With Laff and Andrews' departure, Generation X essentially came to an end; a re-branded act, Gen X, with a replacement guitarist and drummer subsequently launched by Idol and James went on to fail commercially, and was gone by early 1981.
With the departure of Laff and Andrews, the era of Generation X came to an end; a rebranded version, Gen X, with a new guitarist and drummer, was launched by Idol and James, but ultimately failed commercially and ceased to exist by early 1981.