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X-teens
X-teens was an American new wave rock band formed in Durham, North Carolina in 1979 and often identified as part of the North Carolina punk/new wave scene of the 1980s. After disbanding in 1985, the members went on to form other bands, such as 4 Who Dared, Land of Giants and Money vs. People.
X-teens were formed when Kitty Moses (vocals, bass) recruited childhood friends Todd Jones (keyboards, vocals, guitars) and Robert Bittle (guitars, vocals), and enlisted jam partner Ned Robie (drums) to form a band to play a mixture of covers and original music. Soon after the foursome began to play, they were joined by Alden Hart, who provided synthesizer and sound reinforcement, until leaving the group in 1982. The band worked on cover material that included Elvis Costello, The Jam, Devo, X-Ray Spex, Pere Ubu, The Ramones, and Nancy Sinatra, but with equal amounts of original material primarily written by Bittle and Jones. Their first gig was on December 7, 1979, at Duke University’s Down Under, a campus club. All the X-teens were students at Duke, except Bittle, who was at UNC Chapel Hill. The band name was suggested by Moses during one of a series of scattershot brainstorming sessions. The other members quickly circled around the name.
After being favorably received in area clubs, X-teens were approached by Dave Robert, owner of Moonlight Records. They recorded a five song EP at TGS studios, produced by Don Dixon and engineered by Steve Gronback, which featured a broad range of material from 13/4 power pop to grungy punk and electronica.
The band continued performing regionally, where they were developing a following in clubs like Chapel Hill, NC's Cat's Cradle Archived January 10, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Carrboro, NC's The Station, Raleigh, NC's The Pier (The Village Subway), and Greensboro, NC's Friday's.
Don Dixon then approached producer Mitch Easter to collaborate on an X-teens spec album that would be shopped to record labels. Easter agreed and the band started work on a full length LP simply named X-teens, to be recorded at his “Drive-In” studio. The record comprised 14 songs spanning genres of polka, metal, straight line pop and baroque music.
The band released a 45 single from the spec project, with Bittle’s Anyone Can on the A-side and Jones’s Nothing Left to Say on the B-side. The single was released on the band’s own ARTNiK label. The band performed a video of Anyone Can on the children’s show Barney’s Army.
Dolphin Records, a subsidiary of record retailer Record Bar, acquired the rights to the Eponymous LP and signed the band to an extended contract.
Managed by Dolphin Records' Josh Grier, the band started touring, playing venues like the 688 Club, the Cubby Bear, Danceteria, Maxwells, and the 9:30 Club.
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X-teens
X-teens was an American new wave rock band formed in Durham, North Carolina in 1979 and often identified as part of the North Carolina punk/new wave scene of the 1980s. After disbanding in 1985, the members went on to form other bands, such as 4 Who Dared, Land of Giants and Money vs. People.
X-teens were formed when Kitty Moses (vocals, bass) recruited childhood friends Todd Jones (keyboards, vocals, guitars) and Robert Bittle (guitars, vocals), and enlisted jam partner Ned Robie (drums) to form a band to play a mixture of covers and original music. Soon after the foursome began to play, they were joined by Alden Hart, who provided synthesizer and sound reinforcement, until leaving the group in 1982. The band worked on cover material that included Elvis Costello, The Jam, Devo, X-Ray Spex, Pere Ubu, The Ramones, and Nancy Sinatra, but with equal amounts of original material primarily written by Bittle and Jones. Their first gig was on December 7, 1979, at Duke University’s Down Under, a campus club. All the X-teens were students at Duke, except Bittle, who was at UNC Chapel Hill. The band name was suggested by Moses during one of a series of scattershot brainstorming sessions. The other members quickly circled around the name.
After being favorably received in area clubs, X-teens were approached by Dave Robert, owner of Moonlight Records. They recorded a five song EP at TGS studios, produced by Don Dixon and engineered by Steve Gronback, which featured a broad range of material from 13/4 power pop to grungy punk and electronica.
The band continued performing regionally, where they were developing a following in clubs like Chapel Hill, NC's Cat's Cradle Archived January 10, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Carrboro, NC's The Station, Raleigh, NC's The Pier (The Village Subway), and Greensboro, NC's Friday's.
Don Dixon then approached producer Mitch Easter to collaborate on an X-teens spec album that would be shopped to record labels. Easter agreed and the band started work on a full length LP simply named X-teens, to be recorded at his “Drive-In” studio. The record comprised 14 songs spanning genres of polka, metal, straight line pop and baroque music.
The band released a 45 single from the spec project, with Bittle’s Anyone Can on the A-side and Jones’s Nothing Left to Say on the B-side. The single was released on the band’s own ARTNiK label. The band performed a video of Anyone Can on the children’s show Barney’s Army.
Dolphin Records, a subsidiary of record retailer Record Bar, acquired the rights to the Eponymous LP and signed the band to an extended contract.
Managed by Dolphin Records' Josh Grier, the band started touring, playing venues like the 688 Club, the Cubby Bear, Danceteria, Maxwells, and the 9:30 Club.