Death Party { vinyl }

The Gun Club was formed by Jeffrey Lee Pierce, former head of the Blondie fan club in Los Angeles.

Joining him was Brian Tristan, who was later renamed Kid Congo Powers during his stint with The Cramps. By 1982, the band had signed to Blondie guitarist Chris Stein’s Animal Records and temporarily relocated to New York to record 1982’s Miami. This album features Stein as producer, and you can hear Debbie Harry on backup vocals on select tracks. Going for a higher, more desolate sound, frontman and slide player Jeffrey Lee Pierce and his band were literally on fire.