The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – NME: Winona Stars in Blues Explosion Vid (PRESS, UK)

Photo Caption: It’s the Jon Spencer Hollywood Explosion (L-R) Ribisi, Reilly and Ryder.

Also in the video guitarist Judah Bauer is polayed by Giovanni Ribisi from Saving Private Ryan and drummer Russell Simins is portrayed by John C Reilly from Boogie Nights.

The musicians appear in the short film playing actors in a crime thriller. According to the band it’s a take-off of pop videos being used to hype soundtracks.

There are also plans for a full-length feature film of ‘Acme’, the band’s new album which has just been released. The idea is for the band to star in the movie, but the project is still at the discussion stages.

Jon Spencer said that although he was pleased that they managed to get the actors to appear in the ‘Talk About The Blues’ video, he was more impressed with his band’s acting abilities.

The singer told MTV Online: “I think that people are really going to be surprised when they see the acting on the part of the Blues Explosion. When people get a load of some of the heavy, dramatic, really very intense scenes that we pulled out from our souls, I think people are really going to be blown away.”

‘Talk About The Blues’ is being released in the US next month, although a UK release has yet to be confirmed. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion’s next UK release from the album is ‘Magical Colours’, which comes out on November 2.

Meanwhile, the band play a one-off UK date at London Shepherd’s Bush Empire on November 27. Support has yet to be confirmed. “