![]() We don't explore his faith much further Rexx is a raconteur, given the spontaneous telling of glory-days stories. Of course there's not, but it's fascinating to imagine D'Rexx singing D'Molls' "D'Stroll," which is about doin' a groupie. "It's Salt Lake, isn't it?" he says, implying there's nothing to be ashamed about, being a Mormon in this, The Place. It's only the blessing he wants to keep off-the-record sacred. He then asks to pause the recorder so he can bless our bacon cheeseburgers. "I'm LDS," he says later at Crown Burger. He hasn't brought up a single conquest or uttered a four-letter word, and proudly proclaims he's never touched a drop of booze. This unintended double-entendre is as close as he gets to the lecherous hair-band stereotype. "I hope this didn't poke you," he tells her, gesturing to the spiky skull belt buckle above his groin. ![]() Then, she says her husband knows Desi's music and is jealous-how about a photo? Rexx is happy to oblige, scooping her up in time for the shutter-click. She seems only mildly interested until he's out of the chair. As his stylist, Christie Golightly, shampoos them away, Rexx spins a story about seeing an early version of Aerosmith as a three-piece Rolling Stones cover band with Steven Tyler on drums and vocals at someone's house in Boston. In the chair, Rexx's usually fluffy mop is heavy with bluish chemicals. Before D'Molls performs with fellow Chicagoans and glam scene vets Enuff Z'Nuff this Friday, he needs to get it back to its usual color: bleach-blond. ![]() He'd dyed his hair brown for a video shoot. At his request, we meet at a salon called Unity. But he sounds clearheaded, mature, responsible-more like a dad than a guy who rocked the Sunset Strip alongside the likes of Motley Crüe and Poison. You'd think that Desi Rexx, who fronted underrated '80s glam band D'Molls, would have a phone voice as flashy as his struttin' stage persona.
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