TS: Punk bands formed in 1977 named "X": X of Sydney, AU vs. X of LA, CA, US

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augh (Control Z), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 01:33 (seven years ago) link

Is the correct title of the album "Aspirations" or "X-Aspirations"?

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 15:20 (seven years ago) link

X-Aspirations. I took it as a play on "exasperations."

augh (Control Z), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 16:43 (seven years ago) link

present is the track that got me the most hype but the whole first album is so good. can't believe i had never even heard of these guys before.

dynamicinterface, Thursday, 22 September 2016 00:10 (seven years ago) link

I only discovered them a few weeks ago myself, though I had heard of them distantly before. (I could be imagining this, but there might even have been a joke about "hipster music nerds" involving them -- something like "X? I assume you mean the band from Sydney. They were much better than the American X," sniffily.) "Present" stuck in my head instantly and has returned intermittently ever since. "GOT A PRESENT IT'S A PRESENT FOR YOU! IT'S IN A GARBAGE BAG!," etc. And I like the mid-'80s stuff too, particularly the track I posted, "Halfway Round the World," though it's not nearly as rough.

augh (Control Z), Thursday, 22 September 2016 02:03 (seven years ago) link

one year passes...

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System, Saturday, 30 December 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link

Voted X.

shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Saturday, 30 December 2017 01:09 (six years ago) link

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System, Sunday, 31 December 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link


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