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Release
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Generator was released on 3/13/1992 on Epitaph Records, although it had already been completed in the spring of 1991. The reason for delay was the band not being happy with the artwork and packaging; they went through a few ideas and waited for a long time to get some finished ideas that they event... Read more
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Song writing
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Brett: "It was time to change, I was bored (...) we did it in a different studio, but as far as the songwriting, it was a deliberate effort to try something different".
Jay: "The songs themselves were becoming more intricate, because Greg and Brett were both phenomenal songwriters (... Read more
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Album title
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The album was already recorded when the band decided on its title. Brett admitted he was thinking about "The Generator", but as Graffin put it, that was too Yes; Yes had an album called "Big Generator."
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Recording
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Generator was recorded in ten days in May 1991. It was recorded almost live in the studio, because Brett had moved Westbeach Recorders to larger premises, and for the first time ever, the entire band could play in the studio at the same time.
There was hardly any preparation or rehearsal befo... Read more
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Artwork
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The epigraphs (quotes) next to the songs in the lyric booklet were Greg Graffin's idea. Brett: "(...) I think it was pretty clever, and he thought it would be something that was thought-provoking. He has a lot of research materials at his disposal because he's a teacher, so I'm not sure how we... Read more
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Demos & unreleased songs
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For both Brett's and Greg's songs several demos exist, of which one didn't make it onto the album:
Brett's songs (which were also used for a 7" bootleg called "Generator Demos"):
Generator
Atomic Garden
Greg's songs:
Inner Dream (unreleased)
Chimaera
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Trivia
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On the back sleeve of the CD, track #5 is written as "Two Babies In The Dark". However, on the print on the LP it's just "Babies In The Dark".
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Re-release
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Generator was re-released on 4/6/2004. This digitally remastered version contains two bonus tracks, the original recordings of "Fertile Crescent" and "Heaven Is Falling", which first appeared on the split 7" New World Order: War #1 with Noam Chomsky, released in 1991.
Rece... Read more
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Reception
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One week after the release, Generator reached #49 on the German charts.
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