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[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Billy Zoom, DJ Bonebrake, Exene Cervenka, and John Doe]]

->''"I play too hard when I ought to go to sleep\\
Well they pick on me 'cause I really got the beat\\
Some people give me the creeps\\
Every other week I need a new address\\
Landlord, landlord, landlord cleaning up the mess\\
Our whole fucking life is a wreck\\
We're desperate, get used to it..."''
-->--"We're Desperate", the BSide of the band's first single (later re-recorded for ''Wild Gift'')

X is a popular PunkRock band from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles which formed in 1977. The band consists of singer Exene Cervenka, singer-guitarist John Doe, bassist Billy Zoom and drummer D.J. Bonebrake. Zoom left the band in 1986 and returned in 1998.

Their first two albums, ''Los Angeles'' and ''Wild Gift'', are consistently ranked among the greatest punk albums. They also played an important role in punk rock documentary film ''Film/TheDeclineOfWesternCivilization''. The band went on to be progenitors of the AlternativeCountry genre with their later albums, which mixed their punk roots with country and rockabilly elements. Despite their influence, the band has only had one major hit, with 1985's "Burning House of Love". The band went on hiatus in 1989, but regrouped in 1993 and have reformed sporadically for tours and low-key recording projects ever since.

Unrelated to the Australian band X, the Japanese band X (now known as Music/XJapan), the late rapper Music/XXXTentacion (commonly referred to as X), civil rights activist Malcolm X (also commonly referred to as X), [[VideoGame/{{X}} the video game series]], or the Creator/{{CLAMP}} manga and adaptations known in the States as ''Manga/{{X 1999}}''.

!!X's studio discography:
* ''Los Angeles'' (1980)
* ''Wild Gift'' (1981)
* ''Under the Big Black Sun'' (1982)
* ''More Fun in the New World'' (1983)
* ''Ain't Love Grand'' (1985)
* ''See How We Are'' (1987)
* ''Hey Zeus!'' (1993)
* ''ALPHABETLAND'' (2020)

!!X's live discography:
* ''Live at the Whisky A Go-Go on the Fabulous Sunset Strip'' (1988)
* ''Unclogged'' (1995)
* ''Live in Los Angeles'' (2005)

!!Tropes that apply to X:
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Their drummer, DJ Bonebrake. Sure, the rest of the band's classic lineup have cool-sounding stage names (Exene Cervenka, John Doe, and Billy Zoom), but DJ Bonebrake was in fact born with that name... Though technically he's Donald J. Bonebrake.
* CanonDiscontinuity: The albums recorded following Billy Zoom's 1985 departure are largely ignored in their live shows nowadays. Exception: "Burning House of Love" from ''Ain't Love Grand.'' Even [[https://xtheband.bandcamp.com/music their Bandcamp page]] just lists their first four albums and their 2020 album ''ALPHABETLAND''--simply skipping their late 80s and 90s output.
* CoverVersion: "Soul Kitchen" and "The Crystal Ship" (both Music/TheDoors), "Wild Thing" (The Troggs), "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (a Tin Pan Alley song the band got from Music/LeadBelly), "Breathless" (Music/JerryLeeLewis), "Positively 4th Street" (Music/BobDylan), "Shoot Out The Lights" ([[Music/RichardThompson Richard and Linda Thompson]]).
* GriefSong: Exene's sister Mirielle (aka Mary) was killed in a 1980 car accident while on her way to see the band, a tragedy that affected her so deeply that she wan't able to write about it until the band's third album, ''Under the Big Black Sun''. Three songs (the TitleTrack, "Riding With Mary" and "Come Back to Me") refer to the incident, and the band's decision to cover "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" was also influenced by Exene's mournful state of mind.
* HardcorePunk: They were part of the Los Angeles hardcore scene in the late 70s and early 80s.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: John and Exene.
* NWordPrivileges: Averted in "Los Angeles".
* OneLetterName
* RevisitingTheRoots: ''ALPHABETLAND'' sees the band drop the AlternativeCountry of the last three studio albums and go back to the PunkRock of their early work. It even features new recordings of two ''Los Angeles''-era demos ("Delta 88 Nightmare" and "Cyrano de Berger's Back").
* PunkRock
* RapeAsDrama: "Johnny Hit and Run Paulene".
* VocalTagTeam: John and Exene.
* WorkingWithTheEx: John and Exene, post-divorce. These days, they're AmicableExes.
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* CanonDiscontinuity: The albums recorded following Billy Zoom's 1985 departure are largely ignored in their live shows nowadays. Exception: "Burning House of Love" from ''Ain't Love Grand.''

