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The Gun Club was an American punk blues band from Los Angeles in the 1980s led by singer/guitarist Jeffrey Lee Pierce. The Gun Club injected punk rock with doses of blues and country music. Along with X, The Flesh Eaters and The Blasters, they helped set the tone of the Hollywood rock scene of the 1980s and are cited as a “tribal psychobilly blues” band.
The Gun Club was formed by Jeffrey Lee Pierce, former head of the Blondie fan club in Los Angeles. Joining him was Brian Tristan, who was later renamed Kid Congo Powers during his stint with The Cramps, Don Snowden, who was at the time a music critic for the Los Angeles Times, and Brad Dunning. Pierce played guitar and lead vocals, while Tristan took on lead guitar, Snowden on bass, and Dunning rounding out the quartet on drums. The band was originally a rockabilly band called The Cyclones lead by Pleasant Gehman on lead vocals, but Gehman departed after only one show. Adopting the name The Creeping Ritual, Pierce moved to vocals and they spent some time gigging at local venues. Eventually, the group grew dissatisfied with their name and switched to The Gun Club, suggested by Pierce’s flatmate, Black Flag and Circle Jerks singer Keith Morris.
The Gun Club was formed by Jeffrey Lee Pierce, former head of the Blondie fan club in Los Angeles. Joining him was Brian Tristan, who was later renamed Kid Congo Powers during his stint with The Cramps, Don Snowden, who was at the time a music critic for the Los Angeles Times, and Brad Dunning. Pierce played guitar and lead vocals, while Tristan took on lead guitar, Snowden on bass, and Dunning rounding out the quartet on drums. The band was originally a rockabilly band called The Cyclones lead by Pleasant Gehman on lead vocals, but Gehman departed after only one show. Adopting the name The Creeping Ritual, Pierce moved to vocals and they spent some time gigging at local venues. Eventually, the group grew dissatisfied with their name and switched to The Gun Club, suggested by Pierce’s flatmate, Black Flag and Circle Jerks singer Keith Morris.
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She's Like Heroin to Me
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Ghost on the Highway
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Cool Drink of Water
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Like Calling Up Thunder
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Brother And Sister
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Bad Indian
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FuckImAwesome wrote:
Seriously.
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FuckImAwesome wrote:
This is seriously the best music I have ever heard.
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killvideo wrote:
watching kid congo play gun club covers really made me wish i could have seen the gun club in their heyday. it was good, but it wasn't jeffrey lee.
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Dee_Dee91 wrote:
great
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mrzimsnijeg wrote:
them and the leaving trains make nirvana sound like coldplay.
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albinoskarsson wrote:
Woow An album of interpretations of unfinished Jeffrey Lee Pierce songs featuring a duet with Debbie Harry & Nick Cave. David Eugene Edvards, Lydia Lunch, Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell and more is coming out in January.. amazing, can't wait: http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/uncut/news/13714
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DANGER_OF_DEAF wrote:
Excellent reissues of 'Miami' and 'Death Party' with bonus discs of live tracks
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tgodd wrote:
if you don't know why he says "nigger" you don't get the gun club
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robvent7 wrote:
The Best
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BaronessStrange wrote:
UNDERRATED...to the highest degree.
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theansweris42x wrote:
they would indeed. though he's just evoking a southern gothic style by usng the word. (also: i'm super glad to see the gories in the similar artists. fuck yeah.)
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Rancido wrote:
I'm pretty sure Jeffrey wasn't racist.I think the word fits the bad ass song right
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FuckImAwesome wrote:
It's obvious only because I know a little about Pierce. The average person who hears "nigger" is going to do a double-take. I have a feeling there are a lot of people who aren't paying attention.
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FuckImAwesome wrote:
Not trying to imply Jeffrey Lee was racist because I think it's quite obvious he wasn't, but I just find it interesting that nobody seems to notice/care/mention it.
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westonelchulo wrote:
Yeah he does. But apparently in the songs he uses them in he's taking the perspective of a redneck. I think.
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FuckImAwesome wrote:
Jeffrey Lee uses 'nigger' quite liberally.
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UnknownFloweR wrote:
Uwielbiam! :D
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BogdanStojakov wrote:
Jack White is a phony fuck! Gun Club is so awesome!
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divinemissh wrote:
always cheers me up!
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