Latex Generation is a New York, USA punk rock band that formed in the early 1990s. The band's name was inspired by a news report that spoke of the current generation of teens regarding the threat of STDs and the AIDS epidemic came on the radio. The name has also been said to be a play on words as the "Late X Generation" because the members all fall age-wise at the tail end of Generation X. The band are also referred to as "L8XG" or just "LG".
Over the years, Latex Generation has released 2 full-length CDs, 3 7" records, a number of compilation album contributions and have toured extensively throughout North America, Europe, and Australia - most notably on the Van's Warped Tour.
Read more about Latex Generation: The Early Years (1990-1992), Latex Generation (1998 To 2006), Reunions, Digital Music Releases
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“In all our efforts to provide “advantages” we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly pressured and over-organized generation of youngsters in our history—and possibly the unhappiest. We seem hell-bent on eliminating much of childhood.”
—Eda Le Shan (b. 1922)