Boss Hog – Press

We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001 [Expanded Edition] (BOOK/DOWNLOAD, US) 2022.02.15
Uncut: Album by Album (PRESS, UK)
SCAN: Jon Spencer discusses the self titled album.
2018.10.19
Fused – Boss Hog: Interview (PRESS, UK)
Interview Photos / Artwork
2017.05.17
Rock & Folk: Ce disque a été écrit avant le désastre Trump (PRESS, FRANCE)
PHOTO: Incomplete
2017.04.00
Big Take Over: Cristina Martinez Interview (PRESS, US)
TEXT
2017.03.09
Buscadero: Il Ritorno Del Boss Hog / Brood X (PRESS, ITALY)
Images: Interview / Review
2017.03.00
Urban: Cristina Martinez Interview (PRESS, SPAIN)
SCAN: Interview
2017.00.00
Music & Riots: Stylish, Defiant & Viciously Smart (PRESS, UK)
SCAN: Four page feature interview
2017.05.08
Persona: Olivier Brut Artwork (PRESS, FRANCE)
Artwork / Cristina Martinez Photo
2017.05.00
Maximum RockNRoll: Brood Star [Review] (PRESS, US)
SCAN
2016.10.00
Eugene Weekly: Bossy Pants (PRESS, US)
SCAN
2016.07.13
The Jesus Lizard – Book (PRESS, US)
SCANS: Features Boss Hog, Jon Spencer and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2014.04.17
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Heavy Trash / Boss Hog / Pussy Galore – Ruta 66: El Regreso de JSBX (PRESS, SPAIN)
SCAN: Spanish-language interview (8 Pages).
2012.03.00
Crawdaddy.com: “Jon Spencer: Before and Beyond The Blues Explosion” [Interview] (PRESS, US)
TEXT: “While his brawny onstage persona certainly precedes him, Jon Spencer is, perhaps not surprisingly, a humble, organic dude with all the right artistic intentions.” 
2011.04.09
Uncut: Ch-Ch-Changes (PRESS, UK)
SCAN: Two-page article with a series of photographs with commentary from Jon Spencer
2010.11.28
(Jan 2011)
Narelle Gee: Real Wild Child: An Insider’s Tales From The Rage Couch (PRESS, AUSTRALIA)

TEXT: Mention’s Boss Hog selecting videos for Rage.

2010.10.10
NME: Does Rock’n’Roll Kill Braincells? (PRESS, UK)
Full page article / Jon Spencer answers 10 questions about his career.
2010.06.12
We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001 (BOOK/DOWNLOAD, US)
COVER + INFO / TRACK LISTING
2010.06.01
MagnetMagazine.com: Q&A with the Blues Explosion’s Jon Spencer (PRESS, US)
Q&A with Jon Spencer covering most of his history
2010.05.17
Michael Lavine / Thurston Moore – Grunge (BOOK, UK)
IMAGES
2009.09.02
The Peel Sessions (BOOK, UK)
COVER ONLY
2007.11.04
Libération Style (PRESS, FRANCE)
IMAGE: incomplete
2002.03.07
NME: Itchy & Scratchy [Review] (PRESS, UK)
TEXT: “…and surely Cristina Martinez and Jon Spencer are too cool, and Clinic too sensible, to indulge such a crummy style mutation. Purity’s not what it used to be, it seems. Cracking tunes, though.”
2000.10.21
NZherald.co.nz: Looking To Get Weird in New Zealand (PRESS, NEW ZEALAND)
TEXT: Interview / Show Preview for The Powerstation, Auckland, NZ (23 October 2000)
2000.10.14
NME: Reading Festival Preview (PRESS, UK)
Very brief mention of Boss Hog in Reading Festival article.
2000.08.20
Rockpile: Rock ‘n’ Roll Debutante (PRESS, US)
COVER ONLY
2000.06.00
Ink19.com: She’s the Boss: An Interview with Cristina Martinez of Boss Hog (PRESS, US) 2000.06.00
NME: Snout To Write Home About [LA2 Review] (PRESS, UK)
TEXT: “Attitude – impeccable. Style – immaculate. Cristina Martinez, beautiful and spidery in black leather trousers and black satin hair, stalks the stage leggily like she’s checking her web for food…”
2000.04.29
Opscene #76: Als Ik Naakt Wil Poseren, Doe Ik Dat (PRESS, NETHERLANDS)
SCAN: Cover / Two-page feature
2000.04/05
Kerrang: LA2, London [Review] (PRESS, UK)
IMAGE
2000.04.17
Get It While You Wait (CD/PRESS RELEASE, UK)
SCAN / TEXT included on CD page.
