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Punk Legends X on Why ‘Smoke & Fiction’ Is Their Final Album and Tour
Punk rock band X on why 'Smoke & Fiction' is their final album and tour.
On their essential first two albums, 1980’s Los Angeles and 1981’s Wild Gift, Cervenka and Doe (then married) sounded like they were dashing out diary entries from the end of the world, barely making it from one day to the next. While the band’s ninth album — the vital, reflective Smoke & Fiction — feels less fatalistic, Cervenka and Doe are cognizant that the end is nearing for X when they hop on a Zoom call with Billboard in the midst of their last-ever tour. Below, the band takes Billboard through their decision to make Smoke & Fiction their final album/tour, what their creative process is like these days (Cervenka periodically jots down words in a notebook during our conversation) and what they think about the changing musical landscape of L.A.
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