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The Folk Implosion is an American band founded in the early 1990s by Lou Barlow and John Davis. [2] It was initially a side-project started by Barlow to explore different territory than that which was being canvassed with his primary band at the time, Sebadoh. [2]
Jul 31, 2024 · The Folk Implosion were maybe the unlikeliest of Barlow’s projects to hit big, just a ramshackle bedroom project from the duo of him and John Davis, who originally left shortly after 1999’s beautiful, sampladelic major-label bow One Part Lullaby.
The Folk Implosion is an American band founded in the early 1990s by Lou Barlow and John Davis. It was initially a side-project started by Barlow to explore different territory than that which was being canvassed with his primary band at the time, Sebadoh. The name is a play on the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
Sep 8, 2023 · John Davis and Lou Barlow revisit the song, album, and soundtrack that helped make the Folk Implosion a seminal trip-hop-indebted indie-rock success story.
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Members include Lou Barlow (born c. 1966; former bassist for Dinosaur Jr.; vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter for Sebadoh), vocals, guitar; John Davis,vocals, guitar. Formed band, 1993; released debut album Take a Look Inside the Folk Implosion, 1995; single “Natural One” from the Kids soundtrack became a top 40 hit, 1995; released Dare To Be Surp...
Take a Look Inside the Folk Implosion,Communion, 1994. The Folk Implosion,Communion, 1996. Dare to Be Surprised,Communion, 1997. One Part Lullaby,Interscope, 1999.
Books
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide,Visible Ink Press, 1999.
Periodicals
Billboard,October 23, 1999. Boston Globe,April 4, 1997; January 2, 1998; March 18, 1999. Magnet, October/November 1999, p. 77. Melody Maker,December 5, 1998. Rolling Stone,August 5, 1999. Village Voice,May 6, 1997. USA Today,September 14, 1999.
Online
Folk Implosion at Interscope Records, http://www.folkimplosion.com(January 10, 2000). Folk Implosion at the Communion label, http://www.midheaven.com(January 10, 2000). RollingStone.com, http://www.rollingstone.tunes.com(January 10, 2000). —Laura Hightower
Oct 4, 2023 · The fingerprints of the indie legend — cofounder of Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Deep Wound and the Folk Implosion, plus an eclectic solo artist — are etched in the annals of generation-defining DIY punk.
Mar 29, 2014 · Where The Folk Implosion came from and the logic behind the band’s sound is perfectly easy to understand: the band was formed in 1993 by Lou Barlow as a side project away from Sebadoh. At the time, Sebadoh was riding high on the increasing success of a series of well-received albums including Bubble and Scrape and III.
