The first ever DVD featuring one of the outstanding alternative bands of the 1980’s – The Gun Club. Tribal, psychobilly blues is the best way to describe Gun Club's energetic death rock, the band's leader Jeffrey Lee Pierce' had a reputation as an unreliable wildman, and well-publicized bouts of drunkenness dogged him throughout his career. Formed in Los Angeles in the early '80s, the band rested more comfortably around the New York downtown set and Pierce's mentors, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein.
Their 1981 debut, Fire of Love, was a punk/blues hybrid — intense energy fueled Pierce's exorcism-in-progress delivery and the band's frenetic style. 1982's Miami album was produced by Blondie’s Chris Stein - Pierce had once been the president of Blondie's U.S. fan club which sparked the liaison. For Las Vegas Story in 1984, the Club won over guitarist Kid Congo Powers from the Cramps and Patricia Morrison (the Bags) on bass and it looked as if that was that when, save for some live recordings and posthumous releases, Pierce launched his solo career in 1985 with the EP Flamingo and the Wildweed album for the Statick label. But it wasn't quite over; in 1987 Pierce came back with a realigned Club and the album, Mother Juno (Fundamental) which earned them a wider following than ever. In 1996, after drying-out, but suffering from persistent health problems, Pierce passed away from a brain hemorrhage.
Morrison went on to play with the Sisters of Mercy, Powers in his own lounge group and Dotson formed the Pontiac Brothers. The group were one of the most popular draws on the live circuit during their mid-1980’s heyday – and “Live At The Hacienda” captures two visits the band made to Manchester’s legendary venue. Jeffrey Lee Pierce remains a legend to his many fans and a biopic of the frontman is currently in production.
SONGS:HACIENDA 1983/ Strange Fruit Run Through The Jungle John Hardy The Lie Black Train Cool Drink Of Water Blues Fire Spirit Death Party Sex Beat Goodbye Johnny Texas Serenade Heebee Geebees Disco Inferno Mix. 1984 UK TOUR – HACIENDA/ Hey Wanna Eternally Is Here Stranger In Our Town Bad Indian Sex Beat Brother & Sister Bad America Preaching the Blues Fire Of Love Like Calling Up Thunder Goodbye Johnny Give Up The Sun Sleeping In Blood City.