Spencer, Jon Blues Explosion

Spencer, Jon Blues Explosion

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Spencer, Jon Blues Explosion

Human Obscene (jukebox Single #7)

In The Red

In The Red presents installment number seven in The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion jukebox singles series. As with the previous six, the 7-inch features two exclusive tracks that lean towards the band's more rocking and spastic side.

Spencer, Jon Blues Explosion

Gadzooks (Jukebox Single #6)

In The Red

In The Red is proud to announce the latest installment in the The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion jukebox series—20 years after the first one dropped! Volume #6 features two brand new recordings done exclusively for this 7-inch. “Gadzooks” is an original that captures them at their fractured, fuzzy, scuzzed-out best. The flip is a cover of a James Brown B-side that the band has been playing live since the ’90s but have only now gotten around to recording. The single, as with all the others in this series, comes in a plain white sleeve and includes a jukebox title strip. The blues are still #1!

Spencer, Jon Blues Explosion

Jukebox Explosion

In The Red

Formed in 1991 after the demise of Jon Spencer’s seminal hatefuck band Pussy Galore, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion has always included drummer Russell Simins and guitar ace Judah Bauer. Taking cues from rock, punk, R&B, garage, hardcore, and hip hop idioms, while transcending the limitations of each, the Blues Explosion created a new sound which they’ve spent the last 16 years honing and redefining. Their music is as deft and bold and life-affirming as the Meters, the Magic Band, or the Birthday Party.  Beginning in 1992, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion earmarked songs from their recording sessions for their Jukebox Single Series on In The Red. The singles, which were based on a similar series done by rockabilly legend Charlie Feathers in the 1970s, featured some of most incendiary, hyper-charged tunes the band ever cut. From their spastic take on Chain Gang’s “Son Of Sam” to “Ghetto Mom” (the final single from 2002) these seven-inch sides always showcased the band’s full-throttle punk rock side.  Now, for the first time, all five out-of-print singles have been collected in one place on Jukebox Explosion, along with eight previously unheard rarities from the band’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 the 1990s at the absolute peak of their powers. If you dig rock ’n’ roll music, this stuff is absolutely essential.

Spencer, Jon Blues Explosion

Ghetto Mom / Do Ya Wanna Get It

In The Red

***In The Red proudly announces the fifth installment of their JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION jukebox singles collection series. This single marks the ten-year anniversary of the first ITR jukebox single released in 1992. Like its predeccesors, Jukebox Single # 5 features two songs exclusive to this single—they are not on the band's upcoming Plastic Fang album. "Ghetto Mom," the A-side, is a wailing punk number as aggressive as anything the band has ever recorded. "Do You Wanna Get It," the B-side, blows out the walls with a fuzz stomper featuring the keyboard finesse of none other than DR. JOHN himself! Both sides were produced by STEVE JORDAN—the man who produced and played drums for Keith Richards solo endeavors. Needless to say, everyone involved had their Rolling Stones obsessions fulfilled here.