JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION, "PLASTIC FANG"

Matador (North America) / Mute (UK)
EMI buys Mute? Robert Rental, Michael Karoli and Frank Tovey die. Didthey fall or were they pushed? Are EMI hitmen knocking off the lesslucrative Mute artists so that back catalog can be hastily deleted withlittle complaint? Did anyone notice when they kidnapped Jon Spencer,entrapped him behind the Green Door and replaced him with Shakin'Stevens, that top 80s Welsh Elvis impersonator? There is some shakin'rock'n'roll going on tonight in this ole house, but these ears are justhearing a lot of mouldy old dough. The fang has little bite but chewson anyway in plastic denim clad daddy-o sideburn style. The only partcomparable in excitement to former Blues Explosion fun is the momentwhen opening track "Sweet 'N' Sour" crunches to a stop and fires upagain. I wish Shaky luck in this new found career and hope he will letJon free without too much brainwashing. No sound files on this one. Letthe corporate-u-lent fill up their own webspace. Genesis P. Orridgewatch your back!