X | grey lining

January 1, 2012

X

Posted by franc under art, culture, music | Tags: x |
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All these people are dead bar the singer. They lived a richer life than you’ll ever hope to, especially if you’re a baboon. Back when music had real venom. When the neighbours could get told to get fucked and the cops were too scared to interfere. The carpets were sticky and there was a faint stench of vomit in the air that was blue with cigarette smoke. There was a real chance if you entered, you might not leave. The gutters of Sydney punk circa 1980, I present X, still the greatest rock-n-roll band ever. Weep at what you will never experience –

14 Responses to “X”

warthog Says:

January 1, 2012 at 11:47 pm
I just downloaded suck suck a couple of days ago.

Didn’t know they were mostly gone.

The world is getting smaller.

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1. franc hoggle Says:
  
  January 1, 2012 at 11:54 pm
  Steve Lucas is the last man standing. Sacha had a chance to fuck him in Frisco last year and she blew it off.
  
  Home is where the floor is. True Athenian Cynics.
  
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  1. sacha Says:
    
    January 3, 2012 at 6:49 am
    “Sacha had a chance to fuck him in Frisco last year and she blew it off”
    
    I’m just that good, I can deny the best. No wonder everyone wants me.
    
    and It’s San Francisco, you fucking tourist.
  2. franc hoggle Says:
    
    January 3, 2012 at 2:09 pm
    Vice: Has there ever been any sort of problems from the American X? Like for instance, if Australia’s X and LA’s X were to meet in an alley who would come out victorious?
    Lucas: I’ve always wanted to know two things, and to be frank, that wasn’t one of them. I want to know when the LA X did their first gig, and why they declined the offer, made by myself, to a battle of the X’s. As far as winning, who knows. But they have avoided playing with us, so I think they may be a little intimidated.
    
    And the Subs pissed their bellies like frightened dogs. NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-ROCK-N-ROLL.
2. franc hoggle Says:
  
  January 2, 2012 at 12:34 am
  Fuck, the shit you find… I have an erection now –
  
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  1. franc hoggle Says:
    
    January 2, 2012 at 12:48 am
    Note to you baboons. The drummer in the preceding clip is a chick. In a cock rock band. Why? Because she was the best. She stepped up to the plate. And she ruled. She didn’t cry into her skepchick blog, SHE did it.
    
    Cathy is dead now. And she has infinite respect.
franc hoggle Says:

January 2, 2012 at 1:07 am
X orgy. Shove that Mercedes right up your arse –

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franc hoggle Says:

January 2, 2012 at 1:12 am
The X-gasm, as close as vinyl has come to real life –

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franc hoggle Says:

January 2, 2012 at 1:32 am
The world is a sadder place without X. I don’t know what to say. You had to see them. My words cannot describe. Sorry.

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Ana Thema Says:

January 2, 2012 at 5:26 pm
Damn. I’m glad I found the headphones. X hit the spot.

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1. sacha Says:
  
  January 4, 2012 at 5:13 am
  I’m glad you found the headphones too, I would have heard them from there.
  
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franc hoggle Says:

January 2, 2012 at 10:22 pm
There are covers and there are covers –

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franc hoggle Says:

January 2, 2012 at 10:25 pm
Cathy and Ian trash their first record deal –

Vice: The liner notes elude to some career suicide moves when X was on the brink of a major label deal, but they offer no details…

Steve Lucas: The day we signed the contract to Mushroom they took us out for a magnificent lunch. Everybody loved everybody. I left soon after that and Ian and Cathy went out with some of Mushroom’s lackeys to a cocktail party. Well, to cut it short, Ian and Cathy wanted to see the new video clip for “Dream Baby.” They went back to the Mushroom boardroom and demanded that they see it then and there. I went back to my then pregnant wife. When no one could find the video the pair went ape shit. They turned over the boardroom table, accused people of molestation, and started fucking with all the gold records on the walls. We were booted off the label the day after we signed. And a good thing too in my opinion, I never wanted to play “industry” anyway.

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Solius Says:

January 4, 2012 at 3:27 am
Hey Franc, in 80(I think) I caught the New Barbarians, but opening was a thrash band… Detective. I have looked far and hard for something, but alas, to no avail.

Ever hear of them? Any links would be most appreciated.

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