Jason and the Scorchers

By Nick Cristiano
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Friday, October 11, 1996

Copyright 1996 The Philadelphia Inquirer

It's hard to think of any reuniting band that has managed to recapture its initial vigor and vision better than Jason and the Scorchers did on 1995's A Blazing Grace. Time apart definitely rejuvenated the members of this pioneering cow-punk outfit, and the new Clear Impetuous Morning (Mammoth) proves Blazing was no fluke. Nobody sounds like these guys, whose Hank Williams-meets-the Sex-Pistols attack still features the fire-and-brimstone fervor of singer-songwriter Jason Ringenberg and the slash-and-burn guitar of Warner Hodges. On Wednesday, they'll make their first Philadelphia appearance in quite some time.

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