X - The Hungry Wolf

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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[LeshaAnn]

I remember when this album first came out, and everyone was crying: "Sellout!" That seems so ridiculous now, doesn't it?

[dietcoke1z]

Thank you so much for posting a descent recording of this song! Has to be up there with my all time fav song!

[wood1155]

@judybatstn ahead of their time and a throw back to the past all at once

[murbo13]

This is even better, 30 years later.

[cumofo]

They totally killed it at GV30 at the Santa Monica Civic! (Dec 16th 2011) Lots of good ol' fashioned pittin' and struttin'!

[cuaji51206]

@Robmelgar Me too. I saw them in Mexico and they opened for them. First opening act I've ever seen that doesn't get booed off stage.

[Robmelgar]

Wow I thank Pearl jam, If it wasn't for their concert in Costa Rica I would have never known this band

[2PlayDead]

@iamariotgrrl AWESOME!! \m/

[junkeee999]

They still keep rolling along, doing the occasional tour. I just saw them in Minneapolis not long ago, and they sounded fantastic.

[iamariotgrrl]

I can't wait to see them in December!!! WHOOO!!!

[OroborusFMA]

@pouchfreeman That video was awesome.

[OroborusFMA]

It's funny how Rolling Stone the magazine rates X so highly when Rolling Stone the record guide - via that critic bozo Dave Marsh - threw them under the bus as a hapless and talentless retread of some Jim Morrison on his worst day.