X - Los Angeles (Staff Pick!)

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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 D oors 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 foundational document of West Coast punk history. Show more