Total clarity. She isn't fooled on bit by present day society . Saw X back in '86.

This is one of the best things I have ever seen & heard. I I adore Exene. Shes real. Shes not afraid to be real. And she still gets people thru our days. I would like to say more but the one thing I can say is- she means the world to so many people. I was not alone when I was a teenager because X taught me that I am just fine as I am. Im almost 40 now and I still dig who I am . From a weirdo to a grown up weirdo creative woman. ♥♥♥♥ I was not purposely trying to be anything but me,.. But that was ok. And then I discovered X. And I suddenly felt human.

@jzen1455

Жыл бұрын

Sad how such people are completely demonized for being "far right" or "racist" or some other "-ist"

Saw X , and caught the drum stick , still have it ! Newport , Va 2006. Still have records from the 80’s , saw movie Decline of Western Civilization in local Kansas City movie theater. Refreshing to come across this interview, after all these years. In a band of my own, and of course Xene is a big inspiration, influence on us all.

Wow! Exene has always been someone i loved to listen to, read about and admired. She is as real as they come. I'm standing up and applauding this interview.. her responses are so eloquently spoken and from the heart. She is a force to be reckoned with and has an amazing sense of humor ie; "I'm 62, things fall off and roll away, guess i don't need it anymore". She is Beautiful inside and out and has a Great heart. Thank you Exene for Being true to yourself and never letting anyone bring you down a path you yourself didn't want to go. I followed you and your writings, bands, and artwork for the last 40 years. I thank you for sharing yourself with the rest of us to enjoy. I absolutely love the part of the interview where you stated " you should see what I just saw"...meaning the audience...I have always had dreams where I was onstage looking out and seeing the people, all walks of life together celebrating each and every moment. I'm writing this with much Love and enormous amount of respect for you. what a great oral history.....Thank You!........And Sister Rosetta Tharpe.....do not get me started....She's Amazing!!

Saw X play last weekend and they're just as good as they were 43 years ago. Exene was in great voice. Thank you for posting this.

What a clear headed analysis of the current situation in America.Brilliant.

I heard Los Angeles (the song) in Feb of 1981 and that very same night I went to see X play at the Roxy. It was my first show and it changed my life, I wasn't the same girl & I thank gawd for that.

Real deal. Truth, honesty and authenticity....Legend.

Thanks to both ladies for taking the time to document and post. Beautiful ideas and spirit.

Great interview. A lot of history here.

WHen I heard "The Hungry Wolf" it blew my 13 year old mind. I could totally eat buttermilk pie and have coffee with this lady and feel some what complete

Love Exene! She's sooooo insightful and on target.

Great interview with basically the QUEEN of punk rock! Saw them play in 82 at the whiskey.... lifechanging a bit....

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Exene has an amazing mind (and memory).

@chrisfoster9942

Жыл бұрын

And she is a beautiful person I must add

Exene should have mentioned Poison Ivy Rorschach of the Cramps when the interviewer asked her about female contemporaries when X was on the scene. She wasn't the frontwoman of the band but damn she played the hell out of her Gretsch and gave the Cramps their signature psychobilly voodoo sound.

Didn't think I could love her more than I do after seeing this. Haved loved them since the beginning and always will.

Finally a true look inside the real Exene, full of a point of view like no other. Fair, blunt, poetic, affectionate & honest, her compelling observations of a forgotten l.a. is fascinating & historically correct. God bless the great Exene Cervenka ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Thanks so much ❤ I’d never heard of Exene, but that’s was a great interview!

At 1:40 minutes I could STILL listen to Exene ALL DAY & into the night!!! Xo

Exene 🖤

loved the interview......had a couple close encounters with Exene backstage or on the street...was a big X fan back in the day and saw them live many times here on the east coast.......its been years....but still have all records/cds and still refer back to them periodically....they were and are unlike anything else.......big influence on me...........she still makes me laugh; I'm and old person now myself so I get it.....Rock on Exene

The jazz bar was The Come Back Inn

Thank you for doing these Women of Rock Oral Histories ❤ I'm going to see Exene and John Doe this Saturday, so excited to see them perform live.

Thank you for this excellent and inspiring interview ❤

Really enjoying these interviews. That riff in We're Desperate is one of my favorite riffs ever.

Love Exeve...X is the greatest band

Love love Exene....❤

I love Exene

Man. Now I like her even more.

God she's cool, I'm so impressed how red pilled and non "politically correct" she is. Refreshing to see there are still some free thinkers from the punk scene (few as they may be). Long live Exene!

@frankpeter6851

3 жыл бұрын

"Red-pilled" "Non-politically correct" "Free thinker" Sorry to say but, in considering an artists work, one has to factor in the kinds of people they attract.

@SinewRending

2 жыл бұрын

Silly.

@bigmacfullerton7870

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankpeter6851 and what kind of people would that be???

@frankpeter6851

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigmacfullerton7870 Fascists

@bigmacfullerton7870

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankpeter6851 So if we don’t believe everything the news and the dnc says we are fascists??? 😂 I guess that would make Exene a fascist too wouldn’t it?

Great interview. She speaks and truths that people would call conspiracy. I love her so much

Happy birthday, Exene!!! 💥🖤💥

At 50 minutes wholly SHIT she ain’t kidding Kids!!! It’s 1 1/2 minutes of GENIUS!!!!! Xo damn!!!

Very good. Excellent!

Now there is a real punk rocker people. Not a statist bootlicker for big gov tyranny like most of them have become.

@joeyh9619

11 ай бұрын

Yup

@TheRealZionOBrien

9 күн бұрын

Grow up.

Great interview...very intelligent person.

