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X is an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles. The original members are vocalist Exene Cervenka, vocalist-bassist John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom and drummer D. J. Bonebrake. The band released seven studio albums from 1980 to 1993.
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- 1977–present
Jon Savage. X, American band whose tales of urban decay, corruption, and sleaze, delivered with skilled musicianship and unique vocal harmonies, marked them as important contributors to the punk movement. Capable of matching the fury of other punk bands, X excelled at melancholy ballads and flirted with pop music.
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Apr 22, 2020 · On Wednesday, the original members of Los Angeles punk band X dropped their first new studio album in 35 years, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. X is back with new album...
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- "Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not" Even if its central metaphor has long since expired in the relevance department, this lead-off track from X's 1980 debut release, Los Angeles, reigns supreme as one of punk rock's all-time scorchers.
- "Johnny Hit and Run Paulene" The band doesn't calm things down for the record's follow-up track, as Zoom channels Chuck Berry in a blistering intro. Then Doe's fashionably bleak lyrics make their presence known with an unprecedented bluntness, as few pop/rock songs of any era have dared to choose date rape as a song topic.
- "Los Angeles" X's well-known title track from its debut is all alienation, communicating pain, confusion, and frustration consistently throughout Doe and Cervenka's shared lead vocals and, of course, when they trot out their strange but affecting harmonies.
- "We're Desperate" This jittery track with a machine gun rhythm from X's sophomore release loses none of the momentum built just a year earlier through the band's auspicious debut.
SHOWS — X the band. UPCOMING SHOWS. Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA / 3.21.24. GET TICKETS. Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA / 3.22.24. GET TICKETS. Rock & Brews , Highland, CA / 3.23.24. GET TICKETS. Oxnard OPAC, Oxnard, CA / 3.24.2023. GET TICKETS. PAST SHOWS. The Neptune, Seattle, WA / 12.11.2023. GET TICKETS.
Alphabetland is the eighth studio album by American punk rock band X. Released digitally in April 2020, it is their first studio release in 27 years and the first with their original line-up in the past 35 years.
X: The Unheard Music 1986 directed by W.T. Morgan. In the late 1970s, a new sound burst upon the Los Angeles music scene – the music made by a four-person rock band with the enigmatic name of X. Playing in clubs like the Whisky and the Starwood, X set a new standard for driving, forceful songs that both critics and the public felt ...
