Was lucky enough to X in 1984 for "More Fun in the New World" tour.Jason and Scorchers opened up for them.Positively one of the best live shows I ever saw.
X didn't quite register with the English punks like we Yanks took to the Pistols, as they were too Americana & therefore less commercial. Still, their impact on the (world-class) l.a. music scene cannot be denied, as they never broke up, and therefore were & remained the influencial leaders of the American underground scene from the late 70's & throughout the 80's. The Replacements, Pixies, Green Day, Black Flag, Sonic Youth, Rage Against The Machine, Hole/Courtney Love, Pearl Jam, Throwing Muses, & Mazzy Star are just a few bands that owe X a debt of gratitude. MAJOR PROPS OVERDUE!!!!
This is one of the best things Ive ever see / heard in my life. I fee like im 15 all over again. I sang my heart out. Jonesy is hilarious- as usual. X rules. Love to you all. ~"Jenny" from NC
X were just so different than anything at that time. Manzarek did play on some Echo and the Bunnymen songs, and at the time we thought he might have had something to do with the production of those songs.
excene? shes shyish, so, dont know any art chicks? she had a store gave us free live bands, food in the day off silverlake whatever street dont hate, she's the real deal. k?> get w/ith it. man! Excene i thank you on here from my heart you are genuine and talented, doin poetry and books decades before Rollins, thanks thanks thanks.
John said the highpoint of the Hollywood scene was 76-77....I was there as a 4 year old...sleeping in her car while she was inside watching X, the pretenders the plasmatics... Was great till the night she got a dui
I followed X up until the great ''See how we are'' in 87, then i stopped, not because i didn't like them anymore, it was just there was too much happening in music all around, i sort of lost track of them. The sudden fall in distribution and import also contributed to that, since i can't even remember having seen ''Hey Zeus!'' on the racks of the record shops where i used to buy from. Still all them 6 early albums are one of the columns that sustain the memory of how real RnR used to be.
Yes, Exene. Vicki Lawrence did record "lights went out in Georgia". I still have the album!! I'm so happy I saw X in 82 Billy Zoom, 85 w Dave Alvin and Tony Gilkeysen and 2010.
fantastic! hell, i just came form the garson/slick interview and jam, and i have always loved x since i was a young boy, in about 1982 when i first heard them. thanks steve! always quality interviewer, funny, and bringing out the good in people. thank you john and exene!
X has been one of my constants since I became aware of them via early videos of theirs on M-TV (early '80s). My musical interests would wander over the years into different genres and sub-genres and even more-obscure sub-genres of sub-genres and hybrid mashup genres, but I'd always wind up coming back to X.
Was lucky enough to X in 1984 for "More Fun in the New World" tour.Jason and Scorchers opened up for them.Positively one of the best live shows I ever saw.
Nice to see some down home good old fashioned 'punks' ...so many of the new punk bands are just a waste of time
X didn't quite register with the English punks like we Yanks took to the Pistols, as they were too Americana & therefore less commercial. Still, their impact on the (world-class) l.a. music scene cannot be denied, as they never broke up, and therefore were & remained the influencial leaders of the American underground scene from the late 70's & throughout the 80's. The Replacements, Pixies, Green Day, Black Flag, Sonic Youth, Rage Against The Machine, Hole/Courtney Love, Pearl Jam, Throwing Muses, & Mazzy Star are just a few bands that owe X a debt of gratitude. MAJOR PROPS OVERDUE!!!!
This is one of the best things Ive ever see / heard in my life. I fee like im 15 all over again. I sang my heart out. Jonesy is hilarious- as usual. X rules. Love to you all. ~"Jenny" from NC
X were just so different than anything at that time. Manzarek did play on some Echo and the Bunnymen songs, and at the time we thought he might have had something to do with the production of those songs.
excene? shes shyish, so, dont know any art chicks? she had a store gave us free live bands, food in the day off silverlake whatever street dont hate, she's the real deal. k?> get w/ith it. man! Excene i thank you on here from my heart you are genuine and talented, doin poetry and books decades before Rollins, thanks thanks thanks.
Learn it, children. These are legends.
John said the highpoint of the Hollywood scene was 76-77....I was there as a 4 year old...sleeping in her car while she was inside watching X, the pretenders the plasmatics... Was great till the night she got a dui
One of the most surreal moments of my life happened in 2001. I walked into a convenience store and saw Exene standing in line at the counter.
I followed X up until the great ''See how we are'' in 87, then i stopped, not because i didn't like them anymore, it was just there was too much happening in music all around, i sort of lost track of them. The sudden fall in distribution and import also contributed to that, since i can't even remember having seen ''Hey Zeus!'' on the racks of the record shops where i used to buy from. Still all them 6 early albums are one of the columns that sustain the memory of how real RnR used to be.
X has always been cool
Yes, Exene. Vicki Lawrence did record "lights went out in Georgia". I still have the album!! I'm so happy I saw X in 82 Billy Zoom, 85 w Dave Alvin and Tony Gilkeysen and 2010.
What a fun interview. Thanks X for all your great music.
fantastic! hell, i just came form the garson/slick interview and jam, and i have always loved x since i was a young boy, in about 1982 when i first heard them. thanks steve! always quality interviewer, funny, and bringing out the good in people. thank you john and exene!
I saw them at rismillers when black sun came out. Fantastic live band.
Nothing Better than Exene n John D. singing together.
I bought Los Angeles in 1980. This interview and them goofballs playing at the end really put a smile on my face.
Oh how I love the three of them!!!
Getting dressed for work listening to them sing New World with Jonesey strumming along brought a tear to my eye.
X has been one of my constants since I became aware of them via early videos of theirs on M-TV (early '80s). My musical interests would wander over the years into different genres and sub-genres and even more-obscure sub-genres of sub-genres and hybrid mashup genres, but I'd always wind up coming back to X.