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Richard Hell and Voidoids - Blank Generation .gif) By Steve Knopper
If the title track didn't sum up an entire generation, it certainly
captured the frazzled swagger of early punk rock. Launched from New York
City's famous C.B.G.B. nightclub, the Voidoids released this debut in
1977, around the same time as Television's Marquee Moon. A rewrite
of an old cornball Beat song, "Blank Generation" echoes the Sex
Pistols's cries of "no future." "Love Comes in
Spurts," the 1977 album's other classic, is a double-entendre both
playful and menacing. The rest is the sound of Hell's nervous voice
rubbing up against Robert Quine's equally nervous electric guitar playing
and an unyielding rhythm section.
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| 1. Love Comes in Spurts | 7. Blank Generation | | 2. Liars Beware | 8. Walking on the Water | | 3. New Pleasure | 9. Plan | | 4. Betrayal Takes Two | 10. Another World | | 5. Down at the Rock & Roll Club [Alternate Version] | 11. I'm Your Man | | 6. Who Says? (It's Good to Be Alive) | 12. All the Way |
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"The description of *Blank Generation* you've chosen to use here bothers me every time I see it because it's inaccurate. *Blank Generation* does not "echo" the Sex Pistols in any way. The song was written and being performed two years before the Sex Pistols existed! It's the Sex Pistols who "echo" *Blank Generation*!" --Punkboy |
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|  | Artist: Richard Hell and Voidoids
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| | Released: May 19, 1977
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