24-03-2011, 18:34
This was a burned copy of a download courtesy of Robbie.
Unfortunately he didn't include any details or track listing, so I had the laptop on whilst listening, trying to figure out what I was listening to. Asked him earlier which album we'd been listining to, and he thought it was their debut Fire of Love. It certainly wasn't that, and the closest I could get to it was their last release Lucky Jim although the track listing didn't fit particularly well ?!
I'm fairly sure Gun Club albums have appeared on MD, but they were completely new to me despite being familiar with the band name.
Main man Jeffrey Lee Pierce epitomised the "live fast, die young" philosophy of R&R excess, and sparked out a couple of years after their last album at the age of 37. Evidently, from this selection, he was a talented guitarist, excellent song-writer, and fair vocalist, so it's a shame he ended up in the Netherlands (nothing wrong with clogland, Griff, it's just that he had to move from his native US due to under-apreciation), which was the only place where he had a workable audience.
The music is a curious blend of Alt-Rock, & Blues. The song-writing kind of reminds me of Warren Zevon's style, which is a very good thing. There's also the occasional hint of RHCP to spice things up.
Very good stuff, this band are straight onto the Buy List.
Unfortunately he didn't include any details or track listing, so I had the laptop on whilst listening, trying to figure out what I was listening to. Asked him earlier which album we'd been listining to, and he thought it was their debut Fire of Love. It certainly wasn't that, and the closest I could get to it was their last release Lucky Jim although the track listing didn't fit particularly well ?!
I'm fairly sure Gun Club albums have appeared on MD, but they were completely new to me despite being familiar with the band name.
Main man Jeffrey Lee Pierce epitomised the "live fast, die young" philosophy of R&R excess, and sparked out a couple of years after their last album at the age of 37. Evidently, from this selection, he was a talented guitarist, excellent song-writer, and fair vocalist, so it's a shame he ended up in the Netherlands (nothing wrong with clogland, Griff, it's just that he had to move from his native US due to under-apreciation), which was the only place where he had a workable audience.
The music is a curious blend of Alt-Rock, & Blues. The song-writing kind of reminds me of Warren Zevon's style, which is a very good thing. There's also the occasional hint of RHCP to spice things up.
Very good stuff, this band are straight onto the Buy List.
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