Spasm Band

The Spasm Band was in the early jazz a small, often consisting of adolescents music ensemble whose instrumentation consisted mainly of utility, or very simple musical instruments, pots, washboards and tubs for the percussion, kazoos as melodic instruments and jugs ( Jugs ) for Into singing a bass voice. Jelly Roll Morton used the name. As the first band performing under this name, the well-known in New Orleans since 1895 Stale Bread 's Spasm Band, which also appeared as Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band later applies.

In the 1950s the term was used also to denote music group that played a mix of Dixieland, Traditional Jazz, Jugband and skiffle music. Alluding it has The Nihilist Spasm Band, a Canadian noise band, given its name.