X - Soul Kitchen

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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Well, the clock says its time to close now
I guess Id better go now
Id really like to stay here all night
The cars crawl past all stuffed with eyes
Street lights share their hollow glow
Your brain seems bruised with numb surprise
Still one place to go
Still one place to go
Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen
Warm my mind near your gentle stove
Turn me out and Ill wander baby
Stumblin in the neon groves
Well, your fingers weave quick minarets
Speak in secret alphabets
I light another cigarette
Learn to forget, learn to forget
Learn to forget, learn to forget
Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen
Warm my mind near your gentle stove
Turn me out and Ill wander baby
Stumblin in the neon groves
Well the clock says its time to close now
I know I have to go now
I really want to stay here
All night, all night, all night

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[eliezerberry]

Kick-ass version of the Doors song. They sped it up and gave it some juice. What a great band.

[Bagmen3]

@jcmcdguitar Well, I guess I like shit and I say that with a shit-eating grin full of X spewing from the corners of my mouth. :p

[haha12345678ytr]

@ZLUGGO not mine

[haha12345678ytr]

i love the doors this ones fine but no doubt the doors are the best!!

[cthulhuraiser]

pretty sure exene is the doors connection in this band. she and jim are late of st. petersburg, florida.

[Boogieboy138]

All you Doors fanatics raising a fit about this cover, get fucked. This is for the punks that like their music fast and aggressive, and if you don't like it, then fuck off.

[AussieRedCall14]

Horrible. You can't live up to the doors. This is horrible. Hate on me all you like.

[warclassics]

.......No.

[jackinthebox96]

the solo...omg

[questguess69]

This was recorded so powerfully that the sound is coming through my laptop speakers almost like I'm at a live show of theirs - this has never happened to me before on youtube...usually don't sound too good.

[riuspablo]

I don't like it. Sorry!