The soul-inspired punk rock creation of Cristina Martinez and Jon Spencer, Boss Hog's intermittent recording history has often led to the band being viewed as an ad hoc side project of the couple's involvement in the better known Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. In fact, Boss Hog predates the Blues Explosion and by the mid-90s had finally settled on a stable line-up and begun to release albums that are arguably more inspired than those of the Blues Explosion. Martinez and Spencer have been romantic partners since the mid-80s and were also briefly musical partners in "scum rock' legends Pussy Galore. In 1989, following the messy break-up of Pussy Galore, Martinez and Spencer hastily formed Boss Hog (named after the biking magazine and not the Dukes Of Hazzard character) to fulfil a live date at CBGB's. The couple went on to record the Drinkin, Lechin' & Lyin" EP for the hip Amphetamine Reptile label, with help from a stellar list of indie rock musicians including drummer Charlie Ondras, bass player Pete Shore, and guitarists Jerry Teel and Kurt Wolf. The provocative cover, featuring a naked Martinez, was not matched by the substandard garage rock style within, which for most of the time seemed bound by the conventions of the scum rock scene. Subsequent releases, Cold Hands and the Action Box EP, suffered from the same identity crisis and eventually the band disintegrated in a flurry of clashing egos.

Listen to Boss Hog at Finetune.

• (1995)  Boss Hog

• I Dig You
• Winn Coma
• What The Fuck
• Walk In
• White Sand

• Queens Of The Stone Age
• The Donnas
• Babes In Toyland
• The Pixies
• Sonic Youth
• Nirvana
• Radiohead
• PJ Harvey
• Rolling Stones
• The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
• Alice In Chains
• Melvins
• Yo La Tengo
• Muse
• Blur
• The Police
• Hole
• Portishead
• Luscious Jackson
• Monster Magnet

• m4z23
• soundpit
• marzio_guyot
• squeeze
• 709
• Archivauld
• kalaxis