In some cases the artists have had to finish the songs, so there can be no nonsense about this not being as good as the original version as these are the original versions! When he was a teen, he was president of the west coast Blondie fan club and worked in a Los Angeles record store before he went on to write about music for punk-oriented magazine Slash. During the interview, published on Australian web-based magazine Mess and Noise, Cave spoke of his relationship with Pierce, including their initial encounter: "Yeah, I think we went to see Under The Volcano. The album features interpretations of Pierce's work by old friends and collaborators, such as Debbie Harry, Nick Cave, Lydia Lunch, Mick Harvey and Kid Congo Powers.[56]. Songs Sort by: Bestselling. Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. In 2010, OFF!, a punk "supergroup" fronted by Keith Morris former member of Black Flag and the Circle Jerks released a song dedicated to and named after Pierce. Jeffrey's Obituary. By then, his influence could be felt on the work of rootsier American outfits like Green on Red and on the new direction taken by Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds (which featured for a time the Gun Club refugee Kid Congo). And you know, I loved him very much. Pierce's evocative lyrics and remarkable vocals evident throughout, it encompassed tribal beat 'voodoo' rock - "Walking with the Beast" - slide-guitars - "Eternally is Here" - and haunting compositions like "My Dreams", "Bad America" and a cover of "My Man's Gone Now". [19] A different line up which included Romi Mori, Dean Dennis and Nick Sanderson also recorded with Pierce, completing the six track "Flamingo" [19] The EP featured a re-mix of Wildweed's opening track "Love and Desperation" and two cover tracks. The Journey is Long, the second album from The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project, was released in April 2012 and features The Jim Jones Revue, Barry Adamson, Warren Ellis (The Dirty Three), Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate) and artists from the first album – on the second release, Cave performs a duet with Harry for a rendition of the song "The Breaking Hands", a song that is also performed by Lanegan and Isobel Campbell on the album, while Tex Perkins performs together with Lunch on "In My Room". 'The Gun Club was different – I kept going back to Jeffrey because the chemistry really worked. He seemed in really good health—sometimes he wasn't in such good health, sometimes he could barely walk because he was so fucked up. [65] The documentary received mostly positive critical reception, but was criticized for not including any of Pierce's music or interview footage with him. Glitterhouse Records, the label producing the collection, instead released Axles & Sockets. The sessions were recorded with acoustic guitars in Cypress Grove's bedroom, using a "boombox" device. (part 1)", "OFF! During the mid-70s, after attending a concert by Bob Marley, Pierce became deeply enamoured by reggae, being equally fascinated by Marley's shamanistic presence as by his music. To enlist the support of other artists, Cypress Grove initially attempted contact through the respective Myspace sites of particular artists, including Lanegan, and the project progressively evolved, as other artists, such as Isobel Campbell and Jim Sclavunos, agreed to contribute. Titles like "Walking With the Beast", "Bad America" and "Wildweed" now seem sad portents of what was to come. Jeffrey Lee Pierce (June 27, 1958 – March 31, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and author. Here is Jeffrey Lee Pierce’s obituary. Both were making plans for this project, with Powers looking to recruit musicians in New York [28] but this was curtailed when on March 25, 1996, Pierce was found unconscious at his father's home in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1996, Pierce died from a brain haemorrhage, aged just 37. He was very unusual and a very unique guy." And I think he was a great songwriter. He later quipped he had the idea that being in a band was a way to get free drinks bought for him by music business reps. Around this time Pierce met L.A. musician Phast Phreddie Patterson, whose vast record collection and knowledge of American roots music added to the eager Pierce's musical education. [29] at the University of Utah Hospital.