The Gun Club, in their time, were an uncomfortable sounding band, too ramshackle to be swamp blues, too emotional to be goth. Singer Jeffrey Lee Pierce was an impassioned figure, wild and long-haired, howling songs called She’s Like Heroin to Me and Death Party. Respected by their peers, The Gun Club to most sounded like an uncomfortable midway point between The Cramps and The Bad Seeds, but their influence has grown since Pierce’s death in 1996. Now we have this collection of songs demoed by Pierce and collaborator Cypress Grove, and enhanced and re-interpreted by artists as divers… read more
The Gun Club, in their time, were an uncomfortable sounding band, too ramshackle to be swamp blues, too emotional to be goth. Singer Jeffrey Lee Pierce was an impassioned figure, wild and long-haired, howling songs called She’s Like Heroin to Me and Death Party. Respected by their peers, The … read more
The Gun Club, in their time, were an uncomfortable sounding band, too ramshackle to be swamp blues, too emotional to be goth. Singer Jeffrey Lee Pierce was an impassioned figure, wild and long-haired, howling songs called She’s Like Heroin to Me and Death Party. Respected by their peers, The Gun Club to most sounded like an uncomfortable midway point between The … read more