Generation X Put The Boot In
Jon Savage, Sounds, 16 July 1977
GENERATION X. In the 60's: a book wherein 'youth speaks about itself'. In the 70's: a 'new wave' band which does the same, on the way to becoming an enormous pop attraction.
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