MUSIC NEWS- The legendary NYC punk blues band, Boss Hog will return to the New York stage on Wednesday, December 17, at the Bowery Ballroom, headlining an evening of their deliciously outrageous, perverse rock’n’roll, degenerate burlesque, and chasm-like grooves. Led by the wildly sexy and completely unpredictable punk chanteuse Cristina Martinez and her blues-exploding husband Jon Spencer, this will mark Boss Hog’s first hometown show since 2000.
The band has evolved over the years, with a rotating line-up that featured members of New York’s noisiest gentry, Pussy Galore, the Honeymoon Killers, and the Unsane, before finally evolving into the classic team of Cristina Martinez, Jon Spencer, Hollis Queens, Jens Jurgensen, and Mark Boyce for the decidedly slinkier Boss Hog. The entire entourage will be on hand for this return. Over the years they have shocked and amazed with their sui generis cocktail of sugar-coated hooks and poisonous riffs, seductive stage show, and subversive, sweaty rhythms. For their newest round they will be drawing on their entire legacy. To explain their eight-year hiatus, Cristina says, “It’s been two torturous terms of Republican disease and culture death. Now that we're free, it's the perfect time for us to bring back our own brand of sick in celebration.” Adds her live-in guitarist, Jon Spencer, “This whole ‘change’ thing isn’t new… Boss Hog represented change with every album we made!”
The show will also feature the country punk moxie of Tennessee's Those Darlins, the parade of burlesque goddesses Harvest Moon and Dirty Martini, with special guest DJ Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. If you recall, Boss Hog’s 1989 debut was as a last-minute fill in at CBGBs. Don't miss it.
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