‘Roll on death and let’s have a bash at the angels’
– Generation X
When the teen pop magazines eventually picked up on Generation X they turned it into a set of life style tips with The Who, The Birds and The Toggery Five as their models
The Observer (May 17,1964)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (December 1, 1964)
Wichita Beacon (November 26, 1964)
After You’ve Gone blog has some background on the term ‘generation x’ [HERE] and on the book itself [HERE]
Before Billy Idol’s mob took the name there were at least two other combos, one in Kent the other in Cornwall, who adopted the name and attempted to breakout of village halls
A Kentish Express columnist looks no further than to her darling boy’s school band, Generation X, for this February 1967 piece.
Cornish Guardian (January 19, 1967)
‘Generation X the title of a paperback which detailed the wild youth of the 1960s: a rock band of the 1970s . . .’ Bolton Evening News (December 20, 1977)
Clipped pages from Generation X on the rear of The Clash’s debut single
The 1964 American edition, published by Fawcett, uses a reversed and cropped image of rockers and policemen on a Margate street corner. The original below is reproduced in Johnny Stuart’s essential Rockers! (1987)
“Police Notice . . . NO WAITING”
The two rockers to the right of the policemen have been given hair enhancements by Fawcett’s photo editor – quiffs are go!