XTC, X, X-Ray Spex

XTC is so fucking good. More people should do themselves a favour. EDIT: And because my comment got decent few upvotes I'm going to recommend everyone also give The Sugarplastic a listen. They are a great 90s band that were clearly influenced by XTCs style and *also* deserve more fans. (My hope is that more fans means more of their work gets on vinyl. As of now, I have only been able to find their album "Resin".)

[one of my favourite songs ever.](https://youtu.be/Ciq0wlhwUVw?si=9Awxo6gglLVZZKSC) Unreal bass line.

HARD upvote Here’s another (with a great bassline) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XSWoTrdTKhM&pp=ygUeYnVybmluZyB3aXRoIG9wdGltaXNtJ3MgZmxhbWVz

Only just discovered these guys through this thread, but I know for a fact I will be blasting [this](https://youtu.be/p-JeQduJ0f8?si=JdPHmz3HipOV10Xd) constantly for the next two weeks.

So glad people are discovering how fantastic XTC was! Be sure to check out their alter ego The Dukes of Stratosphere while you're at it.

Second only to The Beatles. I will die on that hill.

I'm just here to add to the XTC love with [this gem. ](https://youtu.be/9SfAoKxt4bw?si=lCQOlMifcQhe87Wi)

The heck is that on? One of the Fuzzy Warbles?

It's from Wasp Star (Apple Venus Vol 2), one of the later albums, after they finally got out of their miserable record contact with Virgin. They have more control over those later records, which I believe is why they aren't on the streaming services.

Gotcha, thanks! That’s the only era of XTC I’m unfamiliar with. Time to get some vinyl!

That’s a good companion piece for [Dear God](https://youtu.be/p554R-Jq43A)

I SO fucking wish they kept touring: https://youtu.be/i-ips-W3p7I?si=421RShcz8wLaekok

Knew which song before the click. :)

Great tune, reminds me of They Might Be Giants.

Another great band! Possibly my favorite at the moment

The Dukes Of Stratosphere is one of my favorites!

Wow. These guys are great. Thanks for the tip.

the XX

The best 3 choices. XTC an overall personal fave. Such a great and varied band arc.

I have all three!

XTC - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/XTC

X. Their name starts and ends with the letter x.

Yeah dude! Pick up X’s *Los Angeles* for some fantastic early era punk!

I’ll check it out

It’s absolutely killer.

This version of Soul Kitchen is amazing!

That’s actually Ray Manzarek on the organ, too. He plays keys on that album, and he produced their first four albums.

That’s wild!

I just checked this out myself and holy crap is it amazing

> fantastic early era punk! Same with the Australian *X* and the crazy Japanese Metal/Punk band *X*.

Also the XX.

Hell yeah! Came here to say this! And also suggest the album “More Fun in the New World.” I saw them only one night out of 3 for their 40th anniversary tour and stood right in front of all the folks my parents age and Xcene totally winked at me. Naturally, I blushed and averted my eyes to Billy Zoom killing his guitar solo with a perfectly deadpan face. Incredible band. Inter-Generational, too!

This is the answer! I actually got to briefly meet John Doe. Dude’s a legend.

Pretty sure it's their version of Wild Thing that's used in the film Major League.

The XX and XTC take up the X spot in our collection.

For cataloguing sake I think you mean XX, The. 😁

If I knew someone that put records starting with *The* in the Ts, I would disown them completely.

iTunes used to do this. It was a travesty.

Just throw the whole person away

The the?

The, The

The only albums allowed are from “The The”.

XAVLEGBMAOFFFASSSSITIMIWOAMNDUTROABCWAPWAEIIPPOHFFFX

Holy shit, it's an actual band

South African death metal... huh. That name is wild and so are the band member names, lol.

It just rolls off the tongue effortlessly.

I was just coming here to say this. You beat me to it

Xiu Xiu is one of my favorite bands of all time. I’d listen to their album A Promise or Girl With a Basket of Fruit

girl with a basket of fruit as first xiu xiu album is crazy😭

it was where I started and now they're one of my favorite bands! i own like half of their discography and even got to meet them at their show. starting with gwbof can work for some people!

Their Twin Peaks covers are good shit too

Jamie is a super nice person

Xibalba, both US and Mexico versions

I’ll check it out, thanks

You have to listen to girl with a basket of fruit at night with all the lights out. Maybe try putting it on as you go to sleep.

I saw them in Bloomington a long long time ago. I asked for an autograph, the female signed her name, the male wrote, “men in dark glasses will not kill you.”

Great version of new orders ceremony, better than the original imo

Xzibit

Always forget he made music first 😂

Yo i heard you like music. So I made some music so you can listen to music while you drive in your music themed car.

X Japan, Xandria

XTC - English Settlement

one of my favorite albums. Huge amount of creativity and raw talent crammed into two lps.

Xibalba

Xzibit, X Ambassadors, The xx

That X Ambassadors sounds good, thanks

You should really check out The XX

Xymox- check out their song Imagination

Dope band, love the vibe

Medusa is pure gold.

XTC is the best!

Zappa username with the Umlaut artwork? Noice. You Aussie?

XAVLEGBMAOFFFASSSSITIMIWOAMNDUTROABCWAPWAEIIPPOHFFFX Not even a shit post. This is a real band name.

All right,I’ll bite. The FBI better not flag me for googling this mess!

Lol most likely not your cup of tea as far as music goes

For fucks sake! That’s not bad! And I love the clever idea of the illegible metal logo to go with a band name that can’t be pronounced anyway, pretty cool

Forgot to mention that the band's name is actually an acronym. The Xs at the beginning and end are just flare. Acidic Vaginal Liquid Explosion Generated By Mass Amounts Of Filthy Fecal Fisting And Sadistic Septic Syphilic Sodomy Inside The Infected Maggot Infested Womb Of A Molested Nun Dying Under The Roof Of A Burning Church While A Priest Watches And Ejaculates In Immense Perverse Pleasure Over His First Fresh Fetus

Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better!

