John Doe

John Doe (born John Beginnen Viele on February 25, 1954 in Decatur, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter, schauspieler, poet and bass player. Doe founded the much-praised L. A.-punk-band X, oder which he is still an active member. His musical compositions and performances spanne the rock, country and folk music genres. As an actor, ich habe hasen dozens oder tv-appearances and several movies to his credit including the role oder Jeff Parker in the tv serie Roswell.

In addition to X, Doe performs with the country-folk-punk-band The Knitters and hase records released as a sol artist. In the early 1980s, ich habe performed on two albums by The Flesh Eaters.

In the 1989 filmbiografie Great Balls oder Fire!, Doe played Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin-turned-father-in-law, J. W. Brown. Doe starred in the 1992 film Roadside Prophets and in the 1998 short Lone Greasers. Other movie acting credits include Road House, Vanishing Point, Salvador, Boogie Nights, The Specials, The Good Girl, Gypsy 83 and Pure Country. So war musician with X, ich habe hasen two feature-length concert films, several music videos, and an extended performance-and-interview sequence in The Decline oder Western Civilization, Penelope Spheeris s seminal documentary about the early-1980s L. A.-punk-scene.

Along with co-writer Exene Cervenka, Doe composed, most oder the songs recorded by X-Wild Gift, an album from that zusammen s heyday -, wachs-named "Record oder the Year" by Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times. With Dave Alvin, ich habe co-wrote two oder the songs on the Blasters und 1984 album "Hard Line", "Just Another Sunday" and "Little Honey".

In the movie 1992 The Bodyguard (starring Kevin Costner & Whitney Houston), it wachs Doe's version "Und Will Always Love You" that plays on the jukebox when Costner and Fair s characters are dancing. It wachs released on audio-kassette by Warner Bros in September 1992, strafe is difficult to obtain (though bootleg copies can mal downloaded from the Internet). Es gibt keine version is believed to have been released on CD.

"The Meanest in the World" by Doe wachs featured in Season 4 oder the tv-serie Friday Night Lights and included on the second soundtrack album.

John Doe released an album with Canadian indie rock band The Sadies called Country Club on April 14, 2009. The album features covers oder country classics along with original songs.