The Gun Club
-Chronology (I)-

Los Angeles-San Fernando Valley 1972-1976. Jeff attends Granada Hills High School. At the time he really loves (Peter Gabriel-era) Genesis, Sparks, Roxy Music and David Bowie, until in summer '77 he discovers and becomes obsessed with reggae artist Bob Marley. While at Granada Hills, Jeff has several party bands with Steven Wolfe. Those 'bands' were mostly abortive, messing-around-in-the-living-room things, planning and practicing. Most were prog rock/Beatles like.

1976
US CA,Los Angeles,Steven Wolfe's home

Photo: Courtesy of Steven Wolfe.

Note: The Melted Orange Crayons line up: Bill Heatley (vocals)/ Steven Wolfe (guitar) and Jeff Pierce (drums). MOC never played out and only had four songs. In this photo they're (likely) playing a cover version of "Fever" [Elvis Presley].

14-Feb-77
US CA,Los Angeles,The Wilton Hilton,Valentine's Day party

Photo: Credit Jenny Lens.

Note: The 'Wilton Hilton' is Tomata Du Plenty and Tommy Gear's [The Screamers] house on North Wilton between Hollywood and Franklin. The G.T.O.s, the Girls Together Outrageously, the music group of groupies that Frank Zappa put together, were the tenants before the Screamers occupied the place.

16-Apr-77
US CA,Los Angeles-North Hollywood,Bomp! record store (@ 5230 Laurel Canyon Boulevard)

Photo: Credit Jenny Lens.

Note: Jeffrey Lee Pierce @ the store the day The Damned visited. Jeff then worked at Bomp!

23-Apr-77
US CA,Los Angeles-North Hollywood,Bomp! record store (@ 5230 Laurel Canyon Boulevard)

Photo: Credit Jenny Lens, published in UK Mojo music mag.

Note: (3 members of) The Weirdos, Debbie Harry [Blondie] and Jeffrey Lee Pierce.

23-Nov-77
US CA,Los Angeles-Hollywood,The Masque

Photo: Credit Jenny Lens.

Note: Jeffrey Lee Pierce attending a show by The Germs, with Lorna Doom (aka Teresa Ryan) on bass.

Los Angeles early 1978. Jeffrey forms his first band The Red Lights, a power pop group with Anna Statman (later A&R for Slash records, Interscope and Geffen records).

1978
US CA,North Hollywood,studio,demoing 5 songs: "Debbie By The Christmas Tree", "Jungle Book", "Kisses for my President", "Kitty Ina Moonlight" and "Tiger Girl"

"By mid 1978 I'd known Back Door Man's [fanzine] Phast Phreddie [Patterson] for a couple of years, but only now started hanging out with him regularly. He knew this guy named Jeff Pierce, who had had a band called the Redlights, and at some point played me the Redlights' "Jungle Book". I was floored, and said "I gotta meet the guy that wrote this!" I did, and from late '78 through early '80 the three of us were inseparable drinking buddies."

"Jun 28, 1979 [The Last are playing Gazzari's on a Thursday night in front of 60 people]: 2nd set was pretty cool, and encore #1 is now history. We started into "Pushin' Too Hard" [The Seeds], bringing it down as Jeff Pierce hit the stage to go into a long fake James Brown-live-record type intro. Then Phreddie hit the stage & the joint went nuts. Everybody danced, people pogoed & twisted side by side. They did the whole crowd tease thing at the end, Jeff cajoling Phred to come back out, etc ... Lots of girls with stars in their eyes. Bill Gazarri had an orgasm. Randall had an orgasm. Mike & David [my brothers] had to clean up the dressing room. Jeff Pierce wrote me out the lyrics to "Jungle Book". He doesn't want to do it so I said "fuck it, the Last will do it."

Jul 12, 1979: Evidently Vitus [Mataré] was pissed 'cause I'd planned to put "Jungle Book" on the [Last's] 2nd album ["Look Again", as yet unreleased]. He [didn't want] to tell me, so he told [producer/band manager] Randall [Wixen]. Randall then called me & said that if we put it on the album, or I played in Jeff's band, I would probably make an enemy out of every Last member. I was pissed, but reluctantly agreed to cool it, Redlights-wise. Anyway, we proceeded to play "Jungle Book" throughout the fall of 1979, frequently with Jeff himself singing it. It was a hit, and the band finally relented, and we did indeed (obviously) record it for the ["Look Again"] album. Jeff's original is, of course, better." As told by Joe Nolte [The Last].

Much later, "Jungle Book" is recorded by The Amber Lights (Mick Harvey & JP Shilo) and also Tav Falco's Panther Burns for the "Journey Is Long" (Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project) album (2012). The Amber Lights record "Kitty Ina Moonlight" and "Kisses for my President" (with Debbie Harry) and also Andrea Schroeder records "Kisses for my President", all for the "Axels & Sockets" (Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project) album (2014). At the same sessions "Kisses for my President" is recorded by Cypress Grove (vocals/guitar)/ Mick Cozens (guitar)/ Mark Tomeo (pedal steel guitar) and Willie Love (drums,percussion), but this track remains unreleased.

On August 14, 2020 Spacecase Records/In The Red Records jointly released an EP "Red Lights" containing the above 5 demos, supplied by the Pierce estate.

14/15-Jul-78
US CA,Los Angeles-West Hollywood,Whisky a Go Go (@ 8901 Sunset Blvd)
[with X, Marbles, Germs, Middle Class, Consumers]
Lobotomy-zine weekend

Flyer: Photo of flyer, designed by The Germs' drummer, Don Bolles, for their part of this show.

Review: Review of show, taken from Flip Side fanzine #9, Sep-1978.

Photo: Photos credit Larry Hardy [In The Red records]. Photographer Theresa Kereakes also took pictures of this show, but they were destroyed during the development process.

Note: Two day benefit for the Lobotomy zine. On the 14th, The Red Lights play their first live show, adding Vitus Mataré [The Last]. Jack Reynolds [The Last] passed away in his sleep on December 1,2009.

"Lobotomy: The Brainless Magazine", was founded in Hollywood during the spring 1978 by Pleasant Gehman. Collaborators: Brad Dunning [Creeping Ritual/Gun Club], Brian Tristan (aka Kid Congo Powers), photographer Theresa Kereakes etc.

1978
US CA,Los Angeles-Culver City,Culver Arena bar

Note: The Red Lights' second live show. Pleasant Gehman [Lobotomy zine] was there.

09-Aug-78
US CA,Los Angeles-San Fernando Valley,Rock Corporation (@ 14310 Oxnard Street, Van Nuys)
[with Blow Up, The Weasels]

Review: Review of show, taken from Flip Side fanzine #9, Sep-1978.

Los Angeles mid 1978. Jeffrey meets Brian Tristan (later a.k.a. Kid Congo Powers) from being in the early LA punk scene and going to lots of concerts (a.o. Television at the Roxy in June 1978 and later Pere Ubu at the Whisky in August 1979).

1978
US CA,Los Angeles,Granada Hills,High School

Photo: Courtesy of Steven Wolfe.

Note: Photo taken after a performance of some play. After he graduated, Jeff came to see his friend Steven Wolfe (left) and their high school drama teacher James Rawley (mid). Jeff is seen wearing his (24-7) favorite coat for many years.

New York City late 1978/mid 1979. Jeffrey is in New York City, checking out the CBGB scene and early Blondie concerts. He is also living in Hoboken (NJ) where he's joining Glenn Morrow's band The Individuals (with Richard Barrone, Rob Norris and Peter Holsapple). They rehearse a lot @ the newly opened (in August, 1978) Maxwell's club.

By June 1979, Jeff returns to Los Angeles and starts writing for Slash magazine, something he will be doing until July 1980.

1979
US CA,San Fernando Valley,Reseda, practicing @ Jeffrey Lee Pierce mother's home on Hatton Street.
They cover songs like "Treat Her Right" [Roy Head] and "Ooby Dooby" [Roy Orbison].

Note:"The germ for the band began in my living room when I was living on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood in 1979. Jeffrey Lee Pierce would come over quite a bit and we would drink beer and play old 78 RPM jump blues records by Wynonie Harris and Amos Milburn which we found in the thrift stores of South Central Los Angeles. Jeffrey thought it would be a good idea to start an R&B combo to perform jump blues, since no one else was. He had just broken up his band, The Red Lights, and was restless. We got a couple of our drinking buddies together and went to Jeffrey's mother's house in the San Fernando Valley. There, his sister Jacqui had a boyfriend who kept a set of drums in the garage. The bass player was our friend from Cleveland, Rodney Burns. The guitarist was Joe Nolte of the Last. Jeffrey played the drums. We learned Roy Head's "Treat Her Right" and played it for our friend Pleasant Gehman over the phone. That was as far as that version of the band got. " Phast Phreddie 2019.

12-Jul-79
US CA,Los Angeles-North Hollywood, Mars rehearsal studios (@ 665 North Berendo Street): the band are trying to record a single with own songs: "Faster Than You", "What A Friend I Have In Whiskey" and "When I Get My Cadillac". All three jointly written by Patterson and Pierce.

Note 1: "Then we decided to see how serious we could get. Jeffrey and I wrote three songs together: two rockers, "Faster Than You" and "What A Friend I Have In Whiskey." and a sort of junked-out ballad called "When I Get My Cadillac." Jeffrey moved to guitar, we enlisted our friend Don Snowden, a music writer for the L.A. Times, to play bass, and we went through several drummers—including Brendan Mullen, who used to book the punk club the Masque: Robert Newman, who was in the original Motels: KK Barrett, who was in the Screamers: and Robert Bryan, who lived in my building and was in the Silencers. Of all of them, Robert Bryan rehearsed with us the most, but he was never a permanent member.

Though very raw, "What a Friend I Have in Whiskey" is an early attempt at a jump blues sound for the modern world. This is the fourth take of the song. The vocal is way low because the studio's P.A. system was not great. Also, you can hear the space we saved for the saxophone player we were hoping to get. Anyway, the great thing about this is Jeffrey's guitar playing; it is downright wild--the saving grace of the recording. If it weren't for him, the band wouldn't have existed." Phast Phreddie 2019.

Note 2: The single never materialised then, but "What A Friend I Have In Whiskey" was released on a 7" single by Spacecase Records in 2019. Their third song, "When I Get My Cadillac" is later covered by Lydia Lunch/ Kid Congo Powers and Cypress Grove for "We Are Only Riders" - The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project (2009) and again by Cypress Grove for "Axels & Sockets" - The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project (2014).

