BLUDGERS
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BLUDGERS' NEWS
We won't club you in the head. We will sponge off you.
NEW "HISTORY OF THE WORLD" VIDEO
Welcome to the most recent Bludgers video. It is for the song "History of the World" which was originally released in 1994. When Peter Bogdanovich (Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, celebrated fall from grace) was a toddler, he extracted Soviet sci-fi video from the KGB and sculpted it into a movie called Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women which was an obvious preemption of the Budgers song. Instead of using it for tyranny, Bludgers have liberated it for the greater good. We hope you like it and we expect it will infect you and your dependents.
BEACHSLOTH REVIEW
This is really nice of them to say. True, but nice. "Instrumentally the group possesses impeccable chops as the interplay between them is a pure joy to behold. From the way the guitar explores such spacious geography to the clever storytelling, it all works together to create a beguiling mood."
JON SOLO ON WAKE ME UP
Jon Bludger had a solo, theatrical one-man NZ show(s) where he did loads of Bludgers songs and narrated them together into a coherent story. Bludgers directed our intelligence service to plant serreptitious monitoring at the time. The evidence is clear. I'm no Christian Slater and you're no Winona Ryder.
20,255 VIEWS (IN 13 DAYS) ON YOUTUBE FOR THE NEW ORLEANS AT DAWN VIDEO!!
The city of New Orleans has a lot of significance for Bludgers. Teenage absconding. Conference attendance and deviance. Tattoos of misleading images on our skin. Stolen cymbals and the symbolic theft of poetry. New Orleans at Dawn is the sixth track on the album Separate Ways (2016). Video produced by Paul Colussi.
SET YOUR SIGHTS LOW AT 25
Today is the 25th anniversary of the release of Set Your Sights Low on Hammerhead Records. Recorded by the late Robb Earls (RIP) at Sound Vortex in Nashville and mixed by Jonathan Pines at Private Studios in Champaign, IL. The CD release party was at the Chicago House of Blues supporting The Pursuit of Happiness. Thanks to Todd Thorstenson (Hammerhead). The album is available at BandCamp and all your streaming and online music services. Thanks!
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GREAT REVIEW OF DIRTY LAUNDRY!
Sleeping Bag Studios
We really like this review. First, it clears away decades of discussion of the band's name, then puts us in some good company, and has some real insights about the lyrics.
ABOUT BLUDGERS
Bludgers started in Champaign, IL in the 1990s when singer Jon Pheloung and guitarist Paul Colussi met in graduate school. The resulting acoustic/electric duo quickly gained a live reputation and a growing list of original songs. Bass player Craig Walls volunteered for duty and became the soul of the band as the trio endured a succession of drummers. With the arrival of Sean Fogarty on drums and Andy Leach on guitars and harmony vocals during the recording of second album Better Off At Home (a spirited summary of the best early Bludgers material), the band’s lineup was complete. They toured the American Midwest, East and South and recorded the moody, ambitious Set Your Sights Low in Nashville before taking a hiatus as members pursued other careers. They reconvened in 2016 to record the intricate and beautiful Separate Ways, including definitive versions of old favorites ‘I’m In a Band’ and ‘New Orleans at Dawn’. Now spread around the world. Releasing and recording music as fast as we can.