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X is an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1977. While they achieved only limited mainstream success, they were widely considered one of the most revered of Los Angeles' many punk bands. Formed as part of the first wave of American punk, their 1980 debut record Los Angeles resonated with the citizens of the city that it is named after to the extent that the band received an Official Certificate of Recognition from the City of Los Angeles in acknowledgment of their contributions to Los Angeles music and culture. They were influential on various genres of music, including punk and folk rock.

Original members were Exene Cervenka (born Christine Cervenkova, vocals), John Doe (born John Duchac, bass and vocals), Billy Zoom (born Tyson Kindell, guitar) and DJ Bonebrake (born Donald J. Bonebrake, drums). After Zoom retired from the band, Tony Gilkyson replaced him on guitar. Zoom reunited with X in 1998. The original line-up tours after having reunited in the early 2000s.

Their first four albums had a hard-driving sound that occasionally flirted with rockabilly and blues; one critic suggests that X "were not just one of the greatest punk bands, but one of the greatest live rock acts of all time." By the time of their fifth album, Ain't Love Grand!, the band had taken a more mainstream hard rock-oriented direction, and began to appear on shows such as American Bandstand. X, however, had previously appeared on television for a 1984 performance on Late Night with David Letterman.

In many ways from songwriting to performances X's first albums were distinctive when compared to many of their punk peers (except Cervenka, all band members had previous musical experience before forming X). One critic writes that X were "too self-conscious, artsy and ambitious to simply spew" in typical punk fashion. In 2003, X's first two studio albums, Los Angeles and Wild Gift, were ranked by Rolling Stone magazine as being among the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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[looseparts]

Huh, All this time I thought the title was 'A Doll Book' in reference to Jacqueline Susann's 'Valley of the Dolls'. "Too many go for tomato 'Yes', but he just goes for that special girl who says 'No." X is brilliant - Happy fourth of July.

[TheWheels777]

i think this is X's best song

[jlmarc01]

I have not heard this song since 1982, damm I forgot. How can I

[dirtbag1713]

@glenbroemer the point is they did their own thing which is supposed to be what punk is about. not sounding like every other "punk" band.

[glenbroemer]

yeah they really are brilliant, don't quite fit the punk characterization, compositions and lyrics too developed for that..

[francbecerra]

I like the raw demo version of this song better.

[kingboy69]

@looseparts thats funny!

[brix42]

so addictive!!!! thanks for the upload. I have the record out and on the table right now but I have spun this video about 6 times now ,lol. I just came to this to share it on facebook and now I can't quit playing it.

[sgr48]

Screamers' Tomata Du Plenty (RIP) and I believe the object of his affections was named Trudie.

[DirtClod88]

Saw them in Oklahoma City years ago - I will never forget it. Thanks for posting these songs RakyMaky!!!

[Brujo1962]

@looseparts Hot chicks were called tomatoes, back in the '40s and '50's.