Los Angeles Wild Gift Music Cd

X-wild - Los Angeles Wild Gift

Los Angeles/Wild Gift      Artist : X      List Price : $16.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2002-01-01      Studio : Warner/Reprise/Maverick      Label : Warner/Reprise/Maverick      Avg. Customer Rating : (19 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Los Angeles Wild Gift      Two great albums on one disc      Rating:      This disc has two amazing punk albums for less than the individual discs cost, and the sound isn't compressed like on the "remastered" versions, which I'd bought before this version.     Customer Reviews for Los Angeles Wild Gift Cd      1 of greatest Punk bands of all time / Energy music      Rating:      X is 1 of greatest punk bands ever god what raw energy they had. This album Los Angeles is so loud and fast it's amazing. Exene's voice resonates thru you she is such an influence on women singers today like Liz Phair, PJ Harvey, Shirly Manson, Juliana Hatfield list goes on. John Doe's guitar riffs kick on this whole album. Stand out tracks are Los Angeles, Sex and Dying in High Society which is my fave on CD, Johny hit & run Paulene. But the whole CD rocks hard. The lyrics tell a tale of seedy LA in the 80's and punk music coming up in the clubs. Essential album to own if truly love real punk music. Editorial Reviews for Los Angeles Wild Gift Audio Cd      Amazon.com      As much as any group, X established punk as a coast-to-coast movement, and these two albums staked out the sunny West Coast as territory for the slash-and-burn set. Originally released as separate records in 1980 (Los Angeles) and '81 (Wild Gift), the first albums by X were distinctive statements that perfectly captured a time, a place, and an outsider perspective. Singers and songwriters John Doe and Exene Cervenka (then a married couple), flash guitarist Billy Zoom, and drummer D.J. Bonebrake adapted the aggression and speed of Brit and East Coast punks to suit their own purposes. The likes of "Johnny Hit and Run Paulene," "The World's a Mess, It's in My Kiss" from the quartet's debut, and "White Girl" from the sophomore release captured the desperate ("get used to it!") mindset of pasty-white punks who inhabited the dark side of Hollywood. Literate, frenetic, and brutally honest, Los Angeles and Wild Gift stand as cornerstones in the history of punk, and, indeed, California rock & roll. --Steven Stolder