Generation X
Editorial Reviews
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Fronted by white-haired, lip-snarling singer Billy Idol, Generation X got its start at Malcolm Mclaren's London Sex boutique, which also spawned the Sex Pistols. More deliberately pop-oriented than most of their safety-pinned colleagues, Generation X's catchy songs--most notably "Your Generation," a clever putdown of the Who and other bands from the '60s/'70s schools of British rock, and "Ready Steady Go," a celebratory anthem of outcast solidarity--helped them become the first punk group to appear on the BBC's Top of the Pops program. While they never made it in the U.S., Idol didn't do too badly "dancing by himself" after the group broke up in '81. --Billy Altman
Generation X, Music, Generation X, Billy Idol, Popular Music
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