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Doug Kane Sir Doosky Mike Snow Ted Hahn Marco Duarte Steven Reese Chris Loya Barry Monroe Teddy Shrader Lou Guzman Johnny Slash "Dirty" Ernie Berru Don Osterberg Bryant Ortega Brandon Lutz Armando Del Rio Manny Murders Ace Von Johnson Rich Santia Danny Damned Sean Romin Greg Millan
The Generators were a punk rock band from the United States formed in Los Angeles in 1997. The original line-up featured vocalist Doug Dagger (Doug Kane), guitarists Mike Snow and Sir Doosky (Eric Ortega), drummer "Dirty" Ernie Berru, and bassist Rich Richards (Rich Santia).
Following the breakup of the 1990s punk rock band Schleprock, The Generators were formed in Los Angeles in 1997.[1]
The Generators released their debut album, Welcome to the End, on Los Angeles-based Triple X Records in 1998.[2] By 2001, the band had released a seven-song EP titled Ninety Nine, and two more albums: Burning Ambition on Urgent Music Ltd and Tyranny on TKO Records.[3][4]
During the European leg of the Tyranny tour, Berru and Ortega temporarily left the band. Snow and Kane recruited drummer Mike Clark and began working on a new EP. Ortega rejoined the band before the recording session for the EP State of the Nation, released on TKO Records. In 2002, guitarist Mike Snow left the band. This coincided with the return of Berru as drummer. With Kane and Ortega as primary songwriters, the band released the albums Excess, Betrayal... and Our Dearly Departed in 2003, and The Winter of Discontent in 2006. Throughout these changes, Kane, Ortega, and Ernie remained band members.
Bassist Teddy Hahn and guitarist Ace Von Johnson joined the band prior to the release of The Great Divide in 2006 and remained with the band during their subsequent tour that ended in 2008.[5]
In 2009, Ernie Berru and Teddy Hahn left the band. Derek O'Brien of Social Distortion handled recording duties on the next album and Brandon Lutz replaced Hahn as their bassist. The resulting album, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, was recorded and released via German label People Like You Records. A summer Europe tour with The Damned followed the album's release. During the tour, Ace Von Johnson left the band following a disagreement with Kane.
In 2010, Ortega left the band for personal reasons, leading to a restructuring of the band's line-up in 2011. It included the return of Mike Snow, former Schleprock guitarist Sean Romin, and drummer Lou Guzman. The band recorded and released their eighth studio album Last of the Pariahs under DC-Jam Records.
In the following years, the band experienced additional line-up changes and released more music including the 2013 six-song EP The Deconstruction of Dreams (Concrete Jungle Records) and the 2014 album Life Gives Life Takes(Randale Records).
During a hiatus in 2014, Kane and Snow started a side project called Bedlam Knives, releasing a 7-inch record on Dr. Strange Records. At the same time, Ortega, Ernie, and former Generators' bassist Brandon Lutz formed a project called NeuAllies, releasing an EP that same year. Both Bedlam Knives and NeuAllies disbanded in 2015.
The band returned in 2016 with the album Earn Your Stripes, released on Randale Records. [6] The album was followed by a split EP titled Blood, Sweat & Glory with the British band Crashed Out, whom the Generators also toured with. [7] In 2017, The Generators released the single "Street Justice"[8] and announced their upcoming album, Broken Stars & Crooked Stripes, set for release in 2018.
The Generators had another hiatus in 2019, during which Kane reunited with his 1980s Oi! band, Doug & the Slugz.
The Generators pictured by Edward Colver in 1997Eric Ortega
Reunion
On September 20th, 2022, the band announced a reunion of its original 1997 line-up via social media, scheduling shows through the end of the year and focusing the set on material from their first three releases.
Following the reunion dates, Kane, Ortega, and Snow reunited with former member Ted Hahn (bass) and Marco Duarte (drums), who had previously filled in on tours. The line-up appeared at the Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival in Las Vegas in 2023 and undertook a European tour the following summer (2024).
Death of Doug Kane
Doug Kane died on May 30, 2024 at the age of 56 from cancer.[9] Shortly before his death, the band decided they would not continue as The Generators in his absence.[10]
The band's social media pages are active to this day, functioning as an archive for The Generators and Doug Kane's work.
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