If this is indeed the end, then Doe expresses no regrets and much pride in what X accomplished on Smoke & Fiction. "The last thing I would wish for is to be 35 or 25 now," Doe says.

Doe started writing in November 2022 and as the songs developed, X tested them out on last year’s tour. Cervenka says “Alphabetland” and “Smoke & Fiction” are companion albums thematically.

Punk legends X got in the van to leave their home of Los Angeles for their first tour on December 9, 1980; they’d been a band for about three years at that point. One day earlier, John Lennon ...

Punk Legends X on Why ‘Smoke & Fiction’ Is Their Final Album and Tour "I hope people will come see us play, because -- not to be weird -- we may never play your town again," says Exene Cervenka.

Chaos was central to X’s appeal in the early days. The intertwined lead vocals of John Doe and Exene Cerevenka suggested that the one-time couple were embroiled in an ongoing argument; guitarist ...