Title: X – Los Angeles
Year/Genre: 1980, Punk
Condition: New

Cultural Facts:

1. Debut full-length by Los Angeles band X, released on local imprint Slash Records and produced by former Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek.

2. 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.

3. Manzarek’s involvement linked the record to L.A.’s 1960s counterculture, and it is widely cited as a foundational document of West Coast punk history.