Phish Shreds IT

"you ate my fractal"
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[@00Kie00]

This sounds exactly like a trip to guitar center

[@soupjonz]

Hahaha! So right!

[@EnjoyerofYoutube]

YESSS HAHAH

[@RDEnduro]

so true

[@gilglass7381]

LOL! Nice!

[@aarongoetz7866]

EVERYONE STOP!! THIS COMMENT WINS!!!

[@imapocock5494]

My best friends created this masterpiece and all these years later, I'm SILL laughing out loud. I can attest, they are actually playing the instruments (drums included)!

[@Keefus88]

You guys sound like you record in a million dollar studio nice work

[@arbel7655]

Please give them my thanks.

[@imapocock5494]

@@arbel7655 I will! I was just at their place recording my album. As you may or may not be able to tell from this video, they are incredible musicians

[@ili626]

It has aged well. I realized, after watching again after about a decade, that the creators gave a lot attention to detail.. a lot of work, but they probably had blast laughing their heads off doing it

[@meredithserdechka487]

This is a masterpiece of KZbin. Legendary.

[@mattslev]

This was undoubtably the pinnacle of Phish. They never came close to this before or since. "You Ate My Fractal" is also their best song and it's not even debatable.

[@mrethannice]

mattslev You Ate My Fractal is objectively their best song. And I know what I'm talking about, I've done a lot of acid.

[@johngiuliano8750]

Yiannis Kassimatis This song is actually called bee bop poop punk dwarf

[@nebulaquinn]

@@mrethannice 🤣🤣🤣

[@thebalancewarrior]

I much prefer 2.0 Phish, myself.

[@Anthroponeural]

Bass into Waterbag.. ranks up there too

[@PhishFace09]

I saw this about 4 years ago, but I come back here periodically and just laugh until I cry.

[@koreypelton3657]

You're not alone. I do the same thing. :)

[@JasnWerklund]

Guilty here too

[@endeavorrv]

Me too. +1

[@leehall6080]

Brittney Love good call

[@hamishamish8762]

My brother and best friend and I periodically rickroll one another with this. It never fails to make my face and sides hurt from laughing. This should be played on cancer wards.

[@raven_of_zoso455]

This is the most important video on KZbin. I have to come back and see it occasionally, it's really good for my abs.

[@bcaprari]

Those super-fast electronic snare rolls are incredible. True talent right there.

[@Xection8]

Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@bkuhn30]

I love Phish but this seriously puts tears in my eyes from laughing so hard every time I see it.

[@TheSteakStyles]

Trey - "I'm bird" (*Crowd goes nuts*) that's pretty accurate tbh

[@mrethannice]

As a loyal phan and confused hippie, I can confirm.

[@boognishphisherman2305]

TheSteakStyles I thought they just went into birds of a feather there

[@bgrace94]

Lol yes. Literally any single unscripted word from Trey will send the whole venue into a frenzy

[@JillKnapp]

This never, ever, ever, ever gets old. A fucking masterpiece.

[@jtl9283]

Breaking: Someone broke into Phish's tour bus and ate all their fractals.

[@ErikZmusic]

The best part of this is how as a band each member somehow knows only to play when the camera cuts to them. Without seeing the video feed live on stage, that's mind blowing. That's like wizarding power.

[@sandrosoler7274]

Erik Z including the crowd

[@tammycoleman8307]

It's not a movie you fucking idiot. They are not actors dipshit, playing for the camera, the camera is there to CAPTURE THEM. Please dear Mother Earth! Tell me that you were trying to be sarcastic

[@pepesilvia8118]

Tammy Coleman My God you are stupid. Please sterilize yourself. This world has enough dipshit.

[@SlipkPie]

This is why we can't have nice things

[@tripstahasid4441]

Dude, they're watching the live feed on a screen behind the crowd...duh. No ones THAT good.

[@ChrisMillerLite]

this is what my phish cover band would sound like

[@nebulaquinn]

I'm dead 😂😂😂😂

[@MichaelBtpace]

1:00 "you ate my fractal" i peed my trousers.

[@angela9482]

What I love about this video is the fact that you can tell talented musicians put this together. Every time I watch I ship my pants from laughing too hard.

[@craighouse543]

your pants are adorable. i'd ship them too.

