With no-frills rock’n’roll outfits like Boss Hog, Pussy Galore and the Blues Explosion, Jon Spencer has been twisting blues, rock and hip hop into new shapes for three decades.
He sits down with Sam Wicks to trawl through a selection of deep cuts from some of his seminal influences.
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Artist: Chain Gang
Song: Son of Sam
Composer: Gee, Luanda
Album: Single
Label: Kapitalist Records
Artist: Darcy Clay
Song: Jesus I Was Evil
Composer: Clay, Bolton
Album: Jesus I Was Evil
Label: Antenna
Artist: Kraftwerk
Song: Numbers
Composer: R.Hutter, K.Bartos, F.Schneider
Album: Computer World
Label: Warner
Artist: Run–D.M.C.
Song: It's Tricky
Composer: Run–D.M.C.
Album: Raising Hell
Label: Def Jam
Artist: Run–D.M.C.
Song: It's Tricky
Composer: Run–D.M.C.
Album: Raising Hell
Label: Def Jam
Artist: Public Enemy
Song: Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
Composer: C.Ridenhour, N.Rogers, W.Drayton
Album: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Label: Def Jam