The new collection also features chapters by Cervenka, Henry Rollins (Black Flag), Dave Alvin (The Blasters)… and is available as an audiobook — each punk legend voices his or her own memories. John also has just released an album called The Westerner.
John Doe’s L.A. Punk Flashbacks, From Romance to Riots
In the 1970s, John Doe, along with partners-in-crime Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom and DJ Bonebrake, formed X... which became one of the most important bands of the exploding L.A. punk scene. He shares a few memories of the era drawn from the new collection, "Under The Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk."