X is definitely on the short list of best and most influential. But 1980 had this absolute classic:
I met Jello Biafra when I was 15. I spilled a beer in his vicinity, he took one look at me and said I'm the worst type of people and walked away.
I met John Doe at the Sundance Film Fest about 14 years ago. X's first album is probably my favorite punk record by an American group not named the Ramones. I toyed with putting in Dead Kennedy's but was appeasing the metal voters.