X on the cover of their 1997 collection Beyond and Back: The X Anthology, with DJ on the right
DJ Bonebrake first surfacing as the drummer of the Eyes (also featuring Charlotte Caffey of the Go-Gos) is best known as drummer and original member of punk rock band X. He has also performed with The Flesheaters, another early L.A. punk band, over the years. Cover of 1997 X collection Beyond and Back: The X Anthology, taken from Amazon. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A session drummer at practice A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... X on the cover of their 1997 collection Beyond and Back: The X Anthology. ... The Flesh Eaters 1980: Chris D., DJ Bonebrake, Dave Alvin, John Doe, Steve Berlin, Bill Bateman The Flesh Eaters are a Los Angeles deathrock band whose peak of popularity was in the late 1970s and early 80s. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ...
Bonebrake also performs with the country-folk-punk band The Knitters. The Knitters are a Los Angeles based band that play country and folk music. ...
Musicians in various Flesh Eaters line-ups included Stan Ridgway (Wall of Voodoo), John Doe (X), DJBonebrake (X), Dave Alvin (The Blasters), Bill Bateman (The Blasters) and Steve Berlin (The Blasters, Los Lobos).
Considered by many to be a precursur of Death Rock, their music was a pastiche of rockabilly, road-house blues, punk rock and jazz.
John Doe and DJBonebrake from X, Dave Alvin and Bill Bateman from The Blasters and Steve Berlin from Los Lobos were scheduled to appear for these shows.
Bonebrake wrote an August 4 update on Seville's Website, explaining the breakup and telling fans to be on the lookout for new projects, such as Drueke's solo album to be released on local label Purple Skunk Records.
Bonebrake, who bailed from Dashboard Confessional in the midst of a sellout national tour bolstered by a hugely successful MTV Unplugged episode, is optimistically counting the days until he becomes the primary force behind his own endeavor.
Bonebrake's anxiety grew because he had already traded a steady paycheck for a less-lucrative life with Seville, where he was feeling like a hired hand again.
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