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  Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Their unique 'Explosion' sound is a raw and loud one, combining elements of noise-rock, rock and roll, blues, soul, funk, rockabilly and hip hop, with an occasional theremin solo thrown in.
Jon Spencer once trashed a TV studio in Melbourne, Australia, during a live on-air performance.
Jon Spencer is the brother of Muffin, the lead vocalist for the band Brassy.
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 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - PopMatters Concert Review
John Spencer Blues Explosion is the nearest living thing to the embodiment of that 100% proof rock and roll spirit.
Jon Spencer's recent album Plastic Fang might not have set the critics' world on fire, but then this was always a live thing anyway.
Whether it's the mighty Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, some new noise machine or even a film made on a budget that wouldn't feed a catwalk model for a week, the true spirit of rock and roll is still here.
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 Matador Records | The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Jon, Russell and Judah just completed a killer US tour and they'll be back on the road this autumn with support from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Liars.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion are continuing work in a New York studio with producer Steve Jordan on their next album.
The Blues Explosion will have some of their wonderful music featured in the upcoming Todd Phillips masterpiece “Road Trip,” thus continuing Jon Spencer’s long association with MTV affiliated motion pictures (we are of course, referring to Boss Hog’s winning cameo in “Joe’s Apartment”).
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 Ink 19 :: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Spencer has a history of collaborating with under-recognized musicians like R.L. Burnside (the Mississippi guitarist with whom JSBX recorded "A Ass Pocket of Whiskey"), as well as hipster superstars like Steve Albini, merging the influences to create sound that's not really innovative, but not quite derivative.
The blues are about sex, at least the way Andre sings it -- at age 63, he still seems to have a healthy interest, and the energy to follow through.
A three-piece (two guitars and drums), rooted in the blues, but borrowing from many different eras - the gut-busting heartfelt howls of the bluesmen of the '40s and '50s, the flash and glitter of Mark Bolan, the trashy dirt of the New York Dolls, and the energy of straight-ahead rock.
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 Mute.com: Blues Explosion
Crunchy If you think you have heard the Blues Explosion get ready for a brand new kick: CRUNCHY (produced by Dan the Automator) is the strongest hook in the Blues Explosion arsenal, with...
With a raw howling wail that has become The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's signature, this bass-less trio have frequently angered purists with their loose and highly individual interpretation of sacred blues music.
Jon Spencer was a founder member of the infamous New York City group Pussy Galore.
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 Sponic Zine - Music Reviews - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Now I Got Worry, the latest from Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion, opens with a piercing scream that suggests it was created not out of fear or anger, but out of pure release.
Spencer was recently quoted (in Harper's Bazaar of all places) saying he wants his albums to be remembered as "bizarre, like they're from Mars." In this he succeeds.
Spencer has been accused of everything from mocking and unfairly mining African-American culture to poorly imitating Elvis, but to me he sounds like a star, and a damn funky one at that.
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 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in Concert, 10/3/98 (NY Rock Review)
For those who've never witnessed the Blues Explosion's unique brand of rock and roll, it's part carnival barking, medicine show and part primordial soup of punk, blues, funk, rap and rockabilly, all custom designed to blow your friggin' mind.
As usual, the Blues Explosion's gig at the Bowery Ballroom on October 3, 1998, saw them put on a show with more fervor and soul than any other band on the face of the earth could muster.
Jon Spencer performed the show like he was on fire.
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 Ink 19 :: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
While I waited, Jon Spencer was mixing himself a drink, so I apologized for missing the interview and explained the circumstances, and he said it was not a problem.
The drummer looked like Russell Simins, with the trademark puffy hair and drumming style, and the guitar player somewhat resembled Judah, but the singer/guitar player was dressed like Jon Spencer, and attempted to sing and shout as only (unfortunately for the Countdown's singer) Jon Spencer can.
Jon Spencer doesn't waste time between songs by saying things like, "all right Jacksonville, who came to rock and roll?" He simply goes onstage and plays his ass off for over an hour, with no breaks between songs, just one long seamless set.
