This Is Going On The Permanent Record

X lead singer Exene remembers how producer (and Doorsman) Ray Manzarek got the band's attention when they were recording "Los Angeles" in 1980:

Even though it was really serious, it was still really fun. We were kids, and we’d do a take, and I remember hearing Ray over the phone telling us, "Remember, this is forever," which is the worst thing you could say, and he knew that. But, guess what? We just stopped goofing off.

Once Punk, Always Punk

Steve Berlin, who joined Los Lobos in 1984, talks about how punk keeps you young:

Berlin says he is as surprised as anyone that Los Lobos are still around today. But as far as they have come, he says, they still refer to their 1980s punk roots. “We carry that ethos with us every day, every show, every record,” he says. “It’s still built into our DNA that you play as hard as you can, don’t look back and always experiment.”