LP - Gun Club - Fire of Love - Reissue - Import
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FINALLY someone stepped up to the plate (thank you Munster Records) and is reissuing Gun Clubs classic debut blues soaked punk LP Fire Of Love. Holy shit we couldnt be more excited to have one of our favorite records of all time back in the shop to share with everyone!!!!!!!-2013 repress Jeffrey Lee Pierce -- reggae enthusiast heroin addict and former president of the Blondie fan club -- suffered a lonely depressing death on March 31st 1996 of a brain hemorrhage after untold years of drug use and alcoholism. Why this event mattered much to anyone lay in a fantastic record his band The Gun Club recorded 16 years earlier- the masterful Fire Of Love. A visionary and fierce moment in time when The Gun Club took the raw dripping meat of shopworn delta blues and infused it with the energy and fire of the LA punk rock scene. Inspired by bands like X Television and the Cramps he met Kid Congo Powers (who later played with Nick Cave and Cramps) and they formed the Creeping Ritual in 1979 soon to be renamed The Gun Club. Pierce was already a notorious drunk exhibitionist poet and fanboy. The Gun Club were quickly a dangerous new spoke on the spinning wheel of dynamic LA alt-culture. By 1980 Jeffrey Lee had moved into a deep reverence for Mississippi delta blues. The Gun Club paid more than passing homage- they wholeheartedly swiped complete riffs words and attitude from the masters. Pierce participated in the great blues singer tradition by cobbling together distinct lines from other peoples songs to create new ones. Snatches of Blind Willie Johnson Blind Lemon Jefferson and Robert Johnson can be heard throughout this debut LP -- released in 1981 on Slashs Ruby Records. What makes Fire Of Love such a brilliant listen long after its time is that this blatant homage to the blues was amplified energized and kicked into overdrive -- in a new style that combined the ghostliness of the original model with a FAST unwound and supremely energetic beat. The engineering feats of Pat Burnette contributed to that sound- he wielded his Quad-Teck studios like a weapon and mastered some of the greatest sides in LA music history (such as Germs GI). Pure fullness of sound and the raw hot throb of records that were made to stand the test of time. From the immensely dark and aggressive sexuality of Sex Beat Gun Clubs most recognizable number to the fetishistic salute to fellow traveler Poison Ivy of The Cramps in For The Love Of Ivy including the hellfire classic Shes Like Heroin To Me a 2-33 masterpiece in which everything comes together Fire Of Love is pure perfection. It stands among the greatest classics of rock history and shows the genius of the great Jeffrey whose haunted singing has never been replaced. It proved out to be one of the most influential records of the 80s with countless musicians declaring their love for the Club. To call Gun Club influential is an understatement. Everyone from the Gories to the Flat Duo Jets and almost everyone else thats put a killer punk garage or rock n roll album out since Fire Of Love hit the shelves back in 81 owes Jeffrey Lee Pierce and Co. a huge thank you. Gun Club paved the way for what became the Crypt and Sympathy For The Record Industry sounds as well offering a solid template to anyone who wanted to create a wild unruly rock n roll racket. Many a band road this LPs coattails to success sadly that Gun Club never achieved. Ask around at the shop and Fire Of Love will definitely make more than a few of our top ten albums of all time. So the fact that Munster repressed this cult favorite for scores of fans new and old alike makes it like Christmas. Once the needle drops on Sex Beat or Shes Like Heroin youll be hooked forever like us too. Do not miss out on the chance to pick up this classic on the cheap CUZ IT COMES WITH THE HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION WE CAN GIVE AN ALBUM ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL!!!!!!!!!!
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