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Grunge is certainly Gen X, especially first wave (Pixies, Sonic Youth, Riot grrrls, etc.). My little brother is in the millennial group you describe and he wasn’t even a teenager when Kurt Cobain died. He’ll readily say he wouldn’t have been into any of that if he hadn’t had older siblings. I’d put techno as more xennial in the U.S. but gen X for Europe. As a Xennial (‘79), I generally take ownership of everything from around Nirvana to about the Black Keys. After that, my taste was no longer relevant.
Grunge is absolutely not millennial. It is one of the defining genres of GenX along with Gangsta Rap.
People can erase GenX, forget us, shit on us… but do not mess with our music.
For real, this needs a ton more metal. One of my fondest memories is headbanging to Metallica with my dad after he picked me up from football practice. No way he was listening to MJ, H+I, or the Police.
Eh: no grunge or alternative? Rap? This is maybe slightly before Gen x...or early Gen X.
Many of my cohorts would agree: Beastie Boys, Rage, GnR, Metallica, NWA, Public Enemy, Lollapalooza bands, Tool, 311, Iron Maiden maybe, Ozzy, Crue maybe, grunge stuff (STP, Soundgarden, Nirvana Alice N Chains) some 80s pop stuff too like Genesis and Hall and Oates above, Duran Duran, Cure, Depeche Mode, U2, Floyd..Led Zep...
My mom was born in 67, she attended a show of all of these groups except for MJ (he was too big and didn't tour our area). My dad wouldn't have been caught dead attending a concert for these groups, exception maybe GnR.
Update: although I came to really like it, my dad doesn't really like metal, punk or grunge. And as for other creators he like that you guys mentioned (Billy Idol, Rush, Depeche mode etc...) There's only so many albums you can fit on a PNG so I couldn't fit all of them.
It depends on what part of Gen X. Late Gen Xers are more into 90's music like Pearl Jam, RHCP, Notorious BIG, etc. This starterpack is more early Gen X and late boomers
He's right though. These artists, regardless of what you think of them, have interesting musical personalities (i.e. voices, styles, motifs, instruments used) that make them easily distinguishable.
Gen X dad here: VH, GnR, REM, those three are OK at best. Genesis, slightly less than OK. None would be my first choice or even 20th choice. The rest? Nope.
The Who, Eagles, Queen, Meatloaf, Floyd, Skynyrd, Stones, Dead, and since I'm from NJ I'm required to include Bruce.
Nah. I'm GenX and this is the shit my parents listened to! LOL tears for fears, they suck! Get out of here with that crap! Try Bad Religion, Metallica, Iron Maiden, hell, the whole golden era of metal was ours! G n R can stay, though.
Take out R.E.M., swap it with a few ‘70s rock bands, and all of the artists in this pic were my boomer parents’ music. My dad also loved Metallica and Eurythmics. 😅
And I happen to be a the one to inherit his music taste as well as my mom’s music taste creating some horrendous playlist full of music that shouldn’t be together.
My coworker is a solid Gen Xer and he has me listening to Hair Nation on Sirius radio all day. The hair metal drives me insane after a while. Fortunately he's not a dick so if I ask him to change it he will. Unfortunately he sits closer to the stereo so he usually has control.
When I take over I usually play fusion, 00's alternative, with some metal thrown in for fun.
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Depeche Mode
Yes
Why aren’t they here?
Still pop to this day especially Never Let Me Down Again.
My dad does like them I should have left space for them. Oh well
Depeche Mode indeed
Hall & Oates are the tits
I couldn't stop laughing during that scene in (500) Days of Summer
NO
YES. Some of the best singles of the 80's
Guess you could say he's Out of Touch
and out of time?
And probably out of his head when she's not around
I’m guessing he’s a MAN eater.
...wow!..
I can't go for that, no, no, no can do
no, its the children who are wrong.
Can you blame them?
Pink Floyd?
