Back when they were dazzling the LA scene in the early eighties, Michael was documenting X the Band, on and off stage. Over the years, he shot portraits of the band and with Exene produced the 1982-1984 calendars, as well as the limited edition Lucky 13 Box Set of X Postcards (1,300 sets now out of print). In 2007, Leslie Caldera designed an X the Band 30th Anniversary Stamp Sheet incorporating Michael’s photographs. X: On the Road and At the Crossroads, featuring Michael’s photographs, was published by Perceval Press in September 2025. Links to all of Michael’s X the Band related products are gathered here on one page.
X: On the Road & At the Crossroads
By Michael Hyatt
As described in my portfolio X The Band, I began photographing X in 1980 and went on three tours, including their very first, as photographer and part-time driver. I continued photographing X around Los Angeles over the years and during four shows in October 2024 in Texas during their ”The End is Near” tour. I then approached Perceval Press… »more
X the Band Portfolio
By Michael Hyatt
22 photos of the members of this immensely talented band. Taken on stage and off: at the Whisky A Go Go and other venues, on an LA rooftop, in the Louisiana countryside and other spontaneous locations along the unexpected tour road. The music X created and the way they performed it has stood the test of time and contributed to their longevity as one-of-a-kind artist-musicians… »more
Portraits of Exene
Outside of the recordings Exene has made with X, she has five solo albums to her credit. In 2009 her band played Club Congress in Tucson to support her new release Somewhere Gone on Bloodshot Records. Following soundcheck, I drove… »more
X the Band’s 30th Anniversary Stamp Sheet
Design by Leslie Caldera
Photographs by Michael Hyatt
Published in 2007, this stamp sheet, commemorated X the Band’s 30th anniversary. Contact Leslie Caldera for details. »more
Lucky 13 Boxed Set of X Postcards
By Michael Hyatt
Graphics by Exene Cervenka
OUT OF PRINT
A series of 13 black and white photo postcards depicting the Los Angeles rock band X, taken over the years 1980-1983. The set container and back of each postcard feature graphics by lead singer, Exene Cervenka. The Lucky 13 set of X postcards was a limited edition of 1300 box sets. The limited edition is now sold out.
2013 Gallery 1331 Calendar of Photographs & Dates of Interest
By Michael Hyatt
Includes 16 shots of X the Band and one of The Knitters, with dates of musical, historical and humorous importance. Plus a complete discography of X albums and all solo projects by each band member.. »more
The 2010 Gallery 1331 X Calendar
By Michael Hyatt & Exene Cervenka
Features 19 of my best photographs of X from 1980 to 1983, and reprises Exene’s graphics from the 1982 Gallery 1331 X Calendar… »more
The 1984 Calendar of Olympic Games, Music & Orwellian Dates
By Michael Hyatt, Exene Cervenka and 53 mail artists from around the world
In May 1983 I mailed over five hundred invitations to artists worldwide. All Mail Art received was displayed in a show in a Los Angeles gallery in 1984. Exene Cervenka used 52 of those works to create the unique weekly calendars that make up this date book… »more
The 1983 Gallery 1331 Xerography Calendar of Musical Dates
By Michael Hyatt & Exene Cervenka
OUT OF PRINT
In April 1982 I drove from L.A. to New Orleans to attend both weekends of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Part of my objective was to make music related photographs for the 1983 calendar. I found plenty to photograph during that trip. Two images seen in the 1969 to 1984 Portfolio… »more
The 1982 Gallery 1331
Xerography Calendar
By Michael Hyatt & Exene Cervenka
When I began photographing the Hollywood punk rock bands The Plugz and X in 1980, I noticed that all the bands made flyers to promote their upcoming shows and that the band photographs on the flyers had a certain quality — mid-tones were sacrificed for stark high contrast… »more
Beyond and Back: The Story of X
By f stop Fitzgerald and Chris Morris
OUT OF PRINT
X is a cross on its side, a type of chromosome, an axis in a three-dimensional system, an unknown quantity, an American rock ‘n’ roll band. X is to Los Angeles what The Ramones were to New York and The Sex Pistols and The Clash were to London. No wonder Spin Magazine named X the 4th greatest Punk Rock Band of All-Time. X the band is songwriter Exene Cervenka on vocals, songwriter John Doe on vocals and bass, Billy Zoom on guitar and D.J Bonebrake on drums. Contains 9 Michael Hyatt photos plus cover shot.