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July 17 – On This Day!

Posted on July 17, 2021 by admin

1989: Pussy Galore – Club With No Name @ Scream, The Probe, Hollywood, LA, CA, US
w/ M.O.B. and Dirt Merchants

Live Photo (Full Band): Krk Dominguez (https://www.instagram.com/krk_dominguez/)
Live Photos (all others): Xrstine Franco (https://www.instagram.com/xrstinefranco/)

1991: Boss Hog – CBGB’s, New York City, NY, US
w/ Hammerhead, Vertigo, Helmet and Lubricated Goat

Live Photo: Krk Dominguez (https://www.instagram.com/krk_dominguez/)

1993: Boss Hog – Satyricon, Portland, OR, US

2005: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Dour Festival, Dour, Belgium

Photo: Grégory Baillard (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010979771714)

2006: Heavy Trash – Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg, Denmark

2008: Heavy Trash – La Sapiens University, Roma, Italy

2009: Boss Hog – The Garden NEF Party, Angouleme, France

First show with Mickey Finn on keys.

2010: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, IL, US

Live Photo: Vera Gavrilovic (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vivaspygirl/)
Poster Artwork: Jay Ryan

2013: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Spaceland Ballroom, Hamden, CT, US

Live Photo: nihilistic pizza (https://www.instagram.com/nihilisticpizza/)

2014: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Parkteatret Scene, Oslo, Norway

2015: Heavy Trash – Oslo Hackney, London, UK
w/ Bloodshot Bill

*A birthday cake was brought out for Ramshackle Sam Baker and the audience sang Happy Birthday with accompaniment from the band.

Live Photo: Stephen Dowling

2020: The Bobby Lees – Skin Suit – released*

Album produced by Jon Spencer.

*the release was date moved from 8 May 2020 to 17 July 2020 but ended-up being sold online on 6 June 2020.

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July 16 – On This Day!

Posted on July 16, 2021 by admin

1988: Pussy Galore – Big Kahuna (New Music Seminar), New York City, NY, US

“Pussy Galore, one of New York’s best bands and a group likely to stay on the the underground circuit because of the harshness of its music, will be performing.”

The Galore group, which will be performing tomorrow at Big Kahuna, has been playing together for three years and is one of the New York scene’s main attractions. Its latest album, “Right Now!” (Caroline), seethes with frustration with the formal and cultural confines of rock. And though the group has been well received critically, the band, with its wild, almost abstracted rock riffing, doesn’t have much of a chance to go beyond the underground audience.

“We’ll never be mainstream,” said Jon Spencer, the band’s lead singer and guitarist. “From the word go-the name isn’t exactly salable – it’s not what we’re about. It’s not what we aspire to. We’re not in it for a job. If that happens, that’s fine.”

“I play music because it makes me feel good,” Mr. Spencer said, “and I hope an audience shares in my joy. I hope there is something left to do in rock, but it doesn’t really seem like it. It would be great if something really wild happened, but now, rock is all references. It seems like rock is totally gone, co-opted. But what isn’t? It’s hard to do anything natural, because you are going up against 30 years of rock and 5 years of beer commercials using rock; a rock-and-roll sensibility seems to be lost.

There’s no way out: once you’ve picked a guitar, you are part of the whole thing.” – Malhar Ferguson – New York Times / “Alternative Is the Word At Festival”

1993: Boss Hog – Elbow Room, San Francisco

Poster Artwork: Frank Kozik

2001: Khan – No Comprendo – released on vinyl

Features the vocals of Jon Spencer on Monster.

2005: Blues Explosion – Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland

2006: Heavy Trash – Dour Festival, Dour, Belgium

2009: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – Gran Rex Theatre, Capital, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

2010: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Crofoot Ballroom, Pontiac, MI, US
w/ Lee Marvin Computer Arm and Duende

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Club Schocken, Stuttgart, Germany

2014: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Nefertiti, Göteborg, Sweden
w/ What We Do Is Secret DJ’s

2015: Heavy Trash – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK
w/ Bloodshot Bill

Live Photo: Nik Green
Ticket Photo: Laura Saville (https://www.instagram.com/laura_marie_86/)