December 11 – On This Day!

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – CBGB’s, New York City, NY, US
w/ Grey, Loudspeaker, Gin Mill and Helmet
Advert: via Skeleton Boy (https://www.instagram.com/skeletonboynyc/)

1995: Boss Hog – The Abyss, Houston, TX, US
w/ ’68 Comeback

1997: 20 Miles – U.C.D., Dublin, Ireland
w/ Delta 72

1998: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Clutch Cargo’s, Detroit, MI, US
Poster Artwork: Rob “Trucker” Schwager, silk-screened, measures 12″ x 23″

1999: 20 Miles – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
w/ T Model Ford, R.L. Burnside and Paul Jones

2004: Blues Explosion – Kyoto, Japan

2006: Heavy Trash – Spazio 211, Torino, Italy
Live Photo: Carlo Cravero (https://www.flickr.com/photos/charlie_cravero/)

Poster Design: Malleus, edition of 101 measuring 50cm x 70cm.

2008: Boss Hog – Primavera Club, Madrid, Spain

2009: Harper Simon (with Russell Simins) – Mississippi Studios, Portland, Oregon, US

2010: Rob K/MDA – The Purgatory Home Companion, Ed. 1 – released
Features Jon Spencer on ‘Opportunity Knocks’

The record is “a sound collage “cut up” from over 100 contributions. It’s an epic poem, a sequel to Workdogs In Hell and an homage to The Divine Comedy. As in Purgatorio, the action takes place over three days and a morning and nominally is the story of climbing Mt. Purgatory.”

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
w/ DJ Mr Slick and The Sha-La-Lee’s
Live Photo: Lou Le Guilloux (via flickr.com).
Billboard Photo: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

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December 10 – On This Day!

1987: Pussy Galore – Revival, Philadelphia, PA, US
w/ Serial Killers and 13 Engines

1988: Pussy Galore – Blackwing Studios, London, UK – Recording SM 57 / Kicked Out / Dick Johnson and more Dial ‘M’ songs

1994: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Tramps, New York City, New York, US
w/ Come and Workdogs

“Mr. Spencer, a charismatic vocalist and guitarist, shook and shimmied onstage like a 1950’s sock-hop singer gone bad, howling Big Bopper-inspired exclamations and entreaties into the microphone. The band, which also included Russell Simins on drums and Judah Bauer on guitar and harmonica, played revved-up jams rooted in the lewd rockabilly of the garage groups of the 1950’s.” – Neil Strauss / New York Times

Poster Photo: Skeleton Boy (via facebook.com)
Live Photos (Jon with Theremin): Kenichi Hoshine (https://www.instagram.com/kenichi_hoshine/)
Live Photos (others): Jarkko Jokelainen
Live Photos (b/w): Ebet Roberts

1995: Boss Hog – Galaxy Club, Dallas, TX, US

1996: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC, US
w/ Atari Teenage Riot
Poster (crowd): Tannis Root
Poster (cat): Casey Burns / X-Ray Graphic

1997: 20 Miles – Star & Garter, Manchester, UK
w/ Delta 72

1998: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Phoenix, Toronto, ON, Canada

1999: Sideways Soul: Dub Narcotic Sound System Meets The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in a Dancehall Style – released in Japan

1999: 20 Miles – Vera, Groningen, Netherlands
w/ T Model Ford, R.L. Burnside and Paul Jones
Poster Design (pink): Paul van de Werf

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Globe, Perth, Australia
Live Photo: Mike Wylie (https://projectphotography.com)

2004: Blues Explosion – Osaka, Japan
w/ The Kills

2005: Apple Bros. (with Judah Bauer) – unknown location

2006: Heavy Trash – Zo Culture, Catania, Italy

2008: Boss Hog – Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands
Ticket Image: Arne (https://www.instagram.com/labasheeda_amsterdam/)

2009: Harper Simon (with Russell Simins) – Humboldt Brews, Arcata, CA, US

2009: Heavy Trash – Undercover, Melbourne, Australia
Interview: Tim Cashmere
Cameras: Mark Bakaitis / Ros O’Gorman
Editor: Mark Bakaitis
Sound Mix: Matt Duffy

2009: Heavy Trash – Prince Bandroom, Melbourne, Australia

2010: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Firenze Flog, Firenze, Italy

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Gebaude 9, Koln, Germany
Ticket Image: Metin Ozrzr (https://www.instagram.com/metin_ozrzr/)

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December 9 – On This Day!

1988: Pussy Galore – Greyhound, Fulham, London, UK
w/ Das Damen and Angst

“…they straddle the stage in purposeful formation and launch a punk/No Wave/glam meltdown.” – Paul Oldfield / Melody Maker

Live Photo: Kerry Cooper
Ticket Image: Michael Chaiken

1995: Boss Hog – Emo’s, Austin, TX, US
w/ 68 Comeback and Endure
Poster Artwork: Lindsey Kuhn

1997: 20 Miles – Sam Fays, Nottingham, UK
w/ Delta 72

1998: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – The Spectrum, Montreal, QC, Canada

1999: 20 Miles – Le Plai, Ris-Oranges, France
w/ T Model Ford, R.L. Burnside and Paul Jones

2004: Blues Explosion – Yokohama, Japan
w/ The Kills

2005: Childballads (w/ Judah Bauer) – Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ, US

2006: Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues – Bavarian Open Festival, Munich, Germany
w/ Judah Bauer & Jim White supporting