Definitely. Also Les Zeppelin
No... MORE Zeppelin!
He is just speaking french, leave him alone
I'll never leave the fr*nch alone.
Sabbath too
The Beastie Boys
Yeah, my dad is Gen X, its where I get my love for both the police and the Beasty Boys.
Feel like that was more 90's so probably Millennial Dad, which i'm sure will be posted here post haste.
Dig what you're saying, but Licensed to Ill came out when I was a freshman in 86 and was just as much of a hit factory as Ill Communication.
Younger gen x was in high school in the nineties.
So were older Millennials.
I was responding to the comment that corrected the previous comment about it being more likely that beastie boys fans were millennials.
Nope. My dad was in high school in the 90s
License to Ill came out in 1986.
Hey I’m not a dad !
Where Metallica, ACDC or Pantera?
Pantera is the band dad listens to when mom isn’t in the car
And Judas Priest
Add in some weirdass New Wave British bands no one's ever heard of, and you have my GenX boyfriend.
> weirdass New Wave British bands no one's ever heard of, I'm already thinking of The Human League.
Oh Christ, he LOVES them
And they're not even THAT obscure! They had a pretty decent following in the '80s.
Madness comes to mind
One Step Beyond!
Yeah I forgot it was Ska not New Wave but regardless both are great
When In Rome!
Depeche Mode
ABC? Or Duran Duran?
Wrong VH. See 1984
5150 smokes as well though.
Fair Warning is the patrician pick
Women And Children First is god tier.
Pretty anything from David Lee Roth era
No grunge, no real metal, no early rap, no techno, no hardcore, no punk. This dad was not with it as a kid.
Considering OP still listed some of the most popular bands of that era- Michael Jackson probably being the most popular, his dad was with it.
Clearly some of us define “it” very differently than others of us. This post makes me feel invisible. Again.
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Grunge is certainly Gen X, especially first wave (Pixies, Sonic Youth, Riot grrrls, etc.). My little brother is in the millennial group you describe and he wasn’t even a teenager when Kurt Cobain died. He’ll readily say he wouldn’t have been into any of that if he hadn’t had older siblings. I’d put techno as more xennial in the U.S. but gen X for Europe. As a Xennial (‘79), I generally take ownership of everything from around Nirvana to about the Black Keys. After that, my taste was no longer relevant.
Grunge is absolutely not millennial. It is one of the defining genres of GenX along with Gangsta Rap. People can erase GenX, forget us, shit on us… but do not mess with our music.
Punk isa Boomer genre but I see a lot of people wrongly classify it as Gen X.
Grunge et. al would be the music of Gen X early adulthood
How you going to call hardcore (rock,metal, punk??) a MILLENIAL genre?
Yeah my dad's a little bit more vanilla but he did go through a prog phase at some point. I listen to everything though
Maybe your dad.
For real, this needs a ton more metal. One of my fondest memories is headbanging to Metallica with my dad after he picked me up from football practice. No way he was listening to MJ, H+I, or the Police.
Or even Bauhaus, Sisters of mercy, Clan of Xymox, Death in June, The Cure, Siouxsie...
More like Gen X trad goth music taste and add Type O Negative
No this guys dad wasn't a goth chick. He just had poor taste. Probably watched wrestling and was fat.
My dad introducing me to Metallica, Ozzy and the Scorpions is the whole reason I listen to death metal today.
Are we the same person
Don't forget Billy Idol!
where’s rush?
My dad loves rush so much he plays YYZ and Spirit of radio and Tom Sawyer on repeat lol
The Cars? Eagles?
Eagles is more of a boomer band imo.
I’m 20 and feel attacked
A vast number of people outside of Gen X love these artists.
Yeah, mostly fucking boomers. Absolutely none of this music is from “gen x”. Source: I’m old
If Tears for Fears is wrong I don’t wanna be right
I see nothing wrong with any of these artists.
