Boss Hog [Vinyl]

Boss Hog | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (September 26, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Geffen Records
• ASIN: B000053MZR
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,097,031 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Winn Coma

2. Sick

3. Beehive

4. Ski Bunny

5. Green Skirt

6. I Dig You

7. Try One

8. What the Fuck

9. White Sand

10. I Idolize You

11. Punkture

12. Strawberry

13. Walk In

14. Texas

15. Sam

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NYC Punk Rock with melody, edge, and some lovely violins..., May 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Boss Hog (Audio CD)

John Spencer (of Blues Explosion) and his wife Cristina Martinez make some pretty loud punk music together. Cristina's got style and songwriting ability. John Spencer adds some spice, Blues Explosion style. They've got a fabulous combination of incredible guitar hooks (Punkture, for example) and weirdness (Texas...beautiful horror movie music, Ski Bunny...50s bop with a modern punk twist). The only problem I had was the cover of I Idolize You (originally Ike & Tina Turner--Dynamite! or Greatist Hits--buy those too!). John and Cristina may be the hippest, sexiest, most talented couple in NY music right now...but that doesn't make them no Ike & Tina. John Spencer (on fuzzy, overprocessed lead vocals) sounds like a sick tomcat and Cristina's backups are dull as a 6th grade talent show. I happen to love the original, so I'm glad they've got the taste to cover it, but they should have listened to it afterwards and said: "Okay, that was fun, but we should just keep this to ourselves." Overall a great record though. Highly recommended.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Glorious Mess, December 30, 2001

By 

Ronald Battista (Colorado Springs, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boss Hog (Audio CD)

John Spencer's side band with his wife, I believe...I haven't been able to dislike anything the man has touched, be it Pussy Galore, The Blues Explosion, or this.Bleeds through your speakers and hits you over the head with a shovel full of feedback drenched power chords and overamped squiggly solos. Plus, a few songs for Gen-X lovebirds: an Ike and Tina cover, and "I Idolize You". First record Ive heard to use a Telex printer as an instrument. Funky, noisy, full of testosterone. His wife is meaner than you. A combustion engine full of hard rock, and other such florid metaphors.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant sloppy mess..., October 22, 2003

By 

ms. coupal (NY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boss Hog (Audio CD)

A brilliant sloppy mess! They tap into this grungy, sexual energy that propels the music through its more melodic, rocking bits to its noisy, sonic assualt pieces. The one step away from the mess is "I Dig You" which manages to keep the momentum of their louder songs but allow a little private moment for some charming white-trash love.