X Spots the Mark  Don't expect Exene Cervenka to drag X quietly
into the future  Something magical was in the air back then.
Maybe not everyone knew it, but there would be change a-comin'.
The year: 1976. Neo-hippies dominated fashion, forcing kids in
L.A. and San Francisco to peg their jeans, rip their shirts, and
spike their hair as a big middle finger to all that peace-and-
love bullshit. Sweltering under the California sun, these kids
were angry, grasping for something new and fresh -- anything
that didn't stink of suntan lotion, patchouli, and surf wax.
They were broke but didn't want cash. They wanted a revolution
they could call their own. So they convened en masse at clubs
like the Masque to enjoy the soundtrack to their frustration, as
penned by seminal punks Black Flag, the Screamers, the Germs,
the Blasters, the Weirdos, and the Go-Go's. Among the horde of
the-fronted bands was a group simply known as X: bassist/singer
John Doe, singer Exene Cervenka, guitarist Billy Zoom, and
drummer DJ Bonebrake.