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The Mythical X Generation.
Why The Name?
The term Generation X is commonly used to refer to people born after the generation of baby boomers.1 Although there is no universal exact date range, 2 the term usually includes people born in mid to late 1960 to those born in the early 1980's, usually no later than 5 April 1981.3 Also known as the "Generation Apathy" or the "Lost Generation", therejection still, a rebellion-conformist, always rejecting the religion, traditions, generational, patriotism and even the same family. Some people generalizes and considers that this generation is the one that has seen everything from the black and white TV, the sharpest TFT, people who have played marbles, rope, tops, Pong, Atari, Nintendo, Sega recreational and other times to the XBOX andPlaystation 3. Couplan Douglas, the author of "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture" (published on March 11, 1991 by St. Martin's Press), a true reflection of the times that he and those of his own generation were living, believes that belong to Generation X born between the early 60's and early 70.
Baby boomer is a term used to describe people born during the baby boom (baby boom), whichsucceeded in some common law countries in the period after the Second World War, between 1946 and the beginning of the decade the 1960s.1 2 After the Second World War, several Anglo-Saxon countries-United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand experienced an unusual spike in birth rates, a phenomenon commonly called "baby boom". In these countries the term is also used to refer to that generation.Etymology
The term was given in 1992 in the UK, but not to define a generation chronological, but rather a type of behavior of young people then: break patterns and customs. not believe in God dislike the Queen of the United Kingdom have sex before marriage not respect their parents put friends before family depression and discontent Anarchy in the school Grunge syndrome [citation needed]Since the behaviors listed are typical of adolescence, it was a cultural concept in population, and no use to describe a trend in all countries of the world for a given generation. It is considered that Douglas Coupland, Canadian author, was who popularized the term in his 1991 work of the same title: Generation X. The successor of this generation known as Generation Y.
Features
Thisgeneration was affected by the bombing of the consumerism of the 1980's and early 1990, the manipulation of the political system, the advent of the Internet, historical change as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Cold War, the onset of AIDS among many events that created the profile X.

Music
Generation X, like many others, was defined by its music, especially the reciprocating type, withgroups like Nirvana, Faith No More, Sonic Youth, Pixies, Dinosaur Jr. and REM Punk also highlighted that, in combination with the Hard Rock resulted in another important musical and cultural phenomenon of the late eighties and early nineties, called grunge, with representative groups such as Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney , Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.
Faith No More is an alternative rock bandformed in San Francisco, California, in 1982 as "Faith No Man" by bassist Billy Gould, drummer Mike Bordin, keyboardist Wade Worthington and frontman Mike Morris, later to be replaced later by Roddy Bottum and Chuck Mosley respectively. The band then changed its name to Faith No More, and later recruited guitarist Jim Martin. Since its inception, and with his 1985 debut We Care a Lot, went into theunderground alternative. Always emphasized the ease of combining styles such as alternative rock, funk, hardcore, and hip hop, mixed with the distinctive sound of heavy metal influenced guitar Jim Martin, all this reflected well on his second album Introduce Yourself 1987.
On February 24, 2009, Faith No More announced a reunion tour in Europe, called "The Second Coming Tour" with the same...
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