X - Los Angeles (Staff Pick!)
Title: X – Los AngelesYear/Genre: 1980, PunkCondition: New
Cultural Facts:
Debut full-length by...
Title: X – Los AngelesYear/Genre: 1980, PunkCondition: New
Cultural Facts:
Debut full-length by Los Angeles band X, released on local imprint Slash Records and produced by former Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek.
The group rose from the same late-’70s L.A. punk circuit as Black Flag and Germs, but pulled in rockabilly and beat-inspired poetry rather than strict hardcore minimalism.
Manzarek’s involvement linked the record to L.A.’s 1960s counterculture, and it is widely cited as a foundat...