2000.04.24
NME: On The Couch / Get It While You Wait Review (PRESS, UK)
What’s your most treasured possession?
“My memories, and my life experiences – if you lose those, you don’t have anything. I don’t keep diaries – I make records.”
2000.04.22
Mondo Sonoro: La Fiera Domada (PRESS, SPAIN)
COVER ONLY
2000.04.00
Rock Sound: Cover/Feature (PRESS, SPAIN)
COVER ONLY
2000.04.00
Live XS: Cover / Featre (PRESS, NETHERLANDS)
COVER ONLY
2000.04.00
Darling: Cover/Feature (PRESS, EU)
COVER ONLY
2000.03.00
Kerrang: American Beauty [Interview] (PRESS, UK)
COVER ONLY
2000.02.24
Il Mucchio: Cover/Feature (PRESS, ITALY)
COVER ONLY
2000.02.15
Les Inrockuptibles: Cover/Feature (PRESS, FRANCE)
COVER ONLY
2000.02.15
Spex: Cover/Feature (PRESS, GERMANY)
COVER ONLY
2000.02.00
Rockerilla: Cover/Feature (PRESS, US)
COVER ONLY
2000.02.00
MusicFront: Interview (PRESS, UK)
SCAN
2000.00.00
Front: Sexual Healing (PRESS, UK)
SCAN
2000.00.00
Rockin’On (PRESS, JAPAN)
4x IMAGES ONLY
2000.00.00
Paper: High On The Hog (PRESS, US) Paper: High On The Hog (PRESS, US)
SCAN: Two-page feature
2000.00.00
Whos The Boss [Interview] (PRESS, US) Who’s The Boss [Interview] (PRESS, US)
SCAN: Two-page feature
2000.00.00
Whiteout (A4 SHEET, UK) Whiteout (A4 SHEET, UK)
WHITEOUT INFORMATION SHEET: “The sound is an evolution of the punky sexploitation of the old, toward something a little more slinky and subversive. The old influences are there to be heard but this time round loops and programming have enhanced the sound to create a benchmark album to herald in the 21st Century.”
2000.02.12
Bikini: Article (MAGAZINE, US)
INTERVIEW (SCAN): “Boss Hog singer Cristina Martinez walks into an East Village coffee shop on a bright Saturday afternoon looking, for all the world, like the chick from Friends on the way to her day job as a dominatrix”
0000.05.00
Rockin’On: Cristina Martinez Interview (PRESS, JAPAN)
SCAN: 4-page feature
1999.09.00
Crossbeat: Feature / Advert / Review (PRESS, JAPAN)
SCAN
1999.09.00
Bounce / Tower Records: Feature (PRESS, JAPAN)
PHOTOS / Incomplete
1999.09.00
Buzz: Feature (PRESS, JAPAN)
SCAN: 3-page feature + advert
1999.09.00
Rockin’On: Whiteout [Review] (PRESS, JAPAN)
SCAN
1999.08.00
'Bust' Cover/Feature (MAGAZINE, US) Bust: Cover/Feature (MAGAZINE, US)
INTERVIEW (SCAN – although first two paragraphs are not clear): “Did you fear the sex would change with a bambino in the house? Jon: We don’t keep any drugs in the house. What are you talking about? Cristina: We got rid of the bambino when the baby was born.”
1998.12.00
BB Gun [#3] (PRESS, US)
SCAN
1997.00.00
Details: Funky Big White Noise [2100 WORDS] (PRESS, US)
“Growing up in the ’70s in Hanover, New Hampshire, Jon Spencer was a polite kid too scared to watch horror movies. ten years after that, he was a Brown dropout living in Washington, D.C., with his band, Pussy Galore watching trash movies and horror films all night long.”
