Jahsonic (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (June 27, 1958 - March 31, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was one of the founding members of the 1980s punk band The Gun Club. He would have turned 50 today if he hadn’t exchanged the temporary for the eternal in his late thirties. The Gun Club injected punk [...]
Punk Turns 30 (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Black Randy performing as Mexican Randy, with Belinda Carlisle on backing vocals, 1978 Cinco de Mayo - the 5th of May is not Mexican Independence Day - but it does celebrate and acknowledge a Mexican victory. On May 5, 1862, the Mexican Army kicked the French Army's ass at Puebla. Napoleon III had moved into Mexico in an attempt to rule it. A year later, the French did seize Mexico's government, but...
Last Blog On Earth (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
Amid all the Marxist theory and analytical nonsense shoved down my throat during my college days as a UCSB film student, I enrolled in a film/music hybrid class taught by independent filmmaker Allison Anders. Little did I know that she would turn out to be the coolest person ever. Aside from teaching a course that included screenings and discussions of [...]
do you speak english ? (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Two excellent albums of The Gun Club a post-punk band led by Jeffrey Lee Pierce available in mp3 at lunchmeataphobia. Alternative garage rock, blues, country, punk... don't miss their debut album Fire Of Love from 1981. A true unique sound that will influence later number of rock bands around the world. -- I've been listening to the LP hundreds of times since i bought it (Thanks goes to Dr. K Delicatessen...
PCL LinkDump (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
Phantom of the Radio is Right. (Maybe because he was born Toulouse) I too have been listening to The Gun Club for the last 2 weeks. It must be some kind of PCL mojo. Jeffrey Lee Pierce was better than Dylan: In New Orleans at the Mardi Gras I was dancin' in a costume made of straw some creole boy was a-lying dead I used his blood to paint my costume red a-black and white, I will abandon brain for your...
PCL LinkDump (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
Two excellent albums of The Gun Club a post-punk band led by Jeffrey Lee Pierce available in mp3 at lunchmeataphobia. Alternative garage rock, blues, country, punk... don't miss their debut album Fire Of Love from 1981. A true unique sound that will influence later number of rock bands around the world.
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
The theatrical trailer from the documentary, “Ghost on the Highway”, exploring the life and untimely death of Jeffrey Lee Pierce, one of punk rock’s most compelling and enigmatic figures. Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com.
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
MOJO : There’s never been a proper documentary about the Gun Club, the apocalyptic punk-blues death party started in late-70s Los Angeles by Jeffrey Lee Pierce, who suffered a fatal brain haemorrhage in 1996 at the age of 37. Ghost On The Highway holds no pretensions to be the ultimate record. Director and long-time fan Kurt Voss, converted after witnessing Pierce get a kicking while supporting the...
The Moment (Free subscription) | 03/13/2008
The Bing Bang jewelry designer guest blogs about what inspires her work ...
Punk Turns 30 (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
"Ghost on the Highway" (Documentary by Kurt Voss, 98 minutes, 2006) - A provocative portrait of the late Jeffrey Lee Pierce and his legendary band "The Gun Club," one of the most notorious and incendiary groups in the history of American popular music. Featuring interviews with ex-members Kid Congo, Ward Dotson, Terry Graham, Jim Duckworth and Dee Pop, as well as revelations from Dave Alvin, John Doe,...
Punk Turns 30 (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Playboy, February 1981, cover and page 226 - which includes my photo of Stiv! Playboy Magazine is copyright Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Although the pictures were taken in the Summer of 1980, it wasn't until February 1981 that they started showing up in the press... Playboy was the first publication - and scored an exclusive - to pick up on the sexy backstage photos of Stiv Bators and Sabel Starr fooling...
Wanna Buy Some Photos? (Free subscription) | 09/14/2007
Punk Turns 30 is going on the road again. The first show is October 25 in Oxford, MS. More details as we get closer to the date.... but what that means is that the inventory here will change slightly during the tour. Don't fret! You will still be able to buy the images you see at Punk Turns 30. In the meantime - the Punk Rock Gift Shop link on the left has a few images you might like - Iggy Pop, Stiv...
Punk Turns 30 (Free subscription) | 06/07/2007
Jeffrey Lee Pierce not only formed the Gun Club, he cajoled, encouraged, inspired, and often downright conned people into becoming performers...I think because he wanted comrades alongside him. That's the case with both Kid Congo Powers and Pleasant. We all moved within the same circle, so it was only a matter of time before Jeff just got his way. And its a good thing... Brian Tristan became Kid Congo...
