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X is currently on a seven-week US tour that celebrates the band's 31 years together (excepting a brief breakup in the late '80s). The band's original lineup-Cervenka on vocals, Doe on bass and vocals, Billy Zoom (Tyson Kindell) on guitar and DJ (Donald J) Bonebrake on drums-is older and wiser the than the resilient 20-somethings in Decline.
X is the type of band that makes you question musical categories and what constitutes its boundaries. From its powerful 1980 debut Los Angeles to 1993's Hey Zeus, their last full-length studio album, the band vacillates between the gritty ferocity of early career tracks such as "Nausea" to radio-ready mid-'80s tunes such as "Burning House of Love." I ask Cervenka if she agrees with X's classification in the ambiguous field of punk rock."That's kind of a question for the musicians in the band. The background of the band is kind of roots-oriented. It's American music for the most part, everything from gospel to big band, R&B to punk rock; its all mixed up in there," Cervenka says.See the full content of this document
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Bloody Red Eyes
It is like prison-yard pointillism. A pin with tightly wrapped string at its tip is first dipped into a capful of India ink. Then, slowly and methodically, the pin penetrates the skin until the inky dots begin to take the shape of a...
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