[@TheLightningStalker]

Ship them back to China where they were made.

[@josephmancuso2464]

I hope the boat captain watches out for the Phish while he's shipping your pants! *cue rimshot*

[@456ironmaiden]

You ship your pants?

[@alecrhea6486]

pretty sure he meant silt guys

[@th_defenestrator]

I was at this show. I've never heard musicianship like this before. Just impeccable.

[@easytoslip]

their fests are so fun with all the weird art and shit eating grins everywhere. And so. much. phish. I love that they've never brought in other bands save for a lil bluegrass at Oswego.

[@TheLocalb]

Clifford’s Ball?

[@CUBOSH]

oh man those identical snare hits

[@meredith17888]

I'm so high, I thought that my mind was just mixing up the sound.

[@jeromesweet5047]

__learn_to_live__ haha thats awesome

[@PBRStreetgang]

Dude I was there second row and I swear to god Trey looked right at me! Most crunchy performance of this pre-hiatus.

[@okemojo1]

So was I. Right in front of Mike.

[@Keefus88]

I'm so impresswd by the quality of the recording and the technicality of all the mistakes purposely being made here. Idk if it's just one person doing all this but whoever it is deserves serious recognition. The instruments even sound like the actual person is playing their rig. 10/10

[@imapocock5494]

It's two people, very good friends of mine. They are super talented musicians and they respect the hell out of Phish.

[@nasheedmoiz]

Wtf this video has more views than any other 'actual' phish video

[@junkevil]

+nasheedmoiz It's because Phish sucks and this is better than Phish.

[@dylanhawley2732]

+junkevil hahaha I'm glad you have such a knowledge of music. Smh.

[@junkevil]

Yeah, not liking a jam band clearly means you know nothing about music. Oh, wait, it doesn't actually. Try harder edgelord.

[@dylanhawley2732]

+junkevil haha

[@MrBeuff]

nasheedmoiz yeah cuz ppl love to hate. Phish sux real bad and Phish is very hate-able

[@ryanb1090]

What makes this awesome is that whoever decided to edit it actually took the time to try and play what note the guys were playing.

[@donosborn]

This brought tears to my eyes. So awesome. I love Phish and I love this video. I'm sure the guys in the band would get a kick out of it too. Great editing and inserting of the instrument playing. Trey's singing is great, and the breathing, and his staring into space sounds. 3:52.

[@Jomanmusic]

Phish fan or not, this is hysterical.

[@94boomboy]

i love fish and this is fucking hilarious

[@Umberto2]

Joman I’m a fan and find this offensive and unfunny. It’s funny to people who don’t understand Phish or basic jam rock.

[@SwimminWitDaFishies]

🤣🤣🤣 I am crying!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@SwimminWitDaFishies]

Joman have you seen this one? facebook.com/635863603262178/posts/1191723931009473?sfns=mo

[@jgfunk]

This is really funny! I'm a huge Phish fan. Another funny one is the Ozzy Osbourne or maybe was Black Sabbath

[@Tomapella]

The MIDI drums are the best part of this. Cracks me up every time.

[@tallbianca]

1:55 “I’m Bert” still slumps me in laughter and has for 13 years now

[@sirhamalot8651]

I'm a huge Phish fan and I could not stop laughing at this!

[@phishisbomb]

+LeftTenantSith JediPirateNinja +Michael Hamilton hahahah you feel sorry for us? you have no idea man.

[@_grateful_zen_4515]

No idea at all man hahaa

[@sonnygruntstick]

I am not, but I can admire some of their stuff. I showed this to some of my friends that have seen them many times, and they couldn't stop laughing either. Thanks for having a sense of humor...

[@lincolndyer2042]

Have you ever ate a fractal?

[@SwimminWitDaFishies]

Sir Hamalot Well I think you’ll like this one as well facebook.com/635863603262178/posts/1191723931009473?sfns=mo

[@YootoobSteve123]

Whoever edited this is a genius.

[@elijah27b]

+YootoobSteve123 It was me! Just kidding. I pranked you!

