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Xennials is a portmanteau blending the words Generation X and Millennials to describe a "micro-generation" [5] [6] or "cross-over generation" [7] of people whose birth years are between the mid-late 1970s and the early-mid 1980s.
Generation X (often shortened to Gen X) is the demographic cohort following the Baby Boomers and preceding Millennials.Researchers and popular media often use the mid-1960s as its starting birth years and the late 1970s as its ending birth years, with the generation generally defined as people born from 1965 to 1980.
On release in January 1979 the record performed disappointingly in the UK Albums Chart, and contributed substantially to Generation X's demise as a band at the year's end. In a later interview with the New Musical Express, Tony James, the band's bass-player and song-writing lyricist attributed the record's failure commercially and artistically to:
The situation was not improved by Generation X being driven off stage by an onslaught of missiles from a mob of U.K. Subs fans, during a triple-bill concert at the Lyceum Ballroom in London in February 1979, [5] as a part of an ongoing violent tendency from a proto-street punk element that dogged the band's live appearances. [59]
Title Album details Peak chart positions UK [1]Generation X: Released: 17 March 1978; Label: Chrysalis Formats: LP, MC, 8-track 29 Valley of the Dolls: Released: 26 January 1979
Most importantly, Generation X entered the workforce at a time when technology had not yet made possible the notion of being ‘on call’ 24/7 (sorry, millennials).
Generation X, roughly defined as those born between 1965 and 1980, have never seen a commander-in-chief come from their ranks. Former Vice President Kamala Harris, 60, has been referred to as an ...
The memes that her critics use for ridicule are actually quite appealing to Gen Xers, born between 1965 and 1979. Gen X's ironic yet passionate relationship to sub-cultural and cultish pop culture ...