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Heavy Trash is an American rockabilly band based in New York City, formed by Jon Spencer of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Matt Verta-Ray (formerly of New York bands Madder Rose and Speedball Baby).
Jon Spencer has chosen the righteous path, and got Way Out with his pal Matt Verta-Ray and the Heavy Trash!!! Matt Verta-Ray grew up in the loving arms of left wing parents who would take him to folk and blues shows long before he sprouted sideburns.
Heavy Trash. Jon Spencer and Speedball Baby’s Matt Verta-Ray form rollicking rockabilly and weirdo country band combo. Read Full Biography.
Nov 4, 2009 · Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray continue to reinterpret the early days of rock'n'roll, emphasizing the rawness and raunchiness of it all.
Matt Verta-Ray reflects on the gravitating pull of stylistic commonalities – the same pull that brought him to fellow punky-blues-deconstructionist Jon Spencer, mixing and flowing together in the gutters of New York, thanks to the city’s niche-like layout of hamlet scenes.
Heavy Trash - Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray interviewed by Hermione Gilchrist FB - / heavytrashofficial IG - @heavy.trash Label - https://www.yeproc.com/artists/heavy-...
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Matt Verta-Ray. Profile: Guitarist, bassist, and producer based in New York City. Owns and operates the analog NY Hed Studios. Member of Madder Rose, Speedball Baby, and Heavy Trash . Born 1963 in Cairo, Egypt, he began playing guitar in 1974. In 1985 he moved to New York City.
