GENERICS - Cost Cutter 7" twee And of course it sets

And of course it sets the template for Johnny Marr's work in the morose and far-inferior Smiths

Side two keeps the fire burning

once again bound together by the mystery sounds and collage much loved on Zingers

A world of contrasts that is the product of the artist's active imagination and conscious effort to confront the subconscious

The album opens with a sprawling 12 minute track of atmospheric bestiality - the persistent and repetitive nature of which immediately casts a disorienting

GENERICS - Cost Cutter 7" twee And of course it setsHighly recommended. The Generics were a group shrouded in the darkest corners of punk rock obscurity. Only 200 copies of their lone 7" single, 'The Bitt' b w 'Cost Cutter' were pressed in 1983 with the majority of copies being pre sold and distributed to their Junior High School classmates! It wasn't until 2019 that a collector turned up a copy of the 7", eventually locating a band member that had the foresight to copyright the record back in '83. A