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Unavailable domestically since the mid-‘90s, The Gun Club’s highly influential 1981 debut finally gets the proper reissue it deserves.
Produced by The Flesh Eaters‘ Chris Desjardins and Tito Larriva of The Plugz, Fire of Love serves as the definitive statement of Los Angeles roots rock. Driven by the haunted songwriting and tortured vocals of Jeffrey Lee Pierce, the songs straddle swampy Delta blues, ’60s garage rock, rockabilly and even ’70s glam for a drug-fueled, sex-soaked orgy of voodoo-infused Southern gothic fury. From the brilliant opening David Bowie via Lou Reed romp of “Sex Beat” through the manic interpretation of Robert Johnson‘s “Preaching the Blues” and twisted psychopathy of “For the Love of Ivy” to the Nuggets-style swagger of “Fire Spirit” and “Goodbye Johnny,” each song grabs your collar and brings you closer to the flame where you may be burned, but that’s the point, isn’t it?
Remastered to perfection and featuring liner notes by Desjardins, The Gun Club can finally be heard properly in the new millennium. Let the youngsters get a load of this.
