X - Live In Los Angeles
by Amber Cordero
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Actor: Billy Zoom, D.J. Bonebrake, Exene Cervenka, John DoeDirector: Amber Cordero
Cinematographer: Whitney Padgett
Producer: Amber Cordero
Editor: Matthew Levin
Producer: Matthew Levin
Producer: Bob Emmer
Producer: Ron DeBlasio
Producer: Shawn Amos
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 67 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Shout Factory
Movie Reviews of X - Live In Los Angeles
Movie Review: X have still got it
Summary: 5 Stars
X is one of the best punk bands ever. I don't even like calling them a punk band, but that's what they call themselves so I guess it's OK. This is musically complex punk with a lot of influences and a lot of tight playing and gripping tunes.
This is an awesome concert. The only two problems are that 1) it is just 67 minutes long and 2) John Doe's bass is buried too deep in the mix.
Every X fan should get this. More importantly, anyone who doesn't know about X should get this.
Why X? Did you know, for example, that:
- X has a different sound based on the unique harmonies between co-lead singers Exene Cervenka and John Doe that really sets them apart from anything else out there?
- Doe, Cervenka and drummer DJ Bonebrake also play in the country punk band The Knitters?
- Billy Zoom, the guitarist who originally formed the band, used to play rockabilly guitar for Gene Vincent and other big stars, and has been voted one of the greatest guitar players ever by Guitar Player magazine?
- X were playing Leadbelly tunes way before Kurt Cobain?
- Ray Manzarek, keyboard player of The Doors, produced X's first four albums? This is one of the big reasons why the band covered and generally closed its concerts with "Soul Kitchen" from the album The Doors
- Cervenka and Doe used to be married, before Exene later married Viggo Mortensen -- Aragorn from the Lord of the Rings movies?
- Billy Zoom left the band from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, but during this time the band still managed to record X Live at the Whisky a Go-Go, one of the greatest live rock albums ever, with guitarist Tony Gilkyson?
As this DVD proves, X is still as good as ever. Billy Zoom still plays standing in his trademark splayed-leg stance with a broad grin on his face. Did I say he is awesome? Awesome.
I waited way too long before getting this one, thinking I could do without an X DVD. And I could have. But why should I? This really is worth it, and I'm sure I'll be putting this one in the player more often than a lot of my other music DVDs. Really, really good.
Summary of X - Live In Los Angeles
The Only Live DVD from the Quintessential L.A. Punk Band!The musical history of Los Angeles can be divided into two distinct eras: "Before X" and "After X." X was one of the first U.S. punk bands, but by adding rockabilly and country elements, they became a major influence on the Americana/alt-country movement of the last 15 years, not to mention subsequent waves of punk bands.
X: Live In Los Angeles commemorates the 25th anniversary of the band?s landmark debut album, Los Angeles. With this DVD, the original lineup comes together once again to celebrate this milestone with a killer 21-song set of fan favorites.
Track Listing
1. Your Phone?s Off The Hook, But You?re Not
2. In This House That I Call Home
3. We?re Desperate
4. Beyond & Back
5. White Girl
6. The Unheard Music
7. Los Angeles
8. True Love
9. I?m Coming Over
10. Blue Spark
11. The New World
12. Nausea
13. Johny Hit And Run Paulene
14. Motel Room In My Bed
15. Sugarlight
16. Because I Do
17. Devil Doll
18. The Hungry Wolf
19. Year 1
20. The World?s A Mess, It?s In My Kiss
21. Soul Kitchen
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