The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. The name says it all. Active from out of New York and surrounding areas for about twenty years now. Promoting the explosive blues. As essential trash trio, driven by a pure guitar-rock sound.

Without Jon Spencer no White Stripes? No Black Keys? No Alabama Shakes? No Black Box Revelation? (No Clement Peerens Explosition?)

Jon Spencer & Co were, in any event, pioneers in the trashing and reconstructing the typical rock 'n' roll patterns. No compromises. So they also worked with brutal blues legend R.L. Burnside. There are links with the equally resolute 20 Miles too.

Recently, there was 'Dirty shirt rock 'n' roll - The first ten years.' A revealing compilation, aside 're-issues' of a number of crucial albums.

Finally, now with a new CD: 'Meat and bone', out here via V2. In a very un-vegetarian cover. With cheerful titles like 'Bag of bones', 'Get Your Pants Off' and 'Black Thoughts'.

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, feat.: Judah Bauer – guitar | Russell Simins – drums | Jon Spencer – vocals & guitar.

Get detonated!

Support-act will be The Sha-La-Lee's, a furious sounding foursome: Toon Aerts on bass (and also happens to be the maker of that latest, enjoyably rotten Jon Spencer video for 'Black Mold'; there was a page in Humo about it recently!) + singer-guitarist Cedric Maes from The Sore Losers + drummer Dave Schroyen from Millionaire and Evil Superstars + harmonica Christophe Vaes known from Noordkaap. Uncompromising blues-rock!