1979
US CA,Los Angeles-East Hollywood,rehearsal space: doing covers of "In The Midnight Hour" [Wilson Pickett], "The End" [The Doors] and "Sloppy Drunk" [Jimmy Rogers], etc.. Also doing one of Jeff's songs "St. Mark's Place".

Note: "Midnight Hour" released on Phast Phreddie and Thee Precisions "Limbo" 2CD (Manifesto 2020). "St. Mark's Place" was later covered by Lydia Lunch and Cypress Grove for the "We Are Only Riders" album (The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project, 2009) and their joint "Fistful Of Desert Blues" ablum (2014).

1979
US CA,Los Angeles

Photo: From Fred -Phast Phreddie- Patterson's archives.
(l-r) Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Don Waller [founder of Back Door Man fanzine, together with Phast Phreddie], unknown, Muddy Waters and Phast Phreddie.

20-Sep-80
US CA,Hollywood,Club 88 (@ 11784 W Pico Blvd)
[support for The Blasters, with James Harmon Band]

Poster: Reproduction, taken from booklet with Phast Phreddie and Thee Precisions "Limbo" 2CD (Manifesto 2020).

Note: First official gig. By then Jeffrey Lee Pierce had long left Thee Precisions and Gun Club were well on their way. "Jeffrey left the band before we played our first show. He was always going to leave--he just wanted to give me a little push. Jeffrey [then] started The Creeping Ritual." Phast Phreddie 2019.

Thee Precisions went through several line-up changes before playing their last show on 26-Dec-85 @ the Club Lingerie.

Jeffrey Lee Pierce together with Johnny Nation [from The Bags, later in Lydia Lunch's 13.13] , Jon Oliphant (who owned an upright bass) and Brad Dunning form the rockabilly band The Cyclones. They rehearse a few times at Jeffrey's mom's house in Pacoima and perform live only once. Pleasant Gehman joins Jeff in writing songs for the band.

18-Sep-79
US CA,Hollywood,Gazzarri's (@ 9039 Sunset Blvd)
[with The Last, The Urinals and The Go-Go's]
A Rock 'n Roll Dance Party

Setlist: (a.o.) Walking After Midnight [Block/Hecht-Patsy Cline]/ Fever [John Davenport-Elvis Presley]/ Money Honey [The Drifters]/ .. and more

Flyer 1: Scan of flyer, designed by Pleasant Gehman, courtesy of Pleasant, from her private collection.

Flyer 2: Scan of flyer, designed by Pleasant Gehman, courtesy of Brad Dunning, from his private collection.

Poster: Scan of poster taken from "Punk: An Aesthetic", a book edited by Johan Kugelberg and Jon Savage. Another scan of the same poster. Another photo.

Note: For this show, Jeffrey made Pleasant Gehman [Screamin' Sirens] the singer. This gig was to be The Cyclones first and only show. The concert ends with Jeffrey and Johnny having a fist-fight on stage, with Brad joining in. Then Jeff kicked over the drums, threw the mike stand and walked off. All were really drunk. Black Flag was there and they asked The Cyclones to open for them... but they never played again!

xx-Oct-79
US CA,Hollywood,Club 88 (@ 11784 W Pico Blvd)

Photo: Credit Philomena Winstansley, taken from Slash magazine December 1979.

Note: Jeffrey guests at a Top Jimmy show, who is backed by X (a.k.a. The Drunk All Stars). On May 17, 2001 James Koncek (a.k.a. Top Jimmy) died in Las Vegas from liver failure at the age of 46.

The Cyclones are renamed Creeping Ritual, replacing Johnny Nation with Brian Tristan (later a.k.a. Kid Congo Powers) and Jon Oliphant with Don Snowden [Thee Precisions], then also a music critic for the L.A. Times. During this period Jeffrey writes most songs that would end up on the Gun Club's debut album " Fire Of Love".

1979
US CA,San Fernando Valley,Reseda, practicing @ Jeffrey Lee Pierce mother's home on Hatton Street and @ Program Studio (aka "McCadden"),practice room (@ 6750 Selma Avenue) in West Hollywood. They rehearse most of the songs which, in May 1981, would be recorded on the Gun Club's debut album "Fire Of Love".

Photo: Program Studio - Google Street view 2009, with thanks to Vitus Mataré [The Last] and Brad Dunning for identifying Program Studio's location. Brad Dunning: "There were no windows. It was dark and very very hot, but it was cheap."

1979/1980
US CA,Los Angeles-Chinatown,Hong Kong cafe (@ 425 Gin Ling Way)
[with The Bags and/or The Blasters]

Note 1: First concert. Main band, The Bags include future Gun Club members Rob Ritter, Terry Graham and Patricia Morrison (born Patricia Rainone). This concert is followed by the another show at a (former) Chinese restaurant.

Note 2: From an interview with Dave Alvin [The Blasters]: "I gave them their first gig", Dave Alvin laughs. Back then he played guitar and handled bookings for The Blasters. "I got us a Saturday night residency at [Chinatown punk club] the Hong Kong Café for a month or two, then I got this phone call from Jeffrey. He was trying to scam me -'that was Creeping Ritual's gig, there was a fuck-up'- even though they'd never played a gig. I enjoyed that he was so brazen, so I said, "You can open." So he got what he wanted, but had a very dramatic way of getting it - which was very Jeffrey."

Note 3: The Hong Kong cafe (across the street from Madame Wong's) held its first rock concert on June 5th, 1979, headlined by Elton Duck. Its final show was held on New Years Eve 1980.

1980
US CA,Hollywood,Club 88 (@ 11784 W Pico Blvd)

Note: "An early gig at Club 88: Jeffrey dressed in a black suit with a white shirt and a black string tie and a black hat, looking like something out of a Flannery O'Connor short story. He had chains in one hand and an old Bible in the other as he sang "Preachin' Blues." At one point he threw the Bible down and jumped on it. The owner of Club 88 promptly banned the Gun Club from playing there ever again." Fred -Phast Phreddie- Patterson quoted in "We Got the Neutron Bomb", a book by Brendan Mullen.

06-Apr-80
US CA,Los Angeles-Chinatown,Hong Kong cafe (@ 425 Gin Ling Way)
[with The Bags and The Circle Jerks]

Flyer: Taken from "Fucked Up and Photocopied", a book by Bryan R. Turcotte and Chris Miller.

Note: Some tension had been building up in The Bags after Patricia [aka Pat Bag] Morrison's disasterous show in San Diego on March 15, 1980. Her last show with The Bags was @ the Hong Kong cafe in late March [with Monitor and The Urinals]. Patricia first joins Legal Weapon and later in June 1982, The Gun Club.

In April 1980, Creeping Ritual change their name to The Gun Club, upon suggestion of Keith Morris [Black Flag/Circle Jerks]. At the time Jeffrey was Keith's housemate @ his 'Pink House' on Simms Avenue South in Inglewood (CA). In return for the name the "Gun Club", Jeffrey gave Keith a song which became "Group Sex" for the Circle Jerks.

30-Apr-80
US CA,Hollywood,Blackies (@ 607 N La Brea Ave)
[with Rik L. Rik, The Circle Jerks, and the Disposals]

Flyer 1: Scan of flyer, designed by Brad Dunning, from his private collection..

Flyer 2: Scan of flyer courtesy of Steven Rascoe. Another scan of same flyer.

Flyer 3: Alternative flyer ,taken from the booklet of the Jeffrey Lee Pierce "Six String Sermon" LP (Bang! Records 2010).

Flyer 4: Yet another version, taken from "Go Tell The Mountain",book (Creeping Ritual 2017).

Note: Blackies' existence was brief, spanning a period of only nine months between July 1979 and April 1980. Following many complaints for excessive noise a new Blackies opened in Santa Monica (the two venues briefly co-existed in early 1980).

09-May-80
US CA,Redondo Beach,The Fleetwood (@ 260 N. Harbor Dr.)
[with The Circle Jerks,The Urinals,The Alleycats and X]

Flyer: Photo of flyer courtesy of Steven Rascoe.

Note: In May 1991, The Gun Club would cover the Urinals' "Black Hole" (from their "Another EP") on the "Divinity" MLP. That same night The Cramps were playing @ the Whisky. In November Brian Tristan would leave the Gun Club to join The Cramps, changing his name to Kid Congo Powers.

09-May-80
US CA,Los Angeles-Chinatown,Hong Kong café (@ 425 Gin Ling Way)
[with The Bags and The Offs]

Flyer: Taken from "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set booklet (Retro Deluxe 2008).

Schedule: Photo of schedule for May.

Note: Second show on the same day. That same night The Cramps were playing @ the Whisky. In November Brian Tristan would leave the Gun Club to join The Cramps, changing his name to Kid Congo Powers.

10-May-80
US CA,Redondo Beach,The Fleetwood (@ 260 N. Harbor Dr.)
[with The Circle Jerks,The Bags,The Urinals,Fear,The Gears]

Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of Brad Dunning, from his private collection.

Photo: Credit Al Kowalewski, taken from Flipside magazine.

Note: At this show some filming took place for Penelope Spheeris' "The Decline Of Western Civilization" film. The Gun Club are not in the film. One of the last shows of The Bags."Jeffrey persuaded the Urinals, who he knew, to give up half of their 20 or 30 minute set, so we wound up doing a guerrilla-style, hit-and-run set of two or three songs. It was all a blur, set up, we probably did "Sex Beat" and "Heroin" for sure, maybe "Black Train", break down and get the fuck offstage. I don't remember the reaction, certainly nothing heavily negative."(from an interview with Don Snowden Bored Out.)

17-May-80
US CA,Los Angeles-Chinatown,Hong Kong café (@ 425 Gin Ling Way)
[with The Blasters and Sofa Music]

Flyer 1: Scan of flyer courtesy of Brad Dunning, from his private collection.

Flyer 2: Scan of another flyer courtesy of Brad Dunning, from his private collection.

Schedule: Photo of show schedule for month May.

30-May-80
US CA,Hollywood,Club 88 (@ 11784 W Pico Blvd)
[with X and The Blasters]

Flyer 1: Photo of flyer, designed by Exene Cervenka [X], courtesy of Steven Rascoe.

Flyer 2: Alternative flyer ,taken from the booklet of the Jeffrey Lee Pierce "Six String Sermon" LP (Bang! Records 2010).

Note: Club 88 opened in July 1977 and active till early 1982. The owner of the club was Wayne Mayotte, a retired mechanical and structural engineer. Club 88 was a former strip club converted into a music club. Capacity of 250 and reportedly poor stage conditions.

