Generation Star Wars is the second album by Alec Empire

Alec Empire

Alec Empire is a German musician who is best known as a founding member of the band Atari Teenage Riot. Also a prolific and distinguished solo artist, producer and DJ, he has released well over a hundred albums, EPs and singles and remixed over seventy tracks for various artists including Björk...

, released on Mille Plateaux in 1994.

The original release of Generation Star Wars faced problems related to its artwork, as it featured a stormtrooper

Imperial stormtrooper

The Imperial Stormtroopers are fictional soldiers from George Lucas' Star Wars universe. Stormtroopers are the soldiers of the imperial army under the leadership of the evil Sith Lord and Emperor Palpatine and his commanders, most notably Darth Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin.They are shown in...

 (from the Star Wars

Star Wars

Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...

films) with a swastika

Swastika

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 on his helmet on the rear of the sleeve. In Germany

Germany

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, the home of Alec Empire and Mille Plateaux, use of the swastika is forbidden, regardless of the context. The artwork was removed on later pressings. On the Geist Records re-release in 2000, the cover art contained only silver text on a black background.

Some of the tracks were later re-issued as part of the box set The Geist of Alec Empire

The Geist of Alec Empire

The Geist of Alec Empire is a 3 CD compilation album by electronic artist Alec Empire. While the majority of the album is tracks previously released on the Mille Plateaux label, some original material is present.-CD 1:#"22:24" - 4:44...

, including a shorter mix of "Lash the 90ties".

Track listing

1. "Lash the 90ties" – 10:33
2. "Stahl & Blausaure" – 4:49
3. "13465" – 4:09
4. "Maschinenvolk" – 7:38
5. "Sonyprostitutes" – 5:38
6. "Blutrote Nacht Uber Berlin" – 6:59
7. "Pussy Heroin" – 6:24
8. "New Acid" – 6:25
9. "Smack" – 4:56
10. "NY Summer I" – 1:24
11. "Konsumfreiheit"/"NY Summer II" – 4:36
12. "Microchipkinder" – 5:13
13. "Sieg Uber die Mayday-HJ" – 5:13

External links

• Generation Star Wars CD at Discogs
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• Generation Star Wars LP at Discogs
  Discogs
  Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
  
  
• Generation Star Wars Geist reissue CD at Discogs
  Discogs
  Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
  
  
• Official Alec Empire fansite