Jet Generation

e of the more interesting developments of the international indie rock scene in the 1980s and '90s was the way the Japanese--avid fans of American pop culture--chewed up and spit back Anglo musical traditions in the form of bands like Shonen Knife, Zoobombs and countless others. The raw, unfettered nature of punk lends itself particularly well to this kind of deconstruction and redefinition, as exemplified by Japan's Guitar Wolf on JET GENERATION.
With a sound far grittier and dirtier than the most lo-fi U.S. garage bands, Guitar Wolf blazes through 13 songs that make the Ramones and Minor Threat sound like the Moody Blues. The frenzied, guttural shrieking stands to prove that unintelligible punk-rock shouting is the Esperanto of rock & roll. The raging guitars sound like they're in a race with the drums to see which can reach the end of the song first. JET GENERATION is pure, unadulterated punk rock at its manic best.|