June 1980, Brad and Don decide to leave the band (they both had proper jobs and needed to make money to survive) and the rhythm section (Rob Ritter and Terry Graham) of the now defunct Bags offers to take their places. According to Terry (in an email reply to me) this happened after a show @ the "Hong Kong cafe when Gun Club opened for the Blasters", according to other sources this happened at Hong Kong Cafe when Gun Club opened for the Bags. According to Don Snowden one of his last shows was a third-on-the-bill at Club 88, with X and the Blasters.
Palm Springs resident, Brad Dunning later became an aclaimed architectural restorator and interior house designer.

June 1980
US CA,West Hollywood,Program Studio (aka "McCadden"),practice room (@ 6750 Selma Avenue).
Rehearsing two times a week, for a month. Songs rehearsed are: Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Promise Me/ Ghost On The Highway/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ Walking With The Beast/ Keys To The Kingdom/ For The Love Of Ivy/ Fire Spirit/ Goodbye Johnny/ Going Down The Red River/ Seven Miles With The Devil/ Sex Beat/ The Devil and the Nigger/ Opelousas Love Magic.

Photo: Google Street view 2009, with thanks to Vitus Mataré [The Last] and Brad Dunning for identifying its location.

Note: The Last used to rehearse here before they rented the Lyceum Sound Recorders in Mar Vista.

xx-Jul-80
US CA,Hollywood,The Whisky a Go Go (@ 8901 W. Sunset Blvd)

Setlist: Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger [Bo Diddley]/ Railroad Bill/ Seven Miles With The Devil/ Preachin' The Blues/ Goodbye Johnny / .. and more..

Note: Recorded live by Lois Kimmerle (Graham). Above tracks available on the "The Birth, The Death, The Ghost" album.

12-Jul-80
US CA,Los Angeles-Watts,Jett's Café (@ 964 W. Manchester Ave)
[with Suburban Lawns]

Setlist: Black Train/ Walkin' With The Beast/..and more..

Flyer 1: Scan of flyer, designed (likely) by Jeffrey Lee Pierce, courtesy of Brad Dunning, from his private collection.

Flyer 2: Scan of another flyer courtesy of Brad Dunning, from his private collection.

Note: Recorded live by Lois Kimmerle (Graham). Above tracks available on the "The Birth, The Death, The Ghost" album. Jett's Cafe & Arthaus, opened in January 1978.

13-Jul-80
US CA,Los Angeles-Chinatown,Hong Kong café (@ 425 Gin Ling Way)
[with Top Jimmy and Rik L. Rik]

Setlist: Bad Mood/ Not That Much/ Going Down The Red River / ..and more..

Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of Brad Dunning, from his private collection.

Note: Recorded live by Lois Kimmerle (Graham). Above tracks available on the "The Birth, The Death, The Ghost" album. "Not That Much" also available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008).

xx-Jul-80
US CA,Santa Monica,Madame Wong's West café (@ 2900 Wilshire Blvd)

Setlist: Willie Brown [Mack Self]/ Field Holler/ Sex Beat/ ..and more..

Note: Recorded live by Lois Kimmerle (Graham). Above tracks available on the "The Birth, The Death, The Ghost" album. "Sex Beat" also available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008). Only time that they played at Madame Wong's.

Madame Wong's West opened as an off-shoot of the popular Madame Wong's Chinatown, but lasted significantly longer than its parent venue (which closed in 1985), hosting a wide variety of bands from 1979-1991. The clubs were run by Esther Wong, the "godmother of LA punk", who died on August 15, 2005 at the age of 85.

xx-Jul-80
US CA,Los Angeles,The Golden Gate Chinese restaurant

02-Aug-80
US CA,Long Beach,California State University,Nugget
[with The Last, The Blasters]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

xx-Aug-80
US CA,Hollywood,The Whisky a Go Go (@ 8901 W. Sunset Blvd)
[with Fear]

30-Aug-80
US CA,Los Angeles,UCLA/University of California, Los Angeles
Bruins Zeta Phi Fraternity @ 611 Gayley Ave

Flyer 1: Scan of flyer courtesy of Brad Dunning, from his private collection.

Flyer 2: Scan of flyer by Terry Graham, from his private collection.

Note: Fundraiser campaign ("Bruins for Anderson") for John B. Anderson, an independent Presidential candidate from California in 1980.

September 1980
Rob Ritter temporarily leaves the band (to focus on the other band he's in, 45 Grave) and is replaced by Anna Statman [The Red Lights] on bass.

xx-Sep-80
US CA,Los Angeles,benefit for Bill Bateman [The Blasters]
[with X, The Blasters and The Go-Go's]

19-Sep-80
US CA,Los Angeles-Chinatown,Hong Kong Café (@ 425 Gin Ling Way)
[with The Last, The Vidiots or The Suburban Lawns]

Oct/Dec 1980
The Gun Club is not having many shows for several months.

18-Oct-80
US CA,Los Angeles-Culver City,Culver Arena bar
[with the Blasters + Textones]

Note: Rob Ritter, who had been attending the show, takes over on bass mid set when Anna spots him in the audience and hands him the bass guitar.

xx-Oct-80
US CA,San Fernando Valley-Reseda,Chuck Landis' Country Club
[support for X]

Note: Across the street from Bebop Records store.

06-Nov-80
US CA,Los Angeles,Burbank,Joey Kill's
[with Spittin' Teeth + Stepmothers]

12-Dec-80
US CA,Hollywood,Club 88 (@ 11784 W Pico Blvd)
[with Geza X and Dred Scott]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: First show with line-up #2C.

20-Jan-81
US CA,Hollywood,Starwood club (@ 8151 Santa Monica Blvd)
[with Alley Cats and Gears]

Setlist: Devil In The Woods/ Fire of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Bad Indian/ Black Train(*)/ Jack On Fire/ Promise Me(*)/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Sex Beat/ Ghost On The Highway/ Goodbye Johnny/ Sleeping In Blood City.

Flyer: Taken from the "Go Tell The Mountain" book (2.13.61, 1998). A photo of another flyer courtesy of Steven Rascoe . Third version of flyer.

Ticket: Scan of ticket .

Ad 1: Scan of advert, from the LA Times 18-Jan-81.

Ad 2: Scan of another advert

Review: Taken from Flipside magazine issue #23 (March 1981).

Note: Recorded by their sound guy Vitus Mataré [The Last]. (*) available on the "Sex Beat 81" semi legit LP album (Lolita Records, France) and the "Death Party" semi legit CD (Revenge, France).

The Starwood was a West Hollywood club which operated as a venue for rock/new wave music between 1972 and October 1981, on a site which in the 60's was once a jazz nightclub known as PJ's, where the Standells recorded their live album.

04-Feb-81
US CA,Hollywood,The Whisky a Go Go (@ 8901 W. Sunset Blvd)
[with Fear and Legal Weapon]

Ad: Scan of ad from LA Times 01-Feb-81.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

06-Feb-81
US CA,Hollywood,Club 88 (@ 11784 W Pico Blvd)
[with James Harmon + The Blasters]

Calendar: Photo of calendar.

01-Mar-81
US CA,Hollywood,Cathay De Grande (@ 1600 N. Argyle Avenue at Selma Avenue)
[with Flesh Eaters]

Flyer: Photo of flyer courtesy of Steven Rascoe .
Alternative flyer, taken from "Go Tell The Mountain",book (Creeping Ritual 2017).

Photo: Photo by Alan.

Note: Cathay De Grande (originally a Chinese restaurant), after the closure of several other punk rock venues, became in the fall of 1980, "the last haunt in Hollywood" for punk music, before it also closed on October 31, 1984, after a series of disputes with local authorities that centered upon concerns surrounding excessive noise and local crime.

03-Mar-81
US CA,Santa Monica,Blackies
[with Phast Phreddie + Sheiks of Shake]

06-Mar-81
US CA,Hollywood,Club 88 (@ 11784 W Pico Blvd)
[with Dred Scott and The Urinals]

Setlist: Bad Indian/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ Keys To The Kingdom/ Jack On Fire/ Railroad Bill/ Sex Beat/.. and more..

Flyer 1: Taken from "Punk Is Dead: Punk Is Everything!" a book by Bryan R. Turcotte and Douglas Woods.

Flyer 2: Scan of another flyer courtesy of Brad Dunning, from his private collection.

Note: All above tracks available on the "Sex Beat 81" semi legit LP album (Lolita Records, France), the "Death Party" semi legit CD (Revenge, France) and one track ("She's Like Heroin To Me") on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008). The recording date on these releases is listed as 07-Mar-81.

11-Mar-81
US CA,East Los Angeles,Vex's
[with The Gears]

Flyer: Photo of flyer. A photo of another flyer courtesy of Steven Rascoe.

24-Mar-81
US CA,Hollywood,Starwood club (@ 8151 Santa Monica Blvd)
[with 45 Grave, Adolescents]

Ad: Scan taken from the Los Angeles Times 22-Mar-81, courtesy of Steven Rascoe.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Review: Scan of review from the Los Angeles Times, 26-Mar-81.

Review: Scan of review from the Flipside #24, June 1981.

Note: Rob Ritter is also member of 45 Grave.

25-Mar-81
US CA,Hollywood,The Whisky a Go Go (@ 8901 W. Sunset Blvd)
[with The Plugz]

Ad: Scan of ad from LA times 22-Mar-81, courtesy of Steven Rascoe .

13-Apr-81
US CA,Hollywood,The Whisky a Go Go (@ 8901 W. Sunset Blvd)
[with Alley Cats, Unclaimed]

Ad: Scan of ad from LA times 05-Apr-81, courtesy of Steven Rascoe .

14-Apr-81
US CA,Hollywood,Starwood club (@ 8151 Santa Monica Blvd)
[with Suburban Lawns + The Brat]

Ad: Scan taken from the Los Angeles Times Apr-81, courtesy of Steven Rascoe.

Calendar: Scan of club's April calendar.

16/19-Apr-81
US CA,Los Angeles-West Hollywood,The Roxy Theatre (@ 9009 Sunset Blvd)
[with X]

Ad: Scan taken from the Los Angeles Times Apr-81.

Note: Gun Club supports on one of these dates.

18-Apr-81
US CA,Los Angeles,The Brave Dog
[with Nervous Gender]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

April 1981
US CA,West Hollywood,Program Studio (aka "McCadden"),practice room (@ 6750 Selma Avenue),recording 5 songs. Goodbye Johnny/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Watermelon Man/ Devil In The Woods/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]. Recorded by Vitus Mataré [from The Last] with a Dokorder 7140 4-track reel-to-reel home recording machine. "Devil In The Woods" ended up on the "Keats Rides A Harley" compilation LP album (September 1981).

