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Smokestack Lightnin' Home Page' -- The Blues Profile Page
Punk Blues (or blues punk) denotes a fusion genre of punk
rock and blues. Punk blues musicians and bands usually
incorporate elements of related styles, such as protopunk and
blues rock. Its origins lie strongly within the garage rock
sound of the 1960s and 1970s.
Punk blues can be said to favor the common rawness, simplicity
and emotion shared between the punk and blues genres. Chet
Weise, singer/guitarist of The Immortal Lee County Killers
stated, 'Punk and blues are both honest reactions to life. It's
blues, it's our blues. It's just a bit turned up and a bit
faster.'
Jon Spencer
blues punk) denotes a fusion genre of punk rock and blues. Punk
blues musicians and bands usually incorporate elements of
related styles, such as protopunk and blues rock. Its origins
lie strongly within the garage rock sound of the 1960s and
1970s.
Punk blues can be said to favor the common rawness, simplicity
and emotion shared between the punk and blues genres. Chet
Weise, singer/guitarist of The Immortal Lee County Killers
stated, 'Punk and blues are both honest reactions to life. It's
blues, it's our blues. It's just a bit turned up and a bit
faster.'
Before the beginning of the punk movement of the late 1970s,
several important forerunners such as the MC5, The Stooges, The
Who, The Sonics, Captain Beefheart and the New York Dolls
displayed a fascination with American blues.
Allmusic states that punk blues draws on the influence of the
'garage rock sound of the mid-'60s, the primal howl of early
Captain Beefheart, and especially in the raw and desperate sound
of the Gun Club's landmark Fire of Love LP from 1981.' Also
according to Allmusic.com, '...punk blues really came to life in
the early '90s with bands like the seminal Jon Spencer Blues
Explosion, The Oblivians, The Gories and the Gibson Brothers',
and 'continued into the 2000s with even more visibility thanks
to the popularity of The White Stripes'. John Doe of L.A. punk
band X claims that frontman Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club
invented a completely new style of music by mixing punk and
blues.
PJ Harvey
Beginning with their 1988 album Prison Bound, the punk band
Social Distortion began incorporating rockabilly, country and
blues influences into their music. In the early 1990s, British
musician PJ Harvey also explored an avant-garde variant of the
style.
The Detroit garage rock scene that bore bands such as The White
Stripes continues to thrive with punk blues musicians and bands
that can be tied to the style, such as The Detroit Cobras,
Geraldine, Mystery Girls, The Reigning Sound, Soledad Brothers,
The Von Bondies, and countless others. The Boston band Mr.
Airplane Man also plays in this style.
The indie rock bands The Gossip, The Kills, Deadboy & the
Elephantmen, and Big John Bates have been associated by the
media with a punk/blues sound.
Cage The Elephant is also a known band that includes songs like
In One Ear, Ain't No Rest for the Wicked, or Back Against The
Wall
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