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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
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@stacyblue1980

4 years ago

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.

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@davereed6651

1 year ago

Total clarity. She isn't fooled on bit by present day society . Saw X back in '86.

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@lorelei5902

2 weeks ago

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.

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@gregoryburton5317

2 years ago

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!!

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@toshalazarus

1 year ago

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.

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@gabbette999

3 months ago

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.

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@costernocht

9 months ago

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.

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@anthonyarmstrong14

3 years ago

What a clear headed analysis of the current situation in America.Brilliant.

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@SkeeterNYC

4 years ago

Love Exene! She's sooooo insightful and on target.

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@danalee1293

9 months ago

Didn't think I could love her more than I do after seeing this. Haved loved them since the beginning and always will.

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@Gammarklar

1 year ago

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Exene has an amazing mind (and memory).

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@n2cable

4 months ago

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

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@Delilah70

7 months ago

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.

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@theredbaron8280

1 month ago

Great interview with basically the QUEEN of punk rock! Saw them play in 82 at the whiskey.... lifechanging a bit....

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@arturorobles4900

6 months ago

Love Exeve...X is the greatest band

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@NP-yh6nf

8 months ago

Love love Exene....❤

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@frasercooper538

6 months ago

Real deal. Truth, honesty and authenticity....Legend.

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@MagillSvenski

3 years ago

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!

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@smittysmat7826

2 years ago

Man. Now I like her even more.

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@jimdrebitko8519

1 year ago

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

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