PUSSY GALORE Historia De La Música Rock 1990

 

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American garage rock/noise/punk band from Washington, D.C. formed in 1985 and disbanded in 1990. Some members would later play in The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Boss Hog, Chrome Cranks, Free Kitten or Royal Trux (amongst others).

Tracklist

  1. Dedication
  2. Revolution Summer
  3. Will You Still Have Me
  4. Don't Jones Me
  5. (Do) The Snake
  6. Song At The End of The Side
  7. Ship Comin' In
  8. Mono! Man
  9. Little Red Rooster
10. Crawfish
11. Drop Dead

BOSS HOG Cold Hands 1990

 

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Boss Hog is an American alternative rock/punk/blues band, formed in 1989 in New York City, NY, USA.

 

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1		Gerard
2		Eddy
3		Bug Purr
4		Red Bull
5		Go Wrong
6		Pete Shore
7		Domestic
8		Duchess
9		Pop Catastrophe

BOSS HOG Girl + EP 1993

 

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Boss Hog is an American alternative rock/punk/blues band, formed in 1989 in New York City, NY, USA. 

 

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1		Ruby	3:03
2		Some Sara	2:40
3		Cream Agent	2:44
4		The Black Betty	2:49
5		Hustler	1:58

ROYAL TRUX Summoning Sickness 1997

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Artist Biography by John Dougan

From the noisy demise of underground kingpins Pussy Galore came two interesting bands. The first was Jon Spencer's blues deconstruction unit, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion; the second was Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema's dissonant junkie nightmare known as Royal Trux. Interestingly, both bands started out as avant-noise combos playing little that resembled traditional rock & roll. That doesn't mean the music they made was bad; it was rather a little difficult to figure out when they were really into it or simply pulling your chain. What's amazing is that after a protracted period of making harsh, nearly inaccessible records, both bands, by the mid-'90s, were making records that sounded like '70s rock, only with gobs more attitude and noise.

Early Royal Trux records (two self-titled records and Twin Infinitives) are, to say the least, extreme. Herrema and Hagerty play mostly beat-to-hell, thrift-store guitars, howl over the noise, and let a crappy little drum machine keep a beat. Both were raging junkies, and running the risk of turning this into a tabloid piece, the music sounds it. It's messy, self-indulgent, and on-the-nod, but it's also jarring, exciting, and full of potential. Both Herrema and Hagerty "play" like they couldn't care less about what they were doing (and they probably couldn't), but there's a spark here -- maybe an accidental one, but a spark that makes these messy chunks of distortion more interesting than your average underground rant, although it's not what you'd call friendly, inviting music. Most wouldn't even consider it music.

Although their drug problems escalated (in a fit of Miles Davis-inspired bravado, Herrema and Hagerty allegedly spent a recording advance by their label, Drag City, on smack, only to ask the impoverished indie label for more money to make the record), they eventually got sober around the time of Cats and Dogs, their most lucid recording for Drag City. Now employing three other musicians and sounding like an honest-to-God rock band, Royal Trux was making music that sounded grimy and raunchy, the way the Stones did in the mid-'70s. It was an amazing and unexpected turnaround, but well worth the wait. After exhibiting a little stability, Royal Trux were gobbled up by Virgin as part of the post-Nirvana/Pearl Jam alternative rock signing frenzy. While purists were hissing sellout (as they always do), Royal Trux hooked up with Neil Young-producer David Briggs and cut Thank You, a great, greasy glob of lo-fi rock fueled by cigarettes and junk food. Hagerty's guitar playing still gleefully wandered into noiseland, but he was just as likely to cough up a '70s hard rock riff or two. Herrema actually sang, but her voice still hadn't improved much beyond a one-octave cat growl. Sweet Sixteen followed in 1997, after which Virgin dropped the group and released tapes of 1998's Accelerator to the duo's previous label, Drag City; later that year, the simply named 3-Song EP arrived. Veterans of Disorder followed a year later, and in mid-2000 Royal Trux returned with Pound for Pound. After a tumultuous second half of that year, which included family illness and the cancellation of most of their tour dates, Royal Trux disbanded. However, Hagerty released several solo albums and Herrema re-formed the band as RTX with two other musicians and released The Transmaniacon in fall 2004. 

Tracklist

A1	Lion
A2	Um
A3	Thru
A4	Motorcycle Irene
A5	Detective Agency
A6	Um II
A7	What Makes It
A8	Applause
B1	Bring It In Under
B2	Suspicious Minds
B3	Sux
B4	Convent
B5	80
B6	Ra-Kunesh Rifle

BOSS HOG Whiteout 1999

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Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny

All-star N.Y.C. blues-punk combo Boss Hog was helmed by the husband-and-wife team of singer Cristina Martinez and singer/guitarist Jon Spencer, who'd previously teamed up in the legendary cult band Pussy Galore. The duo formed Boss Hog to fill a last-minute cancellation at the famed CBGB, earning instant notoriety when Martinez performed their debut show au naturel; guitarists Jerry Teel and Kurt Wolf, bassist Pete Shore, and drummer Charlie Ondras completed the lineup for 1989's EP Drinkin', Lechin' & Lyin'. In the wake of 1990's Cold Hands, Spencer formed the Blues Explosion, forcing Boss Hog onto the back burner; by the time the group returned in 1993 with Girl +, only Martinez and Spencer remained from the original lineup, with ex-Swan Jens Jürgensen assuming bass duties and Hollis Queens joining on drums. The record's success in indie circles resulted in a deal with major-label Geffen that yielded a self-titled 1995 LP; little was heard from Boss Hog throughout the remainder of the decade (although Spencer and Martinez had a baby), but in early 2000 the group finally resurfaced with Whiteout, featuring ex-Goats keyboardist Mark Boyce. 

 

Tracklist

1	Whiteout	3:07
2	Chocolate	3:05
3	Nursery Rhyme	3:57
4	Stereolight	4:10
5	Fear For You	3:30
6	Get It While You Wait	3:42
7	Jaguar	2:41
8	Itchy & Scratchy	3:54
9	Trouble	2:42
10	Monkey	1:56

 

JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION Orange 1994

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Wikipedia:

Originally from Hanover, New Hampshire, Jon Spencer (born Jonathan Spencer) moved to Washington, DC where he fronted the band Pussy Galore. After that band's breakup, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion formed in 1990 in New York City. The band members had played in bands including The Honeymoon Killers, Crowbar Massage, and Boss Hog prior to the formation of the Blues Explosion.

They signed to Matador Records shortly after and have gathered a large cult following. They are one of the select notable groups to cultivate a punk blues sound in the 1990s.

Tracklist

1		Bellbottoms	5:18
2		Ditch	2:35
3		Dang	2:00
4		Very Rare	3:05
5		Sweat	3:06
6		Cowboy	2:58
7		Orange	2:59
8		Brenda	2:57
9		Dissect	2:40
10		Blues X Man	3:33
11		Full Grown	3:20
12		Flavor	6:16
13		Greyhound	4:04