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Gun Club
Larger Than Live
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. Give Up The Sun
2. I Hear Your Heart Singing
3. The Straits Of Love & Hate
4. She's Like Heroin To Me
5. Thunder Head
6. Emily's Changed
7. Yellow Eyes
8. Another Country's Young
9. My Dreams
10. Fire Of Love
11. Bad Indian
12. Devil In The Woods
13. Fire Spirit
14. Jack On Fire
15. Temptation and I
16. Goodbye Johnny
17. Sleeping In Blood City

CD Details

All Artists: Gun Club
Title: Larger Than Live
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Last Call Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 4/15/2008
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Hardcore & Punk, Indie & Lo-Fi, Roots Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 3596971313425

Synopsis

Product Description

Tribal, psychobilly blues is the best way to describe Gun Club's energetic death rock, but the band's career seemed doomed from the get-go due to leader Jeffrey Lee Pierce's 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 were vaguely aligned with similarly roots-inspired groups like X and the Blasters, but later picked up and relocated to the Lower Eastside, resting more comfortably around the New York downtown set and Pierce's mentors, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein.' -All Music GuideLarger Than Live was recorded in 1992 and never before released. This sonically excellent aural document contains classics from the bands half dozen 80s recordings.

CD Reviews

Excellent Live Translation

D. Garcia | Los Angeles | 02/07/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Worth it for the first five songs. Excellent live recording. Captures Jeffery Lee Pierce and the Gun Club in what seems to me to be prime form. Jeffery's compelling, near ugly weird intervals backed by intelligent straight forward real swingin' underground rock. That outside blues swing sound really comes out here. Beautiful stuff. Band is tight but I probably wouldn't care if it weren't for Pierce. Not even into vocals much but he's the spice that makes the thing work.

Surprised more people haven't reviewed this. Probably scared the live venue wouldn't get it. Of the 4 or 5 Gun Club recordings I have this is the one I like best right now. These guys aren't really studio wizards and their sound comes off best live and raw. I'm always amazed the president of the Blondie fan club could morph into such an interestingly outside singer performer. Can't say he's the reincarnation of Howlin' Wolf but the comparison is interesting and valid."