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

Xakk was a swedish demogroup. Among their other demos, of which I have only
a small amount of information yet, are "Microsleep", "No Booze", "No Sleep",
"No Sleep 2" and "Waking Up".
  1990 - After releasing their final demo "Bound to be Best 2", the group
decided to leave the c64 for the amiga scene around june.

  Bound To Be Best 2 (1990, Demo).


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

X-Ample was a demo and music group, likely based in germany.
  1994 - Liquid joined Excess in september.


X-Bit
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NOR> Tantras (Geir Wilhelmsed, swap, aka Trans, 03/92).


Xenon
-----
HOL> Celtic (Joost Kamp, swap, 09/94), Oxbow (Paul van Watschoot, gfx,
     01/95), Sounx (Stefan Perescis, swap, 01/95), Spectator (Pieter von
     Schayck, swap, also in Alpha Flight 1970, 09/94).

Xenon was a dutch group.
  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 The Gee
and Peace the new leaders of the group.


Xentrix (-1991)
---------------
ENG> Eon (swap, 02/92), Joe Pineapples (ex Cruisers, new 06/90).
???> Chris (music, 02/94), 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])
---------------
DEN> Ecco (Thomas Hauken, swap, 03/92), Exulans (swap, 02/92), Hercules
     (Peter Praest, ex Heartbeat, swap, new 05/93), Scortia (Thomas Bendt,
     music, 08/90), Spiderman (Brian Olesen, crack swap, 09/90-02/92),
     Zensonic (code, 92).
???> Ace (crack, 01/91), Dexter (crack), Malcom (ex Vision, new 05/93), Pete
     (ex Cheyens, new 02/92), 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.

  Timewaster 2 (Demo).
  info: Released late 1991 or early 92.


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


X-Large [old] (-1989)
---------------------
X-Large died around december 1989.


X Large [new]
-------------
  1992 - Blue Thunder changed his handle to LA Style and joined Genesis
Project as a modemtrader and original supplier around february.


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


X-Rated [old] (X-R, 1989-)
--------------------------
GER> New Spirit (swap, 04/89).
???> G2 (05/93), Iglo (crack, 91).

X-Rated was formed early 1989 by former members of Beastie Boys and Audion
Industries. Vertigo later resurfaced around january 95 as Danzig/TRSI.
  1993 - German cracker Jack Alien joined from Legacy around february.
German cracker and swapper Count Zero joined Red Sector Inc. early this
year. Following this, there were rumours that X-Rated had died (source:
Fairlight "Reformation #2" [05/93]). Jack Alien left for the the reborn
Alpha Flight 1970. English coder and cracker Roy (02/93, 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 by previous german members Danzig,
X-Raffi, Stan and Mustaine.


X-Ray (-1992)
-------------
GER> Arrogance (Thomas, crack, new 09/90), Communist (swap, 02/92), 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), Lawyer (ex Crest, 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 - Parsons (ex DCS, new 12/90) was kicked out early this year. 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 (though they must later have
rejoined). Scooter/Trinomic and Fresh Prince joined in december. When
Success was rebuilt in october, Major X left to join them.
  1992 - Chrysagon (crack, 90-04/91), Ignorance (90-), Trigger, Jatagan and
Elegance all left for Enigma around february, which meant the death of X-
Ray. Also in february, previous member Rap joined Success.

  Tetrapoda (1991, 05.03, Demo).
  Cooperation with Oxyron.


Xzess
-----
DEN> Zak (Carsten Bogner, swap, 02/92).
SWE> Dizzy (Björn Lennartsson, swap, 03/92).

Danish swapper The Authentic (Søren K. Sørensen) called himself an ex-member
  in march of 1992.