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You Know What? Gen X Really Hit the Nail on the Head With These 3 Anthems

Gen X is a complicated generation to define, but their music is still incredible.

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I’ve written a lot about Millennial anthems just because that’s sort of my area of expertise. But looking just a few years back, there’s a whole array of incredible songs that defined a generation way better than Lady Gaga or The Killers ever did. Gen X is often forgotten, and a lot of it has to do with how drastically popular culture changed within those decades.

It’s a difficult generation to define, if you’re into that sort of thing. But it’s hard to forget some of the great songs those years produced.

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana

Looking through comment sections and Reddit threads about Gen X anthems, there are two........

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