Excene up front n' personal. Beautiful soul💛

Exene! 🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤ 🙂

Sis is still keeping it real! 👀👍😎💪☠️🔥

Wonderful 😊 interview and awesome 💯.

X is a Top-10 band in American history.

Annihilation decimation...Mars....planet destruction the order....I am glad I am old....I saw X on campus San Diego...1984-85.

E end is a genius!! Very creative & a beautiful human being!!!

@sweetjane5033

Жыл бұрын

I meant Exene. Love her!!!

On Point xx

Love Exene! we have matching dogs

“We’re all trying to act cool” “You probably do that a lot” 💀

If these guys don't interview Pat Benetar that would be a huge mistake. Great interview with Exene. I feel lucky to have seen them 3 times

Amazingly candid.Thank you! Whose dog?

@stacyblue1980

4 жыл бұрын

Exene's dog. She has a dog. So what? This interview was done at her home in Orange County California.

I don’t know too much of the music, but of COURSE I know of HER, Miss Exene! Can’t believe there’s only 889 watches with Punk Royalty!!! I’ll be 🏄‍♀️ the music now, I LOVE this stuff of the real MEAT & 🦴’s of a person, Gr8 interview kids!!!! Xo

@bigmacfullerton7870

2 жыл бұрын

You should go listen to X. They are a great band

Xena is still beautiful! ❤🙏

How about interviewing Jarboe of the Swans? One of my fav singers of our lifetime!

Good thing i called in sick from work cuz I met them at Denny's in Point Loma San Diego. They were playing the night before at the observatory with the blasters and los lobos. Me & my childhood buddy saw them and it was a great show. They are so cool and down to earth. They signed my make the music go bang CD. I love this band.

Third cousin to me very proud of her

Fav Song~The Alien Song 👽

Yay E#Exene

Um..as a San Diegan born in Michigan I can say maybe Mexican restaurant are everywhere but visit to Lansing I was asked if I wanted gravy on my carne asada burrito..that was a no..altho I was curious what that meant. I take The Taco Stand down the corner lol😂 she's so great ❤

Viggo 💘

Wondering what she thinks of Sonic Youth and when/if they crossed paths

❤ :)

She changes so much speaking of her childhood vs later life. And remembering abortion being illegal, black people unable to vote that sucks to see it reversed. I'm glad she wasn't limited by men and yes there are laws that make womens lives harder. Right moment right time in history for her and so many great..wouldn't happen now. It's all fake reality TV, designer labels and judging shows. But as a Sociology major, womens studies it took me a long time to accept I actually wasn't 100 % responsible for things in life despite clawing and working 3 jobs w 2 kids alone. Policies do work against women, but she is very cool. I grew up in Texas BTW at time ur taught all is up to you make ur own. Best advise she gives...practice not saying sorry all the time! She's so right on I'm glad she did this and yoing ppl can get the benefit.

Start at 29:30 whenever you want...the first half hour is Exene bored describing her youth...after that, it gets really weird and X - like....fantastic history lesson about how the scene was....Exene and John meet Billy...she seems pained to describe some moments (how marriage is not compatible with being in a band) and at others her vibe is excited happiness...X was way way ahead of the curve....too bad radio was so uptight and wouldn't play their excellent music.

Exene is based AF.

Where on wilshire did u2 rent? Bukowski, or a fan, created a website where he used to pass through...rent and move on. I was just curious.

Her detractors have blue pilled themselves into conformity at best. She is wise and most importantly nails it like few others ever could.

@patrickjohnmccollough7560

Жыл бұрын

Very true

@MothGirl007

Жыл бұрын

She's delusional.

Who knew Exene was Los Angeles's premier critical thinker..

She seems open, but slightly annoyed by the process.

@stacyblue1980

4 жыл бұрын

Probably nervous and iffy about certain subjects. Annoyed tho.. I doubt it.

@tuezmoi

2 жыл бұрын

This is actually one of her most friendly interviews. 😂

She goes off the rails at 50:00

@jdh9676

Жыл бұрын

You only say that because you don't like what she's saying. She's making sense, eyes wide open, straight on the rails.

@AlexanderLaurence

Жыл бұрын

@@jdh9676 Brave New World and 1984 were written by insider guys who were Globalists? That is not true. For one there are plenty of dystopian novels written before and after. Secondly Brave New World and 1984 present two different viewpoints: BNW is about people being so entertained, or by taking Soma, that they lose their humanity; and 1984 is more about totalitarianism and double speak. These are books of fiction, and not propaganda. Many people mention the book 1984 without having read it these days.

@MothGirl007

Жыл бұрын

@@jdh9676 No. She's a total lunatic, sadly.

I love how, after 4 years, and only 13K views, and a grand total of 88 Comments (as of 10/24/23) the NPC shreiking baby army still has followed orders and lodged their 2 or 3 shit - takes featuring an emphasis on divisiveness, while being sure to enlist words like "comrade". "Hey, whatcha doin' man? " -"I'm chopping up the hull to start a fire cause I'm a little cold, wanna join me, comrade?"

Its "sad" the lesbians at the women's space did not embrace you bringing your boy friend to the gay bar? What is sad is that even comrades never seem to have anything eloquent to say about homophobia. While I admire exene's intelligence, articulateness, and her work, I find myself cringing and disagreeing with much of what she says.

Black Randy

L + irrelevant + Nardwuar is doing better

@KedousY

11 ай бұрын

Nardwuar>>>>>

All the rumors about Exene are true based on this interview. She completely avoided the Dangerhouse era, X's first recording. Ok, bye.

@vargaso

2 жыл бұрын

You're right, she doesn't robotically parrot liberal talking points. Very dangerous person.

Saw X twice, once at the beginning and once in 2015. Everything was intact. The first 3 albums were classic

Beyond Baroque right down the street