Exene Cervenka is a singer, song writer, visual artist, and poet. She is the singer and co-founder of the pioneering punk rock band X, one of the most influential punk rock bands to emerge from Los Angeles. Exene’s strong artistic drive has drawn her to a wide range of creative projects. Adulterers Anonymous, the first of four books of poetry written with singer/poet Lydia Lunch, was published in 1982. Her art has been shown in the Santa Monica Museum of Art, DCkT Contemporary in New York and elsewhere. In 1989, Cervenka recorded Old Wives’ Tales, the first of six solo albums she would put out by 2011.