X will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its debut ‘Los Angeles’ by performing the album in its entirety during a run of Christmas dates along the West Coast — including a pair of special San Francisco shows featuring the record’s producer, Ray Manzarek of The Doors.
OK, so it’s not the most cheerful song if you actually listen to the lyrics, but there’s no denying this sounds great today: X’s classic country rocker ‘Fourth of July,’ written by short-lived member Dave Alvin and recorded for the ‘See How We Are’ album.
Tweet Legendary L.A. punk act X will celebrate the holidays this year by releasing a Christmas single — just like Ministry’s Al Jourgensen! — […]
The classic 1981 concert film “Urgh! A Music War” — which captured dozens of punk, New Wave and post-punk bands live on stage — quietly […]
Epic/Legacy will release an expanded reissue of the 1985 debut from Mick Jones’ terrific post-Clash project, Big Audio Dynamite, on Sept. 8, according to Pause […]
For those not able to make it out to this weekend’s 10th anniversary Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., the fine folks […]
With its original lineup —Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom and DJ Bonebrake — still in place, the reunited X hits the road again […]
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