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D Generation

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I was looking forward to this cd and it came very fast, even before I thought. The package was nice and product was even better than I was expecting. It's really reliable... thanks!!!

As far as I know, there's nothin' wrong with playing some rock n' roll, and D Generation do just that, with a bit of punk and a hint of sleaze thrown in for good measure. They may not be the most talented musicians I've ever heard, but they play with energy and passion, and sometimes that's good enough in rock n' roll. It won't win any awards, but this is a fun record and enjoyable to listen to, which will impress on occasion, with a killer second half ("Wasted Years" and "Ghosts"...and especially "Vampire Nation").

Rock on!

mix Cheap Trick's first record with Aerosmith's Rocks, plus a dash of The Ramones - and you have D-Gen's debut. couldn't have been released at a worse time for the band, the very strange mid-nineties. no one knew what to do with them: they were too punk and weird for the masses, yet not punk enuff for punk snobs. the industry didn't know what to do with them, either - and the album got buried. the only down-side, and someone else here mentioned it: the production isn't stellar, and fails to capture the band's amazing live energy. but even that can't hide the hooks galore. and Jesse Malin's lyrics seperate D-Gen from any hair-metal comparisons (and i like hair metal). if you like catchy hard rock, buy this album...

Funny, I originally bought the cassette of their first recording "D Generation" when it first came out94,95, mostly due to the song "No Way Out", (I swear, when I first heard this song on the radio I thought it was Alice Cooper singing, no lie!!), I always liked the tape but it was one of those that I never played much, just ever so often. But here it is 2006, I was looking thru some of my old tapes and I came across this one, so I thought, ok, its been over 8yrs since I listen to, lets just see how lame this old tape sounds. Guess what, it doesn't!!! As matter of fact I've played this tape almost everyday, I've have played in more in these two weeks then I did when it was new!! These guys totally rock!! I really dig the vocals and the guitar riffs and I still love listening to "No Way Out" and yep, he still sounds like Alice to me. So for me, I like D Generation alot more now then back then. Kinda like a fine wine gets better with age.

That guy that wrote the long review is not a liar. I have been into these guys since `95 and they do it right. This first album is a must have and you will listen to it for the rest of your life. It just rocks out, no kidding.
-Honest vocals about what it is like to be in a underappreciated, heavy drinking, down in hole rock band.
-The best lead and supporting guitar combination to ever be considered punk.
-All this with a scream of I'M ALONE! that is going to make your spine tingle.

This 1994 CD was their first of three albums. It's pure rock for punk purists. It reminds me of The Dead Boys at their best. Jesse Malin's sneering vocals even reminded me of the late Stiv Bators at times. I need to pick up their next two albums. These guys should have been playing The Rat circa 1980.

Wow, what can you say about a band like DG? They rocked, punked, glamed, and out did so much of the musicial wasteland in the 90's. If you like guitar, it's there; snarly vocals, there; great drum/bass combo, ditto. They had some of the best production on the planet, including Black Sabbath knob job Tony Visconti. Why they weren't one of the biggest bands on the planet? Crappy record label support has to be the reason, and perhaps the only reason. Touring w/a whos-who of rock, (Green Day, Kiss, Social D), and having great stage show/presence, this band was a "contender".

Enjoy all 3 CDs now while they are in print; bands like the Heart Attacks, etc., etc., have been influenced by these guys. Just plain ol' Kick Ass RNR...

Congratulations. You've just discovered D-GENERATION, one of the greatest bands that deserved to be HUGE, but no one ever heard of. It's about time you stumbled across this band.

D-Generation were one of the only bright spots in the 90's while crappy grunge bands, the unlistenable rap, and (gag) nu-metal ruled the day. Thses guys rocked, and they rocked HARD!

These New York punk, sleaze, rockers were so muthertrucking awesome, I could barely contain my body from rocking itself into a paraplegic wheelchair bound state of rock-n-roll ecstacy. They were THE BEST band in the 90's. Forget Nirvana, Korn, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or any other bands who claim to "rock." D-GENERATION blew all those bands away just from the opening lick on this album.

They came onto the scene with a debut record, this one simply titled D-GENERATION, that should've rivaled Guns-N-Roses for most kickass debut album ever! Remember when you first heard "Welcome to the Jungle" and though "holy moses, that songs is soooooo awesome!" Well D-Generation's first song, and opening track "NO WAY OUT" is just as good. It should be a classic song on the same level as that song. The guitar lead and hook is sleaze rock perfection. The lyrics, simply poetic.

There is not one crummy song on this record. Each song pulls you in, rocks your socks off, and leaves you wanting more like a crack addict who can't get enough of the good stuff. If MTV (P.S. you guys suck) and radio would've give this band the exposure they DESERVED, grunge never would've happened and real ROCK would still rule the Earth, and not the pretenders that did and still pass as Hard rock or rock, for that matter today.

Find this CD, and buy it, and you will not be disappointed. If you like bands like The Wildhearts, Backyard Babies, Guns N Roses, The Ramones, Motley Crue, and AC/DC, then you will be down with one of my favorite undiscovered, but great bands, D-GENERATION.

Buy this album and become DEGENERATED!

I can't understand the positive reviews for this turkey! I bought this when it came out, and it sounds more like Pretty Boy Floyd or Britny Fox than any glam-punk band I've ever heard. Even the band hated it! The songs as written aren't that bad; the production seems to be the culprit here. Four of these songs were re-recorded for their second album, "No Lunch", and the improvement is phenomenal! That album has much earthier production, and is better played. Avoid this, and get their other two albums instead. At least they actually SOUND punk! This band was basically an updated Dead Boys, but this album is simply 'Dead'!