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John Doe, the musician

Written on May 5, 2008 – 1:00 am | by admin | | Tags: biography, doe, john, musician

john doe musician Here is John Doe the musician, singer, songwriter, actor, poet and bass player. He is famous as the one of the founding members of the punk band X from Los Angeles, John Doe was one of the most influential figures during the early ’80s in American alternative rock, but when he launched a solo career in the early ’90s he decided to pursue a rootsy, country-rock direction instead of continuing with punk. X’s latter-day albums exhibited a country influence and rockabilly, but it wasn’t until Doe’s recorded a pure country album 1990 debut, Meet John Doe.

During a hiatus in X’s career, Meet John Doe was recorded. The band temporarily parted ways following the release of the 1988 live album Live at the Whisky a Go-Go. Doe concentrated on the acting career initially, he began in 1986 with Oliver Stone’s Salvador, appearing in the Jerry Lee Lewis biopic Great Balls of Fire and Road House in 1989. Meet John Doe was released on DGC in the following year to positive reviews, yet it didn’t appeal to an audience outside of X’s cult, peaking at 193 on the pop charts. X began playing live again later in 1992, and he continued to act in movies like Liquid Dreams, Pure Country, Wyatt Earp, Roadside Prophets, and Georgia, while Doe’s solo musical career went on hiatus.

Doe signed a solo contract with Rhino/Forward by Following X’s 1993 reunion album, Hey Zeus!. Then in summer 1995, he released Kissingsohard, a punkier and harder album than his debut. After its released a few months, X released the live semi-acoustic set Unclogged, which would turn out to be their final album. A year later, The band split up but in 1998 their original lineup with Billy Zoom on guitar, reunited for a series of toured and live shows periodically.

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When not occupied with X or his acting career, Doe continued to focus on his solo career. Freedom Is… was released in 2000 by the SpinArt label, the semi-acoustic Dim Stars, Bright Sky appeared in 2002 on Artists Direct, and the subtle but aggressive Forever Hasn’t Happened Yet arrived via Yep Roc in 2005. It was the same label that reissued Doe’s 1998 KRS EP For the Rest of Us under the name For the Best of Us, the new version had been recorded during the same sessions that containing five additional songs. For his next album as well, 2007’s A Year in the Wilderness, Doe stayed with Yep Roc.