Customer Reviews

Boss Hog [Vinyl]

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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.

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.

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.

Nasty punk/power pop with attitude lyrics not for everyone but still has its place in this ever spinning and mind boggling universe.

Cristina Martinez sings along with a great band who crash out blues riffs to hard hitting punk style drums. This is an underrated album....and it's alot of fun. Give it a chance.

Christina Martinez was the girl who didnt look like what she played. This record is closer to the first few Blues Explosion records in sound. Dirty, noisy rock New Yawk style. There is also an extended version of this with 9 songs, i believe.

drop what ever it is that you are doing and buy this cd. The new one is suppose to be coming out this year and you need to prep yourself for it. Buy it now. Peace