1996.12.00
Noise From The Underground: A Secret History of Alternative Rock (PRESS, US)
SCANS: Images of Boss Hog, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Pussy Galore by Michael Lavine
1996.11.20
Mommy and I Are One: Article (PRESS, US)
COVER ONLY
1996.FALL
Crossbeat: Winn Coma [Review] (PRESS, JAPAN)
SCAN
1996.09.00
Sift: Cover (PRESS, JAPAN)
Front Cover Only
1996.08.00
Spiral: Boss Hog (PRESS, SPAIN)
SCAN
1996.05.30
Melody Maker: I Dig You [Review / Advert] (PRESS, UK) 1996.03.23
Ruta 66: Cover/Interview (PRESS, SPAIN) 1996.03.00
Boss Hog [Review] (PRESS, SPAIN) 1996.02.00
Factory: Cover/Feature (MAGAZINE, SPAIN)
COVER ONLY.
1996.00.00
Rumore: Boss Hog [Cover / Feature] (PRESS, ITALY)
COVER ONLY
1996.01.00
Discorder: Cristina Martinez Interview (PRESS, CANADA)
SCAN
1996.01.00
Guitar World: Pig Style (PRESS, US)
SCAN
1996.01.00
S&M: TJ’s, Newport 31/10/95 / Cristina Martinez Interview 31/10/95 / Boss Hog [Album Review] [5000 Words] (PRESS, UK)
TEXT: “Cristina retains a wide smile for the entire set, evidence that she’s really enjoying this, I might have glanced a smile from Hollis but Jon is totally transformed when on stage, he’s charged up and comes to life, he was born to be an entertainer, I couldn’t imagine him doing anything else…”
1995/1996
Abus Dangereux: Sherif, Fais-Moi Peur! (PRESS, FRANCE)
SCANS: Cover and 2-page Article
12.95 –
01.96
Vox: Boss Hog [Review] (PRESS, UK)
SCAN: “‘Boss Hog’ rocks like a bastard.”
1995.12.00
Ruta 66: Garage London (PRESS, SPAIN)
SCAN
1995.12.00
Boss Hog [Review] (PRESS, CANADA)
SCAN
1995.12.01
Lambda: Boss Hog [Review / Chart] (PRESS, CANADA) 1995.11.16
Resistant Harmony: Interview (PRESS, AUSTRALIA)
SCAN: Cristina Martinez interview
1995.11.00
Billions: Tour Dates (PRESS, US) 1995.11/12
Imprint: Lee’s Palace, Toronto, ON [Review] (PRESS, CANADA)
SCAN
1995.11.11
Gateway: The Baddest Pig (PRESS, CANADA)
SCAN: Review of Boss Hog show at Cafe Campus, Montréal, QC, CANADA (10 November 1995)
1995.11.15
Rif Raf: Cover / Feature (PRESS, FRANCE)
FRONT COVER ONLY
1995.11.00
The List: Hog Heaven (PRESS, UK)
SCAN: Preview for The Venue, Edinburgh, UK (29 October 1995)
1995.10.20
Melody Maker: White Trash Aesthetic (PRESS, UK)
SCAN
1995.10.14
Info Sheet [1995] (PRESS, US)
Photo: One-Page Biography
1995.10.10
Press Release [1995] (PRESS, US)
SCAN: Three-page biography
1995.10.10
CMJ: Cover / Feature (PRESS, US)
COVER ONLY
1995.10.09
Kerrrang!: One’s To Watch (PRESS, UK)
SCAN: show preview for The Garage on 12 October 1995
1995.10.07
Magnet: Cover/Feature (MAGAZINE, US)
COMPLETE SCAN: “When Cristina Martinez strides out of her New York City apartment building, you can’t help but think. “So this is what they mean by glamour.””
1995.10.00
Album Review: NME (MAGAZINE, UK) NME: Album Review (MAGAZINE, UK)
BOSS HOG (SCAN/TEXT): “THE TRUTH is out. Cristina Martinez, all catwoman curves and guile and spikey high heels, is the female Jon Spencer. Or perhaps that should be: Jon Spencer is the male Cristina Martinez.”
1995.09.30
BB Gun: Who’s The Boss [Interview] (PRESS, US)
TEXT:  “I don’t wanna end up like Dee-Lite walking the runways of Paris and stuff…MTV was exciting because I love House of Style and I wanted to hear Cindy Crawford say: Boss Hog. Obviously I’m interested in fashion…but I don’t wanna get pegged.” 