[@SwiftMintyDeath]

+YootoobSteve123 This isn't edited I was at this show, it's 100% legit

[@thelanksters2720]

sick prank

[@drumjoey]

YootoobSteve123 thank you

[@budlockn7513]

Seriously cannot stop laughing 😂 die hard phish Phan 2

[@ChrisMillerLite]

the attention to detail that the author took with simulating notes to match the finger patterns of the band in outstandingly realistic. bravo sir

[@RobotShlomo]

"you gonna take fractal to water bass??".

[@RobotShlomo]

Sha-ooh la wet... but that's okay!! And a wallaby!

[@RobotShlomo]

Ye atta man, you ate my fractal...

[@kylechambliss2526]

If we tap a rella

[@ZeranZeran]

1:03 "YOU ATE MY FRACTAL!" "you gonna take MY fractal to water bass??". CMON GEK, Wash your bass water with me. Gyaauh-eh. Ralph I care for the fat satch whites and peepop poop, PUNK DWARF

[@tablaninja]

This is still one of the absolute best things on the internet.

[@micahnewman]

I love how it actually sounds like what it looks like they're playing.

[@deliciousmorton]

What?

[@redfishbluefish4973]

As a man whose favorite band has been phish for over 20 years, and learned guitar after being inspired by Trey Anastasio one fateful morning before highschool in 1999 when I heard Reba for the first time, and has since become a professional jazz guitarist, I can honestly and confidently say that this is amazing!

[@PaulThompsonGB]

Favorite band is phish? I feel very bad for you that you missed out on so much in real life.

[@redfishbluefish4973]

@@PaulThompsonGB You passed so bad gas.

[@redfishbluefish4973]

@@PaulThompsonGB Seriously though, I haven’t enjoyed most of what they’ve written in almost 20 years, but their early 80s - mid 90s stuff is legendary.

[@jjmah7]

Just curious, what do you mean you’re a ‘professional jazz guitarist?’ Are you in a band that plays jazz? Are you a solo artist? Is you do studio work then you’d be a session guitarist, I’ve just never heard a jazz guitarist of any kind call themselves a professional jazz guitarist before

[@redfishbluefish4973]

@@jjmah7 I get paid to play live jazz music and then pay taxes on the money I make to play live. I didn’t use to use that term, but I’ve learned over the years that there are so many people out there who claim to be musicians, when really they just get stoned and sit on their couch playing the same 3 songs. Just differentiating between amateur and professional, same as in any profession.

[@bigbananadealer846]

those fucking snares rolls have me dying

[@chasewilliams3949]

Truly some of the best free jazz fusion

[@robsonbass6058]

This is the first "audio caricature" I've ever seen. And it NAILS it! Hilarious! Well done!

[@DEFilmProductions]

12 years later and this is still amazing

[@patton303]

I had to pause this every 30 seconds to laugh for 30 seconds.

[@DaveHamilton]

Ok, so, this video is brilliant. That goes without saying. But... am I the only one who realized this was "Chalk Dust Torture" upon initial viewing? What does that say about me? Is there a support group meeting again soon? :) (edit: though this came from KZbin, the original poster's description didn't come over with it, so I'll explain: some guy took a Phish video, stripped the audio, and then proceeded to record his own interpretation of what listening to Phish sounds like to a non-Phish fan. The humor is genius, as is the execution!)

[@DaveHamilton]

Chris - you know the audio is not actually Phish, right? It's some guy that took a Phish video, stripped the audio, and overlaid his own stuff.

[@DaveHamilton]

(sorry, I thought the original poster's description would come over from youtube when I commented there, but evidently not!)

[@DaveHamilton]

Ahh ok. Your comments about it being unwatchable and unlistenable inferred that you thought the audio was real. :) Actually ... if you knew the audio was just a spoof, what did you mean when you said this was proof? Now I'm the one who's confused! :)

[@dizzlekern]

No, I could tell it was chalk dust as well... It's from Phish It, and I've seen that DVD a bit too much. So I guess I'll see ya at the next support group meeting.

[@theforeverpuddle8754]

I can't believe how much of an idiot Chris Kew is. ACTUALLY thought this was Phish and spent a bunch of replies trying to correct his idiocy. Hysterical, can't wait for his next comment.

[@itookallthenames]

this gave me an asthma attack.

[@itookallthenames]

I came back and watched it again, and had another asthma attack. still haven't seen the last four minutes.

