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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = The Folk Implosion| image =| caption =| background = group_or_band| origin = Boston , Massachusetts , United States | genre = Lo-fi music|Lo-fi , Indie rock , Alternative rock | years_active = 1993–2004| label = Chocolate Monk Records Communion Interscope Records|Interscope Domino Records|Domino USA | associated_acts =| current_members = Lou Barlow Russ Pollard Imaad Wasif | past_members = John Davis The Folk Implosion was an American indie rock / lo-fi music|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 prior to the Larry Clark film Kids (film)|Kids , and its soundtrack, most of which contained original compositions by Barlow and Davis. The song " Natural One " from this soundtrack was a hit single, peaking at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 , #4 on the Modern Rock Tracks|Billboard Modern Rock Charts and #20 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks|Mainstream Rock Charts .Allmusic|class=artist|id=p173410/charts-awards|pure_url=yes Allmusic Artist Chart History The track peaked at #45 in the UK Singles Chart .cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 207 Though the band attempted to duplicate the success of that song, their subsequent albums and singles were nowhere near as successful as "Natural One". In 1995, the band contributed the song "Indierockinstrumental" to the AIDS benefit album, Red Hot + Bothered , produced by the Red Hot Organization .
After Davis left the band in 2000, Barlow recruited Russell Pollard|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 (film)|Laurel Canyon .
The band has not been active since 2004.
Discography
Albums
Take A Look Inside (The Folk Implosion album)|Take A Look Inside (Communion, 1994)
Dare to Be Surprised (Communion, 1997)
One Part Lullaby ( Interscope , 1999)
The New Folk Implosion ( Domino Records|Domino USA , 2003)
Singles and EPs
Walk Through This World with the Folk Implosion cassette (Chocolate Monk Records UK, 1993)
Walk Through This World with the Folk Implosion 7" EP (Drunken Fish Records US, 1994)
