X27
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Genres | Alternative rock noise rock garage rock |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Narnack Records Show & Tell Recordings |
| Members | Carmen X Rikkeh Suhtn |
| Past members | Massey Terry Klawth Sean Greathead Oran Canfield |
| Website | www.x27labs.com |
X27 is an American alternative rock band. They are known for their live shows and stripped-down noisy punk rock. X27 is the Carmen X and Rikkeh Suhtn (formerly of Duotron). Carmen has been referred to as "white Beyoncé" because of her curvy figure.[citation needed] They are currently based in Brooklyn, New York.
The name X27 comes from the film Dishonored, where Marlene Dietrich plays Agent X27 who hides code in her music; it is not related to the X27 bus route in Brooklyn, where they are based. X27 are influenced by punk, experimental, contemporary classical, Music of North Africa, grunge, and 60's pop.[citation needed] Rikkeh recently said, "I want to make music for people who think AC/DC and Led Zeppelin are great American rock bands."[citation needed]
History
The band X27 was formed in 2000 in the basement of a nineteenth-century machine-shop on the southern bank of the Chicago sewer canal. During a thunderstorm Carmen X found a Fender bass at a thrift store for under $100. She called Rikkeh and started the band. They were inspired by listening to EC8OR. However, after several attempts at performing with electronics, X27 felt like they were doing Karaoke. They realized they loved punk rock and the Melvins too much and switched to guitar, bass, drums, and vocals.
The musicians who have played in X27 include Oran Canfield (son of Jack Canfield of the Chicken Soup for the Soul franchise, drummer for:Child Abuse, Dig that body up it's alive, Caroliner and author of Long Past Stopping), Sean Greathead (artist for:Garbage Pail Kids and Wacky Pack, member of: Nights), Massey, and Terry Klawth (Mary Prankster, Jodie Foster's Army, Mighty Sphincter).
X27 has played shows with[citation needed] The Fall (band), The Kills, The Gossip, Metal Urbain, Xiu Xiu, Erase Errata, Roger Sisters, Tracy + the Plastics, Guitar Wolf, Deerhoof, 400 Blows, Les Georges Leningrad, Foetus, Grizzly Bear (band), Easy Action, Ex Models, and Bobby Conn to name a few. X27 have toured with Coachwhips, Hawnay Troof, Numbers (band), Flying Luttenbachers, The King Cobra (Rachel Carns) and Pink and Brown.
They have played clubs such as the Knitting Factory NY, Bowery Ballroom, North Six in Brooklyn, Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, Empty Bottle in Chicago, and Magicstick in Detroit.
X27 has played SXSW and CMJ music festivals. They have done live radio shows at Chicago's WNUR and WHPK and New York's WFMU. X27 played the Mission Creek festival and the opening party for the Chicago Underground Film Festival which was also the premier of the MC5 documentary.
X27 toured Europe, hitting France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. X27 also hit the UK, playing an Artrocker Show, Unpeeled Party and Club Motherfucker. In October 2006 they performed live in London for the fashion world at Nick Knight (photographer)’s Bal Masque, a party given in tribute to his career in photography by Moët et Chandon.
Their 2005 album antilove was record by Steve Albini best known for his recording of Nirvana's In Utero and The Pixies' Surfer Rosa.
They divide their own music into three periods based on which classical composer they were listening to most at the time.
- Krzysztof Penderecki beginning to 2003
- Alfred Schnittke 2003-2006
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi 2006–present
Discography
Albums
- Your Neu Favourite Band (2003) Narnack Records
- Antilove (2007) Narnack Records
Singles
- "Agent X" 7" (2003) Show & Tell Recordings
- "Me EP" 7" (2003) Narnack Records
CDRs
- "Me EP" (2002)
- "Spy Shop" (2002)
- "product" (2001)
Video
- da na do by Michael Grodner
- Performing LIVE at Nick Knight's Bal Masque
- X27 and Coachwhips shot LIVE by Punkcast
- Feeling Asthmatic[permanent dead link] by Robert Greene