D Generation

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Early promotional shot of the band.
Origin New York City
Country United States
Years active 1991–1999
Genres Glam punk
Garage rock
Labels Chrysalis Records
Columbia Records
Members Jesse Malin
Richard Bacchus
Georgie Seville
Howie Pyro
Belvy K
Danny Sage
Michael Wildwood
Todd Youth
Joe Rizzo
Esko Poldvere
David Matos
For other uses, see; D Generation (disambiguation)

D Generation (also known as DGen) were a glam punk band formed in 1991 in New York City. During its history the band released three albums, to much critical aclaim. The group's sound blurred the lines between punk rock, glam rock and garage rock.

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[edit] History

The original line-up for D Generation consisted of vocalist Jesse Malin, who had previously played with New York band Heart Attack during the 1980s. Along with guitarists; Richard "The Atomic Elf" Bacchus and Georgie Seville, bassist Howie Pyro, and a drummer Belvy K. Seville and K were shortly replaced by Danny Sage and Michael Wildwood, respectively.

[edit] Debut release

The band first signed with Chrysalis Records, with whom they released their debut album D Generation. Despite a generally favourable critical reaction, the album failed to garner high sales. The band, however, did earn a spot on the Airheads soundtrack in 1994 (a cover of "Degenerated" by Reagan Youth ), but the movie's director felt Jesse Malin's voice did not fit the face of Brendan Fraser, so Brendan was asked to overdub his vocals.

The second D Generation album, titled; No Lunch
The second D Generation album, titled; No Lunch

[edit] No Lunch, and tours

Feeling that Chrysalis wasn't supporting them and their debut release properly, the band abandoned their contract and moved to Columbia Records, releasing their second album, No Lunch on the label in 1996. The Cars frontman Ric Ocasek produced the record. Around this time D Generation played shows supporting such bands as Social Distortion, Ramones, and KISS. Shortly after, Bacchus left the band, and was replaced by ex-Murphy's Law and Agnostic Front member Todd Youth. The band was forced to tour Europe with Green Day in early 1998.

[edit] Through The Darkness: Band split

D Generation then recorded their third album: Through the Darkness, this time with David Bowie and T. Rex producer; Tony Visconti. However, once again the album failed to reach the sales that were hoped for, despite scoring the lead-off single on the soundtrack of the very popular film The Faculty just a few months prior.

Just prior to the tour in support of that album, Todd and Micahel left to form the short-lived band Chrome Locust with bassist Jin Hennghan, and released one self-titled album before breaking up. For the tour, the band recruited drummer Joe Rizzo and Richard Bacchus briefly returned on guitar, and was then replaced during the band's last few dates by Jim Wallerstein. The group disbanded after playing their final show in their hometown at Coney Island High on April 21, 1999.

[edit] Post-D Generation

After the demise of DGen in 1999, Jesse, Howie and Joe Rizzo formed the band PCP Highway with guitarist Esko Poldvere. The band recorded a number of demo tracks and toured the east coast of the United States in their formative year. During the beginning of 2000, Howie Pyro was offered an invitation to join Glenn Danzig's band (which then included former D Generation member, Todd Youth on guitar), Pyro accepted and PCP Highway disbanded; a planned album, titled "Dreamless", was never released.

Meanwhile, Bacchus was performing with his new project, Vasquez, which included Eric Kuby on drums and former Hanoi Rocks bassist Sami Yaffa. This group released an independent EP titled "Two Songs".

Malin began playing a series of solo shows and released a self-produced EP titled "169" in 2000. However, by the end of that year, Malin had re-teamed up with Esko and Joe Rizzo, along with bassist Johnny Pisano, to form a new band which was initially called Tsing-Tsing (a handful of shows were played under that name) and then re-christened Bellvue. Together they released one album, "To Be Somebody", in April of 2001 on Goldenseal Records. This album was re-released in October of 2001 with a slightly different tracklist. The following year, Bellvue disbanded, and Jesse revivded his solo career, releasing the Ryan Adams produced "The Fine Art of Self Destruction", in late 2002, followed by "The Heat" in 2004. He is currently at work on his third album.

Currently, Bacchus is recording and touring as a solo artist and still plays the occasional gig with Vasquez (now called The Luckiest Girls) and has released one independent CD titled "The Bicycle Diaries". Howie Pyro and Todd Youth have also both left Glenn Danzig to pursue other projects. Danny Sage relocated to L.A. after DGen broke up and is currently working on a solo album.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] EP

  • Prohibition - (1998)

[edit] Singles

  • No Way Out - (1993)
  • Wasted Years - (1993)
  • No God / Degenerated - (1994)
  • She Stands There - (1996)
  • Capital Offender - {1997)
  • Helpless - (1998)
    • Re-released in 1999.

[edit] Members

[edit] Classic line-up

  • Jesse Malin - vocals
  • Richard "The Atomic Elf" Bacchus - guitar
  • Howie Pyro - bass
  • Danny Sage - guitar
  • Michael Wildwood - drums

[edit] Other members

  • Georgie Seville - guitar
  • Belvy K - drums
  • Todd Youth - guitar
  • Joe Rizzo - drums
  • Esko Poldvere - guitar
  • David Matos - guitar, keyboards

[edit] External links

[edit] Band

[edit] Members

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