Jet Generation | ||||
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Released | Japan, 21 January 1999 U.S., 22 June 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1998–1999 | |||
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Length | 36:17 | |||
Label | Ki/oon (Japan) KSC2 259 Matador (U.S) [1] Ole 331-2 | |||
Producer | Guitar Wolf | |||
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Jet Generation is the sixth studio album by Japanese rock band Guitar Wolf. [4] [5] It was released in Japan on 21 January 1999 and in the U.S. on 22 June 1999.
The album is labeled with a disclaimer sticker that semi-humorously states, "Warning: this is the loudest album ever recorded. Playing at normal volume may cause irreparable damage to stereo equipment. Use at your own risk". It includes a cover of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues". [6]
Exclaim! wrote that "while so many other great bands dry up or go soft over time, it's great to hear Guitar Wolf pounding it out like it's still their first rehearsal". [7] The Village Voice declared that "Guitar Wolf are a regular (albeit mildly psychotic) guitar-bass-drums rock band, who excel at the most primal sort of no-frills trash-rock". [8] CMJ New Music Report deemed the album "raw, rebellious and sonically nihilistic". [9]
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