X's Billy Zoom & John Doe Rig Rundown Guitar and Bass Gear Tour

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There are plenty of mighty American rock bands, but relatively few have had as profound an impact on the international musical landscape as X. Along with other select members of punk’s original Class of 1977, including Patti Smith, Richard Hell, and Talking Heads, the Los Angeles-based outfit proved that rock ’n’ roll could be stripped to its bones and still be as literate and allusive as the best work of the songwriters who emerged during the previous decade and were swept up in the corporate-rock tidal wave that punk rebelled against. X’s first three albums–Los Angles, Wild Gift, and Under the Big Black Sun-were a beautiful and provocative foundation, and rocked like Mt. Rushmore.

Last year, X released a new album, Smoke & Fiction, and, after declaring it would be their last, embarked on what was billed as a goodbye tour, seemingly putting a bow on 47 years of their creative journey. But when PG caught up with X at Memphis’s Minglewood Hall in late fall, vocalist and bassist John Doe let us in on a secret: They are going to continue playing select dates and the occasional mini-tour, and will be part of the Sick New World festival in Las Vegas in April 12.

Not-so-secret is that they still rock like Mt. Rushmore, and that the work of all four of the founders–bassist, singer, and songwriter Doe, vocalist and songwriter Exene Cervenka, guitarist Billy Zoom, and drummer D.J. Bonebreak–remains inspired.

Onstage at Minglewood Hall, Doe talked a bit about his lead role in the film-festival-award-winning 2022 remake of the film noir classic D.O.A. But most important, he and Zoom let us in on their minimalist sonic secrets.

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0:00 - Wolfgang Van Halen & D'Addario
0:15 - Billy Zoom Intro
1:05 - Billy Zoom's G6122T-59 Vintage Select Chet Atkins Country Gentleman
4:19 - Billy Zoom Interest in Guitar Repair & Amp Circuits
6:31 - Billy Zoom Reflects on X's Historic Career
7:33 - Billy Zoom's Effects
9:57 - Billy Zoom Build His Own Amps
14:58 - Billy Zoom's Saxophone
15:57 - Rig Rundown & D'Addario
16:30 - John Doe on Filming D.O.A. in St Augustine, FL
20:15 - John Doe's 1960 Fender Jazz Bass
23:22 - John Doe's 1960s Ampeg Scroll Bass
26:06 - John Doe's Amber Light Walter Woods Amp
27:44 - John Doe's Genzler & Ampeg Cabinets
28:30 - John Doe on X's "Final Tour"
31:25 - D'Addario Strings

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