"Los Angeles"
Year: 1980
Label: Warner
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 11
Time: 30 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk n'Roll
X formed in 1977 inside the L.A. punk scene. Charismatic vocalists John Doe and Exene Cervenka were joined by drummer DJ Bonebrake and guitarist Billy Zoom. The first four albums of the band were produced by ex-Doors Ray Manzarek, who also played keyboard on some of the songs. X split towards the end of the 1980s, with each of the four members pursuing their own solo projects. They join forces again from time to time, both in studio and live activities. This debut album was issued by "Slash Records", a subsidiary of "Warner Bros".
"wild gift"
Year: 1981
Label: Warner
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 12
Time: 30 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk n'Roll
"under the big black sun"
Year: 1982
Label: Warner
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 11
Time: 30 min.
Genre: rock
Styyle: Post-Punk
"ain't love grand"
Year: 1985
Label: Warner
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 11
Time: 38 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Hard Rock
"alphabetland"
Year: 2020
Label: Fat Possum
Format: LP
Tracks: 11
Time: 27 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk n'Roll
"Alphabetland" is the eighth studio album by American punk rock band X. Released digitally in April 2020, it is their first studio release in 27 years and the first with their original line-up in the past 35 years.[3] X released the album with no prior announcement to coincide with the 40th anniversary of their debut album Los Angeles and credited songwriting to all four members for the first time in their career. The release has received positive reviews from critics.
The songs on Alphabetland were written in the 18 months leading up to release, except for "Delta 88 Nightmare" which dates back to the late 1970s (a demo track of it was previously released on the 1997 anthology Beyond and Back: The X Anthology and the 2001 reissue of Los Angeles), and "Cyrano De Berger's Back", which bassist John Doe wrote in the late seventies, and which was originally released by The Flesh Eaters on their 1981 album A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die.[3] Additionally, “I Gotta Fever” is a re-write of the 1981 song “Heater”.[5] "Cyrano" was also recorded by X on the first post-Billy Zoom album, See How We Are but the band members were always unhappy with the recording and preferred this version with Zoom's saxophone.[6] The original line-up of X had been a touring act for several years but only decided to re-enter the studio with new music after the crowdfunded album Live in South America proved economically viable and they got back the rights to their original albums from Warner Bros. Records.
