Identify the genre - Sep. 17th

X is a genre of music. It peaked during the middle to late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Women embraced X as well, and the music eventually expanded to several other popular groups of the time.

While performers and singers of X garnered the lion's share of public attention, the behind-the-scenes producers played an equal, if not more important role, since they often usually wrote the songs and created the innovative sounds and production techniques that were part of the "X sound".

An angry backlash against X music and culture emerged in the United States, hitting its peak with the July 1979 `X Demolition Night'  riot. While the popularity of X in the United States declined markedly as a result of the backlash, the genre continued to be popular elsewhere during the 1980s.