All tracks later released on the "Early Warning" 2CD compilation (SFTRI 1997) and "Da Blood Done Signed My Name" 2CD compilation (Castle 2007). All but "Fire Of Love" also available on the "Sex Beat 81", semi legitimate, LP album (Lolita Records, France) and the "Death Party", semi legitimate, CD (Revenge, France).

"Vitus [Mataré] showed up at the end of practice with a four-track reel to reel and we recorded four or five songs in an hour, right there in this shitty little rehearsal space. I always thought that was the best representation of the band. Simple, live, with no pretense. It was always a blast playing with the best rhythm section in LA (Rob and Terry). I thought at the time and still do. Those guys were a machine." Ward Dotson, liner notes to the "Keats Rides A Harley" compilation CD re-release (Warning Label 2005).

Photo: Google Street view 2009, with thanks to Vitus Mataré [The Last] and Brad Dunning for identifying its location.

24-Apr-81
US CA,Los Angeles-West Hollywood,The Roxy Theatre (@ 9009 Sunset Blvd)
[with The Cramps]

25-Apr-81
US CA,Los Angeles-West Hollywood,The Roxy Theatre (@ 9009 Sunset Blvd)
[with The Cramps]

Photo: Kid with the Cramps, credit Larry Hardy [In The Red Records].

Flyer: Scan of flyer .

Note: First Los Angeles show of the new Cramps line-up, with Kid in the band. The Cramps put candles on stage and Kid Congo's hair inadvertedly catches fire, going up like a torch because he put on so much hair spray. [New York Rocker Sep.81]

May 1981
US CA,Pasadena,Studio America,recording sessions (2 days) for the "Fire Of Love" album. 6 songs recorded: Promise Me/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ For The Love Of Ivy/ Black Train/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Goodbye Johnny. Engineered by Noah Shark [Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers]. Produced by Tito Larriva [from the Plugz].

Note: Initially these tracks were intended as an EP to be released on the Plugz' Fatima label. Because of money problems at Fatima the album is released on Ruby, a subsidiary of Slash records established by Chris D(esjardins) [from The Flesh Eaters]. Slash records is headed by the publisher of Slash magazine, Bob Biggs. Also recorded at these sessions are "Bad Indian" and "Fire Of Love" which remained unreleased until 2021 when Blixa Sounds added them as extra tracks to the "Fire Of Love" album reissue.

May 1981
US CA,Los Angeles-Central,Quad Teck studio (Hank Waring's studio @ 4007 West Sixth Street),further recording (a Sunday afternoon/evening) and mixing sessions for the "Fire Of Love" album. 5 songs recorded: Sex Beat/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Fire Spirit/ Ghost On The Highway/ Jack On Fire. Engineered by Pat Burnette. Produced by Chris D(esjardins) [The Flesh Eaters].

Photo: Google Street view 2017.

10-Jun-81
US CA,Hollywood,Starwood club (@ 8151 Santa Monica Blvd)
[with Rik L Rik + Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs]

Ad: Scan taken from the Los Angeles Times 07-Jun-81.

20-Jun-81
US CA,Hollywood,Al's Bar (@ 305 South Hewitt Street at Traction Avenue)
[with Dred Scott and/or The Crowd]
(2 sets)

Setlist: Walking The Beast(+)(++)/ Goodbye Johnny-Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson](+)/ Bol Weevil Man (aka Ghost On The Highway)(+)(++)/.. and more..

Article: Scan of letter to Uncut mag June 2012, courtesy of Richard W.

Note: This bar was owned by Marc Kreisel since 1979 and closed down in August 2001 for good. (+)Tracks 5,7-8 on the "Love Supreme" semi-legit LP album (Offense, France). (++)Track 19 on the "Death Party" semi-legit CD album (Revenge, France).

10-Jul-81
US CA,Los Angeles,Bit-A-New York
[with The Unclaimed]

24-Jul-81
US US CA,Hollywood,Cathay De Grande (@ 1600 Argyle Avenue at Selma Avenue)
[with Top Jimmy & the Rhythm Pigs]

Flyer: Reproduction taken from "Go Tell The Mountain", book (Creeping Ritual 2017).

Photo: Scan of a photo taken by Gary Leonard.

08-Aug-81
US US CA,Los Angeles-Hollywood, Club Lingerie

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

19-Aug-81
US CA,Hollywood,The Whisky a Go Go (@ 8901 W. Sunset Blvd)
[with The Flesh Eaters]

Flyer: Taken from "Make the Music Go Bang: the Early L.A. Punk Scene" a book by (ex- Creeping Ritual/Gun Club) Don Snowden, with Gary Leonard.

Ad: Scan of ad taken from Los Angeles Times 16-Aug-81.

25-Aug-81
US CA,Hollywood,Cathay De Grande (@ 1600 Argyle Avenue at Selma Avenue)
[with Rik L Rik and Unit III With Venus]

Flyer: Photo of flyer courtesy of Steven Rascoe .

31-Aug-81
US Release of the "Fire Of Love" album (Ruby).

xx-xxx-81
US CA,San Diego,University of California

23-Sep-81
US CA,San Diego,The Backdoor
[with The Blasters]

Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of Steven Rascoe .

03-Oct-81
US CA,Los Angeles-Hollywood,Club Lingerie (@ 6507 Sunset Boulevard)
[with Big Mama Thornton]

Note: During the late 60's and throughout the 70's, the club was known as Souled Out. Redecorated/reopened in 1981 and run by Brendan Mullen (ex The Masque club), until 1991.

20-Oct-81
US CA,Hollywood,Grandia Room (@ 5657 Melrose Ave)
[with The Lipstick Killers]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: Billy Persons [The Falcons/Weirdos] replaces Rob Ritter on bass. Rob having commitments with 45 Grave.

21-Oct-81
US CA,Hollywood,Cathay De Grande (@ 1600 Argyle Avenue at Selma Avenue)
[with Vox Pop]

Note: Billy Persons [The Falcons/Weirdos] replaces Rob Ritter on bass.

24-Oct-81
US CA,San Francisco,Russian Center
[support for X and with Subhumans]

Flyer: Photo of flyer. Another flyer.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 23-Oct-81.

Note: The first show outside of the Los Angeles/Hollywood area. Billy Persons [The Falcons/Weirdos] replaces Rob Ritter on bass.

31-Oct-81
US CA,Los Angeles-MacArthur Park,Otis Art Institute (of Parsons School of Design)

Note: Billy Persons [The Falcons/Weirdos] replaces Rob Ritter on bass.

05-Nov-81
US CA,San Francisco,Berkeley Square
[with Half Church and Tanks]

Flyer: Photo of flyer courtesy of Steven Rascoe.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 01-Nov-81.

Note: Billy Persons [The Falcons/Weirdos] replaces Rob Ritter on bass.

06-Nov-81
US CA,San Francisco,The On Broadway Theater
[with The Cramps and Panther Burns]

Setlist: Watermelon Man/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ She Is Like Heroin To Me/ John Hardy (aka Ballad Of Dead Man)/ Fire Spirit/ Black Train/ Jack On Fire/ Sex Beat/ For The Love Of Ivy/ Goodbye Johnny(*).

Flyer: Photo of flyer and alternative flyer.

Flyer: Alternative flyer and setlist courtesy of Cindy.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 01-Nov-81.

Note 1: Broadcast by KUSF FM radio, except (*). Filmed by Joe Rees for Target Video. "Sex Beat" from this show was released on "V/A:Target Presents Hardcore Vol.3" VHS (Target 1985) and also on "V/A:Underground Forces Volume III" VHS (Target). They were supposed to do a more elaborate live set at the Target Video studios, in between shows, like some other bands did then. But couldn't, because Terry had injured his hand because Jeff had thrown a beer bottle that broke on the drums and cut Terry's hand.

At the time Kid Congo Powers was in The Cramps, having left The Gun Club in November 1980. Panther Burns has Jim Duckworth on guitar. Jim would join The Gun Club in January 1983.

Note 2: Billy Persons [The Falcons/Weirdos] replaces Rob Ritter on bass. Billy:"I replaced [Rob Ritter] in the fall of '81 for a bunch of shows in Los Angeles and three in the Bay Area including the On Broadway show with The Cramps and Panther Burns. The band wasn't doing much in the fall and winter of '81. I would have joined permanently but Ward [Dotson] and Terry [Graham] told me they were going to quit once the "Miami" album was done as they were on salary at the time so Rob was brought back for that album. I also worked with Jeffrey Lee Pierce around this time on what would later become Tex and The Horseheads. Also, I don't know if you are aware but Target Video taped our set and it may finally be released soon. I played with the Weirdos on their [March 1979 recorded] "Who, What, When, Where Why" EP. I also replaced Rob Ritter in Thelonious Monster in the early '90s for a while and was in The Joykiller in the mid-'90s (we did three albums for Epitaph). That [On Broadway show] was a really fun show although my memory of it is pretty foggy. Jeffrey and I spent the whole day drinking in a German restaurant in San Francisco so we were plastered at this show."

Note 3: The On Broadway theater, was upstairs at Mabuhay Gardens, located at 435 Broadway Street. It was constructed in 1919 as the Garibaldi Hall, renamed the Mabuhay Gardens in the 1970s. The Mabuhay Gardens nightclub started featuring rock shows around 1976 when Ness Aquino, the owner of the club, was approached by, rock promoter and television producer, Dirk Dirksen to promote punk rock shows at the Mabuhay. In 1983, Dirksen seemed to have enough and stopped promoting shows at the Mab and On Broadway. Ness Aquino tried to keep the shows going, but sometime in 1988 the club closed it's doors forever.

08-Nov-81
US CA,San Francisco,Severely Muted (a.k.a. Sound Of Music)
[with Panther Burns and Really Red]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 01-Nov-81.

Note: The Sound Of Music, a drag queen strip club joint which on weekends became a Punk venue, was opened by Celso Ruperto in 1980 and closed in about 1987. Celso died in 1990, at the age of 64. Billy Persons [The Falcons/Weirdos] replaces Rob Ritter on bass.

18-Nov-81
US CA,Hollywood,The Whisky a Go Go (@ 8901 W. Sunset Blvd)
[with Minutemen, Middle Class and Adore O'Hara]

Flyer: Photo of flyer. Photo of alternative copy. Photo of another flyer. Photo of yet another flyer, courtesy of Mike Ziegler.

Ad: Scan of ad from Los Angeles Times.

