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...broken man, this here’s my broken band, from a broken land,” announces Jason Stollsteimer, the singer with a broken face. As ubiquitous as Stollsteimer??s battered image became following his thrashing at the hands of former mentor Jack White, the stars on this album are bassist Carrie Smith and drummer Don Blum. Their powerful playing breathes new urgency into a blues-rock formula that’s already starting to grow stale on the edges...
...Bondies have been getting more press than they are accustomed to in recent months thanks to lead singer Jason Stollsteimer??s bloody altercation with Jack White of the White Stripes-—an incident that sent Stollsteimer to the hospital and White into police custody last December...
...picture of a post-fight Stollsteimer taken shortly after the event is startlingly painful to look at. Stollsteimer??s face is almost unrecognizable—all swollen, purple and bloodied. Adding to the 90210-style smuttiness of the matter, and its appeal to mass audiences, White and the Von Bondies used to be friends. They’re all from Detroit and share a blues-inflected rock sound. Jack White even produced their debut album and dated Von Bondies guitarist Marcie Bolen...
...Stollsteimer explained after returning a moment later, smiling slyly as the audience laughed at his allusion. The rest of the show ran smoothly, if that word can even be used to describe the Bondies’ arsenal of fiery rock ’n roll tunes: Stollsteimer??s Otis Redding-influenced howl bellowing over surging currents of guitar, bass and drums...
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