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 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
For him, the blues is the down and dirty, hot and sweaty, dirty-old-man sound of guys like R.L. Burnside (who has played with the Blues Explosion on occasion) and Andre Williams.
Make what you will of the band's name, what they really do is take traditional blues, soul, funk, hip hop, and bloated rock, slice and dice them all into a nasty-good musical stew, add lots of whiskey and irony, and shove the whole mess down your throat.
On the song "Blues Explosion Attack," Spencer and Co. get crazy in the house of Olympia's chief indie oddball (and Blues Explosion buddy) Calvin Johnson, frontman of Dub Narcotic Sound System.
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 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion News
Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura are celebrating ten remarkable years together as Puffy AmiYumi, yet the duo's sound and style continues to feel fresh, as one listen to their brand new album Splurge will instantly...
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion have been confirmed as headliners for the second leg of this year's All Tomorrow's Parties festival.
Description: Inspired by the proto-punk Stooges and the post-garage Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, informed by the late '60s and '70s rock so prevalent in their middle-American hometowns,...
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 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion on Almondnet
Jon Spencer performs vocals on the Add N to (X) track, 'White Scrapie'.
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - HOT PUBLIC GOSSIPAnd the band have teamed up with a special guest especially....
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion CD Album by Jon Spencers Blues only £10.49 at Tesco.com.
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 Amazon.com: Now I Got Worry: Music: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
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The loudness and explosions are still there but the quality of the songs is not too great.
This and "Orange" are the two best album The Explosion have put out yet.
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 Tower Records - Acme - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Jon Spencer (vocals, guitar); Judah Bauer (bass); Russell Simins (drums).
ACME, JSBX's sixth full-length album, is an urban juke-joint rabble-rouser for the end of the century, a summation of the band's journeys up various tributaries of chaos and tradition, a final bedding of EXILE ON MAIN STREET and hip-hop.
On songs like like "Bernie" and "High Gear," the Blues Explosion's rock power is positively Zep-esque.
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 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
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 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion shows for trade
THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION - live @ Democrazy,Ghent,Belgium 2.10.1993 and live @ VPRO,Hilversum,Holland 9.20.1994 - 1 Disc
Archived as ape set Blues Explosion - La Route du Rock, Saint-Malo FR - August 15, 2004
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Though different than the hip-hop punk blues of JSBX's later efforts like "Now I Got Worry" and "Acme", it still gushes with raw, emotional, punk soul and originality...
Anything by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion rocks, and if you're a fan of these guys, this is a must have for your music collection.
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 Open Directory - Arts: Music: Bands and Artists: J: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - News, biography, discography, audio and video, and tour dates from their US label.
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 MTV Music | Blues Explosion - Artist Area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
After a long and semi-successful tenure as leader of scuzz-rock heroes Pussy Galore, Jon Spencer took his anti-rock vision and hooked up with guitarist Judah Bauer and drummer Russell Simins to create the scuzz-blues trio the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
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 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
US Trio JSBX follow their own warped alternative rock system whilst displaying a noticeable dedication to simple R&B. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion 'Xfm Session' [Dial-Up] [Broadband]
In the wake of the ‘Plastic Fang’ album, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion are once again riding high in the minds of all dirty shrapnel rock aficionados.
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 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Store   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
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 Acme - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Music Records Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
Artist: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Release Date: 1999 / Genre: Pop & Rock
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After a long and semi-successful tenure as leader of scuzz-rock heroes Pussy Galore, Jon Spencer took his anti-rock vision and hooked up with guitarist Judah Bauer and drummer Russell Simins to create the scuzz-blues trio the Jon Spencer Blues Exp...
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 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Tabs: 35 Tabs Total @ 911Tabs - Tabs Search Engine
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Tabs: 35 Tabs Total @ 911Tabs - Tabs Search Engine
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 Orange - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Music Records Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
Artist: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Release Date: 2000 / Genre: Pop & Rock
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Toxic Narcotic is Boston's longest standing punk Band.
Sideways Soul: Dub Narcotic Meets The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion In A Dancehall Style...
Dub Narcotic Sound System have a few tracks on the K Records...
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