II X II, which is credited to the songwriter David Ray was actually written by
Bill. He needed money at the time, we needed a song, so apparently my Dad bought this from
Bill, publishing and all. II X II was titled that way because the song IIXII
was being released as a single and plus we like the whole concept of the cover / Noah's
ark / multiethnical peoples travelling in space and all that.
About the album cover: It was all about mirroring the "flood" escapade Noah
went through ... only this was involving people and getting off the planet. Jimmy Wachtel
came up with the whole thing and shot it and all. I love the II X II cover ... real
interesting to me.