* ConspiracyTheorist: Exene later in life. [[http://noisey.vice.com/blog/is-exene-cervenka-actually-insane Dear lord,]] Exene.

X is a popular PunkRock band from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles which formed in 1977. Their first two albums, ''Los Angeles'' and ''Wild Gift'', are consistently ranked among the greatest punk albums. They also played an important role in punk rock documentary film ''Film/TheDeclineOfWesternCivilization''. They went on an extended hiatus in the late 80s, but have reformed sporadically for tours and one studio album ever since.

Unrelated to the Australian band X, the Japanese band X (now known as Music/XJapan), [[VideoGame/{{X}} the video game series]], or the Creator/{{CLAMP}} manga and adaptations known in the States as ''Manga/{{X 1999}}''.

X is a popular PunkRock band from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles which formed in 1977. Their first two albums, ''Los Angeles'' and ''Wild Gift'', are consistently ranked among the greatest punk albums. They also played an important role in ''The Decline of Western Civilization''. They went on an extended hiatus in the late 80s, but have reformed sporadically for tours and one studio album ever since.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: X's first four albums (from ''Los Angeles'' to ''More Fun in the New World'') featured Billy Zoom on guitar and were produced by Ray Manzarek of Music/TheDoors. Afterwards, Zoom left and the band stopped working with Manzarek; fan consensus is that these changes led to a DorkAge for the group, and that the two subsequent albums they recorded before the hiatus (''Ain't Love Grand'' and ''See How We Are'') aren't quite as good as what came before.

* TheBandMinusTheFace: A variation. X's first four albums (from ''Los Angeles'' to ''More Fun in the New World'') featured Billy Zoom on guitar and were produced by Ray Manzarek of Music/TheDoors. Afterwards, Zoom left and the band stopped working with Manzarek; fan consensus is that these changes led to a DorkAge for the group, and that the two subsequent albums they recorded before the hiatus (''Ain't Love Grand'' and ''See How We Are'') aren't quite as good as what came before.

* CoverVersion: "Soul Kitchen" and "The Crystal Ship" (both Music/TheDoors), "Wild Thing" (The Troggs), "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (a Tin Pan Alley song the band got from Leadbelly), "Breathless" (Music/JerryLeeLewis), "Positively 4th Street" (Music/BobDylan), "Shoot Out The Lights" ([[Music/RichardThompson Richard and Linda Thompson]]).

-->''"I play too hard when I ought to go to sleep\\

Unrelated to the Australian band X, [[Music/{{XJapan}} the Japanese band X]] [[VideoGame/{{X}} the video game series]], or the Creator/{{CLAMP}} manga known in the States as ''Manga/{{X 1999}}''.

* TheBandMinusTheFace: A variation. X's first four albums (from ''Los Angeles'' to ''More Fun in the New World'') featured Billy Zoom on guitar and were produced by Ray Manzarek of Music/TheDoors. Afterwards, Zoom left and the band stopped working with Manzarek; fan consensus is that these changes led to a DorkAge for the group, and the two albums they recorded before the hiatus (''Ain't Love Grand'' and ''See How We Are'') aren't quite as good as what came before.

