Great post. Yes, those first four records were one of the great runs of all time. Saw the UTBS tour and they were scary good. I also must say that they were still pretty inspiring when I saw them last year in a sit-down theater!
Great appreciation of a great band (and really good people too) - thanks!
I have two brief remembrances of two different eras: saw X on the 1983 "More Fun" tour play one night in Seattle at an upscale supper club briefly used as a rock venue (Jack somebody's 'Music Hall'), and Exene wore a gorgeous velvet gown. Went up to Bellingham to see them again the next night, playing in a gymnasium (?) on the campus of Western Washington University, and Exene wore - literally - a potato sack! I loved the contrast. Both shows totally kicked my ass, they were GREAT.
Fast forward 12 years later to the Tony era and the "Unclogged" album - I set up an in-store performance at the Seattle record store I was then marketing director for, and got to spend some time hanging with the band. They were some of the nicest musicians I ever had the pleasure to work with in that job (not all my in-stores were sunshine & May pony rides). They played a generous set of music and gamely posed in the big X window display I had set up to promote the album & event. Saw their show later that night (at Moe, as I recall), and it too was great.
As are the new recordings they've done in the last few years - a class act on every count!
Great post. Yes, those first four records were one of the great runs of all time. Saw the UTBS tour and they were scary good. I also must say that they were still pretty inspiring when I saw them last year in a sit-down theater!
Thanks for reading and commenting, Robert. They have always been, and remain, a damn good live band. Saw ‘em several times, and never disappointed!
Great appreciation of a great band (and really good people too) - thanks!
I have two brief remembrances of two different eras: saw X on the 1983 "More Fun" tour play one night in Seattle at an upscale supper club briefly used as a rock venue (Jack somebody's 'Music Hall'), and Exene wore a gorgeous velvet gown. Went up to Bellingham to see them again the next night, playing in a gymnasium (?) on the campus of Western Washington University, and Exene wore - literally - a potato sack! I loved the contrast. Both shows totally kicked my ass, they were GREAT.
Fast forward 12 years later to the Tony era and the "Unclogged" album - I set up an in-store performance at the Seattle record store I was then marketing director for, and got to spend some time hanging with the band. They were some of the nicest musicians I ever had the pleasure to work with in that job (not all my in-stores were sunshine & May pony rides). They played a generous set of music and gamely posed in the big X window display I had set up to promote the album & event. Saw their show later that night (at Moe, as I recall), and it too was great.
As are the new recordings they've done in the last few years - a class act on every count!
"Not all my in-stores were sunshine & May pony rides."
I'll bet. Can't wait for the movie!
Hi, Hugh
Thanks for reading and for sharing your great stories of the band. A great live band. I saw them several times and was never disappointed.
Just brilliant. Thank you for this.