▁years ▁later ▁the ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁S weet ▁Re ven ge ). ▁Generation ▁X ▁broke ▁up ▁in ▁ac rim ony ▁at ▁the ▁year ' s ▁end ▁with ▁Andrew s ▁the ▁lead ▁guitar ist ▁qu itting ▁the ▁act , ▁and ▁Id ol ▁and ▁James ▁asking ▁its ▁drum mer ▁Mark ▁La ff ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁band ▁shortly ▁afterwards ▁over ▁another ▁disag re ement . ▁ ▁Gen ▁X ▁After ▁abandon ing ▁the ▁recording ▁sessions ▁at ▁Olympic ▁Studios , ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁James ▁and ▁Id ol ▁re - launch ed ▁the ▁band ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁Rom antic ▁style , ▁re - t itled ▁with ▁the ▁new ▁name ▁Gen ▁X , ▁with ▁the ▁drum mer ▁Terry ▁Ch imes . ▁Re - rec ording ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁material ▁from ▁the ▁abort ive ▁Olympic ▁sessions , ▁along ▁with ▁several ▁new ▁songs , ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁it ▁released ▁a ▁long - player ▁entitled ▁K iss ▁Me ▁Dead ly , ▁featuring ▁session - play ing ▁from ▁several ▁different ▁lead ▁guitar ists ▁in ▁the ▁absence ▁of ▁a ▁permanent ▁one ▁in ▁the ▁band ' s ▁line - up . ▁A ▁small ▁tour ▁was ▁also ▁carried ▁out ▁to ▁promote ▁the ▁new ▁band ▁with ▁James ▁Stevens on ▁having ▁been ▁brought ▁in ▁as ▁its ▁stand - in ▁guitar ist . ▁K iss ▁Me ▁Dead ly ▁was ▁a ▁commercial ▁failure ▁on ▁release , ▁failing ▁to ▁enter ▁in ▁the ▁U . K .' s ▁Albums ▁Chart , ▁with ▁its ▁only ▁single ▁release ▁" Dan cing ▁with ▁Mys elf "