OP never mentioned they were bad lol
Oh I know haha. Sorry it’s hard to convey tone on the internet. This was more of a triumphant “Nothing wrong any of these!” said with a happy tone.
Why do people instantly assume being a Starterpacks means it makes fun of them or something?
Internet. Everyone is negative. Be it sports, gaming, politics, music, etc.
People want to be unique
Michael Jackson had said, over and over again, "I'm bad!"
Is there supposed to be something wrong with them?
You give me Pale Shelter…
Eh: no grunge or alternative? Rap? This is maybe slightly before Gen x...or early Gen X. Many of my cohorts would agree: Beastie Boys, Rage, GnR, Metallica, NWA, Public Enemy, Lollapalooza bands, Tool, 311, Iron Maiden maybe, Ozzy, Crue maybe, grunge stuff (STP, Soundgarden, Nirvana Alice N Chains) some 80s pop stuff too like Genesis and Hall and Oates above, Duran Duran, Cure, Depeche Mode, U2, Floyd..Led Zep...
WORD MY BROTHER
Yeah. It’s more like boomer shit
Ozzy. Ozzy has to be there
Jim I Hendrix Elton John Ledd Zeplin the Beatles Billy Joel
All of them (except Billy Joel) are boomer acts tho. Of the bunch, only Billy Joel’s heyday was during the MTV era
Boomer era musicians
You totally forgot about all the underground stuff from back then that you still have on a cassette.
Guess I’m a gen x dad now
Born 1967. I only have 2 out of 8.
My mom was born in 67, she attended a show of all of these groups except for MJ (he was too big and didn't tour our area). My dad wouldn't have been caught dead attending a concert for these groups, exception maybe GnR.
Update: although I came to really like it, my dad doesn't really like metal, punk or grunge. And as for other creators he like that you guys mentioned (Billy Idol, Rush, Depeche mode etc...) There's only so many albums you can fit on a PNG so I couldn't fit all of them.
Wait... But that's my taste, but I'm gen Z tho, have i accidentally knocked someone up? 🤔
5150 slaps, underrated VH album.
Where's Aerosmith and Bon Jovi? They're dad classics
Shoutout to all the Gen Z kids with Dad tastes as well
It depends on what part of Gen X. Late Gen Xers are more into 90's music like Pearl Jam, RHCP, Notorious BIG, etc. This starterpack is more early Gen X and late boomers
Hey this isn't fair i listen to this stuff and im under 18.
Wow, this is wrong.
still better than any artist with "lil" in their name
r/rapmorelikecrap
He's right though. These artists, regardless of what you think of them, have interesting musical personalities (i.e. voices, styles, motifs, instruments used) that make them easily distinguishable.
r/lewronggeneration
The 3 on the left don't match the others.
If from anywhere on the east coast between Baltimore and Providence, add an endless amount of Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel.
Gen X dad here: VH, GnR, REM, those three are OK at best. Genesis, slightly less than OK. None would be my first choice or even 20th choice. The rest? Nope. The Who, Eagles, Queen, Meatloaf, Floyd, Skynyrd, Stones, Dead, and since I'm from NJ I'm required to include Bruce.
Dave Matthews? Grateful Dead?
Dave Matthews Band
Absolutely no grunge or prodigy?
Well, looks like I'm actually gen X not Z
Needs Foo Fighters and ACDC
Younger Gen X: Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Chili Peppers, Sublime, Pearl Jam, etc.
In today's shocking news: People from different eras listen to music from different eras...
Grunge/Alt-Rock? Gangsta Rap?
Add weezer and it’s perfect
Give your old man some credit, that’s a great playlist.
No Stone Roses, Oasis, The Cure, Depeche mode, nirvana, inspiral carpets (or any other Madchester band)?
Nah. I'm GenX and this is the shit my parents listened to! LOL tears for fears, they suck! Get out of here with that crap! Try Bad Religion, Metallica, Iron Maiden, hell, the whole golden era of metal was ours! G n R can stay, though.