[@SwimminWitDaFishies]

itookallthenames It might be time for another one, so watch this facebook.com/635863603262178/posts/1191723931009473?sfns=mo

[@ZeranZeran]

@@itookallthenames you ate my fractal! 1:03

[@itookallthenames]

@@SwimminWitDaFishies I just saw this, i did manage to get through it just

[@itookallthenames]

C'MON KID

[@BeatrixKiddo77]

The gift that keeps on giving.

[@haroldoftherocks6586]

I love Phish..... and this video never gets old. Cracks me up every time I see it.

[@ili626]

This has aged well. I haven’t seen since around when it first came out. Rewatched and realized a lot of work went into the details of this.

[@jrootabega]

And it's 95% too long just like a real live Phish song! ;)

[@GKDomi]

DYING 😂😂😂

[@jrootabega]

@@GKDomi I don't know why I was so harsh on my boys

[@jesterspawn]

I've still never heard an actual Phish song, so for the past 13 years this has been my head-canon for what they sound like and I don't want to be corrected.

[@bp51082]

I have a friend who is now in his forties, a doctor, world traveler, really likes to party, Jewish, and has not once ever broken the rules and had pork. I now respect your discipline as much as I do his. Keep up the streak!

[@HappyOrangeTheBand]

This cracks my shit up and I'm sure it actually took a lot of time for the editor to make all this happen. Great work here. Stupendous!

[@burkhartlaw1]

Omg. This is freakin' amazing! As I sit here and search cool Phish songs this came up and.....LOL!!!! Bravo sir, bravo

[@DJWEEDPIZZA]

Easily the best Tiny Desk anyone’s done

Let's rock ! Do not hesitate to send your work to us, the Mashup Film Festival ! We love to program good shreds on big screens in movie theaters 🙂

[@TheBaggadonuts]

Still hilarious 12 years later

[@elsamere]

I laugh until I cry every, single, time.

[@apothecurio]

“Punk Dwarf” and then cutting to Fishman was gold.

[@thomasraven]

Funny for 30 seconds. Six minutes is torture. Just like Phish!

[@777fuzzypeach]

***** People actually pay money to hear this?

[@Madbreaks]

+Thomas Kirby I love Phish but your comment cracked me up just the same.

[@deweypug]

+Thomas Kirby Yup, sounds just like 'em!!

[@darkmessengerix]

nah you see, this is a satirical video, they don't really sound like that

[@Cygnus111]

The original "Bad Lip Reading"!

[@nateintheevening3158]

I love Phish but this is truly funny. The best thing about it is that it makes me want to watch the actual video.

[@PinkFloydrulez]

what's the original?

[@nateintheevening3158]

Chalkdust Torture from the IT fest 2003.

[@SwimminWitDaFishies]

PinkFloydrulez This is the real song kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZqxpnmgj8asnZo

[@SwimminWitDaFishies]

This is the real song kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZqxpnmgj8asnZo

[@cmfishburn]

this is sic, my fav thing ever in a while. i love it, they play any thing and the crowd goes nutz! Love you guys, I gota waterbass frying w a fractal.

[@SBluesBrotherhood]

A few years ago my wife and I were driving on the interstate way out in the country and traffic came to a complete stop. We sat there a long time (apparently an accident or car fire, but anyway...). We got bored and decided to give every channel on SiriusXM a try, even for a few minutes. We stopped on the Jam Band Channel (whatever it's called) and the radio display said something about Phish. I made the comment that a guy that I worked with LOVED this band and asked me to listen to a CD that he had burned, but I never got more than halfway before handing it back to him. About five minutes in, my wife turns to me and says (in a very serious tone) "When are they going to be done tuning up and start playing some MUSIC???"

[@Spacecowboy42]

Cool story bro. You and your wife sound lame af

[@berryseinfeld6772]

10 years later, hardcore phish fan. This is the funniest shit I’ve ever seen.

[@Hendrixphishinfloyd]

3:49 - Pure Genius!

[@zimzob]

I never really listened to Phish, didn't realize how good were before.

[@SJ-du9yd]

They're like The Doors but if Krieger and Manzarek swapped instruments, someone dropped a bass in Jim Morrison's hands, and hired a drummer off the streets

[@user-cr2bt3zp1f]

Bruh

[@chickenglobe2944]

They're like the Doors, but if every member lost both of their arms

[@technerdbird]

They're like The Doors, but The Doors.

