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THE GUN CLUB

KID CONGO POWERS, JEFFREY LEE PIERCE, PATRICIA MORRISON, 

TERRY GRAHAM, plus "MUSTANG" DAVE ALVIN

Los Angeles alternative rockers whose uncompromising style drew from Delta blues, Southern gothic, and psychobilly. Tribal psychobilly blues is the best way to describe the 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 was vaguely aligned with similarly roots-inspired groups like X and the Blasters, but later picked up and relocated to the Lower East Side, resting more comfortably around the New York downtown set and Pierce's mentors, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein.......

"LAS VEGAS STORY"

<reissue, originally published 1984>     

LP     SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY      SFTRI 742  

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    2004 REPRESSING

IN SHRINK SINGLE SLEEVE    GREEN VINYL

HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

Label: SFTRI - BLACK w/WHITE 'SYMPATHY' on TOP - WHITE TEXT 

Catalog on cover: SFTRI 742    

Catalog on labels: SFTRI 742

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): SFTRI-742 A  S-55419  [not legible]

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): SFTRI 742 B  S-55420   B   [not legible]

On labels: top rim text "15 Years Of Performance Anxiety"

bottom rim text "Instability And Poor Judgement"

On Back Cover: Tracklist + Credits

Recorded and Mixed at Ocean Way Studios March and April, 1984

Album dedicated to Debbie Harry (for her love, help, and encouragement)

In Loving Memory Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and Rob Ritter

SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY ● SYMPATHYRECORDS.COM

tracklisting

Side A: THE LAS VEGAS STORY - WALKIN' WITH THE BEAST

ETERNALLY IS HERE - THE STRANGER IN OUR TOWN - MY DREAMS

Side B: THE MASTER PLAN - MY MAN'S GONE NOW

BAD AMERICA - MOONLIGHT MOTEL - GIVE UP THE SUN

grading

RECORD EX/NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

The Las Vegas Story was produced by Jeff Eyrich who was just coming off T-Bone Burnett's Proof Through the Night project and was about to enter the studio with both the Plimsouls and Thin White Rope. Its lineup features the return of original guitarist Kid Congo Powers, as well as drummer Terry Graham and new bassist Patricia Morrison (aka Pat Bag) from L.A. punk outfit the Bags. Late frontman /guitarist Jeffrey Lee Pierce was writing feverish rock & roll songs  that took their inspiration from Southern blues and West Texas country music all framed by an angular, jagged post-punk energy. After Fire of Love, The Las Vegas Story is their most satisfying album and is, perhaps, the band's most visionary offering...(AllMusic)