''Through The Darkness'' is the third album by

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band

D Generation D Generation (also known as DGen) are an American glam punk band formed in 1991 in New York City. They released three albums and several EPs, to much critical acclaim, before breaking up in 1999. In 2011 the band reunited for a series of show ...

. It was their second released via Columbia Records, and their last release until 2016. It is the only D Generation album without founding member and guitarist Richard Bacchus, who was replaced by

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. The album was produced by T. Rex and

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producer

Tony Visconti Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's " Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of man ...

. Drummer Michael Wildwood's writing credits on "Lonely" and "Cornered" are listed under his actual name of "Michael Reich." D Generation broke up a month after its release; the band eventually regrouped to record a new album, '' Nothing Is Anywhere'', which was released 17 years later, in 2016. "Helpless" was taken from the record as a single; the single appeared in the movie ''

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''.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that the album's "relentless power chords could light up all of Times Square."

Track listing

#"Helpless" (

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) - 3:33 #"Every Mother's Son" (Malin) - 2:46 #"Hatred" (Malin, Danny Sage) - 3:19 #"Rise & Fall" (Malin) - 2:53 #"Only a Ghost" (Malin) - 4:04 #"Lonely" (Malin, Sage, Howie Pyro, Michael Reich) - 4:09 #"Good Ship Down" (Malin, Sage) - 3:23 #"Sick on the Radio" (Malin, Sage) - 3:30 #"Chinatown" (Malin, Pyro) - 2:09 #"So Messed Up" (Malin) - 3:31 #"Sunday Secret Saints" (Malin, Todd Youth) - 3:03 #"Cornered" (Reich) - 3:25 #"Don't Be Denied (

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) -16:27 # "Violent Love" (Malin; an unlisted track which begins at the 10:00 mark of Track 13)

Personnel

;D Generation *

- vocals *

- guitar *

Howie Pyro Howie Pyro (born Howard Kusten, June 28, 1960 – May 4, 2022) was an American bass player. He was a founding member of The Blessed, Freaks, D Generation, and PCP Highway. Pyro was also the bass player in Danzig from 2000–2003. Biography P ...

- bass * Danny Sage - guitar * Michael Wildwood - drums

References

{{Authority control D Generation albums 1999 albums Albums produced by Tony Visconti Columbia Records albums