John Doe (musician)

thumb|John Doe John Doe (born John Nommensen Duchac on February 25, 1954, in Decatur, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter and bass player who was the founder of the seminal L.A. punk band X. Quotes If I was a better poet like William Carlos Williams I’d be able to write about anything, but I’m just a minor poet. So I just write about things like moments of crisis that tend to be on the sadder, darker side. You can spend ten minutes in a really dark place and write a song about it that lasts forever. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11304560 John Doe: The 'X' Man Returns 2008-06-02 Wertheimer Linda 2007-06-23 audio Weekend Edition Saturday National Public Radio Song lyrics Los Angeles (1980) The World's A Mess It's In My Kiss There are no angels there are devils in many ways See How We Are (1987) See How We Are Crowded fifty to a room, There's too many rats in this cage of the world, And the women know their place, They sit home and write letters, And when they visit once a year, Well they both just sit there and stare, Gotta keep bars in between us, See how we are Poor Little Critter on the Road (1987) The Call of the Wreckin' Ball The life I lead is mighty slim pickens, there ain't much call for stompin' on chickens Dim Stars, Bright Sky (2002) This Far Climbing uphill, one dollar bill, this town is far. External links John Doe (musician) John Doe - official website Video/audio: John Doe at The Current/Free Yr Radio SXSW 2008 live broadcast John Doe - What Would John Doe Do? Blog 0230335 John Doe Interview and Live Performance at KEXP Category:Musicians from the United States Category:Bassists Category:Songwriters from the United States Category:Singer-songwriters from the United States Category:Punk rock singers Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:People from Illinois