{"product_id":"blank-generation-a-story-of-us-canadian-punk-its-aftershocks-1975-1981-various-5cd-book-set-cd","title":"Blank Generation: A Story Of Us - Canadian Punk \u0026 Its Aftershocks 1975-1981 \/ Various - 5CD Book Set (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eFive CD 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. This five CD includes 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.). 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\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Hell ; the Voidoids - Blank Generation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Ramones - Rockaway Beach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Television - Friction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Modern Lovers - Someone I Care About\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Dictators - Cars and Girls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Dogs - John Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Brats - Be a Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Crime - Hot Wire My Heart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Poly Styrene Jass Band - Drano in Your Veins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pere Ubu - Final Solution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Killer Kane Band - Mr. Cool\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Marbles - Red Lights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sneakers - Condition Red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Blondie - Rip Her to Shreds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Suicide - Rocket USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Suicide Commandos - Match\/ Mismatch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Patti Smith Group - Pissing in a River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mirrors - Shirley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e John Berenzy - Vice Verses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Residents - Satisfaction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Devo - Come Back Jonee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Destroy All Monsters - Bored\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Avengers - We Are the One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Twinkeyz - Aliens in Our Midst\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Mumps - Crocodile Tears\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Scruffs - My Mind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tommy Hoehn - Blow Yourself Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Randoms - Let's Get Rid of New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Dils - Mr. Big\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chris Stamey ; 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