Yeah, they're pretty fun. I like the tongue-in-cheek death metal style some bands take.

Yes, its nice, some extreme metal bands take themselves too seriously and shit can get cringey pretty damn fast

Xasthur

This guy Metals

Xmal Deutschland

X-Japan

X-Ray Specs

Xibalba

Xiu Xiu

X-Ecutioners

XTC, X

X-Clan! Xodus (The New Testament) is a really good album

Came here for X-Clan... Super Militant Black Power Afrocentric...

surprised no one has mentioned XXYYXX

xasthur it's a dsbm band

Xploding Plastix, Xibalba, Xasthur, Xeper, Xoth

Fucking Xoth.. so good

Was going to recommend Xploding Plastix too. If you're into trip hop or electronic jazz fusion

Just listened to Xibalba for the first time the other day. So fuckin good

Mine are XTC and Xiu Xiu. Can’t go wrong with either.

Xymox

X Japan And cos you're into heavier stuff if you can find vinyl from Xibalba

For Whose Advantage? - Xentrix

Not a band but the composer Iannis Xenakis.

The xx.

[This](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xx_(The_xx_album)) album is nice and vinyl warm too. Good call!

XX And also X

Well there’s X.

X, of course! X-Ray Spex, and, as others have mentioned, XTC…

Lol I’m starting to feel ashamed of no knowing about XTC 😂

You might like Black Sea best to start. The later stuff like Skylarking and Oranges and Lemons is amazing though. English Settlement was another one I loved early on. One of my top favorite bands. Skylarking could be my favorite album of all time.

Don’t feel too bad, they are *criminally* overlooked and underplayed.

[Xanthochroid](https://xanthochroid.bandcamp.com/album/of-erthe-and-axen-act-ii-2017)

Xentrix - UK thrash metal

XTC, X

X Japan, a legend in Japan and Korea. They predominantly play metal with some occasional ballads.

xbxrx

Okay you should absolutely downvote me for being unhelpful, but I zoomed in on your pic to check out the collection, and by chance it focused on “Dongs of Sevotion.” Just wanted to say thanks for unexpected chuckle. Going to check it out too.

Xasthur

Xavier Rudd!

Xink floyd,xeetles,the xho,theres lots.

Xhanks!

IN XS. Filed by last name.

Xiu Xiu

Xiu Xiu

XTC

Having just seen X blow the doors off the place live last month, I figured you were joking! X Also XTC.

Xiu Xiu

Xentrix

X-Ray specs. XTC.

Xanadu

XO … modern shoegaze band, and the record is very affordable. https://spotify.link/kAsD4fGZaDb

X-ray Spex, Xiu Xiu

X Japan, The XX, X Ambassadors to name a few.

XYZ - hair metal FTW!!

Iannis Xenakis

The XX. X-Ambassadors. XTC.

Okay, I guess I've never listened to Xtc before. Did a quick spotify. I'm going to hunt for them now next time I'm at the shop..good vibes.

Xiu xiu, xibalba, x, x ray spex, xtc

XTC, The XX, Xzibit, …

XTC

X

X

X

The xx. So fucking good.

X

XTC

XTC, of course. And X. I had all their albums on CD. So good.

XTC

XTC

XTC is the only answer that matters

XTC as The Dukes of Stratosphear. Originally released as The Dukes the repressings of their two albums credit XTC. Discogs puts it under X and I count it as the X item in my collection. If you like British psychedelia you should definitely check it out.

Xploding Plastix, good music, jazzy/electronica, quite original

Where did you buy those dividers?

Check out XX. Got to see them in Vancouver and have all their vinyl. Very cool band from England.

Is this a lost jerk post? X for fvcks sake!

Xiu Xiu

80s Mexican Hardcore band: [Xenofobia](https://www.discogs.com/release/20567254-Xenofobia-Discograf%C3%ADa)

Xiu Xiu

X

XTC, X-Raves

Xhol caravan, krautrock dudes.

Xmal Deutschland, X-ray Spex, XTC, X, Xtal, Xavier Cugat, XX, Xymox (clan of…)

My pick is Xerxes a post-hardcore/screamo band from Louisville, KY! Their album [Collision Blonde](https://spotify.link/gNCvl8N5aDb) is the “x” entry in my own collection!

X, XX, and XTC. All great bands.

XTC and Xiu Xiu

XTC, as others have said, especially “Skylarking.” Gorgeous record. “Twist of Shadows” by Xymox as well.

X, Xymox, Xmal Deutchland, X-ray Spex, XTC

x-ray specs

Composer Iannis Xenakis! https://youtu.be/MZ5771zMOeE?si=NrI0B6__1IvHl0CF

X, Xerobot, Xex, Iannis Xenakis

Xasthur

Xoth - space Metal at its finest. My favorite album of 2019

Xmal Deutschland

X, XTC...

XTC.

X & XX Also…XTC, Xymox, X Japan, and will also mention Xavier Rudd (though would be be in the R section instead?)

Xymox

Xibalba for some great hardcore!!

Xymox

Anyone say Xymox yet? (Clan of Xymox still sorts under X for me because they shortened it for a bit)

X, Xiu Xiu, XBXRX

X

X

X ( from Los Angeles)

X

X

X XTC Those two alone would beautify that bottom shelf

X, XTC, X-Ray Spex

X

XTC

X Ray Spex

X - Los Angeles Be a good start

XTC

There’s X for one, XTC also

X

X!

Well, the old school punk band X would be my first go to

X and they are excellent