[30]. We need you now. He said that he was sobering up again at his father’s and that he was trying to finish up that book he was writing for Henry Rollins. In the early stages of his career, Pierce was supported by his former icon and now longtime friend Debbie Harry of Blondie, who was convinced of his potential as musician and artist. It's a much more light hearted, pop-oriented effort than Fire Of Love or The Las Vegas Story, and it oozes that mid 1980's absurdist humor. He started playing me this music and I taped it on one of those little microcassettes and the song, he was like, "Keith, you're gonna have to write about Deborah Harry," because he was president of the Blondie fan club. In July 1996, Tom Engelshoven of Dutch music magazine Oor described Jeffrey Lee Pierce as the missing link between the Eagles and Kurt Cobain. After six months in Japan, Pierce and Mori returned to London in August 1986, with Pierce feeling inspired and keen to start a new chapter of The Gun Club. Minnesota Historical Society Death Certificate Index Pierce, Jeffrey Lee Certificate Number: 1975-MN-017354 Death: July 28, 1975 County of Death: Itasca County Mother's Maiden Name: SCHAEFFER Date of Birth: Jul 2 1959 Place of Birth: MINNESOTA Find top songs and albums by The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project. in 2010, Morris explained in an interview, after he was asked about the Gun Club T-shirt that he was wearing at the time: ... because Jeffrey Lee Pierce is not only one of my heroes, he's totally inspirational to me. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment. From shop AdamTpopart. I like to think of it as being like Josh Homme's The Dessert Sessions[58]. Elvis From Hell is … And this is for my friend, Jeffrey Lee Pierce.[49]. And had a great unique voice. Jeffrey Lee Pierce is best remembered as the hard-living guitarist/singer who fronted the Gun Club, a band that fused the fury of punk with the melodic structures and lyrical obsessions of the blues. Get all the lyrics to songs by Jeffrey Lee Pierce and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. That’s the thing I always like to point out. Pierce felt disappointed by the swift decline of punk rock into what he saw as strict formality and also began to feel his beloved reggae was ultimately an import, seeking a style combining the authenticity and simplicity of reggae but more rooted in his own culture's history, he discovered the Delta blues and developed an extensive knowledge of the genre which influenced and inspired him. Rock music has had its beautiful losers (Jim Morrison, Ian Curtis, Kurt Cobain) but the American singer and songwriter Jeffrey Lee Pierce was more in the mould of the late Johnny Thunders (of New York Dolls and Heartbreakers fame) and Malcolm Owen (of Britain's Ruts), one of those musicians who never quite fulfil their potential yet follow their destiny to its inescapable conclusion. "[8], the Argentinian Sergio Rotman member of the popular Latin rock band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs edited in 2014 a special edition of 500 cd's with versions of 14 Jeffrey Pierce's songs and "fire of love" "el fuego del amor" previously edit 8 songs. He was a founding member of The Red Lights, before forming The Gun Club, and also released several solo albums. He was allowed to come over and pick out ten albums from Bob Hite's massive blues record collection when he was dying. But I didn’t care I was just happy somebody was talking to me. Jeffrey digressed a lot. Come back, Johnny Thunders. Los Angeles was one of the few American cities to follow the British and New York punk scene and the young Jeffrey soon became obsessed with Blondie to such an extent that he became president of their fan club (a couple of years earlier, a teenage Morrissey developed a similar unhealthy fascination with the New York Dolls, another proof that fandom sometimes pays creative dividends). And I appreciate that people recognize Jeffrey as kind of a visionary and a great songwriter. But, just as Gun Club seemed about to capitalise on this early critical acclaim, the Cramps pinched the guitarist Kid Kongo (ne Brian Tristan) to replace the departing Brian Gregory. This person was in very, very poor health and expired. His obsessions crawled all over him. [21] Another album from that period is Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee and Cypress Grove with Willie Love; the recording mainly consists of cover versions of blues artists such as Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Skip James. This was a more ambitious offering, from the reworking of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Run Through the Jungle" to the voodoo feel of "Like Calling Up Thunder" and "Devil in the Woods". Thurston Moore) - Iggy Pop & Nick Cave 2. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. Jeffrey was full of digressions. Pierce is mentioned in the Gallows song, "Everybody Loves You (When You're Dead)", from the 2012 self-titled album. Moisture-wicking active t-shirts are here, too. Inspired designs on t-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. The Parisian rock elite, always in love with tragic figures like Morrison, Thunders and Iggy Pop, had found a new hero. