{"product_id":"blank-generation-a-story-of-us-canadian-punk-blank-generation-a-story-of-us-canadian-punk-cd","title":"Blank Generation: A Story Of Us - Canadian Punk - Blank Generation: A Story Of Us - Canadian Punk [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003e5CD set bringing a comprehensive, big-tent look at the early years of punk rock in the US and Canada. Over six hours of music. Includes benchmark tracks by the scene's most influential bands plus many rare singles making their first appearance on CD. Named after Richard Hell's epoch-defining anthem, 'Blank Generation' documents the emergence in North America of what came to be labelled punk rock. A year or two prior to punk exploding in the UK, bands who'd been playing live in venues like New York City's CBGB started releasing records, often on independent labels, as an antidote to the prevailing disco and corporate soft rock which dominated the US charts. This five CD reflects those influential NYC bands - Patti Smith Group, The Ramones, Television, Blondie, The Voidoids, etc. - as well as the scene's other pioneers such as Pere Ubu and The Dead Boys (both Cleveland, Ohio), Dead Kennedys and Crime (San Francisco), Devo (Akron, Ohio), The Germs and The Weirdos (Los Angeles) and Mission of Burma (Boston, Massachusetts). 'Blank Generation' offers a deliberately broad definition of punk, encompassing contributions from such outré acts as Suicide, The Cramps and The Residents through to new wave\/power pop combos (Sneakers, Chris Stamey \u0026amp; the dB's, etc. ). Also present are contemporary recordings by some of the mavericks who inspired punk - Destroy All Monsters (Detroit) boasted ex-members of The Stooges and The MC5 and The Heartbreakers and Killer Kane Band spun off the New York Dolls. While the US punk scene was arguably always more diverse musically than that of the UK, the music evolved quickly, as evinced by the choices heard on Discs 4 and 5. Many of the acts here such as X, The Replacements, The Feelies, Redd Kross, The Dream Syndicate, The Gun Club and Minor Threat would make an even greater impact as the 1980s wore on. It's hard to overestimate the seismic shocks caused by the music on 'Blank Generation', not only on everything in alternative music which followed in North American, from the 80s hardcore scene and the music heard on the whole alternative college radio network through to grunge and beyond. And yet this era has never before been treated to a comprehensive retrospective of this kind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Hell ; the Voidoids - Blank Generation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ramones - Rockaway Beach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTelevision - Friction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Modern Lovers - Someone I Care About\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dictators - Cars and Girls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dogs - John Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Brats - Be a Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrime - Hot Wire My Heart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoly Styrene Jass Band - Drano in Your Veins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePere Ubu - Final Solution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKiller Kane Band - Mr. Cool\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarbles - Red Lights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSneakers - Condition Red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlondie - Rip Her to Shreds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuicide - Rocket USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Suicide Commandos - Match\/ Mismatch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePatti Smith Group - Pissing in a River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMirrors - Shirley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Berenzy - Vice Verses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Residents - Satisfaction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevo - Come Back Jonee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDestroy All Monsters - Bored\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Avengers - We Are the One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Twinkeyz - Aliens in Our Midst\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mumps - Crocodile Tears\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Scruffs - My Mind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTommy Hoehn - Blow Yourself Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Randoms - Let's Get Rid of New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dils - Mr. Big\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChris Stamey ; 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