John Doe | Under the Big Black Sun
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John Doe’s Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk chronicles the friendship and love, ambition and feuds, grandiose dreams and cultural rage out of which grew groundbreaking bands like The Minutemen, Black Flag, the Go-Go’s, and of course, Doe’s own band, the iconic X. Featuring his own distinctive voice along with those of X-mate Exene Cervenka, the voluble Henry Rollins, Mike Watt, and many more, it’s a story of a vanguard moment in American musical history, when country, blues, Latin music, and many other strands were twisted up with the frustration, power, and back-alley energy that broke punk around the world.
John talkis all about the book and the stories therein, and dips into his 40-year songbook--don’t miss an evening with a legend of punk rock.
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August 13, 2016
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Amen brother. The man has still got it.
John Doe is American Treasure.
I heart me some John Doe....
I loved this book and all the different perspectives. I used to see John Doe back in 1990, 91, and 92 at his McCabe's Guitar Shop acoustic shows. X is probably my favorite band of all time. As for the various authors in Under the Big Black Sun, they thought of themselves as misfits, art students, and outcasts, but they failed to identify what they truly were... and that is extroverts. Many of the performers and scenesters, at their core, wanted to be the focus of attention. Cutting your hair in wild styles, wearing crazy clothes, it's all a function of wanting to be noticed. There is nothing wrong with that, but not ONE of the authors would admit to it. Not one. Threre was another kind of outcast that the Rush song "Subdivisions" talks about -- the nerd, the unattractive, the sci-fi devote who would never/could never stand out with wild clothing and crazy hair or get on a stage. Both types of young people are cut from the same cloth, but with different personalities and different paths. Henry Rollins and Kristine McKenna stand out in the book, because they are able to evaluate from somewhat of an outsider's perspective. Exene is poetic. John is also poetic in spots, and somewhat evasive in others -- but definitely interesting. Pleasant Gehman's essay is a perfect example of the "extrovert" phenomenon at work. Chris D. weaves a history that shows how thoughtful and literate the "punks" could be, before the "hard core" invasion injected the whole scene with a violent streak. It all happened from 1977-1980 - just a blink of an eye. Well worth the read for people like me who came of age in the L.A. suburbs and grabbed hold of alternative rock in the late 1980s via firehose, X (still making good music) and later the grunge movement.
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Hey , I'm not sure if you'll see this but that was such a great way to describe things! I really enjoyed it.
Classic!!! @12:31
Really nice..❤
hadn't particularly thought of exene as being interested in culture + punk
He put don bolles down for writing a book then he writes one, funny how that works.
He was never the guitarist in X, he plays the bass.