XAKK (-1990)
------------
???> Knatter (music).

Xakk was a swedish demogroup.
  1990 - After releasing their final demo "Bound to be Best 2", the group
decided to leave the c64 for the amiga scene around june.


X-Ample
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???> Markus Schneider (music).

  1994 - Liquid joined Excess in september.


Xenon
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HOL> Celtic (Joost Kamp, swap, 09/94), Spectator (Pieter von Schayck, swap,
     also in Alpha Flight 1970, 09/94).

  1995 - Cracker and trader Blaze left briefly for Chromance, before moving
on to join Alpha Flight 1970 around september.


Xentax
------
???> Peace (also in Blaze).

  1992 - Mr.Mouse (also in Blaze) left the scene in december, making Peace
the new leader of the group.


Xentrix (-1991)
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ENG> Joe Pineapples (ex Cruisers, new 06/90).
???> The Punisher (ex The Culprits, new 06/90).

  1990 - Around june, The Punisher/The Culprits and Joe Pineapples/Cruisers
joined the group.
  1991 - The group died around january.


X-Factor ([XF])
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DEN> Scortia (Thomas Bendt, music, 08/90), Spiderman (Brian Olesen, swap,
     09/90), Zensonic (code, 92).
???> Ace (crack, 91), Dexter (crack), Hercules (ex Heartbeat, new 05/93),
     Malcom (ex Vision, new 05/93), Steve (crack), Vortex (music, new
     08/90), Zenix (music, new 08/90).

X-Factor was a demo and cracking group. Their music division was dubbed
Senseless Sound, while their graphics division went under the name Black
Art. Zensonic made "The Advance Levelsqueezer", an improved version of
Darkforce/The Sharks' "Level-Squeezer".
  1990 - Musicians Zenix and Vortex (this was their first groups) joined
around august, in the process forming X-Factor's music division, Senseless
Sound, together with Scortia.
  1993 - Hercules joined from Heartbeat, while Malcom joined from Vision in
may.


XL-Crackers (XLC)
-----------------
  1987 - Most members of this group left to form The Silents in the spring
of this year.


X-Large (-1989)
---------------
X-Large died around december 1989.


X-Out
-----
  1990 - EXC left Holocaust around august.


X-Rated [old] (X-R, 1989-)
--------------------------
GER> New Spirit (swap, 04/89).
???> G2 (05/93).

X-Rated was formed early 1989 by former members of Beastie Boys and Audion
Industries.
  1993 - German cracker and swapper Count Zero joined Red Sector Inc. early
this year. After this, there were rumours that X-Rated had died (source:
Fairlight "Reformation #2" [05/93]). German cracker Jack Alien (ex Legacy
new) joined the reborn Alpha Flight 1970. English coder Roy (also in
Bodycount) left in may, and instead joined Mayhem as his second group.
Angelfuck was kicked in may. Doom changed his handle to G2, also in may.
  1994 - Satan and Ray both left for their old group Genesis Project in
september.


X-Rated [new] (X-R, 1995-, http://www.x-rated-base-c64.de/)
-----------------------------------------------------------
X-Rated was reborn around september 1995, with the german members X-Raffi,
Danzig, Stan and Mustaine.


X-Ray
-----
GER> Design (ex Tristar, new 12/90), Raze (swap, new 07/90-early91), SP
     (Dirk Straube, swap, 12/91), The Majesty (Marko Diebaecker, swap,
     12/91).
FIN> Exorcist (Tero Suomi, swap, early91).
???> Andre (ex Success, new 12/89), Arrogance (Thomas, ger? crack, new
     09/90), Chrysagon (crack, early91), Lawyer (ex Crest, new 12/90),
     Parsons (ex DCS, new 12/90), Scooter (ex Trinomic, new 12/91), Veberich
     (ger? new 12/90).

X-Ray was a cracking group, likely based in Germany.
  1989 - Andre joined from Success, while TJ Lazer and Rygar both left for
Lotus in december.
  1990 - The group's cooperation with Success ended in july. Raze and Major-
X joined, this was their first group. Lawyer joined from Crest, and the
group went into cooperation with Transcom in december. They recruited a lot
of members this month; Design/Tristar, Ignorance, Veberich and Parsons/DCS.
Tyree and Excellence left the scene.
  1991 - X-Ray were in cooperation with Transcom for a while, but the coop
broke down in early 1991 after members of Transcom ripped off Bad Taste's
mag "Bad News", slapped a Genesis Projects intro on it, filled it with
aggression and harsh language towards nearly every group in the scene and
spread it at the Venlo meeting in february. The early part of the year also
saw the departure of swapper The Living Trashhead (LTH) for Bonzai, and the
departure of Jagatan and Trigger for TRSI. Scooter/Trinomic and Fresh Prince
joined in december. When Success was rebuilt in october, Major X left to
join them.
