Are X the greatest punk band to ever come out of LA?  Probably and possibly the greatest band period.  There may be no better argument for this than their near perfect second album Wild Gift.  Does it still hold up?  SPOILER.  Obviously.

Wild Gift:  https://open.spotify.com/album/6a3a1We83O9GOK6S4EyqiP

This week’s further recommended listening:

Minutemen  The Bobblymen EP                   http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/8771

Pears  Go To Prison                                                               spotify:album:1BDKLTxxknwYP4X13y7mSq

Alice Cooper Love it to Death, Killer, School’s Out               spotify:album:6p7jHbG5Bd6z2JgfKx0um7, spotify:album:3DtfU669sCj0uKjeNdGq22, spotify:album:0zKjnOsXxs63unPR6TWoHq

Gojira  Magma                                                                           spotify:album:7D7V6M05UIOTjLdqbwRX0w                                   

Anderson .Paak  Malibu                                                             spotify:album:4VFG1DOuTeDMBjBLZT7hCK

Read these:

Keith Morris My Damage                                                                          https://www.amazon.com/My-Damage-Story-Punk-Survivor/dp/030682406X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480444058&sr=8-1&keywords=keith+morris

John Doe Under the Big Black Sun                                                         https://www.amazon.com/Under-Big-Black-Sun-Personal/dp/0306824086/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1480444099&sr=1-1&keywords=john+doe

Watch this:

A Fat Wreck                                                                                                https://www.amazon.com/Fat-Wreck-Mike-Burkett/dp/B01N55SD7S/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1480444222&sr=1-2&keywords=a+fat+wreck