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It was was Gen X’s monster – so why do their kids love it?

1980s indie music was Gen X’s Frankenstein’s monster – why do their children love it?

The scruffy, awkward music genre that was supposed to have been killed by the rave kids is back. As Gen Z can’t get enough of the soundtracks of the outsider lyrics their parents loved, Stephen Armstrong heads to the dancefloor to find out why

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1980s indie music

It was was Gen X’s monster – so why do their kids love it?