Punkfest Cornell -- John Doe and Exene Cervenka

John Doe and Exene Cervenka founded the ground-breaking L.A. band X in 1977, along with guitarist Billy Zoom and drummer D.J. Bonebrake. Mixing rockabilly and punk styles with their own unique vocal harmonies, the songs of X explored the dark side of love and life in L.A. with the unflinching eye of a Raymond Chandler novel. In addition to their continued work in X, John and Exene have recorded together in the Knitters, and separately in numerous solo albums. In John Doe and Tom DeSavia’s new book Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk, John and Exene, along with Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go’s, Mike Watt of the Minutemen, Henry Rollins of Black Flag, and others acquaint readers with the weirdness and wonder that defined the world they created on the fringes of Hollywood society.