Punk is not dead! It’s just on display. On Friday, January 27, legendary Los Angeles punk band, X, invades the Museum of Contemporary Art (in Little Tokyo) with fellow punks, The Avengers and the Dead Kennedys (sans estranged frontman, Jello Biafra). The show, which takes place at MOCA’s Geffen Contemporary, is part of the museum’s exhibit, Under The Big Black Sun, 1974-1981. It highlights the change in the political, cultural and economic climates in California as a statement against the post-Nixon and early Reagan-regime ideologies. With the current political climate of “Occupy Everything”, several parallels can be drawn between now and then, why not relive the emotions of the late 70’s/early 80’s with the bands that provided its soundtrack?

X has been playing in and around LA for the last few years (did they ever stop?) which speaks volumes about their tenacity to continually kick out the jams. With all original members, John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom and DJ Bonebreak, they have gone well beyond what critics expected of the punk scene. Their endurance has pushed them past the “legendary punk” moniker to Legendary LA band”. Old, schmold! This band still packs a punch with their high energy, sometimes Rockabilly, punk passion. So bring your moshing shoes, stay for some art and tell Exene I love her!