Biography: Xis, Xisto Bahia, Xit, Xiu Xiu, X-Japan, XL Capris, X-Legged Sally, XLNC, Xmal Deutschland, X-Marks the Pedwalk,

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Xis
View: Biography
Genre: Hip-Hop

Taking his stage name from Malcolm X, Brazilian rapper Xis started his career in 1992 with a joint for the rap compilation Consciência Black Leading the group DMN, which participated for eight years in the most important hip-hop festivals in the country, in 1994 he launched Cada Vez Mais Preto

A very active composer and singer of modinhas and lundus (and also an actor) in the 19th century, Xisto Bahia was a highly influential artist due to his extreme popularity in all Northeast region, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Minas Gerais, and his importance to the Brazilian popular music can never be overstressed

XIT are a popular Native American rock group from Albuquerque, NM They have recorded a two-part concept album, The Plight of the Redman, chronicling the changes in Native American life since the arrival of Columbus

Taking their name from the 1998 Chinese film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl, post-punk throwbacks Xiu Xiu were formed in San Jose, CA, by Cory McCullough, Yvonne Chen (publisher of the indie zine Zum), Lauren Andrews, and Jamie Stewart

The music of X-Japan is an eclectic mixture The band’s repertoire ranged from soft and tearful ballads like “Crucify My Love” and “Endless Rain” to more shocking and hard-driving speed metal numbers such as “Rusty Nail” and the 12-minute “Rose of Pain

After hearing eccentric Australian band XL Capris first single, UK producer John Peel was rumored to say, “If that’s what Australia’s like, I don’t want to go there

X-Legged Sally Biography, Photos, Pictures

An experimental, Zappa-influenced group from Belgium, X-Legged Sally’s membership included Peter Vermeersch, Paul Belgrado, Pierre Vervloesem, Danny Van Hoeck, Peter Vandenberghe, Bart Maris, and Michel Mast

Dave Singh and Harbhajan are the vocalists for the 11-member XLNC, a British bhangra group They have released R U Ready for Multitone Records ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Xmal Deutschland Biography, Photos, Pictures

Sounding like howling witches burning at the stake, the ghoulish shrieks of Xmal Deutschland’s 1982 debut single “Incubus Succubus” immediately won the approval of goth rock connoisseurs

X-Marks the Pedwalk Biography, Photos, Pictures

Founded by Sevren Ni-Arb and Regan Eracs, the German industrial band X Marks the Pedwalk expanded upon the Euro-synth pop of the ’80s with harsher electronic rhythms and alternative themes