Various Artists
We're Not Generation X
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Released May 1999
See below for Track listing and Press Reviews

GC's first CD release. True bedroom label feel. Sounds courtesy of demos sent from bands and artists from all over the world! Art by none other than Winston Smith of Dead Kennedys fame.

TRACK LISTING

1 Kill The Scientist: And Who May I Ask Are You?
2 Populace: New One
3 E,S.L?: Smile
4 Sweet Sixteen: Hide And Seek
5 Free Verse: Red And Blue
6 End Of Ernie: Pogo Pigs
7 Micro Midas: The Finger
8 Mighty Bloodfang: Experiment: Case #1
9 Thee Outcasts: Pinche Cabrones
10 Angry Little Man: Walmart
11 Cheva: D.P.
12 Intro5pect: RKN.RLL
13 Litmus Green: I Hate the Lord (Live)
14 Madder Mortem: He Who Longed...
15 Lucid Nation: Privilege
16 Charlie Don't Surf: Society's Favourites
17 Scavenger B.C.: School Of Assassins
18 Angel Containment: Operation Market Garden
19 Katastraphobia: Incubation (Live)
20 A.O.K.: Fuck Authority
21 Limbeck: Sex, Drugs and Potato Chips
22 Besk: Krossa
23 Bankrupt: Listen
24 Cornucopia: The Kill That Makes You Suffer
25 The James Taylor Experience: Build 5150
26 Toastboy 23: Ignoramus (The Short Short Mix)
27 Sagaw-Yeh-Sawket: Hezbolah (w/ K.T.S)
28 Hometown Heroes: Crazy Converse Kids
29 Peter Pan's Army: Inequity

::REVIEWS::

An interesting eclectic compilation that is really all over the place. From spoken word and experimental noise assaults, to ripping punk and pretentious ego rock, the gamut is run. This is an international comp, but most bands are from the US, a few from Belgium, Sweden, etc. The quality varies, as the liner warn, and you'd best heed that admonition if it matters to you, cuz they're not kidding. The faster punk stuff is decent, but I just think this comp, while the spirit is truly punk rock, could have been thought out a little better. Great cover art by the wonderful Winston Smith makes this almost a must have, though.
(SB) HITLIST, Vol 2, Issue #2, June/July 2000

29 bands on this comp. Many from different parts of the world. Highlights for me were Free Verse (US) who sounded like 80's new wave punk, hip hop from The Mighty Bloodfang (US) who reminded me of Company Flow, and Charlie Don't Surf (Belgium) who do fast hardcore. There's really all kinds of styles represented here which with this many bands makes it a music sampler more that anything else.
HEARTATTACK, Issue #24 November 1999

If your parents are anything like mine, you’ve heard them exclaim, “You call this music? Well, back in my day, blah, blah, blah.” Or how about adults complaining, “Your music all sounds the same. ”While I must admit that the majority of the shit they play on commercial radio does sound the same, that does not mean that we, who have been labeled “Generation X,” are all the same. Be it experimental, rap, gothic rock, alternative, synth pop, industrial or some good ol’ fashioned punk, music has proven to be a great unifier for our doomed generation. G.C. Records’ first compilation album, featuring 29 different bands from all across the United States as well as from around the world, has captured the spirit of individuality and acceptance, in its quest to denounce a brave new world. What’s more is that the highly detailed cover was done by Winston Smith, the artist who designed many of the Dead Kennedys’ and Green Day’s albums. How much cooler can you get than that? Representing the Orange County underground scene are none other than the punk rock mofos ESL?, Hometown Heroes and AOK, as well as the experimental noise of Kill the Scientist, Toastboy23, Introspect, Sweet 16 and the James Taylor Experience. Who could forget the ever-so-poppy punk of Limbeck. Those bands alone are enough to cause quite a stir. However, it is the diversity of the album as a whole that has created such an avalanche, as the rest of the world allows their 20-something voices to be heard. The compilation features the Belgian bands End of Ernie and Charlie Don’t Surf, Bankrupt from Budapest and Tijuana’s very own Scavenger B.C. The outcome: a glorious representation of our rebellious counterparts around the globe. Whatever your taste in music is, you are guaranteed to find something you love on this album. Whether you like profuse sampling, political lyrics, or sing-along fun, this album is a necessary element to any bona fide music collection.
(HN) NEW UNIVERSITY Newspaper, April 1999