Generic

Generic was a hardcore / punk band from Newcastle, UK, active from 1985 to 1989; and impossible to understand the evolution of the UK HC in the late eighties without this band. Among their members were Dickie Hammond (guitarist) born in Sunderland. First made his mark with H.D.Q. and was part of the line-up that recorded the band's debut album ‘Hung, Drawn And Quartered’ which was released in 1985. He died 31 Oct. 2015. He played in other groups such Angelic Upstarts, Doctor Bison, Hex, Leatherface, Medictation, Stokoe, The Dipsomaniacs, The Jones and Toy Dolls; Micky McGuinness, that has played in a wide and varied range of bands such as Blood Robots, Anything But That, One By One, Ebola, and Jinn. Micky also writes gritty fiction; Sned (drummer and founder of the punk label Flat Earth), was also member of groups such Blood Robots, Boxed In, Cydernide, Doom, Formby Channel, Gruel, Health Hazard, John Holmes, Oi Polloi, One By One, Pleasant Valley Children, Sawn Off, Suffer, The Wankys, Thisclose, Threads and War All The Time; and Wizz (Michael Wise, singer).  [SOURCE: DISCOGS]