Rock band from Los Angeles (CA, USA) formed in 1980-1981 by , Brian Tristan (better known as ), Don Snowden and Brad Dunning. The band was initially called The Creeping Ritual.
During their debut album "Fire Of Love" in 1981, the band was comprised of , , and . left the band in 1982 just before their second album, "Miami". joined and stayed until 1984. For their next album, "Las Vegas Story" in 1984, the band consisted of , , and . After some successful tours, Jeffrey started to travel around the world and the band came to a halt for a period as he started to work on a solo album. In 1987 The Gun Club staged a comeback with , , and . Several releases followed, and in 1995 a new line-up was formed including , , , and . On the 31st of March 1996 the band sadly came to an end due the death of .
They were notable as one of the first bands in the punk rock subculture to incorporate influences from blues, rockabilly, and country music. The Gun Club has been called a "tribal psychobilly blues" band, as well as initiators of the cowpunk and punk blues sound.
Name Vars
- Gun Club
- Gun-Club
- Gunclub
- The Gun Club+
- The Gunclub
Members
- Jeffrey Lee Pierce
- Brock Avery
- Nick Sanderson
- Terry Graham
- Rainer Lingk
- Dee Pop
- Rob Ritter
- Ward Dotson
- Randy Bradbury
- Mike Martt
- Jim Duckworth
- Romi Mori
- Simon Fish
- Jimmy Joe Uliana
- Desi
- Anny Unger
- Brian Tristan
- Patricia Rainone
- Elizabeth Montague