18-Nov-81
US CA,Hollywood,Cathay De Grande (@ 1600 Argyle Avenue at Selma Avenue)
[with 100 Flowers and The Leaving Trains]

Flyer: Photo of flyer courtesy of Steven Rascoe.

24-Nov-81
US CA,Los Angeles-Hollywood,Club Lingerie (@ 6507 Sunset Boulevard)
[with Phast Phreddie and Thee Precisions]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

04-Dec-81
US MA,Boston,Streets
[with The Neats]
(2 sets)

Ad: Scan taken from The Heights 23-Nov-81.

Review: Scan of review, taken from Boston Globe 07-Dec-81.

Note: First tour of the East Coast.

05-Dec-81
US NJ,Hoboken,Maxwell's
[with The Phosphenes]

Handbill: Scan of handbill, designed by Guy Ewald.

Note: Bob Bert (later of Sonic Youth) attends the show.

06-Dec-81
US NY,New York City,Peppermint Lounge

Ad: Scan of ad.

Note: Dee Pop [Bush Tetras] confirmed that the Peppermint Lounge show was the first NYC show ever. This is where Dee and Jeffrey meet for the first time.

xx-Dec-81
US NC,Chapel Hill,-

11-Dec-81
US MA,Cambridge,Discount Records (at 8PM)

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from Boston Rock #24 (10-Dec-81).

Note: In store appearance.

11-Dec-81
US MA,Boston,The Channel Club
[with The Cramps, The Dark, Tymon Dogg]

Ad:Scan of advert, taken from Boston Rock #24 (10-Dec-81).

Review: Scan of review, taken from Boston Globe 14-Dec-81.

12-Dec-81
US PA,Philadelphia,East Side Club
[with Cramps]

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

13-Dec-81
US DC,Washington-Georgetown,The Bayou
[with The Cramps]

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

19-Dec-81
US NY,New York City,Mudd Club
[with Del Byzanteens]

Ad: Scan of ad.

20-Jan-82
US CA,Hollywood,Cathay De Grande (@ 1600 Argyle Avenue at Selma Avenue)
[with Vox Pop]

Setlist: A.o. Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/.. and more.

Photo: Scan from Sounds 30-Jan-82. Credit Chris Walter.

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from Los Angeles Times 17-Jan-82.

29-Jan-82
US CA,Los Angeles,Ukranian Hall (@ 4315 Melrose Avenue)
[with The Plugz, Flesh Eaters, Phast Phreddie & Thee Precicions]

Poster: Photo of poster.

Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of Brad Dunning, from his private collection.

Review: Taken from Flipside magazine issue #30 (March 1982).

05-Feb-82
US CA,Hollywood,Club 88 (@ 11784 W Pico Blvd)
[with Blasters]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

12-Feb-82
US CA,Hollywood,Cathay De Grande (@ 1600 Argyle Avenue at Selma Avenue)
[with 100 Flowers]

Setlist: Goodbye Johnny/ Brother And Sister/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ Ghost On The Highway/ Bad Indian/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ Black Train/ Jack On Fire/ Sex Beat/ Devil In The Woods/ For The Love Of Ivy.

Flyer: Taken from "Fucked Up and Photocopied", a book by Bryan R. Turcotte and Chris Miller.

Photo: Photos, credit unknown.

Review: Scan of review, taken from FlipSide #30.

13-Feb-82
US CA,San Diego,Bacchanal
[support for X, with Red Wedding]

Ad: Scan of ad, courtesy of Mike Ziegler.

15-Feb-82
US AZ,Phoenix,Night Train
[with Los Lasers]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: Start of their first tour of the US.

16-Feb-82
US AZ,Tempe,Merlin's
[with Grant and the Geezers + Sun City Girls]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

18-Feb-82
US TX,Austin,Club Foot
[with The LeRoi Brothers]

19-Feb-82
US TX,Houston,The Island
[with Free Money]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

20-Feb-82
US TX,Dallas,Hot Klub
[with The Skunks]

Flyer: Photo of flyer. Photo of another flyer.

2x-Feb-82
US OK,Oklahoma City,The Bowery

2x-Feb-82
US MO,Kansas City,-

22-Feb-82
US LA,New Orleans,The Beat Exchange
[with Our Favorite Band]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: Show may have been moved to the 23rd ('Fat Tuesday').

2x-Feb-82
US LA Baton Rouge,-

26-Feb-82
US GA,Atlanta,688 Club
[with Vietnam]

2x-Feb-82
US TN,Knoxville,-

2x-Feb-82
US NC,Winston-Salem,Chapel Hill,-

03-Mar-82
US OH,Columbus,Crazy Mama's

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

xx-Mar-82
US MI,East Lansing,Bunches Continental Café
(2 sets)

05-Mar-82
US MI,Ann Arbor,State House
[with The Meatmen and Bored Youth]

Flyer: Photo of flyer. Alternative flyer.

Article 1: Scan from Detroit Free press, 05-Mar-82.

Article 2: Scan from The Michigan Daily, 05-Mar-82.

Note: Bored Youth's show stopped after an hour by fire officials. The Gun Club arrived at 11PM to find their performance canceled. Article from The Michigan Daily 07-Mar-82 and from The Michigan Daily 09-Mar-82.

06-Mar-82
US IL,Chicago,Club C.O.D.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

08-Mar-82
US WI,Madison,Merlyn's
[with The Stimuli, The Comicosmics]

Photo: Credit © Hank Grebe. Used with kind permission.

Flyer: Photo of flyer .

09-Mar-82
US MN,Minneapolis,First Avenue-7th Street Entry

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Spirit/ Brother And Sister/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ Goodbye Johnny/ John Hardy/ Bad Indian/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Jack On Fire/ Devil In The Woods/ For The Love Of Ivy/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ Keep A Knockin' [Little Richard].

Note: Sold out show, and according to the band their best of the February/March tour.

Ad: Scan of calendar courtesy of Mike Ziegler.

11-Mar-82
US WI,Milwaukee,The Starship
[with Die Kreuzen]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

12-Mar-82
US KS,Witchica,-
(show cancelled)

13-Mar-82
US CO,Denver,Mercury Cafe
[with Crank Call Love Affair]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

1x-Mar-82
US CO,Denver,-

15-Mar-82
US CO,Boulder,Blue Note

Poster: Photo of poster courtesy of Roger Morgan.

Note: Boulder was the last date of a month long tour. After the show the band are interviewed for a local TV station.

19-Mar-82
US CA,San Francisco,The On Broadway Theater
[with Red Rockers]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: The New Wave Rotten Record Chart was an overview created and distributed in San Francisco during 1978-1982 by Dirk Dirksen. It announced shows at his venues, the On Broadway and the Mabuhay Gardens.

20-Mar-82
US CA,Los Angeles-Hollywood,Club Lingerie (@ 6507 Sunset Boulevard)

xx-Mar-82
US CA,Los Angeles-Hollywood,Cathay De Grande (@ 1600 Argyle Avenue at Selma Avenue)

25-Mar-82
US CA,Hollywood,The Whisky a Go Go (@ 8901 W. Sunset Blvd)
[with The Plugz]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

10-Apr-82
US CA,Los Angeles-Hollywood,Club Lingerie (@ 6507 Sunset Boulevard)
[with Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs with Tom Waits + Levi Dexter and his Tribe]

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Spirit/ I Hear Your Heart Singing/ Fire Of Love/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ Brother And Sister/ Sex Beat/ Devil In The Woods/ Texas Serenade/ John Hardy/ Jack On Fire/ For The Love Of Ivy.

23-Apr-82
US PA,Philadelphia,East Side Club
[with SKP's]

Calendar: Photo of club calendar.

Note: Start of a, sparsely attended, East coast tour.

27-Apr-82
US NY,Buffalo,The Continental
(2 sets)

Setlist: Ghost On The Highway/ Walkin' With The Beast/ I Hear Your Heart Singing/ Devil In The Woods/ Goodbye Johnny/ For The Love Of Ivy/ Bad Indian/ Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Spirit/ Carry Home/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Sex Beat/ Jack On Fire.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: All above tracks released on the "Early Warning" 2CD compilation (SFTRI 1997), the "Da Blood Done Signed My Name" 2CD compilation (Castle 2007) and on the "Miami" 2CD (Cooking Vinyl 2009).

28-Apr-82
US NY,Rochester,Scorgies
[with New Math]

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Texas Serenade/ Brother And Sister/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ John Hardy/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Fire Spirit/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Sex Beat/ Goodbye Johnny/ Ghost On The Highway/ Keep A Knockin' [Little Richard]/ For The Love Of Ivy.

30-Apr-82
US MA,Boston,University-Vanguard
[with The Del Fuegos and The Embarrassment]

Review 1: Gossip from New York Rocker #52, which claim that Jeffrey dropped his pants during this performance.

Review 2: Scan of review by Michael Hafitz from Boston Rock #29 (29-May-82) of an -obviously shambolic- performance by Pierce, but no pants were dropped.

08-May-82
US MA,Boston,Paradise Theater (early show)
[with The Neats and Mission of Burma]

08-May-82
US MA,Boston,Paradise Theater (late show)
[with The Neats and Mission of Burma]

11-May-82
US DC,Washington,9:30 Club

14-May-82
US NY,New York City,Sourcerer Sound/Acoustilog Studios (@ 19 Mercer Street)
[with Tom Verlaine]
(morning)

Setlist: Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ John Hardy/ Sex Beat/ Preaching The Blues.

Photo: Exterior, circa 2017.

Note: Recording session for France Inter FM radio. Broadcast interspersed with an interview with Jeffrey Lee Pierce. Available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008).

14-May-82
US NY,New York City,CBGB's
[with The Cosmopolitans]
(evening)

Setlist: Devil In The Woods/ Walkin' With The Beast/ Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger [Bo Diddley]/ Louie Louie/ She's The Girl I Love-Ghost On The Highway/..and more...

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from the Village Voice.

Note: Above tracks available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008).

18-May-82
US NY,New York City,The Palladium
[with The Jam]

Review: Taken from Flipside magazine issue # 32. Another one from Trouser Press September 1982.

May/June 1982
US NY,New York City,Blank Tapes studios on 21st street and Chris Stein's basement,recording sessions for the "Miami" album. Engineered by Joe Arlotta. Mixed by Butch Jones. Produced by Chris Stein [Blondie]. Recorded songs: Carry Home/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ Brother And Sister/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ Devil In The Woods/ Texas Serenade/ Watermelon Man/ Bad Indian/ John Hardy/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Mother Of Earth. Also recording the "Walking With The Beast" version which appeared on the "Fire Of Love" single. Guests: Debby Harry, Walter Steding and Mark Tomeo [Rubber Rodeo].

