https://waxonia.com/artist/suicidal-tendencies/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/suicidal-tendencies--institutionalized/

## What we say

### No. 6 in [Hardcore Punk](https://waxonia.com/genre/hardcore-punk/)

A spoken monologue about a boy whose parents think he is on drugs when he only wanted a Pepsi. Hardcore's one genuinely funny classic, and it still lands.

## Listen

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