CD: CDMRE342
RELEASED: 2007
LABEL: Cherry Red

01. (The Creator Has A) Master Plan
02. Walkin' With The Beast
03. I Hear Your Heart Singin'
04. Another Country's Young
05. Sexbeat
06. Lupita Screams
07. Go Tell The Mountain
08. Preachin' The Blues
09. Stranger In Town
10. Goodbye Johnny
11. Port Of Souls
12. Black Hole
13. Little Wing
14. Yellow Eyes
15. Humanesque *
16. Pastoral Hide & Seek *

* bonus tracks

2007 digitally remastered and expanded edition of this ultra-rare live recording of Jeffrey Lee Pierce's band, The Gun Club, featuring 2 bonus tracks: previously unreleased demo versions of 'Humanesque' and 'Pastoral Hide And Seek'. Originally released in 1993, this album features 14 live tracks spanning all their studio albums. The CD artwork features an expanded version of the original sleeve and the booklet includes sleeve notes written by Jeffrey Lee Pierce's sister, Jacqui, reflecting on her memories of her brother plus a page from his currently unavailable autobiography, talking about his time in the UK. The Gun Club were a rock band from Los Angeles in the 1980s and 90s, led by the flamboyant singer, ex-rock critic and Blondie fan Jeffrey Lee Pierce. They were one of the first bands to blend punk with blues, country, and other American roots musics. The band was formed by Pierce and Kid Congo Powers and initially called the Creeping Ritual. Kid Congo left before the first album to join The Cramps but would return for Las Vegas Story, and he was replaced by Ward Dotson. Later, Patricia Morrison, then known as Pat Bag, one of the founders of The Bags, joined to play bass on two albums Danse Kalinda Boom and Las Vegas Story before leaving to join The Sisters of Mercy and then The Damned. Their first album, 1981's Fire of Love, is regarded as a classic by many rock critics. The Gun Club returned again in 1987 with the brilliant album Mother Juno, produced by Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie and featuring Kid Congo again, along with Romi Mori and Nick Sanderson. In 1992, Pierce returned to his musical roots by recording an album of mostly pre-war blues songs with blues guitarist Cypress Grove. Pierce continued leading various incarnations of the Gun Club up until his untimely death in 1996, culminating in the acclaimed last album, Lucky Jim. The Gun Club helped influence the so-called cowpunk or punk blues scene that developed in their wake and a wide variety of bands ranging from Social Distortion in the 1980s to The White Stripes, 16 Horsepower, The Starvations and the Starlite Desperation today. Though The Hun Club never attained significant commercial success, they were always critically lauded, and are widely recognised as a very influential band of their time.

Influences / Similar Artists:
Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Adrian Borland, The Sound, Madrugada, Nick Cave