Mr. Media Interviews By Bob Andelman

Today's Guest: John Doe, singer, X, author, Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. PunkOrder John Doe’s book: http://amzn.to/1OFTJk7JOHN DOE podcast excerpt: “X — our music — was always accessible. We weren’t trying to piss people off; we just did it naturally. There was no ‘marketing’; the term barely existed. The way you were DIY in those days was you went out, met people, lived your life, did your thing. I have no regrets; that’s the way you get cancer."Key interview moments:• 4:14 After appearing on NPR’s “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross, who described X’s melodies as “being a little off” and that its notes “become flat in unusual places,” X co-founder John Doe shakes off the “backhanded compliment” and explains Exene Cervenka’s approach;• 20:00 Doe compares the nascent 1970s punk scenes in New York, London, and Los Angeles;• 37:30 It wasn’t that X didn’t want to be successful and commercial, Doe explains, it’s just the band didn’t fit well in its era the way Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Green Day woul