Billy Zoom’s Out, But X Goes On
Cynthia Rose, Dallas Observer, 28 November 1986
"THE ONE 'MESSAGE' X HAS AS A BAND," John Doe once told me, "is that whether you fit in or not, you can be brave. You can go out and experience as many things as possible. And you will suffer the consequences, but youll always learn."
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