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The Folk Implosion was an American indie rock/lo-fi 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 being canvassed with his primary band at the time, Sebadoh. The name is a play on the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.


History

The band's status was relatively obscure before Larry Clark's film Kids, and its soundtrack, most of which contained original compositions by Barlow and Davis. 'Natural One', one of the songs from the soundtrack, became a hit single. It peaked at no. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, no. 4 on the Billboard Modern Rock Charts and no. 20 on the Mainstream Rock Charts. The track peaked at no. 45 in the UK Singles Chart. Though the band attempted to duplicate the success of that song, their subsequent albums and singles were not as successful. In 1995, the band contributed the song 'Indierockinstrumental' to Red Hot + Bothered, a benefit album for people with AIDS, produced by the Red Hot Organization.

In 1996, the band covered the song 'I'm Just a Bill' from Schoolhouse Rock! for the tribute album Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks as 'Deluxx Folk Implosion'.

After Davis left the band in 2000, Barlow recruited Russ Pollard and Imaad Wasif from the band Alaska! to record The New Folk Implosion. In 2002, the band appeared as the backing musicians for the main character played by Alessandro Nivola in the film Laurel Canyon.

The band has not been active since 2004.
Discography
Albums

Take a Look Inside (Communion Label, 1994)
Dare to Be Surprised (Communion Label, 1997)
One Part Lullaby (Interscope, 1999)
The New Folk Implosion (Domino, 2003)

Singles and EPs

Walk Through This World with the Folk Implosion cassette (Chocolate Monk, 1993)
Walk Through This World with the Folk Implosion 7' EP (Drunken Fish, 1994)
'Electric Idiot' (Ubik, 1995)
'Natural One' (London, 1995)
'Palm of My Hand' (Communion Label, 1996)
The Folk Implosion (EP) (Communion Label, 1996)
'Pole Position' (Communion Label, 1997)
'Insinuation' (Communion Label, 1997)
'Free to Go' (Domino, 2000)
'Brand of Skin' (Domino, 2003)
'Pearl' (Domino, 2003)
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  Song Lyricist Composer Date
1 Back To The Sunrise     2008-01
2 Ball And Chain(Provided)     1997-04
3 Barricade     1997-04
4 Blank Paper(Provided)     1997-04
5 Brand Of Skin     2003-03
6 Burning Paper     1997-04
7 Chained To The Moon     2008-01
8 Checking In(Provided)     1997-04
9 Cold Night(Provided)     1997-04
10 Coral     2003-03
11 Creature Of Salt     2003-03
12 Dare To Be Surprised(Provided)     1997-04
13 E.z.l.a.     2008-01
14 Easy     2003-03
15 End Of Henley     2003-03
16 Fall Into November(Provided)     1997-04
17 Free to Go (edit)      
18 Free To Go     2008-01
19 Fuse     2003-03
20 Gravity Decides     2008-01
21 Insinuation (Dust Brothers remix)      
22 Insinuation     1997-04
23 Kingdom Of Lies     2008-01
24 Leaving It Up To Me     2003-03
25 Mechanical Man     2008-01
26 Merry Go Down     2008-01
27 My Ritual     2008-01
28 Natural One (DJ Shadow remix)      
29 Natural One (Lance Herbstrong remix)      
30 No Need To Worry     2008-01
31 One Part Lullaby     2008-01
32 Park Dub(Provided)     1997-04
33 Pearl     2003-03
34 Pole Position     1997-04
35 Releast     2003-03
36 River Devotion(Provided)     1997-04
37 Serge(Provided)     2008-01
38 Someone You Love     2008-01
39 That's The Trick(Provided)     1997-04
40 Wide Web(Provided)     1997-04