LARGER THAN LIVE
previously unreleased live album recorded in 1992
Jeffrey Lee Pierce was not only one of the greatest rock singer / songwriter ever, he was also a fantastic performer.
This incredible concert, recorded in 1992 ,shows him at his best, not only as a singer, but also as a guitar player; year after year, he had gone more and more into guitar playing, and he had become
a master. This album contains nearly 80 minutes of the best live rock n'roll ever recorded.
Jeffrey achieved what Jim Morrison tried so unsucessfully to reach ; he lived fast, was a true artist and poet, a fabulous singer and musician, and left an incredible work, which will stay forever.
He really was larger than life.
tracklisting :Give up the sun - I hear your heart singing - The straits of love & hate - She's like heroin to me Thunder head - Emily's changed - Yellow eyes - Another country's young - My dreams - Fire of love - Bad indian - Devil in the woods - Fire spirit - Jack on fire - Temptation and I - Goodbye Johnny - Sleeping in blood city
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GUN CLUB
"FIRE OF LOVE"
Jeffrey Lee Pierce was
born June 27, 1958... in Montebello, California (East of Los
Angeles) and also lived in El Monte, and Reseda, California.
In his late teens, he became a fixure at many Hollywood clubs
and soon was writing for various fanzines including SLASH magazine...
He would write reviews of gigs as well as bands. He was a huge
fan of Blondie and became the president of their fan club as
well.
Inspired by bands like X, Television, the Cramps, he met Kid
Congo Powers and insisted he learn guitar, and they formed the
Creeping Ritual in 1980-81... the name changed to GUN CLUB after
a suggestion by the Circle Jerks' Keith Morris : Jeffrey's longtime
friend, then-roommate.
The band played regularly at the L.A. clubs including Cathay
De Grande, Madame Wongs, Starwood, Whisky etc... building up
a following and a repertoire of songs that would become the first
album FIRE OF LOVE in 1981, one of the first releases on Slash
Records, born out of the ashes of the magazine. It was released
in France through New Rose.
"Fire of Love " stands among the greatest classics
of the Rock history, and shows the genius of the great Jeffrey
Lee Pierce who's haunted singing has never been replaced.
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