2008: Cat Power – Dark End of The Street – released
Feat. Judah Bauer

2008: Boss Hog – Muziekcentrum Trix, Antwerpen, Belgium

2009: Harper Simon (w/ Russell Simins) – Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco, California, US

2009: Heavy Trash – Zoo, Brisbane, Australia

2010: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Interzona Associazione Culturale, Verona, Italy

2011: Blackup – Ease & Delight – released
Some pre-production by Jon Spencer and Ivan Julian at NY Hed

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Zeit Online, Skalitzer Straße, Berlin, Germany

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

2017: Boss Hog – The Safari Room at El Cortez, Brooklyn, New York, US
w/ D’NT (LP release show)
Live Photo: Sean Barrows (https://www.instagram.com/sextonseven/)

2017: D’NT – LP01 – released
Mixed by Jon Spencer at NY Hed Studio & Oktopus Studio, assisted by Matt Verta-Ray & Alap Momin

2018: S-E-R-V-I-C-E – East Room, Chicago, IL, US
w/ The Cell Phones and Krozer

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December 8 – On This Day!

1985: Peach of Immortality (with Julie Cafritz and Jon Spencer of Pussy Galore) – 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, US

“Spencer and Martinez met at D.C.’s hallowed 9:30 club on December 8, 1985 – the feast of the Immaculate Conception – at a Jesus and Mary Chain show. ” – Rob Sheffield / Details (December 1996)

“I was very entertained by what they were doing with their usual array of cello, guitars and tape decks, plus tonight they also had a guest guitarist from Pussy Galore. The Peach of Immortality was a way of taking conventional instruments and making a most unusual collage of sounds out of them.” – WDC Period, Vol. 1, No. 13

“…I had little patience for the openers. I only remember one of them: noise band Peach of Immortality, who blew my left ear out that night. It’s never been the same.” – Mike Schulman / Culturie

*The complete performance was released on the nine disc Peach of Immortality compilation ‘Surrealismus: Paris Prag Rockville’.*

1993: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Lounge Ax, Chicago, IL, US
w/ Shorty

“Bumping, grinding and undulating to The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the packed-in audience at Lounge Ax late Wednesday worked itself into a lather of perspiration while witnessing the New York trio’s white-hot fusion of hard-edged blues rock and frenzied punk.” – David Rothschild / Chicago Tribune

1995: Boss Hog – University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, US

1997: 20 Miles – [unknown venue], Brighton, UK
w/ Delta 72

1998: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Newbury Comics, Boston, MA, US
Live Photos via http://jsbx.afropunx.com/p/photo.html

1998: The Jon Spencer Blues Exploison – Avalon Nightclub, Boston, US
Live Photos via http://jsbx.afropunx.com/p/photo.html

1999: 20 Miles – La NEF, Angouleme, France
w/ T Model Ford, R.L. Burnside and Paul Jones

1999: Boss Hog – The Bowery Ballroom, New York City, NY, US

2005: Heavy Trash – La Coopérative de Mai, Clermont-Ferrand, France

2006: Tiny Masters of Today (w/ Russell Simins) – Ben Frost Art Show @ The Arm, Brooklyn, NY, NYC, US

2008: Boss Hog – Luminaire, London, UK
w/ The Congregation and NTSOBC DJs
Poster Artwork: Scarlett Rickard

2009: Harper Simon (w/ Russell Simins) – Detroit Bar Costa Mesa, California, US

2010: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Salle De Kao, Lyon, France

2011: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Daytrotter Session – released (recorded 6 May 2011)

“Spencer is a maniac. He sounds as if he takes and bashes out glass bottles and pool cues over heads, broken cleanly, just like in the movies.” – Sean Moeller

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Palác Akropolis, Prague, Czech Republic
w/ The Mentalities

2018: S-E-R-V-I-C-E – Crystal Corner Bar, Madison, WI, US
w/ Cave Curse, Solid Freex and Wash on 8 December 2018.
Live Photo: Bobby Hussy (via https://www.instagram.com/bobbyhussy/)

2018: Jon Spencer and Cristina Martinez DJ Set @ Bust Holiday Craftacular, Brooklyn Expo Centre, Greenpoint, New York, US

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December 7 – On This Day!

1988: Pussy Galore – Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany

1995: Boss Hog – Blue Note, Columbia, Missouri, US
w/ Cibo Matto

1999: 20 Miles – Krakatoa, Bordeaux, France
w/ T Model Ford, R.L. Burnside and Paul Jones

2002: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Arena, Brisbane, Australia

2005: Heavy Trash – Bikini, Barcelona, Spain
Thanks to Luis

2006: Cat Power with Dirty Delta Blues Band (w/ Judah Bauer) – Transmusicale Festival, Rennes, France
w/ Judah Bauer & Jim White

2008: Boss Hog – ATP: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Minehead, UK
Live Photos / Set List: Peter Butler (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ukpeewee/)
Poster Design: Michael Michael Motorcycle

2009: Heavy Trash – Devilles Pad, Perth, Australia

2009: Harper Simon (with Russell Simins) – Casbah, San Diego, California, US

2010: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – l’Elysée Montmartre, Paris, France
Live Photo: Ronan Thenadey (https://www.flickr.com/photos/orgasmatron/)
Poster: Thanks to ‘EasyOli’

2012: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Kilbi Winter Festival, Zurich, Switzerland

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