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hagiography

This is hagiography, not an encylopedia article, and needs editing.--Robert Merkel

So go ahead and edit it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.121.114.xxx (talk • contribs) 18, 13 January 2002

Name

X is the worst name for a band if you are searching for them on the Internet, incidentally. Or maybe the second worst, after The The.

See Template:VfD-xaband for discussion of what to do with X (band). Previous discussion on Template:VfD-X band. - David Gerard 10:39, May 7, 2004 (UTC)

Dylan

So X fans: did X have a song that stole the Dylan lyrics "I started out on burgundy but soon hit the harder stuff," and changed "I'm going back to Foggy Bottom" to "I'm going back to Los Angeles"? I thought that was an X song, but I can't remember the name, and I can't look it up on the Internet because they have the worst name for a band for searching on the Internet. - Tim 22:27, 2 October 2001

"I started out on burgundy but soon hit the harder stuff" is a line from Dylan's "Just Like Tom Thumb Blues" from Highway 61 Revisited. To the best of my knowledge, X never covered it, but they certainly might have. The line "I'm going to Foggy Bottom" is totally unknown to me. I doubt it is not in any Dylan song, since Foggy Bottom is in DC and Dylan never lived there or had any connection to it. Sorry I can't be of more help. Tuf-Kat 21:54, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)

I too have the same problem mentioned above. How I first got into X was hearing that song played on music tv in Australia (Rage), and the lyric stuck out to me because I was a big Dylan fan. I have a double cd of theirs now "Los Angeles" backed with "Wild Gift", but the song isn't on them. From memory I think the clip might have been in black and white. I can't look this up on the internet cause 'X' is very hard to look for. By the way the original line is definitely not "I'm going back to Foggy Bottom". It's "I'm going back to New York City". Which makes more sense for X to change it to "Los Angeles". Anyway any help on the song title?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.253.104.79 (talk) 00:45, 30 April 2005

On the "Live at the Whiskey a Go Go..." album John doe does the Burgundy stanza from "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" during the performance of "Devil Doll". It's also found on the Make the Music Go Bang compilation. -Michael —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.126.148.240 (talk) 18:52, 9 October 2005

Deletions

165.121.114.xxx deleted most of the content of this article--why? --LMS 18:30, 13 January 2002

I decided to delete it because I have a hang-up about people rewriting my writing. Then why, you may ask, did I post anything on wikipedia. My answer is: I don't know. But what difference does it make? --165.121.114.xxx 11:28, 15 January 2002

The difference is, if you can get over this hang-up, the world will have a free article about X! Woo hoo! --LMS 14:50, 15 January 2002

Oh, I'm over it. Thanks for caring! --165.121.114.xxx 03:11, 16 January 2002

The Troggs

Isn't this the band that did the cover of the Troggs' "Wild Thing" for the Major League sountrack in 1989? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.151.136.40 (talk) 18:31, 7 February 2006

Yes. Ask John Doe about perfomers residuals sometime. --evrik ^(talk) 18:10, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know who directed "Burning House of Love"

It was nominated for a Best Direction VMA, but I've never been able to find out the director's name. I asked this question in the X's official website and the band members didn't remember. Anyone who knows it please help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.78.40.245 (talk) 22:21, 11 March 2006

Link

The link to the bands homapage seems to be dead. If someone can confirm that please remove or replace it.--Asdirk 14:07, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mick Basher

Should Basher get a mention as the original drummer replaced by Bonebrake?[1]

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X was formed in Los Angeles during the burgeoning underground music scene of the late 1970's. Vocalist/bassist John Doe met guitarist Billy Zoom through the Recycler classified advertisements. Exene Cervenka was quickly added as vocalist. In 1977, after the band's first drummer didn't work out, they went down to the Masque on Hollywood Boulevard and saw The Eyes, a band featuring Charlotte Caffey, later of the Go-Gos, and DJ Bonebrake on drums. DJ joined X late that year and the distinctive sound that is X was created: soaring guitar leads and furious rhythms, exhilarating vocals, and the impossibly fast but solid drumming. Coming up in the Los Angeles scene (later labeled by onlookers as 'punk rock') the band digressed from the typical, 2-minute, three chord sound and quickly gained a reputation for their fearlessness and intelligence.[2]

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--evrik ^(talk) 18:15, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mick Basher was the drummer for X in the Fall of 1977 and recorded three songs with X in November, 1977, at least two of which appear on X CD's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.118.44.184 (talk) 02:29, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Category for images?

Why does this category exist for the categorization of album cover images? Category:X (U.S. band) albums I don't believe there is any need for this, nor do I believe that it should be called that, even if there was a need. If nobody can come up with a good reason for it, I'm going to delete it. -Freekee (talk) 06:22, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Other bands have the same things. Since they're not over on the commons, they are grouped here. --evrik ^(talk) 18:01, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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