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GEN3<\/a> is ready to bring a little Sunset Strip flair to Boulder\u2019s 14th<\/sup> Street this weekend.<\/p>\n The local rock group will play the Boulder Theater<\/a> on Saturday, October 18, during the Roots Music Fest<\/a>, which kicks off Friday, October 17, and highlights dozens of bands across several venues through Sunday, October 19. The evening set also serves as a release show for GEN3\u2019s new album, Anti<\/em><\/a>, which released on October 8 and features former L.A. Guns<\/a> vocalist Scott Foster Harris.<\/p>\n Bandmates David Cremin and Jace Allen found Harris while hosting open auditions for a singer to help complete the sophomore record earlier this year, and his addition took Anti <\/em>to another level.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had versions of all of the songs where either David or I sang,\u201d says Allen, who co-owns Good Noise Studios<\/a> locations in Denver and Palm Springs, California, with former Guns N\u2019 Roses drummer Matt Sorum. \u201cWe were listening to these songs and were like, \u2018Man, some of these songs are really banging, like this is a rock album.\u2019 It\u2019s an unapologetic rock album. We were like, \u2018You know what we\u2019re missing is the unapologetic rock singer.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Allen initially connected with Harris online, but it was clear he was the man.<\/p>\n \u201cI started scouring all my connections, talking to Matt, talking to a bunch of different singers. I talked to singers from Pennywise and a couple other folks I played with,\u201d Allen adds. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe ran our own reality show, our own version of The Voice,\u201d he continues. \u201cI heard Scott sung on L.A. Guns. He has a great reputation. I reached out, and he answered. We had like six or seven people try out and record songs for us. Scott\u2019s voice jumped off the page.\u201d<\/p>\n Harris brought an increased hard-rock credence to GEN3, which aims to put a modern twist on a classic genre, something Allen likes to call \u201cunapologetic rock,\u201d on the follow-up to 2023 debut, Not Coming Home<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI think the sound is current, but it certainly hearkens back,\u201d he says, adding that there is something about the music from those early years that still resonates. \u201cWhen I grew up in the \u201970s, I would never have listened to music from the \u201940s. But now we\u2019re effectively doing that. What is it? Why did the music from the mid-\u201960s up to today not die? We\u2019re not going to say sorry for making a rock album, and maybe rock isn\u2019t dead after all.\u201d<\/p>\n With that idea in mind, Allen and Cremin wrote lyrics that reflect the current cultural clime. Such songs as \u201cAnimals,\u201d<\/a> \u201cBig Lie\u201d<\/a> and \u201cBlood in the Shadows\u201d<\/a> all relate to today\u2019s zeitgeist, while \u201cTattoo\u201d<\/a> and \u201cI Don\u2019t Think You Love Me\u201d<\/a> hit more like ballads in what Harris does best.<\/p>\n \u201cThis time around we decided we wanted to have a harder edge and talk about things that were upsetting in today\u2019s world,\u201d says Allen, who played bass, drums and keys on Anti, in addition to his producing role. \u201cMost of the songs have some sort of anthem or rebellion or fight against something. Every song is against something. And we knew Scott would take it to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n Of the nine new tracks, Cremin points to \u201cGame On\u201d<\/a> as the one that really sums up where the two were at with Anti<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Game On\u2019 is such a statement about the rest of the album,\u201d the guitarist says. \u201cWe were looking culturally at the world and just thinking, \u2018Wait a second\u2019 how do people get off behaving without the respect for others?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Similarly, \u201cRise Up\u201d<\/a> is more of a call-to-action.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s more like, if you don\u2019t like the way things are going, don\u2019t just complain about, get up and do something about it,\u201d Cremin adds. \u201cI don\u2019t necessarily mean being a revolutionary, but there\u2019s too much complacency.\u201d<\/p>\n