Exene Cervenka

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Cervenka in a night club (1986)

Exene Cervenka (* 1. February 1956 in Chicago , Illinois as Christine Červenková ) is an American musician and writer. She sang in the westcoast punk band X .

Life

Christine Cervenka grew up in Tallahassee , Florida and moved to Santa Monica in 1976 . With the musician John Doe , whom she met at the renowned Venice Poetry Workshop in Beyond Baroque, and with Billy Zoom and DJ Bonebrake, Exene Cervenka founded X in 1977 . Exene and John Doe, who married in 1980, wrote the group's songs such as Johny Hit and Run Paulene , Sex and Dying in High Society , Los Angeles , We're Desperate , The Once-over Twice In this House That I Call Home , The Big Wolf , The Have-Nots or White Girl .

Her marriage to John Doe divorced in 1985. In 1987 she married the actor Viggo Mortensen for the second time . The couple separated in 1992 and divorced in 1997. Cervenka and Mortensen have a son.

Discography

With X

  • 1980: Los Angeles
  • 1981: Wild Gift
  • 1982: Under the Big Black Sun
  • 1983: More Fun in the New World
  • 1986: Ain't Love Grand!
  • 1987: See How We Are
  • 1988: Live at the Whiskey a Go-Go
  • 1993: Hey Zeus!
  • 1995: Unclogged
  • 1997: Beyond and Back: The X Anthology
  • 2004: The Best: Make the Music Go Bang!
  • 2005: Live In Los Angeles

With other groups

  • 1985: Poor Little Critter On The Road - The Knitters
  • 1997: Life Could Be A Dream - Auntie Christ
  • 2002: Original Sinners - Original Sinners
  • 2005: The Modern Sounds Of The Knitters - The Knitters

solo

  • 1989: Old Wives' Tales
  • 1990: Running Sacred
  • 1996: Surface To Air Serpents
  • 2006: Sev7en feat. Original Sinners
  • 2009: Somewhere Gone

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personal data
SURNAME Cervenka, Exene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois , USA