Teengenerate

{{Short description|Japanese punk rock band}}

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| image = Teengenerate.jpg

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| caption = 1995. Out-take for the album Get Action!.

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| origin = Tokyo, Japan

| genre = Punk rock, garage punk, garage rock

| years_active = {{start date|1993}}–{{end date|1996}}
{{start date|2005}}

| label = Verve, Estrus, Lance Rock, Crypt, Sympathy for the Record Industry

| associated_acts = Firestarter, Supersnazz, The Raydios, The Tweezers, The Tom Boys, West Side Jet Boys, Fifi and the Mach III, American Soul Spiders

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| past_members = Fifi
Fink
Sammy
Shoe
Suck

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Teengenerate were a Japanese punk rock band from 1993 to 1996, known for their fun style of playing garage punk with a sense of humor and often incomprehensible English lyrics. After disbanding for a time, some of its members (Fifi, Fink and Sammy) went on to start the band Firestarter. At the time of their split, Teengenerate consisted of Fink (guitar, vocals), Fifi (guitar, vocals), Sammy (bass) and Shoe (drums). Their original drummer was called Suck. In 2005, Teengenerate reformed for a series of shows worldwide, gaining new fans and gathering old ones back into the fold. Other past bands that featured Teengenerate members include: Fifi and the Mach III, the Raydios and the Tweezers.[http://www.ononswitch.com/bg/articles/misc/teengenerate.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123035511/http://www.ononswitch.com/bg/articles/misc/teengenerate.html|date=January 23, 2010}} The Teengenerate song "My GTO" was used in the 2000 film, Wild Zero, directed by Tetsuro Takeuchi.{{Citation |title=Various - Wild Zero |date=8 September 1999 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/12411409-Various-Wild-Zero |language=en |access-date=2023-02-09}} The Teengenerate song "My Girl Dressed in Black" was also featured in the 2022 film, "Sam Now", directed by Reed Harkness.