Who/what is D-Generation Z? (an introduction)

Time for an introduction.

Hi random user, you are reading another random user's post haha.

My name is y2KJ, after y2k (obviously), y2J (a nickname of wrestler Chris Jericho) and my name is KJ. I also go under a few other names such as "D-Generation Z", named after the wresling group D-Generation X (hopefully conmmon knowledge), and also my YouTube username "EMPbutStronger", that name has a long story can't be arsed to explain.

What do you do on YouTube?

On my EMPbutStronger account, I post retrospectives, in a comedic style, on games, mainly WWE and racing games for the Xbox/GCN/PS2-360/PS3 era. (I'm not missing out the Wii haha I have a series planned called Niid For Spiid where I cover the Wii NFS games which were quite different to the PS3/360) I do also plan on checking out RPGs such as Persona and Disgaea.

I looked at your page and it seems you already like Disgaea.

True but surprisingly I haven't gotten far enough in a Disgaea due to time I guess? I have watched and made a full retrospective on the Disgaea anime. (If you got a spare hour please watch it as YouTube hasn't pushed it at all). IMO, it's one of my best videos, though I do make some weird jokes (partically at a character named Flonne) - it's all ironic tho. (and partly to make a point)

It seems you like WWE a little bit!

A little bit? Nah I'm fuckin obsessed. For a start, my site (the D-GenZ banner at the top) is based of the 2006 WWE site because it looks cool. I also have a tiktok account called "ThatWWEGuyHD" with nearly 10k followers which primarily posts about the WWE songs I like, mainly the licensed PPV themes where I found bands such as Edgewater, Godsmack, Sick Puppies, TRUSTcompany and many more. I also do plan on doing retrospectives on YouTube about certain 'runs' in the company such as the Triple H reign of terror between 2002-2005, The trio of Edge, Batista and The UnderTaker carrying SmackDown and the World Heavyweight Title in 2007/8 and what I'm currently working on right now, Chris Jericho's great 2008 heel run. I already have a video on my collection of WWE Steelbooks, many of which were UK/EU exclusive. I also have a large WWE DVD collection, probably over 100!

What does "Where It All Begins... Again" mean?

It was the tagline for WrestleMania XX (20) in 2004. It is also my slogan as in recent years I have reset my internet presence. I'm only a young guy, 16 nearly 17 (in november), so I would say I largely matured around mid-2021, before that I used to be cringe as shit man. I used to be in the logo community, if you unfortunately know what that is. Infact/regrettably, I have a playlist called "The Video Bin" public on my old channel full of my old shit if you are interested! For most of 2021, I didn't post until I made my EMPbutStronger (my current) account in Dec 2021. I didn't start of with game retrospectives as I made a fool of myself by posting Mario Kart Wii highlights. If you know "Poofesure", I was being a british bootleg of him. Hell my first title was and still is "Annoying British kid gets mad at Mario Kart Wii online (Best stream moments)". Atleast by that point I gained good self-awareness. By April 2022, I stopped posting. In December of that year, I acquired a PS3 and started collecting for it until I realised that I can't capture with a normal capture card. So, this time (July) 2023, I bought a 360 and started collecting and gaining ideas for my retrospectives, under the series "A Quick Look At". Because I changed my content, I started using that tagline "Where It All Begins... Again" because everything began... Again!

What is that ToTaLlY CoOl logo next to your name?

Since 2022, I've had a fake music label called "CyberGate Trax". Despite formerly being part of the logo community, where many made fake companies for themselves such as "EMPentertainment Inc" (my old one - still used on YT description lol) or 'CuntCuntGimp 88 Films" (not mine or real - technically), my label is fake as I haven't made it yet and I can't publish music. if you know Lapfox Trax/Halley Labs, I'm basically copying that. If we're talking about things being relaunched, CGT is part of that. That logo is basically a month old, my artstyle was shitter back in 2022, and is part of that relaunch. I'm relaunching/rebranding as my music was and still is shit... terly mixed as in it sounds good to me, however, it was not mixed properly. So I'm gonna work on that and move to my ToTalLy LeGaL copies of FL or Ableton. Like Lapfox, all artists/aliases are me. My current ones are DJxmBIONIK, style similar to Concord Dawn, Current Value, 2000s Dark DnB and my other alias is Nintendon't, style is a copy of Renard (especially the Trauma era) so Breakcore/Raggacore.