[@UnknownIdaho]

I did it! I made it all the way through this video! I did have to hit the bottle of Carlo Rossi at about 3:00, but I made it through! Thank you! Thank you! I saw Phish play a set and fawn over Neil Young at the Bridge School Benefit and this totally nails it!

[@fedorovexpress]

I love PHISH. I follow them as much as I can. This is hilarious!!! Very untrue but hilarious!

[@powderedbuns8251]

I don't understand how anyone can like such a shit fucking band their music is the worst thing I've ever heard if I got stuck at a Phish show I'd off my self

[@bennolyon]

Phish wishes they could sound even this good.

[@azaryd]

I had no idea that Timmy from South Park played lead guitar for Phish... he sounds awesome!

[@SwimminWitDaFishies]

azaryd I thought he sounded like Fozzie Bear

[@deBebbler]

This is the best rip on Phish since the Fishman "The Dork" T-shirt. Awesome Job. Now I'm gonna listen to night II set II of The Great Went.

[@wildanS]

This video was my first Phish experience ever. I honestly belived this was the actual band and thought they were awesome... until I found out what they really play.

[@wildanS]

+brains481 That's a dirty mouth for a 12 year old. I suggest you eat a fractal.

[@willburr1786]

TacTundra Not sure exactly how are you we don’t connect jazz improv jazz with their underlying sound. I mean , Page Solos? Anyway, there’s better things to let people piss you off about other than This , which happens to have shaped my life, worldview and future endeavors. No I don’t know how many shows . I was 15 in 97, stayed on tour workin lot, and if they wouldn’t have hiatus then quit... I’d be in the Pen. Not Uncle Penn either. But moved to Montana (not the song) for a defeee in alcoholism and some other thing liberal Studies I think it’s called... and am still a degenerate at 35! Wait...

[@tbone1388]

LeftTenantSith JediPirateNinja Why do you hate Phish so much?

[@gregdoh]

This is what I thought back in high school before ever going to one of their shows. The show didn't turn me into a lover of their music, but it was an amazing experience and I will attend every one of their future shows as long as it's in my state.

[@davidkoocher2365]

Try doing it sober.

[@gregdoh]

Sorry, should have mentioned that I've only seen them while on psychedelics. If I hear them while sober now, it takes me back to their shows. But, I hated them until I took psychedelics and saw them live with a bunch of friends. Big difference for sure.

[@Mr_Wallet]

I was at that concert and it didn't sound anything like this! The mic didn't pick him up that well when he was farther from it, they upped that mic for a lot of this vid so you can hear him better.

[@SCUDFORCE1]

As a former avid PHISH lover, I've been to hundreds of shows I stoped going because i grew up and real life prevents me from going to everyshow they play....... THIS IS THE FUNNIEST THING I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.

[@newpageone]

[HEAVY BREATHING]

[@sandrosoler7274]

Steve Caputo aahhhh

[@ZeranZeran]

My fractal ate my fractal wehbababeheh behea aebehebahehbe eh hebba and if we tap a rella (Crowd goes insane)

[@GoodWolfSessions]

Just sounds like a normal Phish show to me. This is their best performance yet.

[@phiend226]

this is one of the funniest things i've seen in a long long time. i've been a phish fan for well over 15 years and....well......i can't stop laughing. this is classic.

[@Figgywithit]

The song is Chalkdust Torture. You can hear the original audio by searching Phish - Chalkdust Torture - IT Festival

[@fadethenoise9704]

If shit had a sound.

[@meredithlindner6385]

That is oustanding! I always wondered what a feces lobotomy felt like.

[@ChildovGhad]

Every now and again, I get a craving for fried fractal, and I come back to this video.

[@B_kinda]

The piano is magic

[@Larry-The-Painter-NYC]

Omg, I can’t stop belly laughing and crying. Amazing 🙏

[@tonysololive]

Now if some one could do "What Phish fans smell like." I'm thinking ditch weed, 80's model BMW leather, old sleeping bag and patchouli.

