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The Gun Club

Rock band from Los Angeles (CA, USA) formed in 1980-1981 by [a=Jeffrey Lee Pierce], Brian Tristan (better known as [a=Kid Congo Powers]), Don Snowden and Brad Dunning. The band was initially called The Creeping Ritual. During their debut album "Fire Of Love" in 1981, the band was comprised of [a=Jeffrey Lee Pierce], [a=Rob Ritter], [a=Terry Graham] and [a=Ward Dotson]. [a=Rob Ritter] left the band in 1982 just before their second album, "Miami". [a=Patricia Morrison] joined and stayed until 1984. For their next album, "Las Vegas Story" in 1984, the band consisted of [a=Jeffrey Lee Pierce], [a=Patricia Morrison], [a=Kid Congo Powers] and [a=Terry Graham]. After some successful tours, Jeffrey started to travel around the world and the band came to a halt for a period as he started to work on a solo album. In 1987 The Gun Club staged a comeback with [a=Jeffrey Lee Pierce], [a=Romi Mori], [a=Nick Sanderson] and [a=Kid Congo Powers]. Several releases followed, and in 1995 a new line-up was formed including [a=Jeffrey Lee Pierce], [a=Wayne Kramer], [a=Mike Martt], [a=Kid Congo Powers] and [a=Romi Mori]. On the 31st of March 1996 the band sadly came to an end due the death of [a=Jeffrey Lee Pierce]. They were notable as one of the first bands in the punk rock subculture to incorporate influences from blues, rockabilly, and country music. The Gun Club has been called a "tribal psychobilly blues" band, as well as initiators of the cowpunk and punk blues sound.