The Gun Club

The Gun Club
Pierce in 1985
Pierce in 1985
Background information
Also known asThe Cyclones, the Creeping Ritual
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresPost-punk, punk rock, psychobilly, alternative rock, punk blues, cowpunk
Years active1979–1996
Labels
Past membersJeffrey Lee Pierce
Kid Congo Powers
Don Snowden
Brad Dunning
Terry Graham
Rob Ritter
Anna Statman
Ward Dotson
Billy Persons
Annie Ungar
Patricia Morrison
Jim Duckworth
Dee Pop
Jimmy Joe Uliana
Desi Desperate
Romi Mori
Nick Sanderson
Simon Fish
Rainer Lingk
Robert Marche
Efe
Mike Martt
Randy Bradbury
Brock Avery
Elizabeth Montague

The Gun Club were an American post-punk band from Los Angeles that existed from 1979 to 1996. Created and led by singer-songwriter and guitarist 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,[1] as well as initiators of the punk blues sound cowpunk – "He (Pierce) took Robert Johnson and pre-war acoustic blues and 'punkified' it. Up until then bands were drawing on Iggy & The Stooges and the New York Dolls but he took it back so much further for inspiration."[2]

  1. ^ Sullivan, Denise. "The Gun Club". AllMusic. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  2. ^ "Preaching The Blues: Remembering The Gun Club's Jeffrey Lee Pierce". Abc.net.au. July 9, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2021.