On Monday night September 9th, England’s Squeeze headlined a sold-out show at Seattle’s Showbox. X was the supporting act. It doesn’t get much better than that. I actually didn’t know til day of the show that X were opening, so I was really excited. The only time I ever saw Squeeze was over 30 years …
Friday night in Seattle, less than a week before Christmas, and all through the house (called El Corazon )it is packed to the gills where X and the Blasters played a double bill. Seattle’s own Girl Trouble opened. All three bands are perfectly blended. The Blasters are traditional roots rock while X have their roots …
Thursday night in Seattle the Triple Door hosted LA punkers X for an acoustic show. Interestingly, they were playing under the name X and not their acoustic alter egos, The Knitters. Whatever the name, X never disappoint whether they’re acoustic or hard punking. Exene Cervenka can still do her charming little dances while belting out …
Another Saturday night in Seattle and another stellar punk show is staged at El Corazon. This time legendary punk band X were headlining. Opening the show were the equally legendary Blasters and legendary (in the Pacific NW) Girl Trouble. Does it get much better? All three bands lived up to their legendary status. X is …
Saturday night May 12, X headlined a show at Seattle’s Showbox Market. I’ve seen X play about half a dozen times over the last several years, not only as X, but also their alter egos, The Knitters. They never disappoint me. I believe X are the only American band from the birth of punk still …
Perennial L.A. punk-rockers, X, are touring the West Coast right now, before heading to Europe to join Pearl Jam this summer. Now celebrating their 35th anniversary as a band, X is the last musical group out of the iconic “class of ’77,” which featured such greats as The Ramones, The Clash and The Sex Pistols, …
On Saturday night (8/20/2011) John Doe and Exene Cervenka took the stage at Neumos in Seattle. The venue was filled but not packed, and many of fans crowded round the stage were, like me, middle aged. A modest looking man walked to the microphone on stage and fiddled with it for a moment then picked …