X - When Our Love Passed Out on the Couch

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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• When
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• Love
• Passed
• Out
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• Couch
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• Gift
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• high
• quality

[freeandfloats1]

I remember them well used to go see them in L.A. We used to say they were like Peter Paul and Mary on fast forward........

[Hotspot3500]

x - A friend

xx - A good friend

xxx - Your best friend

xxxx - I fancy you

xxxxx - I freaking love you

xxxxxx - I'm just that little bit clingy

xxxxxxx - My name is Ramona Flowers and you're going to have to defeat my seven evil exes

[CatalinasIsland]

We Love You, X !!! Happy VD!

With Love,

Catalina

[spurlock13]

I know everybody loves Exene (and I do, too), but I think John is a WONDERFUL singer. You know, they met at a poetry workshop in Venice, CA. There is only one reason why anybody studies poetry in Venice -- it's because they love Jim Morrison. And I assume everybody here knows Ray Manzarek produced the first album. Happy birthday, Ray. He just turned 73. Signed Tony Spurlock, the guy who founded the First Church of the Doors.

[railbirdsteve]

I senond the more fun in the real world -i grew up on x its funny now that people listen to american hardcore it aint reelay that scary like in79-80ish

[Coolnighstshade]

Thank you for the Wild Gift, can you do More fun in the new world please

[TheLegitMan93]

Awesome riff. I wish I was as good as these guys.

[sabbathtage25]

Thanks for posting, so much!!!! I love X!!!! This song is so fast and full of energy and kickass. It makes me wanna dance my ass off.