Dick Clark booked X, The Blasters, Public Image Ltd., and many more adventurous acts and gave them a national platform. He supported real rock n roll as well as pop. For real.
PiL's appearance on AB was one of the top 10 greatest moments in the history of television. They turned the whole lip-sync thing on it's head. Brilliant stuff.
I love how he gives them respect, and they respect him back. Class acts. Far removed from the Sex Pistols interview in England, where the interviewer and the band showed complete disdain for each other.
The Sex Pistols (& Banshee) were fine; it was Bill Grundy who was drunk & a sexist letch. But as a teen you don't want 'old' people liking 'your' music, it's weird.. ua-cam.com/video/0NQphQZXhFM/v-deo.html
How thoughtful of Exene to remember to bring that pin for Dick Clark? Really, I can't imagine a punk band doing that today, but maybe I'm jaded. I hope he saved that for his kids.
I remember seeing this live. They did "Blue Spark" and I went right out and bought all their albums. Then I made my own X t-shirt by cutting off the sleeves of a thermal shirt and and writing the gothic "X" with permanent marker right over my heart.
It's starting to change. Actually it took until Nirvana for the US underground to break through, and all the bands were different by then. I saw X a few times the last few years. ALways a good show. BIlly Zoom is no joke on guitar. They're all awesome musicians.
X like when I first started to go to their shows. I've lost count over the years. Can't wait to see them next month in Atlanta. Exene is awesome & 'Wild Gift' is my favorite album but love every single one of them.
@@chrisw8939 Have you seen her??? She STILL looks great. Most likely way better than you at the same age... Better brace yourself for reality... Hashtag: theclockonlygoesonewayforall
anthony perlingos I visited years ago and loved KMET. Went back a few years later and all rock was gone. KMET was some strange,... couldn't even listen.
You'll never see anything like this interview again....the days of giving bands like this a boost like Dick Clark did is a crying shame....I was a die hard X fan in the 80's ....just like the Cramps, it was surprising that their - (X's) "raw" stage persona's changed to, just nice, "down to earth" people during interviews.
I never thought about it, but the California accent has basically become the standard American accent. The way she talks here sounds so modern for it being the early 80s.
Hard-working should probably be tossed in that description, too. They didn't get that way without hundreds of hours of practice and that doesn't include gigging.
I saw Exene at a gas station in Columbia, Missouri in 2002. She lived about 40 miles from there as that time, apparently. It was almost like the Twilight Zone to be standing behind her in line.
You know, I've spent the last 30 years living in NY, LA, and SF where we run into people like this at the gym, yoga, Whole Foods, the farmers market, walking along the beach, and sitting next to us at the salon getting highlights. BUT, if I were in Columbia, MO, that would've been surreal to me, as well. You just don't expect that in the Great Plains? lol
As I later found, we had a mutual friend. That friend told me that Exene lived in a rather rural area outside of Jefferson City. Yes, it was odd to hear that, too. I lived in D.C. in the early 1990s, and saw famous (or famous to me) people fairly often. Was kind of a blast to see Ian of Fugazi buying tofu at a Safeway, for example.
I was wearing my X 35th Anniversary hoodie when I went to see a movie at the California Theater in Berkeley in 2015, and I was surprised to see John Doe in line for the concession stand. I asked him what he was doing in town, and he told me that he had moved to nearby Richmond about five years earlier.
You ever seen what their kid looks like? He looks like someone took the top half of Viggo Mortensen's head and face, then sutured it to Exene's mouth/jaw.
Dick Clark was around for a long time. I am 67 and when I was child I attempted to change channels to cartoons while my older brother fell asleep during American Bandstand. He woke up and made me to go back to American Bandstand.
I saw them headline a show in Fullerton as a teen in 1986. Their opener was Jane's Addiction, who were awful. X was great. I saw them open for Pearl Jam at the Forum in 1998. Exena was upset that the crowd of 15,000 was not paying much attention to the local band. Pretty on brand.
Wow, this is the last place I'd expect X to perform. I suppose with how limited the media options were, you'd had to jump on an opportunity like this even if it's an imperfect fit.
Somehow I missed this episode of "American Bandstand" back in the day. I really started getting into X in early-1984, when they suddenly appeared on the old R & R game show "The Poppin' Rocker" hosted by Jon Baumann ("Bowzer" from Sha Na Na). They are the very first Punk band I ever got into, and honestly there haven't been many I have ever gotten into. I love this band. 1:36 - 1:42 I'm pretty sure both Dick Clark and Exene Cervenka were referring to Lone Justice. 🤭
her album Running Sacred is absolutely the height of her greatness. I saw that solo artist band play live once, amazing. They had an electric stand-up bass for that show
Could be the people he was interviewing, too. Some people are narcissistic, difficult to tolerate, and instead of being genuine are just genuine a-holes, but Exene was not full-of-herself, and the guys weren't either.
