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Steve Jones said he was “over” playing rock guitar as Sex Pistols and Generation X supergroup Generation Sex prepared their first tour in June 2023.

40 Years Ago: Billy Idol Leaves Generation X For Solo Stardom Generation X had basically invented Billy Idol's solo career before he left in February 1981. He even swiped their last single, scoring an early dance hit with his own remix. The London-based group's sudden end could be blamed on the buying public's growing indifference, a shifting late-period lineup that led to a brief shortening of their band name to Gen X, a protacted managerial dispute, Idol's own dreams of separate glory or the dangerous influence of drugs. Actually, all of that was true, to one degree or another. Generation X...