The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

jackhammer · 05-27-2009, 08:38 AM

I can't believe that there is no thread on this great great band. Grab electric blues and put it in a blender with some grooves, a bit of punk, a little bit of gentle experimentation and voila:

The first track I ever heard by them:

Recommended listening:

Damage (as Blues Explosion)
Acme.

khfreek · 05-27-2009, 03:09 PM

I downloaded Acme, we'll see how it goes.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 05-27-2009, 03:42 PM

I used to be a big fan of them.

Then I heard Pussy Galore & Boss Hog. I prefer them these days. Much dirtier.

jackhammer · 05-27-2009, 05:57 PM

I still have not heard Pussy galore and that was the band before JSBX I think?

Urban Hat€monger ? · 05-27-2009, 06:08 PM

Yeah Pussy Galore is a sort of proto JSBX. Boss Hog is his wife's band.

lucifer_sam · 05-27-2009, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I used to be a big fan of them.

Then I heard Pussy Galore & Boss Hog. I prefer them these days. Much dirtier.

dirtier yes but also much less competent songwriting. from what i can tell that's the sole appeal to the music.

as for JSBX, i've been acquainted with them for a while, Orange is one of my favorites followed by Crypt Style and Now I Got Worry. Plastic Fang is pretty lackluster though.

as a group i'd much rather listen to Gun Club, who predated them by a decade and still sound far better.

jackhammer · 05-27-2009, 07:09 PM

I much prefer the sly sense of fun that JSBX employ personally although I feel that they have never delivered one truly outstanding album.

lucifer_sam · 05-27-2009, 08:33 PM

a lament i can certainly echo.

pourmeanother · 05-29-2009, 01:05 AM

Will check it out. Every time I talked to a fellow Keys fan they say I should look into them.

the_dp · 06-02-2009, 08:05 PM

Been a fan of them since about 99 when a military friend was obsessed with them. Bought acme the next year and was sold. I should give them a listen again these days. Its been a while.

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion I can't believe that there is no thread on this great great band. Grab electric blues and put it in a blender with some grooves, a bit of punk, a little bit of gentle experimentation and voila: The first track I ever heard by them: Recommended listening: Damage (as Blues Explosion) Acme. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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khfreek What a guy Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 2,123	I downloaded Acme, we'll see how it goes. __________________ last.fm

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I used to be a big fan of them. Then I heard Pussy Galore & Boss Hog. I prefer them these days. Much dirtier. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I still have not heard Pussy galore and that was the band before JSBX I think? __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Yeah Pussy Galore is a sort of proto JSBX. Boss Hog is his wife's band. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I much prefer the sly sense of fun that JSBX employ personally although I feel that they have never delivered one truly outstanding album. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	a lament i can certainly echo. __________________ first.am

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pourmeanother Saaaad Panda Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 852	Will check it out. Every time I talked to a fellow Keys fan they say I should look into them. __________________ Life is just blah, blah, blah You hope for blah And sometimes you find it, but mostly it's blah And waiting for blah And hoping you were right about the blahs you made And then, just when you think you've got the whole blah'd damn thing figured out And you're surrounded by the ones you blah Death shows up... anddd blah, blah, blah.

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the_dp Self Reliant Independent Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 181	Been a fan of them since about 99 when a military friend was obsessed with them. Bought acme the next year and was sold. I should give them a listen again these days. Its been a while.