A Los Angeles punk band that mixed rockabilly and country influences while avoiding simple categorization.
If you want to hear what they were about, start with 'Los Angeles' and 'The New World.' That's the core of it.
X mattered because they captured the specific energy of late-70s Los Angeles without sounding like anyone else. They kept making records like 'The Have Nots' long after the initial buzz faded, which says something about their staying power.
They formed in 1977 with John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, and DJ Bonebrake. The debut 'Los Angeles' came out in 1980, followed by 'Wild Gift' and 'More Fun in the New World' over the next few years. Doe and Cervenka remained constant through lineup changes while they kept playing and recording without much fanfare about comebacks.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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