1995.00.00
Eyedeal [#3]: This is Not A Love Song [2000 Words] (PRESS, US)
TEXT:  “I hope you like Boss Hog because you’re going to be seeing a lot more of them. As of December ’94 they are signed to DGC. I was very pleased when Cristina agreed to an interview with Eye Deal and equally as surprised when Jon and Jens showed up before she did. ” 
1995.00.00
Alternative Press: The Truth Is Marching In (PRESS, US)
SCAN: Three-page feature 
1995.01.00
Raygun: Shootin’ (The) Shit With Boss Hog’s Cristina Martinez (PRESS, US)
SCAN: Four page interview. 
1995.00.00
Melody Maker: Fur Trading (PRESS, UK)
SCAN: Partial discography of bands linked to Pussy Galore
1994.03.05
Ruta 66: Amphetamine Reptile [Article] (PRESS, SPAIN)
COVER ONLY
1994.01.00
Maximum Rocknroll [no. 127] (PRESS, US)
SCAN
1993.12.00
Ruta 66: Girl+ [Review] (PRESS, SPAIN) 1993.09.00
Discorder: Girl+ [Review] (PRESS, CANADA) 1993.09.01
Trash: Girl+ (PRESS, GERMANY) 1993.00.00
Fiz [#7]: High on the Hog [3700 Words] (PRESS, US)
TEXT:  “Well, I realize this was supposed to be Chesley’s New York thing, but I just couldn’t help getting my own schnoz into the picture. I mean, c’mon! We’re talkin’ Cristina here folks, and my blood is as red as it comes. Not only does she front a group that boasts the best of the best players in the galaxy (not to mention that she is Mrs. Jon Spencer), and work a bitchin’ day job…” 
1993.07.00
Fiz [#5]: All Roads Lead To Spencer: A Historic Look At The … [3400 Words] (PRESS, US)
TEXT: “Fiz: Hazelmyer [Tom Hazelmyer of Amphetamine Reptile Records] told me that all of the records he puts out, Drinkin’, Lechin’ and Lyin’ is one of his all time favourite to just pop on and listen to. Jon: I know he said he really likes the first cut on that record for driving. That’s really a nice compliment.”
1993.03.00
Alternative Press #43: Control Hogs On The Road To Ruin [3200 Words] (PRESS, US)
TEXT:”He gave us 25 copies of Bands That Could Be God that he had lying around the Matador offices to name a song after him,” Charlie snickers. “We were supposed to promo that record in the song but we couldn’t fit ‘Bands That Could Be God’ in the rhythmic scheme. So it didn’t work out.” 
1991.12.00
Spin: Cold Hands [Review] (PRESS, US)
SCAN
1991.05.00
Spex # 4: Cover / Feature (PRESS, GERMANY)
COVER ONLY
1991.04.00
Melody Maker: Marquee [Review] (PRESS, UK) 1991.03.16
Felix: Marquee [Review] (PRESS, UK) 1991.03.08
Ruta 66: Cold Hands [Review] (PRESS, SPAIN) 1991.03.00
Melody Maker: Cold Hands [Review] (PRESS, UK) 1991.02.21
Howl: Cold Hands [Review] (PRESS, GERMANY) 1991.02.00
Rollerderby: Cristina Regina (PRESS, US)
Full Image
1991.00.00
Bierfront: Clean (S)ex [Article] / The Man Who Loved Couch Dancing [Review] (PRESS, GERMANY)
SCANS
1991.00.00
Cold Hands (PRESS RELEASE, GERMANY) 1990.12.02
Ruta 66: Drinkin’, Lechin & Lyin’ [Review] (PRESS, SPAIN)
SCAN: Spanish language review
1990.04.00
NME: Drinkin’, Lechin’ & Lyin’ [Review] (PRESS, UK)
SCAN
1989.12.16
Melody Maker: Drinkin’, Lechin’ & Lyin’ [Review] (PRESS, UK)
SCAN
1990.01.13
Howl: Drinkin’, Lechin’ & Lyin’ [Review] (PRESS, GERMANY)
SCAN: German language review
1990.00.00
Barbiturate Mammal Mini-Magazine (PRESS, US)
SCAN
1989.FALL