X "Under The Big Black Sun" rare this record opened the world's

this record opened the world's eyes to the band's driving intensity and bar room chants

The live album

but the rest of the disc finds the Northern California trio trying on a variety of different guises: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is a cliché-strewn Foo Fighters-style power ballad

2002's By The Way

X "Under The Big Black Sun" rare this record opened the world'sLimited edition of 750 individually numbered copies on turquoise coloured 180 gram audiophile vinyl. All 11 songs on Under The Big Black Sun are exceptional, from both a performance and compositional point of view. Before the recording of the album, singer Exene Cervenka's sister was killed by a drunk driver, and the band decided to work out their grief in the music, which eventually resulted in two of the album's best tracks: the melodic "Riding With