I'm 16 years old, and for as long as I can remember, my brother, sister and I have been told by my mom that we “drive her to drink.” She's a single parent, raising us by herself for the past eight ...

In a bar somewhere on the West Coast, a presumptuous punk-rock fan approached a woman who looked familiar. “Hey, you look just like Exene Cervenka. What are you doing here?” The woman, taking pleasure ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Seminal punk band X has been around ...

Among the many highlights of John Mulaney‘s six-episode, live and free-wheeling Netflix talk show Everybody’s in L.A. was a segment titled “Old Punks” where Fred Armisen rounded up a bunch of L.A.

Punk pioneers Exene Cervenka and John Doe of X will join Mike Watt & The Secondmen and Feels for a benefit concert in San Pedro this weekend. The Nov. 4 show will take place at Brouwerij West brewery, ...

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If you didn’t get the chance to see the punk band X when the group played a three-night stand last year at Music Box Supper Club, you’ll have another chance. The band is set to return to the club on ...

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Clothing store Moonlight Graham didn't mean to start a record label when it reopened after a five-year hiatus. But after an off-the-cuff suggestion of an in-store concert with owner Bart Silberman's ...

“Right now is my favorite time in the band,” says Exene Cervenka, the L.A. den mother of punk poetry and singer for the band X. “I have this feeling of awe like I did when we started. I remember going ...