Generation X is a 1964 192-page book on popular youth culture by British journalists Jane Deverson and Charles Hamblett.Charles Hamblett british journalist It contains interviews with teenagers who were part of the Mod subculture. It began as a series of interviews in a 1964 study of British youth, commissioned by British lifestyle magazine Woman's Own where Deverson worked. The interviews detailed a culture of promiscuous and anti-establishment youth, and was seen as inappropriate for the magazine.Asthana, Anushka & Thorpe, Vanessa. "Whatever happened to the original Generation X?". The Observer. January 23, 2005.
Cultural influences Generation X, a punk rock band that English musician Billy Idol formed in 1976, was named after the book—a copy of which was owned by Idol's mother.Generation X - A Punk History with Pictures
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External links The original Generation X - BBC News Magazine article on the book