Decline of the western civilization (the 1st one) has a few clips and an interview. I havent looked, but I imagine there's quite a few clips of X in youtube.
It's 2021 and when I look back at the 1980s, which was the beginning of turning the audience from a listening one into a predominantly visual one. I see representations of good songs in bad videos or clothing that over shadows the work. Sometimes it's the other way around. Bands become famous because of the optics and trends that they sported. Few were both. The bulk of things that I watch from then have me thinking what a friend used to say about Loni Anderson's hair to herself shaking her head in disgust and confusion watching whatever show she was on in the early 80's. I could hear the canned laughter and bad reception fade in and out. Then in a slightly audible monotone voice, while she shook her head holding her lower lip with one hand. In the blue light of the television, I'd be watching her. I'd hear her say, " you would think a good friend would tell her. " Meaning, not only did she have bad hair. She didn't have anyone in her life that would say that to her directly. Otherwise, she wouldn't have made possibly the worst decision of her career, if not life, by going on television with that exposure. Do you see where I'm going? Exene Cervenka looks like an original. Her personal representation of herself isn't foolish. It holds up. It's not something that someone made for her or, chose for her to wear on television. She's iconic. A lot of people stole from her and her sister's style over the years. She is like a living art exhibit to me. Even when she's trying not to be a legend, she still is. Why's that? You get the best of everything with her.
Does anyone know how I would access this full episode? I was on 9 shows of season 26....I was at this taping, and we are having the hardest time finding full episodes?????!!!!
Your lexicon is quite advanced, mate. Good going. As if you know what I look like. Also I'm not critical but you sure are. I'm giving her props for what she used to look like, therefore I'm not critical. Grow up lad.
Dick Clark booked X, The Blasters, Public Image Ltd., and many more adventurous acts and gave them a national platform. He supported real rock n roll as well as pop. For real.
PiL's appearance on AB was one of the top 10 greatest moments in the history of television. They turned the whole lip-sync thing on it's head. Brilliant stuff.
He was always lame. He snitched on Alan Freed, even though Clark was also guilty of payola.
Dick Clark was always so gracious to people.
I love how he gives them respect, and they respect him back. Class acts. Far removed from the Sex Pistols interview in England, where the interviewer and the band showed complete disdain for each other.
The Sex Pistols (& Banshee) were fine; it was Bill Grundy who was drunk & a sexist letch. But as a teen you don't want 'old' people liking 'your' music, it's weird.. ua-cam.com/video/0NQphQZXhFM/v-deo.html
How thoughtful of Exene to remember to bring that pin for Dick Clark? Really, I can't imagine a punk band doing that today, but maybe I'm jaded.
I hope he saved that for his kids.
She's the sentimental sort
I remember seeing this live. They did "Blue Spark" and I went right out and bought all their albums. Then I made my own X t-shirt by cutting off the sleeves of a thermal shirt and and writing the gothic "X" with permanent marker right over my heart.
I remember watching this as well - I thought it was odd for X to be on American Bandstand. Do you remember the date?
It's starting to change. Actually it took until Nirvana for the US underground to break through, and all the bands were different by then. I saw X a few times the last few years. ALways a good show. BIlly Zoom is no joke on guitar. They're all awesome musicians.
Its not too often Dick gets presented with a wild gift. He really liked that. And she knew he would. How cool was that?
@ban guns Yes she is.
"Wild Gift", eh? Ha ha...I get it. ;-)
X like when I first started to go to their shows. I've lost count over the years. Can't wait to see them next month in Atlanta. Exene is awesome & 'Wild Gift' is my favorite album but love every single one of them.
See you there!
Exene is cool as shit.
*was
@@bobthebear1246 *you've managed to be doubly wrong; it's referencing a video being watched in the moment, & she isn't dead.
Lord, she was beautiful.
That was 30 years ago.
Shes an old lady now.
@@danieltinoco8466 well, yeah. Everyone gets old
@@chrisw8939 Have you seen her??? She STILL looks great. Most likely way better than you at the same age... Better brace yourself for reality... Hashtag: theclockonlygoesonewayforall
It was 40 years ago and she is still hot! In my opinion
@@ittybitty6474 Whoever you are, I love you.
That was excellent. Respect to X and Dick Clark. ✌️
I found X through KROQ ! LA Legends !
anthony perlingos I visited years ago and loved KMET. Went back a few years later and all rock was gone. KMET was some strange,... couldn't even listen.
I also grew up in THAT area (Orange County district) and remember BOTH of THOSE radio stations.
