The Generators coalesced from the ashes of the defunct Schleprock. A moderately successful act, Schleprock unfortunately burned itself out by spending too much time on the road and this led to a breakup which was followed by loss of label (Warner) support. While on the surface this may have seemed a disappointment things had come full circle for the lads after their stint in the majors so Doug Dagger and Dirty Ernie decided to head back to the garage to make music for fun. They recruited old friend Mike Snow from The Choice, co-opted the Doo's mother's garage and started jamming. Something clicked in that garage and The Generators created a romping, rollicking signature sound that put big, rock and roll guitars into punk rock and that claims influences as diverse as The Ramones, The Clash, The Jam, and The Who. A "just for fun" demo found it's way into the hands of Triple X Records and suddenly The Generators burst out of the garage and onto the scene with their debut release Welcome to the End. The critics loved it, comparing the band favorably to everyone from The Clash and The Jam right through to Sham and The Upstarts. Mainstream audiences were given a taste of the band's sound as well when the Corona Beer Company asked them to re-record the song City of Angels for a radio commercial. It didn't pay well, but the band did receive a year's supply of beer! The Generators then picked up steam by releasing a European-only 10" titled Ninety Nine and headed over to Germany to play in front of sell out crowds. They returned to the States to tour in support of bands like Cocksparrer, The Business, The Angelic Upstarts, The Dickies, DOA, and many more. Their tour schedule however, wasn't so busy that they couldn't take time out to get into the studio and record their second release, Burning Ambition, for Urgent Music LTD. Unfortunately there were some distribution difficulties and Burning Ambition (soon to be re-released) didn't make it out to many of the bands growing fan base. This minor setback didn't slow them down though and a show in San Francisco brought them to the attention of up and coming label TKO Records. TKO put them back together with producer Rich Mouser (Less Than Jake, Oleander, Schleprock, and Imperial Teen to name a few) and they crafted their dynamite third release Tyranny. Tyranny took the band back to England where they were invited to play the main stage of the 25th Anniversary of punk celebration at the annual Holidays in the Sun Festival. Another sell out European tour followed Holidays in the Sun and The Generators are now back in the States making plans for an East Coast tour in the Fall (2001). With Tyranny hitting record store shelves everywhere in States, The Generators are set to give the US a good shaking up - don't delay, GET GENERATED TODAY!