You can check out the CyberGate Trax YouTube and SoundCloud where the links are highlighted (hover over YT or Soundcloud). Though I have taken down many songs for being downright dogshit. I'll return soon.

Since you make music, what music do you like?

Well let me start with DnB. I got into it in early 2022. I really like the already named, Concord Dawn and Current Value. I also like Pendulum, Drumsound and Bassline Smith, Spor, early Chase And Status and many more.

Here are my favourite tracks:

I mentioned breakcore and tbh other thsn Renard, FFF and Mr Bad Monkey, I need to search for more 2000s actual breakcore as I've been listening to Renard for 3 years basically.

Here are my standouts:

If you look at my page, you'll see that I obviously love Nu-Metal, Metalcore and 2000a Hard Rock. (or Butt-Rock as some people call it)

Look at this image below to see some of my favourite bands. (& interests just a general image)

Now back in 2018, I didn't want anything to do with heavy music until I picked up WWE 2k19. That's when I heard Bullet For My Valentine for the first time with their song "Skin". While, I claim that they where the band that got me into heavy music (they were), I believe I heard/liked Drowning Pool's Bodies when I watched the highlights of the 2007 WWE Draft. That was when I got back into WWE in early 2018. FYI, Bodies was the theme to ECW for 06-07.

Around the same time, I found a playlist full of WWE PPV themes where I found TRUSTcompany's Falling Apart for Royal Rumble 2003, which I really liked. Thinking about it what 10-11 year old is listening to that in 2018 haha.

Now for Nu-Metal, I've liked Limp Bizkit's Rollin since I was fetus lol. However in October 2021, my sister introduced my to Slipknot. I liked Slipknot so I searched up "Music Like Slipknot". I literally did that haha. I was then met with the term Nu-Metal and a YT playlist. Now I believe that this was just before Nu-Metal went mainstream again a few months later. Many Nu-Metal newgens or (probably) trendhoppers listen to the big 4, Linkin, Korn, SOAD, or more commonly (and not really Nu) Deftones. WELL FUCK ALL YOU LOT, as my first Nu-Metal song in my playlsit (excluding Slipknot) was Nothingface's Ether. I'm making all that fuss as I still see people talk about Nothingface being an underrated band, yet they were my first haha. Following that I added a whole lot of Powerman 5000 and a bit more of TRUSTcompany. I took me a while to like Linkin Park as when I first found that YT playlist, I thought they were boring lol. MY OPINION CHANGED VERY MUCH as I grew to love them by early 2022. Skipping forward to the start or 2023, after I played WWE SvR 2008, I found my favourite band of all time Nonpoint and other bands such as Seether, Mudvayne, MushroomHead, Saliva, Chevelle, ShineDown, Digital Summer, Cold, The Exies and many more. Other band highlights from mid 2023-July 2025 in order are Unloco, Egypt Central, Rev Theory, Rise Against, Killswitch Engage (Metalcore), Crossfade, early and good Finger Eleven, Taproot, All That Remains, Trivium, 36 Crazyfists, SpineShank/Sillent Civillian, Atreyu, The Veer Union, BulletProof Messenger, Art of Dying, Alter Bridge, (hed)PE, SoiL, Fozzy, Enter Shikari, Skindred, CrowneVict, Kink, From Zero, Ra, Stone Sour, MachineHead, Tremonti, Pillar, GUN DOG, (most recently) Hiding With Girls and much much more!

You can see the genre switches to Metalcore and Hard Rock.

Here's my YT playist which I listen to when typing YT scripts hence the name, which is also a "best of" my Spotify playlist which is nearly 100 hours long. (the spotify playlist not this)

Any extra info about yourself

I'm autistc for a start (obviously). I'm very introverted, I don't like speaking except when it comes to YouTube or my interets, I can yap alright. If you like any bands or my interests up there, you can add me. Fun fact, I can type a lot but I'm very scared to talk online to other people lol. Shout out to my disgaea moot on twitter who DM'd me on Discord, Idk why but I get aprehensive to send a message. (If you see this twt moot dw you can message lol - though ur not on this site yet)

On this site, I might type blogs about stuff I like such as WWE or new physical media I bought so stay tuned. Thanks for reading, apologise if there's any typos as I'm on a laptop so I may fuck up without any autocorrect.

What are those "2 words" that you have for us?

Fuck Off.