Exene Cervenka: Full Life Interview
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- In this oral history, Exene Cervenka discusses growing up in rural Illinois, going to Catholic school, and dropping out of high school at 16. Cervenka talks about death, grief, and having to shift her life plans to care for her family. She describes the process of moving to California and getting a job at the Beyond Baroque Center, where she met John Doe. Cervenka talks about the process of forming their band X with Billy Zoom, band dynamics, and how they were signed. She discusses the merit of success, if she has hope for the future, and the importance of making art. Cervenka talks openly about marriage, why the band dissolved, and how many women are treated in the medical system. The interview concludes with her thoughts on her role in rock history and the visibility of women in rock.
Exene Cervenka is a singer, poet, and artist best known for her work in her band X. She currently tours and performs with X and lives in Los Angeles, CA.
Learn more at: WomenofRock.org
Exene Cervenka interviewed by Tanya Pearson for the Women of Rock Oral History Project
Filmed by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein
Edited by Michael J. Epstein
#rock #punk #interview #music #history
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.
Sad how such people are completely demonized for being "far right" or "racist" or some other "-ist"
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.
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.
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!!
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.
What a clear headed analysis of the current situation in America.Brilliant.
Great interview with basically the QUEEN of punk rock! Saw them play in 82 at the whiskey.... lifechanging a bit....
Love love Exene....❤
Love Exene! She's sooooo insightful and on target.
Real deal. Truth, honesty and authenticity....Legend.
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 Exeve...X is the greatest band
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Exene has an amazing mind (and memory).
And she is a beautiful person I must add
Didn't think I could love her more than I do after seeing this. Haved loved them since the beginning and always will.
Thank you for this excellent and inspiring interview ❤
Thanks so much ❤ I’d never heard of Exene, but that’s was a great interview!
Wonderful 😊 interview and awesome 💯.
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.
Great interview...very intelligent person.
Man. Now I like her even more.
At 1:40 minutes I could STILL listen to Exene ALL DAY & into the night!!! Xo
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
I love Exene
Really enjoying these interviews. That riff in We're Desperate is one of my favorite riffs ever.
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!!!
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!
"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.
Silly.
@@frankpeter6851 and what kind of people would that be???
@@bigmacfullerton7870
Fascists
@@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?
Excene up front n' personal. Beautiful soul💛
Now there is a real punk rocker people. Not a statist bootlicker for big gov tyranny like most of them have become.
Yup
Very good. Excellent!
X is a Top-10 band in American history.
Exene! 🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤ 🙂
Sis is still keeping it real! 👀👍😎💪☠️🔥
Annihilation decimation...Mars....planet destruction the order....I am glad I am old....I saw X on campus San Diego...1984-85.
On Point xx
E end is a genius!! Very creative & a beautiful human being!!!
I meant Exene. Love her!!!
How about interviewing Jarboe of the Swans? One of my fav singers of our lifetime!
Xena is still beautiful! ❤🙏
Love Exene! we have matching dogs
“We’re all trying to act cool”
“You probably do that a lot”
💀
The jazz bar was The Come Back Inn
Third cousin to me very proud of her
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?
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
You should go listen to X. They are a great band
Viggo 💘
Fav Song~The Alien Song 👽
Yay E#Exene
Wondering what she thinks of Sonic Youth and when/if they crossed paths
❤ :)
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.
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.
Her detractors have blue pilled themselves into conformity at best. She is wise and most importantly nails it like few others ever could.
Very true
She's delusional.
She seems open, but slightly annoyed by the process.
Probably nervous and iffy about certain subjects. Annoyed tho.. I doubt it.
This is actually one of her most friendly interviews. 😂
She goes off the rails at 50:00
You only say that because you don't like what she's saying. She's making sense, eyes wide open, straight on the rails.
@@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.
@@jdh9676 No. She's a total lunatic, sadly.
Exene is based AF.
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.
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.
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?"
Black Randy
All the rumors about Exene are true based on this interview. She completely avoided the Dangerhouse era, X's first recording. Ok, bye.
You're right, she doesn't robotically parrot liberal talking points. Very dangerous person.
L + irrelevant + Nardwuar is doing better
Nardwuar>>>>>
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