| LC control no. | n 92120155 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Generation X (Musical group) |
| Variant(s) | Gen X (Musical group) |
| See also | Member: Idol, Billy Member: James, Tony (Bassist) Member: Towe, John |
| Beginning date | 1976 1993 |
| Ending date | 1981 1993 |
| Located | Chelsea (London, England) |
| Field of activity | Punk rock music |
| Found in | Idol, B. Valley of the dolls [SR] p1979: label (Generation X) Gen X. Kiss me deadly [SR] p1981: label (Gen X) Guinness Encyclopedia of Music, 2nd ed. (Generation X; identified as Gen X on album, Kiss me deadly (Chrysalis, 1981) Wikipedia, November 4, 2014 (Generation X; English punk group formed in 1976 by Billy Idol, Tony James and John Towe in Chelsea, London; played their first gig at the Roxy on December 14, 1976; disbanded in 1981; on September 20, 1993 during Billy Idol's No religion tour, Generation X had a one-time reunion performance at the Astoria Theatre in London) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X_%28band%29> NEMSWORLD WWW site, January 14, 2015: Generation X-Day by day (Generation X formed in the fall of 1976; members: Billy Idol, guitar; Tony James, bass & vocals; John Towe, drums; in December 1977 Idol switches to vocals only and 17 year old Bob "Derwood" Andrews is recruited on guitar; in April 1977 John Towe is asked to leave and replaced by drummer, Mark Laff, a.k.a. Mark Laffoley; this line-up remains until January 1980; Billy Idol and Tony James recruit former Chelsea guitarist James Stephenson and ex-Clash drummer Terry Chimes, re-christen the group Gen X, and go on to release one LP Kiss Me Deadly in 1981, before breaking up) <http://www.nemsworld.com/genx/daybyday.htm> |
| Associated language | eng |
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