I have been a fan since 1977 . Thanks for this great retrospective and vey interesting facts like Clive Bunker playing on the Dolls album !!

@PopCultureGraveyard

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! So glad you enjoyed the episode

vielen dank, ich liebe generation x ❤‍🔥

Nailed it

What a great review. This dude really knows his chops!

@PopCultureGraveyard

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I really appreciate the kind words. Please check out my other videos. I think you'll enjoy them. All the best!

@lincolnshaw8812

3 жыл бұрын

@@PopCultureGraveyard I think the Strokes were really influenced by this band, their sound and subsequent development seem very similar to me.

Great underrated name great name for a band

Great band. Their last album is glorious!

@PopCultureGraveyard

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! People are divided on that last one, given that the band was essentially a studio creation. But I'm with you, this New Romantic-tinged death-rattle era of the band is full-on glorious. Thanks, Buzz!

@buzzardsinuses4780

3 жыл бұрын

@@PopCultureGraveyard it’s certainly my favorite Gen X album

There’s a lot of poser blokes that claim they like this band or that. You’re definitely true blue punk aficionado and I truly appreciate this in depth look into a highly underrated, brilliant punk band from the original London scene. That first record should be as lauded as Never Mind the Bollocks.

Valley of the dolls is my favourite thank you so much for this you have taught us sooo much again thankx

@PopCultureGraveyard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, Frank! So glad you enjoyed the episode!

Yeah, I had the Valley of the Dolls album in highschool.

Nailed it! Best review ever done on Generation-X

@PopCultureGraveyard

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, my friend! Glad you enjoyed it. Please check out my other episodes if you get a chance. Take care!

Always reminds me of SLC Punk

@PopCultureGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

Yep, the Kiss Me Deadly moment is the best scene in the movie

Gen x is my favourite punk band!! It makes me sad because it’s hard to find now gen x records

@PopCultureGraveyard

2 жыл бұрын

They're SO good! Depending on where you live, it could be tricky to find their LPs. But they are pretty affordable online, like on Discogs. I never get tired of their music. Thanks for the comment, Kami!

@kamifitz7684

2 жыл бұрын

@@PopCultureGraveyard thanks so much!!

Glad to see another Gen X fan. While I am no stranger to throwing a little "not real punk" shade, Gen X absolutely qualifies as real punk, even if a bit poppy. I think most of the criticism from within the scene is/was jealousy of Billy Idol going mainstream when better bands did not. As if though no one understood that singularly making great music isn't going to get you on MTV as much as an image...so of course MTV would love a snarling, punk uniformed Billy Idol. It's like being angry that your weird local art band didn't win American Idol. Who would even want that?

@PopCultureGraveyard

3 жыл бұрын

Very good point! MTV has never had much to do with music. It turned certain image-forward artists into "musical spokesmodels," who with one good video could turn an album with one good song into an entire '80s career. The fact that Billy could deliver--with very well crafted and brilliantly produced albums--really separates him from the pack. Thanks for the comment!

A great band. Vastly underrated. Great review, Hollis. Also, Gen X were the only other punk band, aside from The Clash, who could convincingly handle dub

@PopCultureGraveyard

2 жыл бұрын

You made a great point about dub! Both bands really understood dub, and each did their own version of it, whereas other bands simply aped the sound of dub when they tried to do it. Gen X was a really exciting band that was too explosive to last. Thanks for the comment, Joe!

Fantastic review. Thank you. You really know your stuff. Just subscribed. Stay safe.

@PopCultureGraveyard

3 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the kind words, and welcome aboard!

Thanks

@PopCultureGraveyard

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

GREAT write-up. Subbed.

@PopCultureGraveyard

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, David! Welcome to the channel!

Good review . Did they actually have any hits in the US?. I saw them twice in London although they didn't really cut as a live act either Billy or Tony actually said this .

@PopCultureGraveyard

Жыл бұрын

No, they didn't chart in the US. I envy you getting to see them, but even if they didn't sound great, I'll bet they looked phenomenal!

I've yet to listen to the Gen X album but the first two LPs were very high quality pieces that fell victim to the snobbery of the English music press Their punk credentials were as good as anybody's but were seen as a little too slick to be be acceptable to the musical gatekeepers. A lot of rock fans had to keep their liking for Generation X secret because to confess the truth would mean immediate deduction of 'cool' points. It's been very interesting to hear people like Alan McGhee, founder of Creation records, admit to being a long time time fan. Easier now, when the band are history, than at the time. Billy Idol clearly had a talent for writing strong tunes, evidenced by his later solo success, Tony James wrote observant, literate lyrics about youth culture and the musical contribution of Andrews and Laff were high quality. Looking back, I think the record company pressure for 'hits' contributed to the group's demise. Had they been allowed to develop over the long term Chrysalis could have had a major success with the band. But anyway, thanks for a great overview of a criminally misunderstood band.

@PopCultureGraveyard

2 жыл бұрын

Very well stated, and spot on! And I think Tony James is one of the most underrated and multi-talented songwriters to emerge from that era. It's so easy in retrospect to forget just how jaundiced most music critics and "scenesters" were back then, especially in light of this post-Green Day world we live in. I think Gen X are one of those bands where the label just didn't realize what they had, due to them being snapped up in the panic to sign punk bands. I think you're right that a little nurturing could have helped, but Chrysalis--like all the majors--saw punk as a passing fad. They were smart enough to hang onto Billy for his solo career, though. Thanks for taking the time to comment, and welcome to the channel!

@mesolithicman164

2 жыл бұрын

@@PopCultureGraveyard Great comment. Tony James and his best mate Mick Jones ( what ever happened to him!!? ) were right there at the beginning of punk in the London SS. At this time, all the later music writers were listening to Blue Oyster Cult, Pink Floyd and Emerson Lake and Palmer, with hair down to their waists. London SS were managed by Bernie Rhodes, and Malcolm Mclaren and the Sex Pistols would occasionally drop by the SS's rehearsal room. So the idea that former hippie, Johnny come lately, music journalists should sit in judgement of Generation X seems quite absurd. I don't think Tony James and Generation X have received the recognition they really deserve for most of their work. And Derwood's lead guitar work is a phenomenon in itself for a 19 year old lad. I find, for example, the anthemic opening guitar figure of 'Running with the Boss Sound' exciting everytime I hear it. This all sounds a bit fanboyish, but if there's any justice...etc. Thanks for a great and well thought through critique. I enjoyed your attention to detail. Keep up the good work.

👍 - neal a

Generation X is definitely my favorite "punk " band of all time. Some would say they are the original alt band. Almost too good, and too musical to be considered punk rock.

Their debut LP is my all time fav punk album . But why call them pp punk? Because they play melodic punk? To me they are straight up punk. Same with, say, the Undertones who play very melodic songs.

Love generation x hate Billy idol lol