29-May-82
US NJ,Hoboken,Maxwell's
[with The Phosphenes]

Setlist: Goodbye Johnny/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Texas Serenade/ Carry Home/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ Fire Spirit/ Black Train/ Sex Beat/ Promise Me/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Devil In The Woods(*)/ Jack On Fire/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Keep A Knockin' [Little Richard](*).

Note: (*) tracks available on the Bang Zoom no.3 cassette zine (US 1983) together with an interview with Jeffrey conducted in February 1983.

Flyer: Scan of flyer, designed by Guy Ewald.

xx-May-82
US NJ,Lake Hopatcong,-
[with TV Toy]
(no-one shows up)

xx-May-82
US NJ,Trenton,-

xx-Jun-82
US NY,New York City,The Ritz

xx-Jun-82
US NY,New York City,CBGB's
[support for The Cramps]

xx-Jun-82
US NY,New York City,Peppermint Lounge
[with Panther Burns]

04-Jun-82
US MA,Boston,Paradise Theater

05-Jun-82
US NY,Long Island,Roslyn,My Father's Place
[with The Bush Tetras].

Ad: Scan of ad.

Note: Dee Pop is drummer in The Bush Tetras and will join The Gun Club in January 1983.

xx-Jun-82
US PA,Philadelphia,-
[support for The Cramps]

09-Jun-82
UK Release of the "Sex Beat/Ghosts On The Highway" 7" single (Beggars Banquet).

11-Jun-82
US NY,New York City,Peppermint Lounge
[support for The Cramps]

Setlist: John Hardy/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ [..] Sex Beat/ She's Like Heroin To Me/.. and more...

Note: Peter Holsapple [of dB's] subs on bass for this show only. Rob Ritter is in Detroit and 'unavailable'.

13-Jun-82
US NY,New York City,Etc Studios
Glenn O'Brien's "TV Party" show.

Photo: Still taken from the TV Party "Everything For Sale" show DVD. Backstage shot with Chris Stein [Blondie].

Note: Broadcast on Channel J TV, public access TV. Jeffrey Lee Pierce is guest on the "TV Party" show and plays "Wartime Blues" by Blind Lemon Jefferson. Glenn O'Brien died on April 7, 2017, at the age of 70.

18-Jun-82
US CA,San Francisco,The Old Waldorf
[with Rank and File]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 13-Jun-82.

Note: Located at 444 Battery Street, the Old Waldorf was originally opened by Jeffrey Pollack in 1976 before selling it to Bill Graham who closed it in 1983.

25-Jun-82
US CO,Denver,Mercury Café
[with The Young Weasels]

Note: Show got cancelled.

Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of Matti.

26-Jun-82
US CA,Santa Monica,Civic Center
[support for Sparks]

Pass: Photo of backstage pass courtesy of Håkan Beckman. .

Ad: Photo of ad .

06-Jul-82
US CA,Los Angeles-Hollywood,Club Lingerie (@ 6507 Sunset Boulevard)

10-Jul-82
US CA,San Diego,Jerry Herrera's Spirit
[with The Brat and 502]

Flyer: Photo of flyer courtesy of Steven Rascoe

Ad: Scan of advert, courtesy of Mike Ziegler.

23-Jul-82
US CA,Berkeley,Keystone

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

06-Aug-82
US MI,Detroit,Clutch Cargo's

Setlist: Lost Highway/ Fire Spirit/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ John Hardy/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sex Beat/ Sleeping In Blood City/ For The Love Of Ivy.

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

xx-xxx-82
US WI,Milwaukee,-
[with L-Seven]

xx-xxx-82
US WI,Madison,-
[with L-Seven]

09-Aug-82
US MN,Minneapolis,First Ave
[with Rifle Sport]

Setlist: Lost Highway/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ Brother And Sister/ John Hardy/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sex Beat/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Goodbye Johnny/ For The Love Of Ivy.

Calendar: Scan courtesy of Jim F.

Ticket: Scan of ticket courtesy of Jim F.

13-Aug-82
US CA,Concord,Concord Pavilion
[with X, The Unknowns, Norman Salant]

Poster: Photo of poster.

Backstage pass: Scan courtesy of Steven Wolfe, from his collection.

16-Aug-82
US OR,Eugene,B.J. Kelly's
[with Kingsnake and Punishment Farm]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Band photo: Band photo, by Ed Colver. Reproduced in "Punk Like Me!", a book by Terry Graham.

Note: Outdoor venue. For the live shows on the West coast they add extra guitarist Annie Unger. At the end of 1982 Annie joined -Bay Area band- The Toiling Midgets as their third guitarist.

17-Aug-82
US OR,Portland,The Met
[with The Toiling Midgets]

Flyer: Reproduced in "Punk Like Me!", a book by Terry Graham.

Note: With extra guitarist Annie Unger.

18-Aug-82
US WA,Seattle,Baby O's
[with Little Bears]

Photo: Credit © Michael Leach (from www.bestrockphotos.com). Used with kind permission.

Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of Håkan Beckman.

Note: With extra guitarist Annie Unger.

19-Aug-82
CA BC,Vancouver,Commodore Ballroom
[with Bang Bang]

Ad: Scan of ad.

Note: With extra guitarist Annie Unger.

21-Aug-82
US CA,San Francisco,The On Broadway Theater

Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of Matti A.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 15-Aug-82.

Note: With extra guitarist Annie Unger.

31-Aug-82
UK Release of the "Fire Of Love/Walking With the Beast (version #1)" 7" single (Animal/Chrysalis).

20-Sep-82
US/UK Release of the "Miami" album (Animal/Chrysalis).

21-Sep-82
US CA,Los Angeles,Burbank,Paradise studio
"New Wave Theatre" TV program

Setlist: Brother And Sister/ Fire Spirit.

Photo: Screen capture from video.

Note: Filmed for "New Wave Theatre", a public access television program, hosted by Peter Ivers, broadcast locally in the Los Angeles area by KSCI on UHF channel 18. Broadcast on the east coast by USA Network on the "Night Flight" show. Re-broadcast in 1982 (during the French tour?) on French TF1 TV (Mégahertz program) with an additional interview with Jeffrey.

Peter Ivers wrote the song "In Heaven, Everything Is Fine" for David Lynch's 1976 film "Eraserhead". This track was used by Lydia Lunch as intro to her 13.13 live performances in 1981. On March 3, 1983, Peter Ivers was found bludgeoned to death in his apartment in a rundown neighborhood of Los Angeles at the age of 37. It was speculated that he may have been murdered by his NWT business partner. A superb biography and insight in the murder case has been written by Josh Frank.

01-Oct-82
US MA,Boston,The Spit
[with Tex and The Horseheads]

Review: Scan of review, taken from the Boston Globe 02-Oct-82.

Review: Taken from Take-It fanzine.

Note: Chrysalis flew the band to Boston and New York City to promote the "Miami" album. The Gun Club also backs Texacala Jones, then Jeffrey's girlfriend, doing the show without The Horseheads, who did not make it to the show.

02-Oct-82
US NY,New York City,CBGB
[with Tex and The Horseheads, Peter Holsapple]

Setlist: Goodbye Johnny/ Brother And Sister/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ Run Through The Jungle/ Lost Highway/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Texas Serenade/ Fire Spirit/ Goodbye Johnny (reprise)/ Black Train/ Sex Beat/ Me and Mrs. Jones- Jack On Fire/ Keep A Knockin' [Little Richard].

Ad: Scan of ad.

Note: The Gun Club also back Texacala Jones' band The Horseheads.

05-Oct-82
UK London,The Venue
[with Zerra One]

Setlist: Lost Highway/ Texas Serenade/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ John Hardy/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ Goodbye Johnny/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Devil In the Woods/ Sex Beat/ For The Love Of Ivy/ Fire Spirit/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Keep A Knockin' [Little Richard].

Review: Taken from Melody Maker 16-Oct-82. Taken from The Guardian 07-Oct-82.

Photo 1: Credit David Corio. Sourced from Gettyimages/Referns music archives.

Photo 2: Credit David Corio, taken from New Musical Express 16-Oct-82 .

Ticket: Scan of ticket courtesy of Ger P.

Ad: Scan of ad from UK mag.

Note: Start of first -5 date- tour of Europe.

07-Oct-82
FR Paris-Montmartre,Theatre Le Palace
[with La Souris Déglinguée]

Setlist: Like Calling Up Thunder/ Sleeping In Blood Red City/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Goodbye Johnny/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Devil In the Woods/ Sex Beat(*)/ For the Love of Ivy/ Black Train/ Keep A Knockin' [Little Richard].

Photo: Backstage shot, credit unknown. Another shot , credit unknown. Screen capture from TV broadcast.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Note: Above tracks broadcast by French Radio. Also broadcast in the US via the King Biscuit Flower Hour, syndicated radio show. (*)Broadcast by French TF1 TV on a program (hosted by Antoine de Caunes) named 'Houba Houba', together with 2 more live tracks from the same show "Run Through The Jungle" and "Carry Home".

08-Oct-82
NL Eindhoven,Effenaar

Setlist: Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ John Hardy/ Devil In the Woods/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/.. and more...

Article: Scan from Het Parool, 08-Oct-82.

Note: Above tracks recorded and broadcast by Dutch VARA FM radio.

09-Oct-82
NL Rotterdam,Multimedia Café Parkzicht

Poster: Photo of poster.

Review: Scan taken from De Volkskrant 11-Oct-82.

10-Oct-82
NL Amsterdam,Melkweg

Ad: Scan taken from De Volkskrant 07-Oct-82.

Note: Last date of first European tour.

12-Oct-82
US CA,San Francisco,I-Beam
[with The Paris Working]

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 10-Oct-82.

Note: The I-Beam, located at 1748 Haight Street, began as a seven night a week gay club in 1977. From 1981 to 1992 rock bands played at the club, which closed down on July 23, 1994.

13-Oct-82
US CA,San Francisco,The Old Waldorf
[with Impatient Youth and Ifthenwhy]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 10-Oct-82.

15-Oct-82
US CA,San Diego,State University-The Backdoor
[with Tex and The Horseheads]
(early show?)

Ad: Scan of ad, courtesy of Mike Ziegler.

15-Oct-82
US CA,Los Angeles-Hollywood,The Whisky a Go Go
(late show?)

Article: Scan from Los Angeles Times 05-Oct-82, courtesy of Mike Ziegler.

18-Oct-82
US AZ,Tucson,Backstage
[with Conflict]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: Gun Club does not play, as half the band's van broke down on their way from L.A. Jeffrey is in the audience.

