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With their two-part harmonies and diverse musical influences, X is a punk band that has carved a musical space and sound all their own in the LA scene.
Contents at a Glance
X at a Glance
X is a noted punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1977. While they achieved only limited mainstream success, they were widely considered one of the most influential, accessible and tuneful of Los Angeles' many punk bands. Their 1980 record Los Angeles resonated so loudly with the citizens of the city it is named after, that the band received an Official Certificate of Recognition from the City of Los Angeles in acknowledgment of their important contributions to Los Angeles music and culture.http://www.concertwire.com/event/511469/x/ They were hugely influential on various genres of music,...
Official Web Sites
band and member web sites
- X The Band
- www.xtheband.com the official website
- EXENE CERVENKA
- lead singer Exene Cervenka's official website
- John Doe
- guitarist-singer John Doe's official website
- Billy Zoom Music
- guitarist Billy Zoom's official website
- DJ BONEBRAKE MUSIC
- drummer DJ Bonebrake's official website
X on Flickr
X at Avalon, 19 August 2006
At UBC Sub Ballroom
I was lucky enough to watch X backstage at a show in 2006 after my boyfriend's b...
This is the very great John Doe, songwriter, artist,
The band X reunion show 45684d, September 16, 2006, Fineline Music Cafe, Minneap...
Exene still doesn't care what you or I think of her.
Blogging X
- Literature, Poetry and Punk - and John DoeRIGHT NOW!
- John Doe, a co-founder of X met his then-to-become paramour and partner, Exene Cervenka at a Venice Beach poetry workshop back in the mid-70s. They were and still are both literary and poetic people who plied the punk rock and led a ...
- Saturday Night At The Movies Punk is a feeling: The Gits By Dennis ...
- Led by talented singer-songwriter Mia Zapata, the band mixed the musical tightness and aggressive melodic punch of LA's X with the art-punk lyricism of San Francisco's Romeo Void. Zapata's powerful, bluesy Janis Joplin-meets-Exene ...
- High Plains Jamboree (Day 88)
- They're more reminiscent of John Doe and Exene Cervenka of X, or more accurately one of my other favorite man-woman vocal teams, Rick Rizzo and Janet Beveridge Bean of Eleventh Dream Day. Great stuff. Robert Earl Keen Jr. - "High Plains ...
- celebrating vintage photos in Theresa K's "punk turns 30 " - John ...
- Literature, Poetry and Punk - and John Doe RIGHT NOW! John Doe, a co-founder of X met his then-to-become paramour and partner, Exene Cervenka at a Venice Beach poetry workshop back in the mid-70s. They were and ...Link!
The Music of X
Interviews, Reviews and More
- X-The Unheard Music
- X is a Los Angeles-based punk band. Formed in 1977 by singer and bassist John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom, singer Exene Cervenka, and drummer D.J. Bonebrake, X was an immediate critical success. In their first years of existence they quickly rose to the top of the L.A. underground music scene.
- X Reviews
- Postpunk Chuck Berry lovin' L.A. sleaze....We're An American Band!
- Comet Magazine/ Exene Cervenka
- Musician and poet Exene Cervenka may not consider herself tenacious, but if tenacious means diligent and dedicated, the description certainly fits. Literally and figuratively a bohemian (her ancestors come from Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic), Cervenka has been writing, playing music, and creating art for more than 25 years.
- Emily interviews John Doe of punk rock legend X and The John Doe Thing! ...Strange interview!
- Emily Strange is 13 years old and wicked bad. Bad meaning good. She has a Posse of 4 cats: Miles, Sabbath, NeeChee, and Mystery. She's downright strange and knows it. She's anticool, a subculture of one.
- X - Los Angeles Review - sputnikmusic
- X Los Angeles music album review, ratings, and discussion at sputnik music.
- Citizine Interview - Billy Zoom of X
- Guitarist and saxophone player Billy Zoom talks
about jazz, soul, the invention of rock 'n' roll, and
its reinvention with X.
