X (Australian band)
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X is an Australia
n punk rock
band, formed in Sydney in 1977 and led by the late Ian Rilen
. The band has split and reformed several times.
Although X has had several members, its sound has been defined by two distinctive elements: Rilen's basslines and Steve Lucas's guitar. Drummer Cathy Green has also been a frequent member of the band since 1984.
Rilen was also a founding member of blues
y hard rock
ers Rose Tattoo
. During X's first hiatus (1980–83), he formed the post punk outfit Sardine v
, with his then wife, Stephanie Rilen.
As of 2004, Rilen had settled on a fairly stable line up of his current project, Ian Rilen & the Love Addicts, who included Cathy Green on bass. The band have also issued a CD, "Passion Boots & Bruises."
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band, formed in Sydney in 1977 and led by the late Ian Rilen
Ian Rilen
Ian William Rilen was an Australian musician, he was bass guitarist and songwriter with Rock N' Roll band Rose Tattoo and led punk rock group X also providing lead guitar, rhythm guitar and vocals...
. The band has split and reformed several times.
Although X has had several members, its sound has been defined by two distinctive elements: Rilen's basslines and Steve Lucas's guitar. Drummer Cathy Green has also been a frequent member of the band since 1984.
Rilen was also a founding member of blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
y hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
ers Rose Tattoo
Rose Tattoo
Rose Tattoo is an Australian rock and roll band, now led by Angry Anderson, that was formed in Sydney in 1976. Their sound is hard rock mixed with blues rock influences, with songs including "Bad Boy for Love", "Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw", "Nice Boys", "We Can't Be Beaten" and "Scarred for Life"...
. During X's first hiatus (1980–83), he formed the post punk outfit Sardine v
Sardine v
Sardine v was an Australian post-punk band, formed by Ian Rilen , and Stephanie Rilen ....
, with his then wife, Stephanie Rilen.
As of 2004, Rilen had settled on a fairly stable line up of his current project, Ian Rilen & the Love Addicts, who included Cathy Green on bass. The band have also issued a CD, "Passion Boots & Bruises."
Albums
- X-AspirationsX-AspirationsX-Aspirations is the debut studio album from Australian rock band, X. In October 2010, it was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.-Original LP track listing:# "Suck Suck"# "Present"# "Simulated Lovers"# "Police"# "Revolution"...
LP (X Music YPRX1645, 1979; reissued Aztec Music 2009) Lucas/Rilen/Cafiero. Produced by Lobby LoydeLobby LoydeLobby Loyde , also known as John Barrie Lyde or Barry Lyde, was an Australian rock music guitarist, songwriter and producer....
. - At Home with YouAt Home With YouAt Home with You is the second studio album from Australian rock band, X.-Original LP track listing:# "The Feel"# "T.V. Glue"# "Movin' On"# "Halfway 'Round the World"# "You Say That You Love Me"# "Degenerate Boy"# "All Over Now"...
LP (Major MRLP002, 1985; reissued [Morphius Archives, http://www.morphius.com/label/index.cfm?cc=x] 2002 MRA-002) Lucas/Rilen/Green. Produced by Lobby Loyde. - And MoreAnd MoreAnd More is the third and final studio album from Australian rock band, X. The album was released on the Mushroom Records alternative subsidiary White Label. The album contains a re-recordings of the bands early songs "Home Is Where the Floor Is" and "I Don't Wanna Go Out" with a new studio...
LP (White Label, 1988) Lucas/Rilen/Green. Produced by X and Lobby Loyde.
Singles/EPs
- "Mother" 7" (X Music 13639, 1979)
- "Dream Baby" 7"/12" (White Label, 1987)
- "I Love Rock'n'Roll" CDEP (Laughing Outlaw, 2001) Lucas/Rilen/Holmes/Synnerdahl.
Live
- X Live 8 July 1978 (Spiral Scratch, 1997) Lucas/Rilen/Cafiero/Holmes.
- Live at the Civic 1979 (Dropkick, 2001) Lucas/Rilen/Cafiero/Coutanche.
- Evil Rumours (Laughing Outlaw, 2003) Lucas/Rilen/Holmes/Synnerdahl