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Veteran punk-rock band X marks 30 years with new set list (News)
5 months ago

After nearly 30 years of taking its genre-defining punk, rock and pop to the world, X figured it was time to try something new.Oh, don't fret — the veteran West Coast band possesses the same...

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X's Exene Cervenka Announces That She Has Multiple Sclerosis
5 months ago

Exene Cervenka, frontwoman for X, has announced on the band's website that she is suffering from multiple sclerosis.Her full statement:After some months of not feeling 100% healthy, I recently had some medical tests run and the prognosis is that I am suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. Apparently, it has been affecting me for quite some time.Although this is obviously unfortunate news, I am cho...

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X, Qui, Parts & Labor, Jeffrey Lewis, Errors, Whispertown to play ATP Festivals May 2009
9 months ago
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X To Record New Songs?
about 1 year ago
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The current reunion of L.A. punk rock icons X may yield some new music, according to singer/bassist John Doe."Exene (Cervenka) and I are talking about trying to write some X songs," Doe tells Billboard.com. "We're going to take it a step at a time, see how this (tour) goes, and if we're all enjoying ourselves and feeling creative, then we'll continue. We'll just have to do it when we have the t...

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RodneyPWelch
RodneyPWelch of rodneypwelch@bellsouth.net
Easy to fall, part of your skull, starts to break away...
over 2 years ago
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They never made it as big as they should have, God knows, but X was and remains one of the great punk bands of all time. This is one of the stellar cuts from Wild Gift, their second disc, which was every bit the equal of their first.

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Do the Pop...again
about 1 year ago
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    Do the Pop
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    Home Is Where the Floor Is

I wrote a little bit about this comp a month or so ago (see: http://mog.com/jenny/blog_post/151533) but my review of the record runs today at PopMatters, so perhaps we can all bear another post?Here’s a bit from the write-up:Various ArtistsDo the Pop!: Redux Part One(Savage Beat)US release date: 18 December 2007UK release date: 21 January 2008by Jennifer KellyThe Stooges, MC5, and the New York .

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RodneyPWelch
RodneyPWelch of rodneypwelch@bellsouth.net
Easy to fall, part of your skull, starts to break away...
over 2 years ago
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They never made it as big as they should have, God knows, but X was and remains one of the great punk bands of all time. This is one of the stellar cuts from Wild Gift, their second disc, which was every bit the equal of their first.

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Essential Punk Rock Record
over 2 years ago

The combination of X and Dangerhouse Records equals a priceless punk rock memento. “Adult Books” backed with “We’re Desperate” and a cool picture sleeve photographed and conceived by the late Jules Bates was made even sweeter by the nifty handwritten lyrics. That John Doe… what a poetic songwriter! Everything about this relic brings back rich memories of the golden age of punk rock.

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Punk Rock Tues: Feelin' "Desperate"...Well, Do Ya?...PUNK
over 2 years ago
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Formed in Los Angeles during the winter of 1977, X was originally comprised of singer/ bassist John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom, singer Exene Cervenka, and drummer D.J. Bonebrake...In 1978 X released the single “Adult Books/We’re Desperate,” which helped forge the group’s underground fan base. Although their sound was roundly decreed “un-marketable” by the larger labels, the group signed

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RodneyPWelch
RodneyPWelch of rodneypwelch@bellsouth.net
Stumbling in the Neon Groves: X's Los Angeles
over 2 years ago
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    Los Angeles (Expanded & Remastered)
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Think of the Ramones with extraordinary musical chops and exceptional song-writing ability, and you have the essence of X: fast, loud, passionate and really brilliant punks whose best records have so much variety and scope that they hold up to hundreds of listens.The heart of the band is bassist John Doe and Exene Cervenka; "Ma and Pa Kettle," as Doe refers to them, co-vocalists and the kind of...

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The Dylan Cover......of course. SUTC would be incomplete without at least one.
8 months ago
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    Live July 31 86 The Paradise
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    Positively 4th Street

X on a good night. A slow burn, a smoldering rage that explodes into a vicious aural assault. Anyone lucky enough to have seen X in their heyday has never forgotten the show(s). Ferocious spikey rocknroll, equal part challenge & homage to "the accepted order of things", they were falsely called punks, a label that fit them like a glove on a hook. X were as Americana as Johnny Cash, as f...

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Before bed..............
over 2 years ago
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    Beyond And Back: The Anthology
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    Poor Girl - (from "More Fun In The New World")
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and I head under the covers. See what I did there, yeah sometimes I amaze even me. Its been a while since I have posted a sundays covers song, and this one just came on my itunes, felt the need to share. The original was done by X, and still is my favorite version of this song. However take the Supersuckers and add Eddie Vedder, and you have the makings for a great cover of a great song. For th...

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X To Record New Songs?
about 1 year ago
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The current reunion of L.A. punk rock icons X may yield some new music, according to singer/bassist John Doe."Exene (Cervenka) and I are talking about trying to write some X songs," Doe tells Billboard.com. "We're going to take it a step at a time, see how this (tour) goes, and if we're all enjoying ourselves and feeling creative, then we'll continue. We'll just have to do it when we have the t...

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Punk Rock Tues: Feelin' "Desperate"...Well, Do Ya?...PUNK
over 2 years ago
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Formed in Los Angeles during the winter of 1977, X was originally comprised of singer/ bassist John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom, singer Exene Cervenka, and drummer D.J. Bonebrake...In 1978 X released the single “Adult Books/We’re Desperate,” which helped forge the group’s underground fan base. Although their sound was roundly decreed “un-marketable” by the larger labels, the group signed

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Less Than Zero
6 months ago

School is finally over, so I should be able to hang out here more often now. I'll get some concert reviews up here soon.Bought Bret Easton Ellis' novel Less Than Zero on Tuesday and finished it a couple days ago. Not sure why I bought it. Guess I was in the mood for some postmodern literature. The only prior exposure to Ellis' work that I had was Roger Avary's film adaptation of The Rules of At...

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