Jon Spencer

Jon Spencer (born February 5,<ref name="Mander" /> 1965) is an American singer, composer and guitarist. He has been involved in multiple musical acts, such as Pussy Galore, Boss Hog, Heavy Trash and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

History

Jon Spencer was born on 5 February 1965<ref name="Mander">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in Hanover, New Hampshire, to a university professor and a cardiology technician.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he was part of the noise rock band Shithaus, which included future Cop Shoot Cop vocalist Tod Ashley.<ref name="trousercop">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The band was short lived and had a musical style reminiscent of the industrial music of Einstürzende Neubauten.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> He moved to Washington, D.C., and formed Pussy Galore, who quickly relocated to New York.

He is also known for bringing attention to and popularizing the blues artist R. L. Burnside, who started touring and working with The Blues Explosion in the mid-1990s after playing and living in obscurity for three decades.

In 2022, he announced the end of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and the debut of his new band, Jon Spencer & the Hitmakers, which includes Quasi's Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

He joined up with bassist Kendall Wind and drummer Macky Spider Bowman of The Bobby Lees in 2023<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and released Sick Of Being Sick! in 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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