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. Morrison and Powers remained in London, forming Fur Bible while Pierce visited Egypt with guitarist and new girlfriend Romi Mori, who he'd met at a London show. I think in the end we just couldn’t figure out how to fit it onto the record. The Lydia Lunch and Jeffrey Lee Pierce (guitar) ballad on 'The Journey Is Long' is cleverly mixed to perfection by Sclavunos and the final track, 'Shame And Pain' by Mark Stewart and Pierce with Thurston Moore features the only Pierce vocal to be used in any of the three sessions projects. Biography 1970s Jeffrey’s mother is Mexican-American. He was also my roommate and at one time he was my best friend. He still made ends meet by working hard in a record store and contributing to music fanzines but, by 1981, he was at the helm of Gun Club, an impressive fourpiece (also featuring Kid Congo Powers on guitar, Rob Ritter on bass and Terry Graham on drums) who seemed to create their own brand of swampy, ramshackle, psychotic, blues- influenced music. It's a pity this peripheral figure found the bottle and the needle instead instead of a wider audience. But in Jeffrey’s world, sometimes it was very inspiring and illuminating and other times it was painful and depressing. "[8], The follow-up album, Miami, was produced by Stein,[9] and features renditions of "Devil in the Woods," "Sleeping in Blood City" and Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Run Through the Jungle." I suppose he was pretty out of it with drink and drugs and so kind of difficult to communicate with. "[33] The following is an excerpt from the 26.03.2012 interview; He had a thing about the Vietnam War, for some reason. Just him and a guitar - no band. Pierce continued working despite failing health and put together a penultimate Gun Club lineup for two shows in Los Angeles in August and September 1995, including guitarists Powers and Mike Martt (ex-Tex & the Horseheads), and the Wayne Kramer rhythm section of bassist Randy Bradbury and drummer Brock Avery. T-shirt colors are available in the best-selling black, the classic white, and many others. He was very well read on the subject. Jeffrey's old friend Phast Phreddie Patterson provided a copy of a homemade cassette recording he made of Jeffrey doing "My Cadillac" and "St. Mark's Place", which were actually pre-Gun Club recordings. The hospital turned him away saying, there's nothing we can do for him, his liver's shut down, he's dying. Please accept Echovita’s sincere condolences. [32]. Artist: Jeffrey Pierce Lee Sessions Project Title: Axels & Sockets Condition: Used Very Good Format: CD Release Date: 2014 Label: Glitterhouse UPC: 4030433779620 Genre: Rock Album Tracks 1. [16] Nick has a great love and admiration for Jeffrey and it shines through. What can you say about a record that you cut for 2500 bucks in 48 hours, on speed? I think Henry Rollins might have been there as well actually. Come back, Sid Vicious. "[31], I was talking to Jeffrey again. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? [citation needed] Jeffrey Lee Pierce is filmed for Henri-Jean Debon's "Hard Times Killin' Floor Blues" film. His infatuation with reggae overlapped with the emergence of punk rock and Pierce became a fixture on the Hollywood scene as a contributor to Slash fanzine, writing not only on the obvious contemporary punk phase but also about 1930s blues, 1950s rockabilly and a reggae section under the name 'Ranking Jeffrey Lea', securing an interview with Bob Marley. Jim Sclavunos from the Bad Seeds added drums and Iggy [Pop] and Nick [Cave] and Thurston [Moore] layered guitar and vocals on top. Jeffrey Lee Pierce The Gun Club rare signed numbered Fine Art print by Adam Turkel Glam Punk Cowpunk Blues Pop Art Poster AdamTpopart. In the documentary, Voss interviews Pierce's former collaborators, Kid Congo Powers, Ward Dotson, Terry Graham, Jim Duckworth, and Dee Pop, in addition to his high school friend (actor/photographer) Steven Tash, former publisher of Pierce's work, Henry Rollins, and Lemmy, lead singer of Motörhead. I’m in Utah and I’m going to meetings and I’m taking it easy.” And I believe that’s what he was doing there. Pierce attended Granada Hills High School, where he participated in the drama program, acting in plays and writing several of his own brief experimental theater pieces. Or Kansas. Punk and blues-influenced artist best known as the founder of the Gun Club. The way he sung [sic] up high like that and slightly off key was enough to tear your heart out.[33]. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at … Pierce was president of the Blondie fan club, and often professed his admiration for her. I lost a very close friend, a guy named Jeffrey Lee Pierce. Jeffrey Lee Pierce, singer, guitarist, composer: born Texas 27 June 1958; married Romi Mori; died Los Angeles 31 March 1996. [61], Primal Scream's 2013 album More Light referenced Pierce and the Gun Club with a reworking of Pierce's "Goodbye Johnny" and use of the title "Walking with the Beast". Harry contributed backing vocals on the album Miami under the pseudonym D.H. Lawrence, and was a longtime mentor and supporter of Pierce. Pierce later said in relation to the album: "We envisioned an album that sounded like ocean waves.". It was going to be on the record. Come back, Joe Strummer. I would call Jeffrey and he would say, “They are crazy,” and that it’s not that bad. By the late '70s Pierce was himself playing as a musician. Pierce started