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Generation X

Punk rock
Punk rock

Generation X is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of The Clash, Bruce Springsteen, Clive Bunker, London SS and Chelsea. Those roots explain a lot about how Generation X arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Billy Idol, The Adverts, The Undertones, Dead Boys and Buzzcocks, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Cure, Billy Idol, Alternative TV, The Jam and The Police, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Generation X, reaching back through The Clash and forward to The Cure. 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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Generation XThe ClashBruce SpringsteenClive BunkerLondon SSChelseaThe Radio One SessionsCimaronsThe DamnedThe CureBilly IdolAlternative TVThe JamThe PoliceThe AdvertsPinhead GunpowderThe New AbnormalBilly IdolThe AdvertsThe UndertonesDead BoysBuzzcocksSham 69The JamAdam and the Ants

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Generation X connections

Generation X grew out of The Clash, Bruce Springsteen, Clive Bunker and London SS, shares an orbit with Billy Idol, The Adverts, The Undertones and Dead Boys, went on to shape The Cure, Billy Idol, Alternative TV and The Jam. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Generation X

Roots11

Sounds and acts that shaped Generation X.

Artists similar to Generation X

Kindred15

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Generation X.

Bands Generation X shaped

Legacy12

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