Seen them a few times in recent years - still rocking it out!
Wow- what a greeat band! Wild Gift was such a great album!
John doe was an actor for years. I remember him as the drummer in pure country.
Such a nice, clean-cut punk band.
This was a few years after they first started though
Matthew Herzog real punk look..everyone thinks it should be all new York and England look. Foh
What fine,wholesome,cleancut examples of American youth!
You'll never see anything like this interview again....the days of giving bands like this a boost like Dick Clark did is a crying shame....I was a die hard X fan in the 80's ....just like the Cramps, it was surprising that their - (X's) "raw" stage persona's changed to, just nice, "down to earth" people during interviews.
She's smart as a whip like Grace Slick.
Smarter
I never thought about it, but the California accent has basically become the standard American accent. The way she talks here sounds so modern for it being the early 80s.
That I LIKE DICK CLARK button was cool. :)
Such a great punk/ New Wave group. Very talented and creative.
Hard-working should probably be tossed in that description, too. They didn't get that way without hundreds of hours of practice and that doesn't include gigging.
"I just think of it as rock and roll, cuz thats what it is"
I saw Exene at a gas station in Columbia, Missouri in 2002. She lived about 40 miles from there as that time, apparently. It was almost like the Twilight Zone to be standing behind her in line.
You know, I've spent the last 30 years living in NY, LA, and SF where we run into people like this at the gym, yoga, Whole Foods, the farmers market, walking along the beach, and sitting next to us at the salon getting highlights. BUT, if I were in Columbia, MO, that would've been surreal to me, as well. You just don't expect that in the Great Plains? lol
As I later found, we had a mutual friend. That friend told me that Exene lived in a rather rural area outside of Jefferson City. Yes, it was odd to hear that, too. I lived in D.C. in the early 1990s, and saw famous (or famous to me) people fairly often. Was kind of a blast to see Ian of Fugazi buying tofu at a Safeway, for example.
I was wearing my X 35th Anniversary hoodie when I went to see a movie at the California Theater in Berkeley in 2015, and I was surprised to see John Doe in line for the concession stand. I asked him what he was doing in town, and he told me that he had moved to nearby Richmond about five years earlier.
It blows me away that Exene used to be married to Viggo Mortensen.
Aragorn in Lord of the Rings
+Jeanette Smith Viggo was the lord of her ring for a while
+lena fan He's pretty far left
The love child of Siouxsie Sioux and Bernadette Peters.
You ever seen what their kid looks like? He looks like someone took the top half of Viggo Mortensen's head and face, then sutured it to Exene's mouth/jaw.
Dick Clark was around for a long time. I am 67 and when I was child I attempted to change channels to cartoons while my older brother fell asleep during American Bandstand. He woke up and made me to go back to American Bandstand.
I saw them headline a show in Fullerton as a teen in 1986. Their opener was Jane's Addiction, who were awful. X was great. I saw them open for Pearl Jam at the Forum in 1998. Exena was upset that the crowd of 15,000 was not paying much attention to the local band. Pretty on brand.
Not surprised. Pearl Jam fans are lame af.
The love child of Siouxsie Sioux and Bernadette Peters.
Wow, this is the last place I'd expect X to perform. I suppose with how limited the media options were, you'd had to jump on an opportunity like this even if it's an imperfect fit.
I’m cringing from Click Dark’s unease interviewing Exene.
great, great upload!!!!
She looked so cute back then.
She's in her 60s now.
Age and illness have taken thier toll .
She was never cute 😄 a hot mess maybe.
@@leechurchill1965 How entitled does someone have to be to believe that they can tell others who or what they can find "cute"?
This was a respectful conversation, miss those days. 😮💨
i dee jayed for this band at least 5 times at the old 9:30 club in Washington dc!! the old whfs days in Bethesda Maryland!!
The good old days at the 9:30!!
We may have crossed paths. Enjoyed both versions of the 930 many times. I remember smacking that damned pole in the middle of the floor. Wtf?
@@anthonyowens7171 strippers? lol
@@stephanier6783 no. It was some awkwardly placed support pole. Someone would always run into it.
@@anthonyowens7171 Oh, I see. I thought maybe it was a former "gentlemen's club". lol
What a great guy, and a great interview with a great band
Ever'thang lookin' pretty fine -- -- Best song of their's = "We're Desperate"
Yea. I've gotten used to it.
its kiss or kill
The boys were all so cute.
Somehow I missed this episode of "American Bandstand" back in the day. I really started getting into X in early-1984, when they suddenly appeared on the old R & R game show "The Poppin' Rocker" hosted by Jon Baumann ("Bowzer" from Sha Na Na). They are the very first Punk band I ever got into, and honestly there haven't been many I have ever gotten into. I love this band.
