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When did Generation X start making music?

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Generation X's first song “Youth Youth Youth (2002 Remaster)” released on March 17, 1978.


Generation X, later known as Gen X, were an English punk rock band formed in London in 1976. They were the musical starting point of the career of their frontman Billy Idol. 
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