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Generation X

Punk rock
Punk rock

Generation X is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of The Who, Cimarons, The Damned, The Kinks and The Beatles. Those roots explain a lot about how Generation X arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Stiff Little Fingers, Billy Idol, The Adverts, The Undertones and Dead Boys, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Runaways, Ian MacKaye, Billy Idol, Alternative TV and The Jam, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Generation X, reaching back through The Who and forward to The Runaways. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Generation X were an English punk rock band, formed in London in 1976. They were the musical starting point of the career of their frontman Billy Idol, and issued six singles that made the UK singles chart and two albums that reached the UK Albums Chart.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Generation XThe WhoCimaronsThe DamnedThe KinksThe BeatlesThe ClashBruce SpringsteenClive BunkerThe RunawaysIan MacKayeBilly IdolAlternative TVThe JamThe PoliceThe CureThe AdvertsStiff Little FingersBilly IdolThe AdvertsThe UndertonesDead BoysBuzzcocksThe RezillosSham 69

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Generation X connections

Generation X grew out of The Who, Cimarons, The Damned and The Kinks, shares an orbit with Stiff Little Fingers, Billy Idol, The Adverts and The Undertones, went on to shape The Runaways, Ian MacKaye, Billy Idol and Alternative TV. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Generation X

Roots11

Sounds and acts that shaped Generation X.

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Kindred23

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Generation X.

Bands Generation X shaped

Legacy12

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