19-Oct-82
US AZ,Tempe,Devilhouse
[with Grant and the Geezers]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Photo: Photo credit Grant Cleaver.

Note: Start of the second US tour.

22-Oct-82
US TX,Dallas,Hot Klub
[with The Big Boys]

Flyer: Taken from "Fucked Up and Photocopied", a book by Bryan R. Turcotte and Chris Miller.
Alternative flyer.

23-Oct-82
US OK,Oklahoma City,The Bowery
[with The Individuals]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

24-Oct-82
US TX,Austin,Club Foot
[with Body Nightclub]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Review: Scan of review, taken from Austin American-Statesman Oct 26, 1982: "Terry Graham's drums and a new, female bass player layed a foundation solid as concrete, and occasional brilliance came from Ward Dotson's guitar, but Pierce's caterwauling and spoiled-brat stage-presence sabotaged what could have been a riveting show."

26-Oct-82
US TX,Houston,Fitzgerald's
[with Richard Hell]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

27-Oct-82
US LA,New Orleans,Tupelo's Tavern

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Ad: Scan of advert from Wavelength October 1982, courtesy of Mike Ziegler.

30-Oct-82
US GA,Atlanta,688 Club
[with The Roys]

01-Nov-82
US TN,Nashville,Spanky's

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

04-Nov-82
US NJ,Hoboken,Maxwell's

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

05-Nov-82
US DC,Washington,9:30 Club

Setlist: Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger [Bo Diddley]/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ John Hardy/ Brother And Sister/ Albert Finch/ Fire Spirit/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Black Train/ Sex Beat/ For The Love Of Ivy/ Stairway To Heaven/ Carry Home/ Texas Serenade.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from American Eagle 05-Nov-82.

06-Nov-82
US CT,Bridgeport,Pogo's

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

10-Nov-82
US MA,Boston,The Channel Club

Ad: Scan taken from The Heights 08-Nov-82.

11-Nov-82
US NY,New York City,Peppermint Lounge
[with Tex and The Horseheads]

Setlist: Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/.. and more..

Photo: Credit Ebet Roberts. Sourced from Gettyimages/Referns music archives.

Review: Taken from the New York Times 14-Nov-82, courtesy of Joslyn W.

Note: Filmed by Paul Tschinkel (for his "Inner-Tube", Punk and New Wave documentary/cable TV series). Above track broadcast on Manhattan Cable access TV. The Gun Club backed Jeffrey's then girlfriend Texacala Jones.

12-Nov-82
US PA,Philadelphia,Love Club

Flyer: Photo of flyer, designed by Matt Marello.

16-Nov-82
US NY,Buffalo,The Continental

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

17-Nov-82
CA ON,Ottawa,The Roxy
[Screaming Bamboo]

18-Nov-82
CA PQ,Montréal,Le Cargo

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Ticket: Photo of ticket courtesy of Matti A.

19-Nov-82
CA ON,Toronto,Larry's Hideaway

Ticket: Scan of ticket courtesy of Frank M.

21-Nov-82
US MI,Detroit,Hamtramck,Paycheck's Lounge
[with L-Seven]

Setlist: Lost Highway/ Goodbye Johnny/ John Hardy/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ Jack On Fire/ Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Spirit/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Devil In The Woods/ Sex Beat/ For The Love Of Ivy/ Stormy Weather/ Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger [Bo Diddley]/ Sleeping in Blood City.

Flyer: Photo of flyer. Another one here .

22-Nov-82
US MI,East Lansing,Player's Club (moved from Dooley's)
[with Monkey Pilot]

Review: Scan of review taken from The State News, courtesy of John Neilson [Monkey Pilot].

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

2x-Nov-82
US OH,Cleveland,Pop Shop (below the Agora)
[with Easter Monkeys]

Note: "It was November of '82. Jeffrey Lee Pierce and his Gun Club were scheduled to play their first Cleveland gig at the Pop Shop, a small bar located under its much larger sister venue, the Agora. Every punk and wayward rocker in the area looked forward to it. But the Gun Club were a disappointment. They were drugged, tour-spent and in poor form, and they struggled to keep the formidable crowd that descended upon the Shop that fateful eve." (uncredited review).

24-Nov-82
US OH,Columbus,Mr.Browns
[with The Great Plains]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

xx-Nov-82
US During the last week of the tour Jeffrey intends to leave the tour. Ward Dotson forces him to stay (from "Ghost on the Highway" film).

26-Nov-82
US IL,Chicago,The Metro
[with The Bush Tetras]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

27-Nov-82
US WI,Milwaukee,The Palms Theatre
[with Bush Tetras and The Prosecuters]

Flyer: Photo of flyer, courtesy of Matti.

Note: The Milwaukee Journal dated 21-Jan-83 writes: "Anyone who witnessed the fiasco concert at the Palms last month won't be suprised to hear that the headlining group, The Gun Club, broke up. The lead singer, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, appeared so drunk that he stumbled, instead of stood on stage, and slobbered instead of sang. The crowd booed, the band walked off. Apparently, the remainder of the Gun Club's tour didn't fare much better. However, before and after the Milwaukee show, stranger behind the scenes incidents troubled the event......"

28-Nov-82
US IL,Chicago,Club 950 Lucky Number
[with Mortal Micronotz]

Flyer: Photo of flyer. Photo of another flyer courtesy of Håkan Beckman. .

30-Nov-82
US WI,Madison,Merlyn
[with Hollywood Autopsy]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

01-Dec-82
US MO,St.Louis,Mississippi Nights
[with The Clones]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

02-Dec-82
US MO,Columbia,The Blue Note

03-Dec-82
US KS,Lawrence,Opera House
[with Mortal Micronotz]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: After the (deliberately truncated) set, Jeff and the band visit William S.Burroughs. Last date on the tour.

07-Dec-82
US NY,New York City,Mudd Club

Photo: Credit Catherine Ceresole, taken from "Beauty Lies in the Eye", photobook (Edition Patrick Frey 2013).

Note: A Sonic Youth show at which Jeffrey Lee Pierce joins the band on vocals for their last song "I Wanna Be Your Dog".

08-Dec-82
US NY,New York City,CBGB's
New York Rocker benefit
[with Billy Idol, etc..]

Photo: Credit Laura Levine.

Note: Either Jeffrey solo or with The Mysterious Trees.

December 1982
The Gun Club break up

Terry Graham and Ward Dotson leave the band. Terry replaces Nick Knox in the Cramps for 2 US live dates (in Detroit/Chicago) and one studio demo session (in Hollywood) late December 1982. Terry would only return to the Gun Club in September 1983. Ward goes on to form first The Phillips Blues Band (1983), then The Pontiac Brothers (1984-1991), later The Liquor Giants (1991-2000) and recently Golden Sombrero (2013).

Dee Pop had been kicked out of the Bush Tetras and joins the temporary band The Mysterious Trees with the line-up: Texacala -Linda- Jones (vocals)/Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar)/Jimmy Joe Uliana [a friend of Dee Pop] (bass) and Dee Pop (drums). They play several shows in New York City (CBGB's and Peppermint Lounge) during December 1982.

Jim Duckworth [Panther Burns/Alex Chilton band] from Memphis and Dee Pop [Bush Tetras] from New York join a new line-up of the Gun Club in New York in January 1983. Patricia Morrison does not participate to the "Death Party" EP recording sessions due to logistical reasons (i.e. she was in Los Angeles).

Interview: Excerpt from an interview with Jeffrey, from "Alternative America" fanzine, courtesy of Matti.

January/February 1983
US NY,New York City,Blank Tapes studios on 21st street,recording sessions (5 days) for the "Death Party" 7"/12" EP. Engineered by Joe Arlotta. 'Produced' by Chris Stein. Initially intended as a Tex & The Horseheads session. Songs written and recorded: The House On Highland Ave/ The Lie (initially titled "So Why")(*)/ The Light Of The World(*)/ Death Party/ Come Back Jim. Guest: Texacala -Linda- Jones (of Tex & The Horseheads). (*) these songs are also part of the Mysterious Trees' repertoire.

According to Dee Pop the band rehearsed one day (for 3 hours), then did a 6 day tour of the East coast, had 2 days off, then went off to Europe for 2 months playing on rented equipment. Dee Pop played the East Coast tour with a broken hand and then left for the European tour, still with a broken hand!

February 1983
US NY,New York City,Stardust Motel,1 day filming for the "House On Highland Ave" promo video.

25-Feb-83
US NY,New York City-Brooklyn,Sheepshead Bay,Brooklyn Zoo
[with Certain Generals]

Article: Interview with Jeffrey from FFanzeen #11 .

Note: Jim Duckworth's first show with The Gun Club.

26-Feb-83
US PA,Philadelphia,East Side Club
[with Dance Factory]

01-Mar-83
US RI,Providence,The Living Room
[with MX]

Ad: Scan of ad, from the Boston Rock #37.

02-Mar-83
US MA,Boston,The Channel Club
[with Someone & the Somebodies]

Ad: Scan from the Boston Phoenix 01-Mar-83.

Review: Scan of review from The Heights 07-Mar-83.

xx-Mar-83
US CO,Denver,Mercury Cafe

05-Mar-83
US DC,Washington,9:30 Club (2 sets)
[with The Renegades]

Setlist: (2nd set) Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Sex Beat/ The House On Highland Ave/ The Lie/ Cool Drink Of Water/ Fire Spirit/ Death Party/ Heebies Jeebies [Boyd Atkins].

Handbill: Scan of handbill.

Note: During "Sex Beat" Jeffery runs into a pole, temporarily knocking himself out. Mike Lavella (a Pittsburgh punk) picks up the mic and sings the final bit of "Sex Beat"."

09-Mar-83
FR Rouen,Exo 7
[with Les Nus]

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ John Hardy/ The Lie/ The House On Highland Ave/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Fire Spirit/ Death Party/ Goodbye Johnny/ Sex Beat/ Heebies Jeebies [Boyd Atkins]/ Texas Serenade.

Ticket: Scan of ticket, courtesy of Dominique.

Note: Start of the second tour of Europe. Two months of heavy alcohol and drugs consumption.

10-Mar-83
FR Paris,Le Bataclan
[with Les Nus]

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday](+)/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds](+)/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR](+)/ John Hardy(+)/ The Lie/ The House On Highland Ave/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Fire Spirit/ Death Party/ Goodbye Johnny/ Sex Beat/ Heebies Jeebies [Boyd Atkins].

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Photo: Credit Jean-Pierre V.

