Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Jukebox Explosion

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FORMED IN 1991 AFTER THE DEMISE OF JON SPENCER’S SEMINALHATEFUCK BAND PUSSY GALORE, THE JON SPENCER BLUESEXPLOSION HAS ALWAYS INCLUDED DRUMMER RUSSELL SIMINS ANDGUITAR ACE JUDAH BAUER. TAKING CUES FROM ROCK, PUNK, R&B,GARAGE, HARDCORE, AND HIP HOP IDIOMS, WHILE TRANSCENDING THELIMITATIONS OF EACH, THE BLUES EXPLOSION CREATED A NEW SOUNDWHICH THEY’VE SPENT THE LAST 16 YEARS HONING AND REDEFINING.THEIR MUSIC IS AS DEFT AND BOLD AND LIFE-AFFIRMING AS THEMETERS, THE MAGIC BAND, OR THE BIRTHDAY PARTY.BEGINNING IN 1992, THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION EARMARKEDSONGS FROM THEIR RECORDING SESSIONS FOR THEIR JUKEBOXSINGLE SERIES ON IN THE RED. THE SINGLES, WHICH WERE BASED ONA SIMILAR SERIES DONE BY ROCKABILLY LEGEND CHARLIE FEATHERS INTHE 1970S, FEATURED SOME OF MOST INCENDIARY, HYPER-CHARGEDTUNES THE BAND EVER CUT. FROM THEIR SPASTIC TAKE ON CHAINGANG’S ‘SON OF SAM’ TO ‘GHETTO MOM’ (THE FINAL SINGLEFROM 2002) THESE SEVEN-INCH SIDES ALWAYS SHOWCASEDTHE BAND’S FULL-THROTTLE PUNK ROCK SIDE.NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALL FIVE OUT-OF-PRINT SINGLESHAVE BEEN COLLECTED IN ONE PLACE ON JUKEBOX EXPLOSION,ALONG WITH EIGHT PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD RARITIES FROM THEBAND’S EARLY DAYS THAT ARE EVERY BIT AS ACTION-PACKED,FRANTIC, AND FURIOUS.JUKEBOX EXPLOSION CAPTURES ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING,ORIGINAL, AND INFLUENTIAL BANDS TO EMERGE IN THE1990S AT THE ABSOLUTE PEAK OF THEIR POWERS. IF YOU DIGROCK ‘N’ ROLL MUSIC, THIS STUFF IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.KILLER SLEEVE ART IN THE STYLE OF THE BACK FRO MTHE GRAVE SERIES (DONE BY SAME ARTIST).