Motley Crue - Generation Swine
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Free Music Review: give these boys some credit
Hit: 3 Stars
I finally got a hold of this one, and I have to say I am fairly impressed. I give the Crue a lot of credit for trying to move their sound forward. My problem with Nikki is that he seems to copy other people's sounds too blatantly instead of really trying to establish his own sound. There are a lot of punk influences here, and you can tell that he is also trying to capture both Marilyn Manson-types and younger alternative rock fans. But punk, alternative and Manson are very different and distinct sounds that can't be just copied and thrown together on a CD. Not to mention that when you toss a ridiculous song like "Brandon" into the mix, you are going to alienate a lot of people. The song is a nice gesture, Tommy, but save it for the nursery, ok? These boys need an identity, and they need to be proud of it instead of just mimicking the trends. Sadly, Vince's voice does not jibe with the tunes in this collection either, but that's a whole other story...Free Music Review: A MINOR LETDOWN...
Hit: 3 Stars
I expected more with the return of Vince Neil...but apparently, on this album, the Crue was too busy trying to distance themselves from what they do best...guitar driven, tongue in cheek, loud, in your face rock 'n roll. There's no "Dr. Feelgood" "Girlsx3" or "Don't Go Away Mad" on here. The strongest tracks are Glitter (even though the Hits version is alot better), Confessions, Rat Like Me, and Let Us Prey. If you're a rock fan, it's worth the bucks, but don't expect a classic like Dr. Feelgood or Shout at the Devil. Hopefully the boys will get it right next time...anyways, CAN'T WAIT TO CATCH 'EM ON TOUR THIS SUMMER!!!Free Music Review: could be better
Hit: 3 Stars
some of you reviewers embarass me as a crue fan. especially the poser who is no longer a crue fan because of this album. good, we dont need you anyway(fair weather fan). shout 97 was the saviour of this album. its the primary reason i listened again and again...the only reason i learned the other songs. probably my least fav crue album..but you dont turn you back on your band cuz they put out a less than perfect (in your opinion) album. shout is nikki's creation..he can do/redo it any way he wants to...i thought it rocked...although i do not care for the album as a whole. still a crue fan till the end.Free Music Review: A couple of high voltage metal-industrial tunes.
Hit: 3 Stars
The best songs on this album are Find myself, let us prey, the new shout, anybody out there,flush and generation swine. the rest of the songs are weak in my opinion.The songs find myself and Prey are industrial-heavy metal thunder. It sounds like a mix of NINE INCH NAILS, METALLICA AND Zombie. If u do not like the above bands then this album is not for you.All in all this is an experimental album.Free Music Review: Pseudo Industrial Pap with a handful of strong moments
Hit: 2 Stars
When I first bought this album in 1997 I would have given it 0 stars. At a time when the market for happy fun rock & roll was sorely lacking, it could not have been more of a letdown to find out that the band that ushered in an era of filthy, raucous, and beautiful heavy metal turned into what may as well have been a NIN cover band - but with less originality!
Now listening to this album, it does not strike me as being as bad as all that. In fact, there are some strong moments in here if you can trudge your way through the muck:
1) Find myself - Good anthemic grunge-tinged rocker.
4) Flush - By far the best song on this record - has a memorable riff and some structure.
Now.... the problems:
Vince is not Vince. The guy's voice is buried in the back of all of the pro-tools, synths, and sequencers used to record this album, and only on one or two songs does he let loose with anything resembling attitude. The explanation for this is that - allegedly - most of these songs were written for Corabi, while he was still in the group as a matter of fact, and Vince Neil could not fit his voice into the mold that was already cast.
And speaking of synths - people can sound enlightened all they want by making ridiculous statements about how the group was trying to grow with this sound. Bollocks! The Crue were trying to remain relevant and gain airplay with this sound - it had nothing to do with growth or originality. How could it? It aspired to sound like everything released at the time. From Ministry to White Zombie to Sonic Youth to Smashing Pumpkins - the most reactionary sounds of the Industrial Grunge of the 90's - it's all here in grandiose quantities for anyone who wishes to celebrate their transcendent exploration of new sounds!
Also, production is super-polished - there is so much going on in each song with all the swirling synths, sequencing and the like, it's hard to close your eyes and envision the group playing any of these songs live at times. Add to that a ridiculous ode to Ministry and Atari Teenage Riot in "Anybody Out There" and an embarrassingly sappy ballad "Brandon" that is completely out of step with the rest of this dreadful album and you have an album which is to the Crue what "The Elder" was to Kiss - a train wreck punctuated with a few accidentally good moments.
What is interesting is that by all accounts, Sixx, Mars, and Lee were basically strong-armed by the Electra brain trust to fire Corabi and rehire Vince Neil at the time this album was made, and that really comes through here. Would this have been a better record with Corabi? I don't know. But as it stands, there is no resemblance of chemistry, fun, or anything else that made this band worth paying attention to here - just recycled grunge and industrial riffs with an overwhelming amount of effects.
There is no growth to be had here. Crap is crap and that's what the majority of this album is. For diehard fans only.