Generation X - Generation X

As with so many bands that fall under the early "punk" umbrella it is often their first album that is the best. The nature of the music was right here, right now, so all the energy was usually spent in one explosive album, and that is true of Generation X. Generation X are best know now as the band that Billy Idol came from and that is such a shame. Derwood and Tony James,guitar and bass player respectively, are equally as responsible for the sound of Generation X as Billy Idols voice was. By today's standards they may not be considered punk but "back in the day" their releases were as eagerly awaited as the Clash or the ...  Read the complete review

This is a decent album in my opinion from a band who in the mid to late 1970`s and early 1980`s produced a punk style that was in your face and real.The lead singer Billy Idol - real name William Albert Broad went onto mediocre solo success and guitarist Tony James went onto from a new wave punk band in the 1980`s called Sigue Sigue Sputnik whose most famous hit was Love Missile. These kind of songs on album can be considered quite brash and edgy but that was the kind of attitude that Billy Idol brought across when he came out and performed.I would say the most noteable songs from this album are Wild Youth, Your Generation, Youth Youth Youth and One ...  Read the complete review

One of the more forgotten bands to emerge under the banner of punk, up until recently Generation X were best known for simply being the band that gave Billy Idol and Tony James a springboard to success, with very few people actually able to name many of their tracks beyond Dancing With Myself (which Idol had remixed and released as 'Billy Idol with Generation X' at the beginning of his solo career) and their career relegated to discussions held amongst genre enthusiasts over what was 'real' punk. See, in their day Generation X were actually quite controversial. Not because of pseudo-political leanings and lyrics, not because of a racist fan-base, but, along ...  Read the complete review