The Folk Implosion is an American band founded in the early 1990s by Lou Barlow and John Davis.

[2] It was initially a side-project started by Barlow to explore different territory than that which was being canvassed with his primary band at the time, Sebadoh.

[4] The band's status was relatively obscure before Larry Clark's film Kids, and its soundtrack, most of which contained original compositions by Barlow and Davis.

[3][5] The introduction of Fay and Peretta to the band allowed the Folk Implosion to realize its songs live.

In 2002, the band appeared as the backing musicians for the main character played by Alessandro Nivola in the film Laurel Canyon.

John Davis returned to teaching and began to release music again as a solo artist in 2013.

It consisted of the band's contributions to the Kids soundtrack in addition to other songs recorded during the same era.