Gen X “4″ 1981. 12″EP.  Released after the departure of Bob Andrews and Mark Laff who were replaced by former Clash drummer Terry Chimes and Chelsea’s guitarist James Stevenson. Generation X shorted their name to Gen X and released Kiss Me Deadly in ‘81, upon which “Dancing With Myself” appears (and sounds pretty much exactly as the hit Billy Idol single, also released in ‘81).  “Untouchables” is fairly slow-tempo and eerily foreshadows 80′s hair metal ballads. “Rock On,” by contrast, is a rollicking rocker with a whiff of punk but to my ears more reminiscent of 70′s American classic rock-n-roll.  Then “King Rocker” brings us all the way back to the heyday of 50′s rockabilly (with a British accent).