Generation Swine (International Version)

Call it the return of the prodigal son, as Vince Neil is restored to the mike stand after a one-album hiatus. GENERATION SWINE brings Motley Crue into the '90s by recasting their sound in the post-industrial mold of Nine Inch Nails and Ministry. The Crue try to revamp their image and sound by employing Skinny Puppy's Dave Ogilvie to mix half of the album and swapping their spandex and leather for black vinyl and nail polish in the booklet's photos.

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Call it the return of the prodigal son, as Vince Neil is restored to the mike stand after a one-album hiatus. GENERATION SWINE brings Motley Crue into the '90s by recasting their sound in the post-industrial mold of Nine Inch Nails and Ministry. The Crue try to revamp their image and sound by employing Skinny Puppy's Dave Ogilvie to mix half of the album and swapping their spandex and leather for black vinyl and nail polish in the booklet's photos.
Swirling textures underpin everything from White Zombie-like crunch ("Let Us Prey") to an almost Primus-like title track. A reworking of a Crue favourite ("Shout At The Devil '97") features the band's trademark biting guitars, but the party boys of the '80s are all grown up now, as Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx write and sing about their wives and children in the sugary "Brandon" and the glammy "Rocketship".

Musician (8/97, p.90)
- "...the good news is that they've undermixed the vocals and overmixed Mars and Sixx, who have a fair number of good ideas....Influences range from psychedelic era Beatles to Motorhead."

Entertainment Weekly (6/27-7/4/97, p.124)
- "...they celebrate the return of frontman Vince Neil with several fine displays of highly burnished metal trumpeting the pleasure of drugs and nasty sex..." - Rating: B