If you came of age in the 1980’s, your soundtrack likely included alternative bands like The Cure, Depeche Mode, R.E.M. and the B-52’s. And there’s a good chance that music still resonates with you today. We talk with David Grady about his book Our Mix Tapes, Ourselves: The Happy-Sad Story and Soundtrack of Generation X, and we listen back to some of the great cuts of the era.
The soundtrack of Generation X