X's John Doe on Punk Culture: 'We Were Outlaws'

Musician and punk legend John Doe (from X the band) talks to Sam Jones about the essence of punk culture captured in the documentary 'The Decline of Western Civilization.'
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[@cognitivedissonance8406]

X- greatest punk band in history

[@springsource]

Amen TRUTH!

[@elmoblatch9787]

Greatest BAND -- the "punk" category is way too limiting and non descriptive.

[@UnremarkableMarx]

No lies told

[@pommelhorsepommelhorse8731]

one of the most beautiful voices in R&R

[@springsource]

X at the Starwood circa 1980. So insane!!!!

[@ladybfromnyc]

I STILL can't believe he played the bass player in GREAT BALLS OF FIRE. I knew I recognized him from somewhere when I 1st saw that movie and it wasnt till I saw my cousins concert scrapbook and he had a picture from an X concert. I had looked through that thing a million times before and when it clicked, I just thought HOLY SHIT!!!! IT'S JOHN FCKIN DOE!!!!

[@user-el8zv9hx6r]

Love an interview when the interviewer talks over the interviewee.

[@uwcb1]

Love, love, love, John Doe and X!

[@scottielambert9312]

I just love him as he is, wouldn't change a thing ever in his life. Shouldn't say this about another man.

[@mosriteminioncause7741]

X transcended Labels......They were a force of nature that could bring out the best and worst people had to offer....they were beyond any "pigeon holed" category....They were just.......X.

[@IgnatiusAlpha]

Legend

[@jackiebarrett4063]

I love you John ♥️💕😘

[@stickymeat88]

they were def on speed, i mean you can even see the tracks on the Roadie. probably the best part of the movie.

[@cowboysfan782008]

Hey Sam. I think I met you a few times in the late 80's. My best bro was a guy named Chris, (won't say his last name), but he lived in Sunny Hills with his dad, and had a skateboard half pipe in his back yard. If you are who I think you are, you were pretty good friends with him, and you were pretty heavy into photography. I went to HS with Chris but he was 2 grades ahead of me, but we ran into each other at Cypress College, and were great friends until he passed from an enlarged heart in 2011. I only met you a few times at Chris's, and he had a dog named Duke at the time, if that rings a bell. Big yellow dog with funny ears.

[@degrootklyde6895]

Roadside Prophets.

[@andrewjackson7758]

John Doe looks like Pappy Sawyer, the dad from Texas Chainsaw Massacre, now. Cool.

[@andrewjackson7758]

I got my Masters degree as a punk, but there's tons of punk PhDs. Sid Vicious caused society to sort of underestimate our intelligence.

[@unhooked25]

You got quite a little enterprise going here......You're going through a bottle every thirty minutes, you're skimming the till for six shots a bottle, on draughts one every ten. Now I figure he's costing you 150 a night......So consider it severance pay, take the train.