learning guitar at age 10. In 1987 Pierce reformed Gun Club, recording with Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins as producer. December 1984 the Gun Club played two UK gigs in London but by January 1985 had broken up, cancelling an upcoming Australian Tour. [4] He returned feeling unsure about the future role of reggae in US music. Most of the time it was difficult to work out what he was talking about. He settled in Los Angeles, near to Viper Room club owned by his friend Jonny Depp [27] We had been talking about doing another project and we’ll call it the Gun Club. Come back, Frankie Venom. [62], "Jeffrey’s Blues" - documentary filmed in 1989, directed by Bram van Splunteren for VPRO's Onrust and re-edited with unseen footage 2016, it features interviews with Pierce, acoustic performances and clips of The Gun Club.[63]. He was physically suffering. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. As a teenager, Pierce moved from El Monte, a working-class industrial suburb east of Los Angeles, to Granada Hills, at the time a white working- and middle-class suburb in the San Fernando Valley. 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He was 48 and had a long standing problem with health and weight. The third album from the project is Axels & Sockets and was released by Glitterhouse Records on May 2, 2014. Grove uncovered a collection of three songs that had been recorded onto a cassette marked "JLP Songs" and subsequently realized the recording was from sessions he had worked on with Pierce for an album project that they had been planning—the album was originally slated as a country-style album but eventually transformed into a blues recording. And then we retired back to my place. I was already hearing from other people that Jeffrey was really sick and it was really, really bad. He talked a lot about dinosaurs. – "Jeffrey Lee Pierce" n "I Don't Belong, "OFF! This song is dedicated to OFF! So we got a lap steel player to come in because none of us could play lap steel. Once word of the project started to get out, more material became available through family and friends. [52][53], Musician, spoken word artist and friend Henry Rollins played the Gun Club song "Bill Bailey" during his first show for the "Artist in Residence" feature on Australian national radio station Double J. Rollins stated prior to the broadcast of the song: "Jeffrey Lee Pierce was a very good friend of mine and I miss him horribly. While touring with OFF! Jeffrey Lee Pierce (June 27, 1958 - March 31, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Escucha música de Jeffrey Lee Pierce en Apple Music. [56] The discovered recordings were too rough to release and Glitterhouse Records, the label responsible for releasing the recordings of the project, has explained: This would have been impossible without digital technology, with artists adding their parts all over the world – London, Melbourne, Glasgow, Barcelona, Los Angeles, etc. In his younger days Jeff loved to rock climb (mainly at Garden of the Gods). Jeffrey Lee Pierce (June 27, 1958 - March 31, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.He was one of the founding members of the 1980s punk band The Gun Club.He also released several solo albums and was a founding member of The Red Lights prior to forming The Gun Club. Genres: Punk Blues, Americana, Alt-Country. Born in Texas in 1958, Jeffrey Lee Pierce later moved to the West Coast. [44] He explained, "because Jeffrey Lee Pierce is not only one of my heroes, he’s totally inspirational to me." [8], Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club Documentaries, "Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Rock Musician, 37 – New York Times", "Obituary: Jeffrey Lee Pierce – People – News", "Preaching The Blues: Remembering The Gun Club's Jeffrey Lee Pierce", "Returning to the supposedly troublesome 'Miami, "Rockbrat Remembers: When Spencer Jones played with The Gun Club", "NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN - issue 1: Kid Congo Powers Oral History Pt. [6], The Gun Club's debut album, Fire of Love featured the songs "Sex Beat" and "She's Like Heroin to Me". Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Perhaps the longest lasting influence on Pierce was Debbie Harry, lead singer of the band Blondie, for whom he had a strong admiration. Kid Congo Powers was by now living in Berlin as guitarist with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds but accepted Pierce's offer, managing to combine working in both bands. He says a lot with a little." Throughout his career Pierce was supportive of fellow musicians, encouraging new friend Brian Tristan, aka Kid Congo Powers, to play guitar and develop his own unique sound and style, recruiting him to form the band Creeping Ritual. Pierce's life is the subject of the documentary, Ghost on The Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club, directed by Kurt Voss, and produced by Voss and editor/composer Andrew R. 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