The raw energy of ‘X’ performing live was hard to describe. In the early days, shown here performing at The Starwood, it was addictive. The loud music, the poetry of the moment. It was electr...
Celebrating ‘X’ and their sold out four-night run at The Roxy on Sunset Strip this week, a photo from the same stage some 30+ years ago, as Exene leans in to sing to her crowd! Keep on rockin...
These two ladies, Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin, were very nice and very talented. They started from absolutely nothing at the Masque. Billy Zoom taught them how to play music. They formed a ...
Like I said, 1982 was a big year, when ‘X’ signed with Elektra Records. Here’s another shot from the signing event, with Exene, Joe Smith (President of Elektra), DJ, John Doe, and Billy Zoo...
Very un-typical for a scene at the Whisky, this is a great memory. On the right is Jay Jenkins, the manager of ‘X’ from their inception in '78 until the mid 80’s at least. He was a great fr...
One memorable moment in the story of ‘X’ was the ceremonial “signing party” when they signed their contract in early 1982 with Elektra Records, which resulted in the release of “Under T...
This week is the Birthday of John Doe. Here is an extremely talented singer, songwriter, and actor with a deep earthy voice that sounds of Bakersfield, by way of Baltimore. His energy on the bass...
Happy Birthday to Billy Zoom! Here’s one more photo from his wedding at the Whisky with Denise, in ‘82. This is the corner room upstairs, that looks out over Sunset Strip. Billy’s powerful ...
Exene Cervenka wrote the poems that often became ‘X’ songs. The unmistakable combination of her voice with John Doe made the signature vocal sound of the band, with the rapid punk drive of dr...
Maybe you can imagine the feeling of being in the middle of a “mosh pit” at an ‘X’ concert back in '80. Maybe you’ve experienced it. The fast pulsing music is really loud, the bodies bo...
Continuing on the wedding theme…DJ Bonebrake and Dinky dance backstage as John Doe watches, during the celebration of Billy Zoom and Denise’s wedding onstage at the Whisky, right after it clo...
This is one of my favorite photos from my ‘X’ days. It’s such a contrast of the scruffy backstage area upstairs at the Whisky, and the grand outfits of John, Exene, and the late 'Top Jimmy�...
Merry Christmas to all, and a rarely seen image for those still seeking time on the internet. Here’s a self-portrait, from Backstage at the Whisky, in ‘81, with my true love at the time, Danu...
‘X’ performs with Ray Manzarek at The Greek Theater, c.1981 The best rooms for 'X’ at first were Club 88 in West LA, and the Hong Kong Cafe down in Chinatown. It seems like they performed...
Then we graduated to the Starwood. What a great room, what a great rock’n’roll place. Nothing like it. Backstage, upstairs in David Forrest’s office with David Lee Roth and Danny Bonaduce a...
Then we graduated to the Starwood. What a great room, what a great rock'n'roll place. Nothing like it. Backstage, upstairs in David Forrest’s office with David Lee Roth and Danny Bonaduce and t...
Don Bonebrake is a fine percussionist. He was drumming with a band called “The Eyes” that regularly played in the earliest days of Brendan Mullen’s Masque. That place is a whole story in it...
Billy Zoom played a silver Gretsch. His rockabilly roots and classic rock'n'roll riffs and licks brought the neo-retro 1950’s wing of the kid culture into the audience. He was raised a musician...
John, Alpha Male, leader of the pack. The arrival of Ray Manzarek was the equivalent of sitting under an apple tree and having an apple fall to the shady grass right at your side. Ray’s prese...
Exene at the Roxy, c.1980 “X” reached the degree of success they did because there was a need for them. LA rock fans had to have their own hometown answer to the substantial changes in musi...