* CoverVersion: "Soul Kitchen" and "The Crystal Ship]" (both Music/TheDoors), "Wild Thing" (The Troggs), "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (a Tin Pan Alley song the band got from Leadbelly), "Breathless" (Music/JerryLeeLewis), "Positively 4th Street" (Music/BobDylan), "Shoot Out The Lights" ([[Music/RichardThompson Richard and Linda Thompson]]).
* GriefSong: Exene's sister Mirielle (aka Mary) was killed in a 1980 car accident while on her way to see the band, a tragedy that affected her so deeply that she wan't able to write about it until the band's third album, ''Under the Big Black Sun''. Three songs (the TitleTrack, "Riding With Mary" and "Come Back to Me") refer to the incident, and the band's cover of "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" was also influenced by Exene's mournful state of mind.

* RapeAsDrama: "Johnny Hit and Run Paulene"

* GriefSong: Exene's sister Mirielle (aka Mary) was killed in a 1980 car accident while on her way to see the band, a tragedy that affected her so deeply that she wan't able to write about it until the band's third album, ''Under the Big Black Sun''. Three songs (the TitleTrack, "Riding With Mary" and "Come Back to Me") refer to the incident, and the band's cover of "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes") was also influenced by Exene's mournful state of mind.

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[[caption-width-right:259:From left to right: Billy Zoom, DJ Bonebrake, Exene Cervenka, and John Doe]]

X is a popular PunkRock band from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles which formed in 1977. Their first two albums, ''Los Angeles'' and ''Wild Gift'', are consistently ranked among the greatest punk albums. They also played an important role in ''The Decline of Western Civilization.'' They went on an extended hiatus in the late 80s, but have reformed sporadically for tours and one studio album ever since.

* ''Unclogged''(1995)

* CoverVersion: "[[Music/TheDoors Soul Kitchen and The Crystal Ship]]" (The Doors), "Wild Thing" (The Troggs), "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (Leadbelly), Breathless (Jerry Lee Lewis), Positively 4th Street (Bob Dylan), "Shoot Out The Lights" (Richard and Linda Thompson)

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Their drummer, DJ Bonebrake. Sure, the rest of the band have cool-sounding stage names (Exene Cervenka, John Doe, and Billy Zoom), but DJ Bonebrake was in fact born with that name... Though technically he's Donald J. Bonebrake.

X is a popular PunkRock band from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles which formed in 1977. Their first two albums, ''Los Angeles'' and ''Wild Gift'', are consistently ranked among the greatest punk albums. They also played an important role in ''The Decline of Western Civilization.''

Unrelated to the Australian band X, [[Music/{{XJapan}} the Japanese band X]] [[VideoGame/{{X}} the video game series]], the Creator/{{CLAMP}} manga known in the States as ''Manga/{{X 1999}}''.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Their drummer, DJ Bonebrake. Sure, rest of the band have cool-sounding stage names (Exene Cervenka, John Doe, and Billy Zoom), but DJ Bonebrake was in fact born with that name... Though technically he's Donald J. Bonebrake.

Unrelated to the Australian band X, [[VideoGame/{{X}} the video game series]], the Creator/{{CLAMP}} manga known in the States as ''Manga/{{X 1999}}''.

X is a popular PunkRock band from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles which formed in 1977. Their first two albums, ''Los Angeles'' and ''Wild Gift'', are consistently ranked among the greatest punk albums. They also played an important role in ''TheDeclineOfWesternCivilization''.

* CoverVersion: "[[Music/TheDoors Soul Kitchen and The Crystal Ship]]" (The Doors), "Wild Thing" (The Troggs), "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (Leadbelly), Breathless (Jerry Lee Lewis), Positively 4th Street (Bob Dylan).

* CoverVersion: "[[Music/TheDoors Soul Kitchen]]", "Wild Thing", "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"

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* CoverVersion: "[[Music/TheDoors Soul Kitchen]]", "Wild Thing"