X - Live in Los Angeles

Primary Artist
X
Album Title
Live in Los Angeles
Release Date
May 10, 2005 
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Review by Mark Deming
In the first few years of the 21st century, it seemed as if all the bands that earned great reps but didn't make any money back in the 1980s and '90s were staging reunion tours, hoping to draw some of the cash and approval they didn't find back in the day. X were ahead of the curve on this notion; while they ruled Los Angeles for a few years in the 1980s, they never quite broke nationally, but in 1998 the classic X lineup of John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, and D.j. Bonebrake got back together for some hometown shows, and they've been periodically taking the act out of mothballs ever since. Read More