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

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Option	Votes
Los Angeles	15
Sydney	8

― augh (Control Z), Monday, 19 September 2016 10:11 (nine years ago)

Sorry if this has already been done. ...At the moment the Sydney, AU X have an unfair advantage with me due to their newness to my ears. They were excellent. No vote yet.

― augh (Control Z), Monday, 19 September 2016 10:11 (nine years ago)

the Japanese one with the wigs and guitar solos

― punksishippies, Monday, 19 September 2016 12:44 (nine years ago)

Dream machine,
John and Exene,
Smear campaign,
And a SWAT team!

― flappy bird, Monday, 19 September 2016 18:12 (nine years ago)

Oh, you guys.

― augh (Control Z), Monday, 19 September 2016 21:49 (nine years ago)

The LA band has a deeper, longer catalog but the Aussies "Aspirations" is possibly better than "Los Angeles".

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 02:01 (nine years ago)

Precisely.

― augh (Control Z), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 06:15 (nine years ago)

Control Pee

― hunangarage, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 06:23 (nine years ago)

Same old ILM.

― augh (Control Z), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 06:26 (nine years ago)

i had never heard the aussie x until i saw this thread. thx

― dynamicinterface, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 22:13 (nine years ago)

Only song I've heard by the Aussie band is this one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYeDY6YkzIg

...but its a good one.

― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 22:23 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3gnJuhlrJY

― augh (Control Z), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 01:28 (nine years ago)

The story goes that X-Aspirations, one of the most important and underrated albums of the punk era in Australia, was recorded in a mere five hours. The scoop, published almost 30 years later on the eve of its reissue, was that it actually took just four

― augh (Control Z), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 01:33 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzsE2fsOtOU

― augh (Control Z), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 01:33 (nine years ago)

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

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

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

― augh (Control Z), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 16:43 (nine years ago)

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 (nine years ago)

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 (nine years ago)

one year passes...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 30 December 2017 00:01 (eight years ago)

Voted X.

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

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Sunday, 31 December 2017 00:01 (eight years ago)

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