The Gun Club
Fire Of Love (LP)
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condition (record/cover): NM / NM Jeffrey Lee Pierce's 1981 debut with The Gun Club on Italian Expanded Music. Pierce synthesized blues, punk, and gothic rock into something entirely new and uniquely American - his lyrics explore violence, sex, and American mythology with poetic intensity that transcends simple genre exercises. Kid Congo Powers' slide guitar slithers through songs like a poisonous snake while Pierce's voice alternates between croon and howl. The production is raw but clear, capturing the band's live intensity without sanitizing their sound. Songs like "Sex Beat" and "She's Like Heroin To Me" became underground classics, influencing everyone from The Birthday Party to The Afghan Whigs. This launched Pierce's too-short career as one of punk's most visionary songwriters and most doomed romantics.
Release notes
Licensed from Ruby Records, 1981. Cover exactly like original Ruby Records issue except that the yellow "patches" on the pink background became green. B4 © 1981 Creeping Ritual Music BMI administered by Bug Music. A2 © Horoscope Music BMI © Ruby Records 1981 a division of Slash Records / J. Ruby Prods., Inc. © ℗ Expanded Music Printed in Italy Made in Italy
| A1 | Sex Beat | 2:48 | |
| A2 | Preaching The Blues | 4:31 | |
| A3 | Promise Me | 2:37 | |
| A4 | She's Like Heroin To Me | 2:36 | |
| A5 | For The Love Of Ivy | 5:37 | |
| A6 | Fire Spirit | 2:53 | |
| B1 | Ghost On The Highway | 2:46 | |
| B2 | Jack On Fire | 4:45 | |
| B3 | Black Train | 2:13 | |
| B4 | Cool Drink Of Water | 6:19 | |
| B5 | Goodbye Johnny | 3:44 |
- J. L. Pierce
- Arranged By (B4, A2), Backing Vocals (B2), Remix (A3 to A5, B3 to B5), Vocals, Slide Guitar, Written-By (A1, A3, A4, A6 to B3, B5), Written-By (A5)
- Chris D.
- Backing Vocals (B2), Design [Cover], Photography By [Band Photos], Producer (A1, A2, A6, B1, B2, ), Remix (A3 to A5, B3 to B5)
- Ward Dotson
- Backing Vocals (B2), Guitar, Slide Guitar
- Rob Ritter
- Bass
- Terry Graham
- Drums
- Pat Burnette
- Engineer [At Quad Teck] (A1, A2, A6, B1, B2, ), Engineer [Remix] (A3 to A5, B3 to B5)
- Noah Shark
- Engineer [At Studio America] (A3 to A5, B3 to B5)
- Judith Bell
- Illustration [Bottle Label Drawings]
- DD
- Lacquer Cut By
- Ed Colver
- Photography By [Band Photos, Jeffrey]
- W.B. Seabrook
- Photography By [Front Cover Photos, Center]
- Rex Hardy Jr.
- Photography By [Front Cover Photos, Left]
- Hermann Deutsch
- Photography By [Front Cover Photos, Right]
- Tito Larriva
- Producer, Remix (A3 to A5, B3 to B5), Violin (A3)
- Kid Congo Powers
- Written-By (A5)
- Robert Johnson
- Written-By (A2)
- Tommy Johnson
- Written-By (B4)
