In 1980 as my friends and I became more and more Modified as they say we knew we had to find ourselves a venue to dance at. Little Murders started having a disc jockey at their gigs particularly at a venue called the Market Hotel but these were still gigs. Michael and Chris found a little place in Church Street called The Alfred Hotel and started a Wednesday night club called Kommotion. Legendary for it's tiny dancefloor. big speakers that dancers would jump off and a courtyard which each week had more and more and more scooters.
And the crowd of Mods danced and drank all night. But there wasn't enough Mod songs to dance to it seemed. Or else we were a little bit more eclectic. Because we added songs like dancing With Myself by Gen X to the playlist. (and Love Will Tear Us Apart & Oliver's Army) So it was a little bit New wave as well. When we finally got to the Sydney Clubs we noticed how deep they were into genuine Mod sounds and Northern soul. Down here in Melbourne we didn't mind a bit of the old Power Pop.
Generation X were one of my favourite punk bands because they produced a bunch of great singles from "Your Generation" to this song. Loved this song and danced to it many times. Billy idol must have thought it had legs because he re-recorded it when he went solo.
Don't know why they shortened their name to Gen X though. Daft idea!
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