July 1 – On This Day!

1994: Gene Simmons / Paul Stanley – Alternative Press: Mystery Date – published July 1994

Article in which Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of Kiss respond to various songs including Sweet Little Hi-Fi by Pussy Galore.

1989: Pussy Galore – Straight: College-Drop-Outs und ihr Verhältnis zur E-Gitarre – published July 1989

Pussy Galore feature from Straight fanzine.

Thanks to Andreas Rausch

1997: Twenty Miles – Discorder: Twenty Miles & RL Boyce, Othar Turner Fife and Drum Spam – Published 1 July 1997

Thanks to Sha Rivari

1998: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Quart Festival, Kristiansand, Norway

2008: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – Piazza Castello, Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

2005: CBGB & OMFUG: Thirty Years from the Home of Underground Rock – published

160 page book including photos of Pussy Galore (1987) by Stephanie Chernikowski and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (1993) by Chris Toliver.

Thanks to Dani

2019: Jon Spencer – My Rock: Échappé Solo? – published July 2019

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June 30 – On This Day!

1997: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Pizza Box Promo – release date according to Matador Records

1998: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Odderoya, Kristiansand, Norway

2001: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Le Rock Dans Tous Ses Etats, Évreux Hippodrome, Evreux, Normandy, France

2017: S-E-R-V-I-C-E – Kuma’s Garage, Indianapolis, IN, US
w/ Uh, Conjurer and Black Recluse

Live Photos: Greg E. Andrews (https://www.instagram.com/gregthemayor/)

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June 29 – On This Day!

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Jabberjaw, Los Angeles, CA, US

1996: Twenty Miles – recording Ragged Backyard Classics at the Fun House by Jerry Teel (https://www.instagram.com/teelmusic/)

Photo: Ali Smith (https://www.instagram.com/mommaloveali/)

1998: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands – CANCELLED
w/ Add N to (X) and The Gluemen

Thanks to Arne for the poster image (https://www.instagram.com/labasheeda_amsterdam/)

2001: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Festival Insolent, Le Pavilion, Quimper, France

Image: Mik Back (https://www.instagram.com/mik_back/)

2004: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Babylon, Ottawa, ON, Canada
w/ Double Pumpers

“The packed club was nice and sweaty by the time Spencer (wearing an alarmingly hot pair of PVC pants), drummer Russell Simmons and second guitarist Judah Bauer took the stage. Burdened with a guitar and vocal duties as he is (and he practically swallowed the microphone at times), Spencer is deprived of the acrobatic opportunities of someone who only has to hold a microphone, but he made up for it with some knee drops and the occasional leap while howling his way through a long set of deconstructed, if not totally destroyed blues.

The audience was enraptured and moved along in time to the music as well as they could; you could feel the floor heave.

The set culminated in some cacophonous manipulation of a pseudo-Theremin that had everyone in the club brave enough not to bring plugs sticking their fingers in their ears.

After listing a long litany of his travels, Spencer then declared “But I’ve never seen anything as craaaaazy as O-ta-waaah!” – but he probably says that in every town.” – Andrew Carver

Live Photos: Andrew Carver (https://natcaprock.blogspot.com/2007/12/boxing-day-blues.html)

2009: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (Russell Simins and Elegant Too Remix) – released

The Russell Simins and Elegant Too remix was only available digitally and is still available as a FREE download from the Elegant Too soundcloud page (https://soundcloud.com/eleganttoo/heads-will-roll).

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June 28 – On This Day!

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Kennel Club, San Francisco, CA, US

2004: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Asylum, Portland, ME, US
w/ Read Yellow

2005: 20 Miles – Mercury Lounge, New York City, NY, US

2007: Cat Power (w/ Judah Bauer) – Sled Island, Calgary, AB, US

Live Photo: James Stangroom

2008: Puffy – Splurge – released in Japan

The Japanese version of Go Baby Power Now and was titled Onna Machin Gan (English translation: Girl Machine Gun) with lyrics written by Seiji of Guitar Wolf which features Matt Verta-Ray of Heavy Trash along with Simon Chardiet, Daniel Jodocy, Phil Hernandez and Chris Maxwell.

2017: Baby Driver – released in cinemas

Baby Driver feature film by Edgar Wright which features a cameo by Jon Spencer in which he says the last line of the film in one of the final scenes and the film opens with a scene soundtracked by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion track Bellbottoms from the album Orange.

“When I was Ansel’s age and making movies was a pipe dream, I would listen to this and visualize a car chase,” recalls Wright. Now, it scores the opening sequence — a (dazzling) car chase.” – Edgar Wright discussing Bellbottoms by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

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June 27 – On This Day!

2004: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Pearl Street, Northampton, MA, US
w/ Read Yellow

2007: Heavy Trash – Strade Blu Festival, Faenza, Italy

2015: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Le Rock Dans Tous Ses Etats, Évreux Hippodrome, Evreux, Normandy, France
2015: Jon Spencer [Interview] – Ferarock @ Le Rock Dans Tous Ses Etats, Evreux, Normandy, France
2015: Jon Spencer [Interview] – Oui FM @ Le Rock Dans Tous Ses Etats, Evreux, Normandy, France

Live Photo: Benoit Darcy (http://www.lerock.org/)
Ferarock Interview Photo: Elea Brown (https://www.facebook.com/ferarock1/)
Oui FM Photos: https://www.facebook.com/radioouifm/posts/10153076351397872

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