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Through the Darkness

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Lead Performance: D Generation; Genre: Rock

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By Tom Sinclair

Tom Sinclair

Tom Sinclair is a senior writer for EW and has been called "the handsomest man in rock criticism'' (by his wife)

D GENERATION Through the Darkness (C2/Columbia) Gnarly riffs, hectoring vocals, melodies that stick to your brainpan, and the implicit commitment to rock as a way of life are what these New York scuzzballs are all about. Filled with near-perfect three-minute gutter-guitar symphonies, D Gen's hard 'n' hooky third album offers the most convincing argument yet for these cats as the last, best hope for this sort of stuff. On ''Rise & Fall,'' Jesse Malin proclaims, ''I'm not Joe Strummer, honey.'' Maybe not, but Malin and his boys are certainly Joe's spiritual kin. A-

Posted Feb 19, 1999

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