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. A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Lo-fi — from Low Fidelity — describes a sound recording which contains accidental artifacts, like distortion, or environmental noise, or a recording which has a limited frequency response. ... Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent underground music scene. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Interscope Records is an American record label owned and operated by Universal Music Group. ... Domino Records has been the name of three different record labels, two United States based labels from the first third of the 20th century, and a late 20th century and 21st century label based in the United Kingdom. ... Louis Knox Barlow (born July 17, 1966) is a musician from the USA credited with helping pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Russell Pollard (or Russ Pollard for short) is an American rock musician. ... Imaad Wasif was one of the guitar players and founding members of the 1990s alternative group Folk Implosion and all forms of the band which included New Folk Implosion and Deluxe Folk Implosion. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Lo-fi — from Low Fidelity — describes a sound recording which contains accidental artifacts, like distortion, or environmental noise, or a recording which has a limited frequency response. ... Louis Knox Barlow (born July 17, 1966) is a musician from the USA credited with helping pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... John Davis is the name of several persons: John Davis (1550?-1605), an English navigator and explorer. ... Sebadoh were an indie-rock band formed in Massachusetts by former Dinosaur Jr. ...

History

The band's status was relatively obscure prior to the Larry Clark film Kids, and its soundtrack, nearly half of which included original compositions by Barlow and Davis. The song 'Natural One' from the film's well-selling soundtrack (though not included in the film) was a hit single and reached # on the the charts. Though the band attempted to duplicate the success of that song, their subsequent albums and singles were nowhere near as successful as the Natural One single. After Davis left the band in 2000, Barlow recruited Russ Pollard and Imaad Wasif from the band Alaska! to record The New Folk Implosion. Subsequently the band was dropped from their major-label and have not been active since 2002, when they appeared as The Foke Implojun, in the film Laurel Canyon. Larry Clark (born 1943) is an American film director, photographer, writer and producer who is most well known for the movie Kids. ... Kids (1995) is a cult film about a day in the life of New York City teenagers and their sexual desire and sexual behavior during the emergence of HIV. It also depicts the use of marijuana, alcohol, Nitrous Oxide, tobacco, ecstasy, and Special K, a. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Russell Pollard (or Russ Pollard for short) is an American rock musician. ... Imaad Wasif was one of the guitar players and founding members of the 1990s alternative group Folk Implosion and all forms of the band which included New Folk Implosion and Deluxe Folk Implosion. ... Alaska! is an indie rock duo from the United States. ... Laurel Canyon can refer to several things: Laurel Canyon is a 2002 American drama movie, written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko. ...

Discography

Albums

• Take A Look Inside (Communion, 1994)
• Dare To Be Surprised (Communion, 1997)
• One Part Lullaby (Interscope, 1999)
• The New Folk Implosion (Domino USA, 2003)

Dare To Be Surprised is the second album by The Folk Implosion. ... Interscope Records is a record label currently owned by the Universal Music Group. ... Domino Records has been the name of three different record labels, two United States based labels from the first third of the 20th century, and a late 20th century and 21st century label based in the United Kingdom. ...

Singles

• Natural One (London, 1995)

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External links

• All Music Guide entry
• Official site