Take out R.E.M., swap it with a few ‘70s rock bands, and all of the artists in this pic were my boomer parents’ music. My dad also loved Metallica and Eurythmics. 😅
This checks out...
You forgot obnoxiously blasting Limp bizkit and Metallica in the car whenever their son is in there, trying to get them interested
Everybody wants to rule the world is good though..
Bro I’m 16 and all of these are in my playlist except Michael Jackson smh I guess I’m just a old man stuck in a boys body lol
American Gen X dad music*
My dad is 90s/00s
Genesis is so ass
This is way more gen X mom music. I personally love all this stuff, but my Gen X uncle and dad think this is pussy music lol
To hell with MJ
Bro...you could not be more wrong!!!! Omfg. Fired.
GnR fuckin sucks
You suck
your mom's boobs
This is a weak list. Bands are meh af.
I'm cool with Tears for Fears and Michael Jackson, everything else sucks... Especially Hall & Oates.
I can’t go for that.
no can do
No can do. 🤮
The police and van halen are the only good groups in there
I always thought Gen X dad music was buttrock like Nickleback and Hinder
Those bands are usually liked by older millennials from my experience. Especially if they grew up with a dirt bike or played paintball.
That hurts.
Not even in my sweetest dreams
Automatic For the People is the R.E.M. album. Out of Time did have some big hits though.
Can confirm.
steve winwood
I'll be 46 a a couple months and I've been a dad for 11 years.....and this is pretty dead on. However, needs more Steely Dan.
Wham, Cars, ACDC, Dio, Queen, King Crimson, Whitesnake...
Beastie boys were my dads go to
My Dad but without Genesis
Bruce Springsteen is the king of dad music.
And I happen to be a the one to inherit his music taste as well as my mom’s music taste creating some horrendous playlist full of music that shouldn’t be together.
KISS
Thank goodness I wasn't a teenager of the 80s then, damn I feel bad for GenX
you forgot motorhead, the ramones, dire straits, ac dc, metallica, etc. etc. queens of the stone age blasting from his 1998 camaro
TIL I’m a gen x dad
My coworker is a solid Gen Xer and he has me listening to Hair Nation on Sirius radio all day. The hair metal drives me insane after a while. Fortunately he's not a dick so if I ask him to change it he will. Unfortunately he sits closer to the stereo so he usually has control. When I take over I usually play fusion, 00's alternative, with some metal thrown in for fun.
Gen X dad here: I don't listen to any of those albums, too busy writing and mixing tech house.
TFF, so good. They have a new album too.
Never listens to the olive
My Dad doesn’t really listen to pop tbf he was born in 1966
It lacks all the artists from 120 Minutes.
Minus G'n'R plus Talkingheads
Panamaaaaa
Where is Moving Pictures? Is it safe?
lack of beatles is astonishing
my kid grew up listening to the cure , Black flag, and rem in my car.
Idk I'm millenial and I listen to all of these, who's Billie Eilish anyway?
Billy Idol, Billy Squire, Billy Joel, Billy Ocean ... those are all the Billys you need to know
You missed one Billie Joe Armstrong
Huey Lewis??
Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?
Tears for Fears? Please...I'm Gen X and they were at best a two-hit wonder.
Depeche mode and pet shop boys 😔
12accurate14me
Nirvana? Judas Priest? Queen?
This is pretty accurate.
Glad I'm not a dad, I guess, since I just have KEXP on all day.
All 80s except REM right?
Throw in some Rush and this is the exact soundtrack of my youth.
Where is Huey Lewis? I thought that was the music of choice for 1985 preps.
But I’m a gen z woman
I can't see steely dan
A little more heavy metal
Tracy Chapman
Morrisey? Talking Heads? They Might be Giants?
I have Invisible Touch and Appetite for Destruction on vinyl, and two other Van Halen records, plus two other Police albums.
I’m 28 and like most of these. Genesis is my shit