''Mediocre Generica'' is the debut studio album by the American punk band

Leftöver Crack Leftöver Crack is an American punk rock band formed in 1998, following the breakup of Choking Victim. The band is currently signed to Tankcrimes for CD releases, and Alternative Tentacles for vinyl releases. Leftöver Crack spans several di ...

. It was released on September 11, 2001 and includes much sociopolitical commentary, including anti-police sentiment,

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and anti-

homophobia Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitude (psychology), attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual. It has been defined as contempt, prejudice, aversion, h ...

. The album was originally intended to be titled ''Shoot the Kids at School'', which

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objected to. As

Stza Scott Sturgeon, also known as Stza Crack or simply Stza ( ; born March 4, 1976), is an American musician and artist who has fronted several ska-punk bands in the New York City area, the best known being Choking Victim and Leftöver Crack. The st ...

said in an interview, "They wanted mediocre generic artwork and they wanted a mediocre generic title, so I called it ''Mediocre Generica'' and I guarantee you the irony was lost on

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". This has been cited as one of the main reasons that

made the move to the much smaller label

Alternative Tentacles Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label established in 1979 in San Francisco, California. It was used by Dead Kennedys for the self-produced single " California Über Alles". After realizing the potential for an independent label, t ...

. The album was coincidentally released on the same day as the

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, and during the introduction on the band's next release, ''

Fuck World Trade ''Fuck World Trade'' is the second album by American punk band Leftöver Crack, released in 2004 on the Alternative Tentacles label. The album continues the band's self-defined status as anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-capitalist, and anarcho-c ...

'', this album is referred to as "the tower-toppling Mediocre Generica".

Track listing

Personnel

* Scott Sturgeon - vocals, producer *

Ezra Kire Ezra Kire (born Ezra Cannon, December 30, 1975) is an American musician with the punk band Morning Glory (band), Morning Glory, and is an ex-member of punk bands Leftöver Crack, Choking Victim and INDK, InDK. He currently resides in New York Ci ...

- additional vocals, guitar *

Alec Baillie Alec Baillie (died November 10, 2020) was an American bassist. He played in the bands Choking Victim, Agent 99, and Leftöver Crack. Biography Baillie grew up in Manhattan and attended the same high school as his future bandmate Scott "Stza" ...

- bass *

Ara Babajian Ara Babajian (born July 9, 1972) is an American drummer who has been a member of such bands as Leftöver Crack and The Slackers. Etymology Ara is of Armenian descent, and is named after Ara, an Armenian king. Career Together with Dunia Be ...

- drums *Pezent Shayne Webb - piano *Deston Berry -

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

*Hilary Allen - Hammond organ *Lady Jericha -

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organ *John Dolan - harmonica (track 13) *Christopher LaSalle - trumpet (track 13) *Kenny Lienhardt - engineer *Mike Trujillo - engineer *Kevin Bartley - mastering *Seth Oleneck - photography *Lorien Babajian - layout *Joel "Rage" Garcia - additional layout

Release history

References

External links

* * 2001 albums Leftöver Crack albums Hellcat Records albums {{2000s-punk-album-stub