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X is the name of a noted punk band. |
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X is the name of a noted punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles in the 1977. They're first release the appropriately titled "Los Angeles"(1980), produced by the Doors' keyboard player, Ray Manzarek, was an minor hit, and well received by the underground press. The band's name, singer Exene Cervenka's slightly off-key wail, and songs like "Nausea" and "The World's a Mess, It's In My Kiss" helped to define the L.A. fatalistic style. Even the album's cover, which featured a mysterious flaming X, aided their image by invoking of images of cross-burnings, witch-burnings, riots, etc. |
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X haled from Los Angeles in the 1970s. They released the monumental L.A. punk album of the time, appropriately titled "Los Angeles." The album was produced by the Doors' keyboardist, Ray Manzarek (who also played as a guest musician). The band's name, singer Exene's slightly off-key wail, and songs like "Nausea" and "The World's a Mess, It's In My Kiss" defined the L.A. fatalistic style. X's album cover even featured a mysterious flaming X, conjuring up all sorts of images of American nightmares: cross-burnings, witch-burnings, riots, etc. The albums that followed were less stringently dark, though they had the same hard-driving rock and roll sound. The underplayed expertise of the musicians (especially Billy Zoom on guitar and D.J. Bonebrake on drums) allowed X to play an eclectic yet cohesive mix of tunes, from thrash ("We're Desperate") to rockabilly ("Beyond and Back") to heavy metal ("Universal Corner"), all without losing the punk urgency. The albums "Los Angeles" and "Wild Gift" were released on Slash Records before X was signed to Elektra, also the Doors' label, in the early 1980s to release "Under The Big Black Sun" and others. It was around the time of the "More Fun In The New World" album that the feature-length documentary "The Unheard Music" was made about X. |
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The albums that followed were less dark, though they had the same hard-driving rock and roll sound. The underplayed expertise of the musicians (especially Billy Zoom on guitar and D.J. Bonebrake on drums) allowed X to play an eclectic yet cohesive mix of tunes, from thrash ("We're Desperate") to rockabilly? ("Beyond and Back") to heavy metal ("Universal Corner"), all without losing the punk urgency. After the first two albums on independent Slash Records, X signed to Elektra in 1982 to release "Under The Big Black Sun". 1983 saw the releas of the "More Fun In The New World" album and the feature-length documentary, "The Unheard Music", about the band. |
The albums that followed were less dark, though they had the same hard-driving rock and roll sound. The underplayed expertise of the musicians (especially Billy Zoom on guitar and D.J. Bonebrake on drums) allowed X to play an eclectic yet cohesive mix of tunes, from thrash ("We're Desperate") to rockabilly? ("Beyond and Back") to heavy metal ("Universal Corner"), all without losing the punk urgency. After the first two albums on independent Slash Records, X signed to Elektra in 1982 to release "Under The Big Black Sun". 1983 saw the releas of the "More Fun In The New World" album and the feature-length documentary, "The Unheard Music", about the band.
Though X recorded some albums without original guitarist Zoom, the band regrouped in the early 1990s to record and are still playing shows as of 2001. Bassist/singer John Doe moved more toward country music in his solo work, and still plays with the John Doe Thing.
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