"The Generation Gap" is a song by

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Hoodoo Gurus Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner (songwriter, lead singer and guitarist) and later joined by Richard Grossman (bass), Mark Kingsmill (drums), and Brad Shepherd (guitar, vocals, ha ...

. It was released in December 1988 and peaked at number 50 on the

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. In June 2000, Dave Faulkner said "... we persuaded Rick Grossman to join, contributing his tremendous bass skills ... Almost immediately we were in the studio recording a single-only release 'The Generation Gap', a song originally recorded by Jeannie C. Riley (of "

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" fame). I changed a couple of lines to suit myself but the ones about grown-ups getting stoned were from the original.".

Track listing

;7" single (RCA Victor – 104977) # "The Generation Gap" (Charlie Craig, Betty Craig, Jim Hayner) — 3:40 # "Jungle Bells" (Faulkner) — 3:36

Personnel

Credits * Dave Faulkner — lead vocals, guitar * Richard Grossman — bass, backing vocals *

Mark Kingsmill Mark Adrian Kingsmill (born 4 December 1956) is an Australian rock musician. He has drummed with several bands including the Hitmen (1979–84), New Christs (1983–84), the Screaming Tribesmen (1984) and Hoodoo Gurus (1984–98, 2003–15). H ...

— drums *

Brad Shepherd Bradley Mark Shepherd (born 1 February 1961) is an Australian rock musician. Shepherd is a guitarist, singer-songwriter and harmonica player; he has performed with several bands, especially Hoodoo Gurus. Biography Early life Shepherd was born ...

— guitar, backing vocals

Charts

References

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