[@boogerpeas6386]

recently upgraded to a 2001 BMW

[@REALwoombath]

Anthony Elmore ironic, coming from a star wars lego kid

[@Leit2290]

Ahhhhh that smell brings back some good memories

[@arbel7655]

Ahhhh...thanks man, the memory was fading.

[@arbel7655]

@@Leit2290 made my comment before I read yours. Strange n cool.

[@tgproductions97]

To think if summer tour had happened this year someone would’ve eaten Trey’s fractal again. We can’t let that happen.

[@PinkFloydrulez]

i love how the only sounds are whatever is on screen

[@elijah27b]

+PinkFloydrulez I love that you love that!

[@sandrosoler7274]

PinkFloydrulez including the crowd

[@Tommyvon]

We need an updated Phish shreds at the sphere

[@patrickmarshall9426]

This is what Phish sounds like to actual musicians.

[@easytoslip]

lol wrong. actual musicians see the musicianship and talent that Phish has. Have you ever played anything of theirs? Try Reba for starters n get back to me, k?

[@misskyliesophia]

It's not a big deal that Eric Clapton claims Trey Anastasio to be the world's greatest guitarist... Does that mean Eric Clapton is not an "actual musician"?

[@greenlanternAA]

Kylie Fitch When/where did Clapton say this? Until you can prove it, it didn't happen.

[@easytoslip]

Jim Beam well I disagree. I don't have a need to win against some random dude on the internet. chances are, you're 100 times meaner than I am, so have fun with that. And I see zero videos of you playing any instruments so I don't consider anything you say even remotely valid. You're just a troll. If you want your opinion considered by me, throw up five or ten videos of you shredding on guitar. Get on it, I don't have all day.

[@easytoslip]

But really from what I've seen, people who play hundreds of live music shows per year respect other musicians who play hundreds of live music shows per year, they don't diss and hate to make themselves feel better. Seriously, playing that much, and with the intent to make each show and each song different, you've got to progress as a musician. It's becoming obvious to me that not only have you never played an instrument, you've never played it well, nor have you listened to more than thirty seconds of this band, so again, your view is completely invalid.

[@hopeyoufindthisusefultoyou]

This gets better every time I watch it.

[@reneestaffeld161]

This is the best thing. Ever.

[@Karmalize]

they better play this summer tour!

[@StationOfTerrapin]

page side rage side

[@notmiked]

reminds me of every time I have ever been to Guitar Center

[@3xStampA2xStamp]

oh my god. this was one of the funniest videos i've ever seen

[@mochalex]

This is Phish 3.0. They were much better back in the 90's.

[@datsik]

This is actually more entertaining than a Phish concert.

[@REALwoombath]

datsik if you're deaf, probably.

[@Gooberpatrol66]

i seriously doubt this is more entertaining than getting high.

[@frodolives8969]

Incorrect.

[@Henrydingus01123]

Correct

[@easytoslip]

8/3/03 Chalkdust Version is smokin hot for real tho. I love when ppl say they hate phish or won't give it a chance, so hard to get effing floor tix as it is. Good lawd do not make these fuckers popular.

[@jasonmuhsmann5670]

Definitive 1.0 Phish. 3.0 can’t pull off “They Ate My Fractal” jams like this anymore.

[@chaoschoir4759]

Funny thing is, if Phish had actually played this exact same song, most of the audience wouldn’t have even noticed! They would have gone wild...

[@hippyjoe]

I can definitely tell I would have been so happy to hear it. Especially the heavy nostril breathing into the mic, we'd all be having a good time.

[@brandonjacob6147]

..."Ate my fractal"?!? Cola out of my nose. Hilarious and well done!

[@kurtboyer299]

...and bird

[@etotheroc43]

2:09 "Always somebody like to watch frank come back to fractal."

[@joe4324]

This is among the best 6 min on youtube!

[@skintune]

actually- the most creative set i've heard from them....

[@TheOruzu]

I went to a phish show last summer to see what my friends had been talking about for years. Terrible. And some high ass hippy guy wouldn't stop dancing into me and then pet my hair. I am male.

[@nebulaquinn]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jeremyconti]

3 full viewings from a die hard fan and I'm still busting a gut!!!!!!!

[@jonfox3488]

I think I pee'd a little... BAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@ianmoore5502]

"if we tap-a-rella, oh right right" are the words of a generation