Any Gun Club fans here?
 

I have been a fan nearly two years now, and I aint getting tired of their country/blues punk rock. I am hoping for more re-issues of their album, cuz some of them are out of print and hard to find. One of the best bands that sprung out of the US in the 80s.

Any other who feel the same?

I have one of their discs. "She's like heroin to me" and "Sexbeat" got me into them.

Yeah, those are amazing. I assume you got The Fire Of Love album. Am I right?

I'm a fan, Fire of Love is the only one I have and its awesome.

For the Love of Ivy is my favourite song off it at the moment.

Yeah. It was Fire Of Love that really got hooked. I randomly bougth Fire Of Love in a second hand store, and i was completley blown away. I got most of their albums now, and they're all more or less fucking great.

Yes Fire of Love seems to be the common album. For the Love of Ivy, I completely forgot! I haven't listened to them in so long, I'll probably pull out the disc today because you reminded me of how good it is. :)

That's cool Kim:) been thinking of checking out other albums by the club?

Yeah, thanks to Mark Lanegan. He did a cover of 'Carry Home' so I bought the record 'Miami' and I wasn't dissapointed.

FIRE OF LOVE
FIRE OF LOVE
FIRE OF LOVE
FIRE OF LOVE

i really need to check more by them.

has anyone read jeffrey lee pierce's book?

yea fire of love is a classic. I love their blend of blues and punk. The record just perfectly fits the mood of summer."fire spirit" is one of my favorite tracks off it.

I dig fire of love. Found the cassette at a thrift store.

I posted an mp3 of Jeffrey Lee Pierce playing I wanna be yr dog with sy in 82 a little while back.

I know this is off topic but does anyone else notice that "Fire of Love" is apart of Slash Records? The Misfits, X, The Germs, Violent Femmes, (and I maybe be wrong) but at one point wasn't Sonic Youth on it too? I'm not sure about SY, could anyone clarify this? Also, does anyone have any information of Slash Records as a whole ? I find they have a lot of good bands on their label.

yeah man, you should check out more by them. try miami, the las vegas story, or mother juno. they're all great records that are easy to get hold on, since they just been re-issued by symphaty for the record industry.

Ah, i'd love to have that book. But it's out of print like hell. If yr really lucky maybe you can find it a junk shop or off e-bay.

So there is a Gun Club and SY connection? That's quite awsome. Thanks for the knowledge you're sharing man:)

I'd love to help you out here, but i don't know that much about it. other than that Slash was first a fanzine that had their own label. Then the fanzine was put down, but the label kept going on.

slash the label became a fancy subsidiary name for warner bros. with nothing to do with the people who originally started it.

Ah so they basically stole the name and left the people who created the idea high and dry eh? Sad, but that seems like the majority of music business. Anyway, thanks for the info.

they originally signed a distribution deal with wb because they couldn't keep up with the demand and wanted to keep all their titles in print. that was in 1982; sometimes later on the 80's when most of their roster were broken up, they gave the name up.

i think they got it back in the 90's and made a deal with rhino to help them reissue some of their catalog.

I can post it again for those who didn't hear it.

I can't say enough good things about this band to fit in to my anus but then again it's him who's the biased one TARTHAHRAHARHARHAR yeah

Death Party = Awesome

Las Vegas Story = Defenitly one of my favorite albums of all time

I had Fire of Love a long time before I finally got Las Vegas Story. I shouldn't have waited so long.

I've actually gone by the name of "nun club" at other places that require a username.

There's quite a lot of Gun Club activity at the moment as a result of it being the tenth anniversary of JLP's death.

There is a Gun Club movie / documentary "Ghost on the Highway" due to be released at the end of June. The world premiere is at the "Don't Knock The Rock Film Festival" at the Redcat Theater in the Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles on Thursday, June 29 2006. Gun Club members Ward Dotson, Terry Graham and Kid Congo Powers, plus special guests will be playing on stage together as part of the premiere.

Also, The Gun Club's albums, and JLP's solo stuff, are being re-released as follows:

November 2005
1. Wildweed
2. Lucky Jim (2CD)

February 2006
3. Mother Juno (2CD)
4. Danse Kalinda Boom (2CD)

June 2006
5. Ramblin’ Jeffrey Lee Pierce & Cypress Grove With Willie Love
6. Divinity (2CD)

September/October 2006
7. Pastoral Hide and Seek (2CD)
8. Ahmed’s Wild Dream

February 2007
9. Ramblin’ Jeffrey Lee and Cypress Grove - Spanish Flang Dang (Live)

Take a look on the band's myspace site >>>HERE<<< for more info.

This lovely girl I know hitted me up with this yesterday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MX55ONLxsQ

Love love love it. And also love the gun club as a addict now.

i've always felt that i should like them more than i do, given their constantly being referred to alongside some of my favourite bands. i'm not saying that i don't like them, but not as much as i'd maybe expect.

I have Miami and Fire of Love on LP. Love them both.

I just took notice of this thread and, in response, put The Las Vegas Story on.

It's been a while...

everyone likes them

they should, anyway.

i don't know why i waited so long to finally listen to the las vegas story, but i'm glad i did.

mmmmm yeeeeeesss

sex beat, go!