"We wanted to destroy our own music...wanted to destroy indie rock, all the pretentions of indie rock. . ."
-- Folk Implosion interview, FRANTZINE #5, 1995
The Folk Implosion is Lou Barlow (left) and John Davis.
They have been writing soungs and recording together since the fall of 1993, when they recorded their debut album Take A Look Inside at John's house for the Communion label.
Since then, the Folk Implosion has scored the Larry Clark film KIDS and scored a top-40 hit with the song "Natural One", which was lifted off the aforementioned soundtrack. They also released a self-titled collection on Communion in 1996, consisting of the import "Electric Idiot" and "Palm Of My Hand"/"Mood Swing" singles.
Lou also plays in Sebadoh, who have been around since 1989, and just finished a six-month tour of North America and Europe this past March. It was in support of their most recent album, Harmacy ,on Sub Pop Records.
John has been releasing solo material since '91, with three albums out on the Shrimper and Communion labels. In January '97 he concluded a short tour in support of his latest album, Blue Mountains. The Folk Implosion recently concluded its first tour (with Gary Held on drums and Tom Flynn on bass) of North America and Europe.
In addition, the Folk Implosion periodically join forces with the Boston band Deluxx to form the Deluxx Folk Implosion.
