The scene in Suburbia where Razzle (played by Flea) shoots a cockroach cost $50, and was one of the most expensive in the film. The insect was specially trained and had its own handler.

The TR house was actually a group of condemned houses that were demolished to create the Century Freeway (I-105). The house was under eminent domain but the freeway wasn't finished for almost 15 years after the film. The freeway they eventually built was featured in Speed (1994) as the freeway under construction where the bus is seen racing over the unfinished chasm.

Suburbia is also known as Rebel Streets and The Wild Side.

Spheeris cast real life punk bands DI, The Vandals, and T.S.O.L. to play in Suburbia.

With the exception of Chris Pedersen (Jack) and Bill Coyne (Evan), none of The Rejected kids were professional actors.

Suburbia was the acting debut of Flea (from The Red Hot Chili Peppers). He went on to appear in other movies such as My Own Private Idaho (1991), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), and The Big Lebowski (1998).

Spheeris claims that Suburbia was half paid for by Roger Corman and "some dude from Cleveland who had a furniture chain paid for the other half".

In the scene where the kids are driving around trying to find sod to lay out in front of the televisions, Jack mistakenly calls out to Flea (a.k.a., by his real name), to which Flea replies, "My name is Razzle, man."

In the scenes where the Citizens Against Crime are shooting the wild dogs, Spheeris used trip wire to make it seem like the dogs were being shot.

Compiled by Millie de Chirico

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Commentary on Suburbia DVD by Penelope Spheeris
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