1:36 - 1:42 I'm pretty sure both Dick Clark and Exene Cervenka were referring to Lone Justice. 🤭
Spoke with Exene 3 wks ago following their show here in sd and she looked great. I just love the girl. So suck it alfred.
her album Running Sacred is absolutely the height of her greatness. I saw that solo artist band play live once, amazing. They had an electric stand-up bass for that show
Awesome!!!!
wow had no idea they were on American Bandstand!
What a great gift. Seriously.
How cool was Dick Clark
This was one of his better interviews. He didn't stick his foot in his mouth.
Could be the people he was interviewing, too. Some people are narcissistic, difficult to tolerate, and instead of being genuine are just genuine a-holes, but Exene was not full-of-herself, and the guys weren't either.
Beautiful Exene
So where can I see the performance?
Decline of the western civilization (the 1st one) has a few clips and an interview.
I havent looked, but I imagine there's quite a few clips of X in youtube.
You just did put it on repeat
Back when L.A. played decent music on the radio.
Me wuvs me some Exene!!!!
It's 2021 and when I look back at the 1980s, which was the beginning of turning the audience from a listening one into a predominantly visual one. I see representations of good songs in bad videos or clothing that over shadows the work. Sometimes it's the other way around. Bands become famous because of the optics and trends that they sported. Few were both. The bulk of things that I watch from then have me thinking what a friend used to say about Loni Anderson's hair to herself shaking her head in disgust and confusion watching whatever show she was on in the early 80's.
I could hear the canned laughter and bad reception fade in and out.
Then in a slightly audible monotone voice, while she shook her head holding her lower lip with one hand.
In the blue light of the television, I'd be watching her. I'd hear her say, " you would think a good friend would tell her. "
Meaning, not only did she have bad hair. She didn't have anyone in her life that would say that to her directly. Otherwise, she wouldn't have made possibly the worst decision of her career, if not life, by going on television with that exposure.
Do you see where I'm going?
Exene Cervenka looks like an original. Her personal representation of herself isn't foolish. It holds up.
It's not something that someone made for her or, chose for her to wear on television. She's iconic. A lot of people stole from her and her sister's style over the years. She is like a living art exhibit to me. Even when she's trying not to be a legend, she still is. Why's that? You get the best of everything with her.
"Holy Mackerel !"
Exene used to be really cute.
Hideous hag today though.
@@creepyskulldini581 😆😆😆
Xx
gretscher yeah actually
@Matthew Estrada lol
The blond guy is such a cutie!
Yes but DJ is the one that is endowed
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@@jamesallred6573 how would you know?
The good ol' days . . .
She's punk, but also a LADY. I effing love it!
Also a maga loving Trump moron who spews conspiracy garbage.
Wow this was so outta place! But still PiL took the biscuit on American Bandstand.......
Such clean cut kids.
I can't believe John Doe went on to play in Roadhouse, One Tree Hill, and Ten Inch Hero. 🤣😂
Heckin' cool
Hysterical!!! Clark has no clue!
Billy Zoom was 34 during this appearance.
wow, he looks like a teen!
Nice
Does anyone know how I would access this full episode? I was on 9 shows of season 26....I was at this taping, and we are having the hardest time finding full episodes?????!!!!
Exene was so cute then.
X
Could Exene have any more thinly disguised contempt for the aptly named Dick?
Yet he simply couldn't pick up what she was layin' down...
Dick Clark was a proper guy. I watched the Letterman intro and it was awkward as fuck.
Your lexicon is quite advanced, mate. Good going. As if you know what I look like. Also I'm not critical but you sure are. I'm giving her props for what she used to look like, therefore I'm not critical. Grow up lad.
X is tha shit
Ray Manzarek believed in X.
WHAT THE HELL IS THE JERRY LEE LEWIS BASSIST DOIN´ THERE!!!!!!!?????
Nice KROQ plug...
Shes so hot! Still!
No
Mini flirting with Exene a bit gross
Come on, who forms a band and actually makes money?think about it folks.
She still is and she married to king Aragorn ! Viggo Mortensen
They used to be nice! Now they are old and bitter
Why be in a band?, waste of time!
Billy Zoom should have went solo. Excene was overrated
...Except that she co-wrote most of those great songs. And Billy Zoom went solo before and during X, with the Billy Zoom Band.
real80smusic Billy was an amazing talent.
Fucktard
"Overrated"? By who, exactly? What a seriously dumb thing to say. Also, there's no "c" in her name, you fucking dimwit.
Spoke with Exene 3 wks ago following their show here in sd and she looked great. I just love the girl. So suck it alfred.
Who is 'Alfred'?