Puppets Of War / Reality / LSD / Lies
Recorded during the UK ‘Apocalypse Now’ tour which also included Anti Pasti, Exploited, Discharge and a band from Tunbridge Wells who are not important in any way whatsoever. Hitchin and Stevenage’s favorite sons and Bowes Lyon House regulars Chron Gen going through their mid tempo melodic punk rock, commenting on drugs, war, drugs, violence and a few more drug songs thrown in just in case you missed any earlier songs on drugs! Plus a ‘shock value’ (ooohhh) rendition of Smokey’s ‘Living Next To Alice’.
Fanzine pages taken from Rising Free number 4 1981, concern Gez Lowry (soon to become Chron Gen’s manager) tales of being on the road with the band during this tour.
Mike
January 20, 2008 at 12:35 pmOh its great to hear this again after all these years. I had this once but my ever unreliable cassette deck had this one for breakfast. Thanks alot for yet another great upload.
Chris Low
January 21, 2008 at 1:19 amI saw the Apocalypse Now tour in Glasgow but Chron gen were always one of those bands I just didn’t ‘get’. Just a bit too poppy and polished for me, i s’pose. Sorry.
Nic
January 21, 2008 at 12:30 pmYes, same here Chris: I saw them a couple of times on the ‘Apocalypse Now’ tour and had the same thoughts – too tuneful and melodic…
(Mind you, I was only there for Discharge! 😉 )
Penguin • Post Author •
January 21, 2008 at 1:51 pmHey Nuzz where are you man? It’s two against one here – the nasty people are picking on me, sob, sob! Need you to spread the word on the greatness of Chronic Generation…
Nuzz
January 21, 2008 at 9:00 pmHey guys leave the poor penguin alone, nowt wrong with a bit of pop tunefulness, this tape rawks. I’ve heard they’re playing a gig at a place called the Ivy Leaf Club in somewhere called Langford which I think’s near Biggleswade on 26th Jan, much as I love some of their stuff don’t think I’ll bother, what about you penguin?
Penguin • Post Author •
January 22, 2008 at 12:38 amNice one Nuzz, the unbelievers run away, your a rock mate…Chron Gen reforming? Sounds like a pretty rough night out. Think my memory of the band will suffice for now. If they played somewhere in North London I may well be up for it!
Gez Lowry
March 6, 2009 at 11:16 pmWell guys, just to let you know that Chron Gen will be playing on May 9th 2009 at Club 85 in Hitchin Herts to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their formation and to raise a bit of money for Cystic Fibrosis. Support will come from The Bleach Boys, Eastside Jimmy and The Shotgun Sinners. So get down and get with it!
Cheers Gez.
Penguin • Post Author •
March 10, 2009 at 11:03 pmHi Gez, I used to read Rising Free quite a bit and liked Chron Gen, reckon I will be up in Hitchin on that date. Bowes Lyon was always a doss in those early to mid 80’s days.
dan i
March 13, 2009 at 8:24 amI liked Chron Gen at the time, and they impressed me a lot more than The Exploited on Apocalypse Now (altho the other bands on the bill rocked big time). I am sure I saw them at the 100 Club supported by Black Flag. Altho Black Flag’s records left me a bit cold, live they were awesome. As Henry and the boys from LA played 2 sets, Chron Gen had a very tough act to follow that night.
austen
August 16, 2009 at 10:41 amhas took me right back to my youth,for i was there a fourteen year old full of piss and wind green hair and had just painted the army life cover on my leather jacket met wattie who said it was cool and signed it was on cloud nine remember chron gen just walking round the hall chatting to all the punks really laid back cool guys, have been to hundreds of gigs in the last 25 years but the memories of that night stay with me forever
amanda cannon
May 4, 2010 at 8:56 pmHi Gez how are you remember me? I was a good friend of Gub. My surname was Love now married used to live in Hitchin, left for South Africa, helped you with Vic of the Pest album cover. Hope you are all well, miss u guys.X