Note: Just before they went on stage all (except Patricia) consumed what they believed was coke, which turned out to be heroin. Tracks (+) are available on the "Eat My F*ck Tour 83", French fan club cassette tape (1984).

11-Mar-83
FR Orléans-Olivet,Le Zig Zag
[with Les Nus]

Setlist: The Lie/ Death Party/ Sex Beat/.. and more..

Photo: Credit © Jean Zindel .

Ad: Reproduction of ad from the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set booklet (Retro Deluxe 2008).

Note: Above tracks are available on the "Eat My F*ck Tour 83", French fan club cassette tape (1984).

12-Mar-83
FR Rennes,Salle de la Cité

Ticket: Scan courtesy of Laurent Ouvrard.

14-Mar-83
FR Toulouse,Salle de la Piscine
[with Les Nus]

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ The Lie/ John Hardy/ Black Train/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Fire Spirit/ Death Party/ Sex Beat/ Heebies Jeebies [Boyd Atkins]/ Disco Inferno [Trammps].

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

15-Mar-83
FR Bordeaux,-

Setlist: Black Train/.. and more..

Note: Above track available on the "Eat My F*ck Tour 83", French fan club cassette tape (1984).

16-Mar-83
FR Clermont-Ferrand,Chris Club

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ John Hardy/ The Lie/ Black Train/ ?/ Disco Inferno [Trammps]/ Brother And Sister/ Death Party/ Sex Beat/ Goodbye Johnny/ Heebies Jeebies [Boyd Atkins].

Poster: Photo of generic French tour poster.

17-Mar-83
FR Lyon,Palais d'hiver,West Side Club
[with Les Nus]

Setlist: Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Fire Spirit/ Goodbye Johnny/ Texas Serenade/ Heebies Jeebies [Boyd Atkins]/ House On Highland Ave/ Sex Bomb [Flipper]/ .. and more ..

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Note: Above tracks available on the "Eat My F*ck Tour 83", French fan club cassette tape (1984).

18-Mar-83
CH Genève,Studio 4 of a jazz radio station,Rockline

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ The House On Highland Ave/ Death Party/ Heebies Jeebies [Boyd Atkins]/ The Lie/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR].

Note: Jeffrey 'plays' piano on some tracks. Available on the "Death Party" CD (SFTRI 2004).

18-Mar-83
CH Genève,Le Kab de l'Usine

20-Mar-83
CH Zürich,Rote Fabrik
[with Motor Boys Motor]

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ John Hardy/ The Lie/ Black Train/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ The House On Highland Ave/ Fire Spirit/ Death Party/ Sex Beat/ Goodbye Johnny/ Texas Serenade.

Note: All but the first 2 tracks were broadcast by Swiss radio. All but last 3 tracks available on the "Death Party" 2CD (Cooking Vinyl 2009).

21-Mar-83
CH Basel,-

22-Mar-83
FR Grenoble-Lancey,Salle des fêtes

Ticket: Scan of ticket courtesy of Pierre Mugnier.

23-Mar-83
FR Montpellier,Grand Odéon

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

24-Mar-83
FR Marseille,Flipper

Ticket: Scan of ticket, credit Chris Begood.

Note: Nearly 1,000 attendants.

25-Mar-83
DE Münster,Odeon

Ad: Taken from Scritti mag Mar-83.

Note: Start of first (7-date) German tour.

26-Mar-83
DE Hamburg,Markthalle
[with Treibsand]

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR](+)/ John Hardy/ The Lie(+)/ Black Train(+)/ The House On Highland Ave(+)/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson](+)/ Fire Spirit(+)/ Death Party(+)/ Sex Beat(+)/ Goodbye Johnny(+)/ Texas Serenade/ Heebie Jeebies [Boyd Atkins]/ Disco Inferno [Trammps].

Poster: Scan of generic tour poster courtesy of Matti.

Note: (+) broadcast by German FM radio and also available on the "Amarillo Beach" bootleg LP.

27-Mar-83
DE Berlin,Quartier Latin

28-Mar-83
NO Oslo,University-Blindern campus,Chateau Neuf-Circus (basement)

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from Puls musicmagazine #3, 1983.

Photo: Photos credit Kåre Eide, sourced from the Norwegian National library.

Note: In the basement, after Simple Minds played the upstairs main hall. Organised by the Ratz/Studio 26 team.

29-Mar-83
SE Stockholm,Kolingsborg
[with Urban Släke]

Setlist: Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ and many more...

Photo: Credit Mats Bäcker as published in Schlager # 65, dated 19th of April 1983. Scan courtsey of Matti A.

Note: Kolingsborg used to be called Bobbadilla.

31-Mar-83
SE Malmö,KB-Kulturbolaget

0x-Apr-83
DK København,-

03-Apr-83
FR Bourges,Le Printemps de Bourges festival
[with U2, Virgin Prunes,...]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: The band first let the promotor's kids do a 10mins version of "Sex Beat", then went on themselves leaving the stage in a mess for U2.

05-Apr-83
DE München,Alabamahalle

Ticket: Scan of ticket courtesy of Ingrid.

06-Apr-83
DE Frankfurt,Batschkapp

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Spirit/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ John Hardy/ The Lie/ Black Train/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ The House On Highland Ave/ Death Party/ Sex Beat/ Goodbye Johnny/ Texas Serenade/ Heebie Jeebies [Boyd Atkins]/ Disco Inferno [Trammps].

07-Apr-83
DE Bochum,Zeche

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Spirit/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ John Hardy/ The Lie/ Black Train/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Death Party/ Sex Beat/ The House On Highland Ave/ Heebie Jeebies [Boyd Atkins].

08-Apr-83
DE Bonn,Rheinterrassen

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday] /Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ John Hardy/ The Lie/ Black Train/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Fire Spirit/ Death Party/ Sex Beat/ Goodbye Johnny/ The House On Highland Ave/ Texas Serenade.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

09-Apr-83
NL Leiden,LVC

Ad: Taken from Oor magazine 09-Apr-83.

Review: Review from NRC Handelsblad 11-Apr-83; Review from Het Parool 11-Apr-83; Review from De Volkskrant 11-Apr-83; Review from Trouw 15-Apr-83;

11-Apr-83
FR Dijon-Marsannay,Salle des Fêtes
[with Les Nus]

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ John Hardy/ The Lie/ Black Train/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Fire Spirit/ Death Party/ Sex Beat/ Goodbye Johnny/ Texas Serenade/ Heebies Jeebies [Boyd Atkins]/ Disco Inferno [Trammps].

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

13-Apr-83
UK/DE Release of the "Death Party" EP (Animal).

13-Apr-83
NL Nijmegen,Doornroosje

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday](*)/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds](*)/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ John Hardy(*)/ The Lie(*)/ Black Train(*)/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson](*)/ Fire Spirit/ Death Party/ Sex Beat(*)/ Goodbye Johnny/ Texas Serenade/ Heebies Jeebies [Boyd Atkins]/ Disco Inferno [Trammps].

Listing: Scan of listing from Vinyl mag #24, Apr-83.

Note: (*) broadcast by Dutch VARA FM radio.

14-Apr-83
NL Groningen,Vera

Review: Review taken from Het Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 15-Apr-83.

15-Apr-83
NL Amsterdam,Melkweg

16-Apr-83
NL Apeldoorn,Gigant

Setlist: Goodbye Johnny(*)/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR](*)/ John Hardy(*)/ The Lie/ Fire Of Love/ Black Train/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Death Party(*)/ Sex Beat(*)/ Fire Spirit(*)/ Heebies Jeebies [Boyd Atkins](*)/ The House On Highland Ave(*)/ Disco Inferno [Trammps](*).

Photo: Scan of xerox. Credit unknown.

Note: (*) broadcast by Dutch KRO FM radio on the 'Rocktempel' show.

17-Apr-83
NL Amsterdam,Paradiso
[with Sturm und Drang]

Setlist: The Lie/ Fire Spirit/.. and more...

Photo 1: Credit Lex Van Rossen/MAI. Sourced from Gettyimages/Referns music archives.

Photo 2: Screen capture from TV broadcast.

Poster: Photo of poster, designed by Martin Kaye.

Note: Above tracks broadcast on 20-Apr-83 by Dutch VPRO TV, on the "Hotel Suburbia" program presented by Jan Eilander. Also includes an interview with Jeffrey and Patricia, of which the audio part together with "The Lie" and "Fire Spirit" is available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008). Available on the "Moonlight Motel" bootleg LP (1985), "Enigma Of Desire" bootleg LP (2000) and "Moonlight Motel" official CD/LP (Cleopatra Records 2014).

19-Apr-83
UK Leeds,The Warehouse
[with The Sisters Of Mercy]

Ad: Taken from a UK mag April 1983, courtesy of Matti A.

20-Apr-83
UK Manchester,Hacienda
[with The Sisters Of Mercy]

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ John Hardy/ The Lie/ Black Train/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Fire Spirit/ Death Party/ Sex Beat/ Goodbye Johnny/ Texas Serenade/ Heebies Jeebies [Boyd Atkins]/ Disco Inferno [Trammps].

Photo: Screen capture from DVD.

Ad: Scan of ad taken from UK mag.

Note: Available on the "Live At The Hacienda 1983/1984" DVD (Cherry Red 2006).

21-Apr-83
UK Norwich,Gala Ballroom
[with The Sisters Of Mercy]

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

22-Apr-83
UK Newcastle,Dingwalls
[with The Sisters Of Mercy]

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ John Hardy/ The Lie/ Black Train/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Fire Spirit/ Death Party/ Sex Beat/ Goodbye Johnny.

Ad: Scan of ad.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

23-Apr-83
UK Sheffield,Dingwalls

Ad: Scan of ad.

Note: Without the Sisters of Mercy as support. "At Sheffield they were joined on stage for half the set by the legendary Dancing Tarantulas, a bunch of pinheads who dance to records, thus giving Jeffrey the opportunity for a sitdown" (from an article by Kris Needs for Flexipop magazine 1983). Dingwalls briefly existed until summer '83 at the location of the former Hofbrauhaus Bierkeller.

24-Apr-83
UK London,The Lyceum
[with The Sisters Of Mercy, New Model Army, Joolz, Sex Beat]

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ John Hardy/ The Lie/ Black Train/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Fire Spirit/ Death Party/ Sex Beat/ Goodbye Johnny/ The House On Highland Ave/ Texas Serenade/ Heebie Jeebies [Boyd Atkins]/ Disco Inferno [Trammps].

Poster: Photo of poster, courtesy of Peter Bloyce.

Ad: Scan of advert taken from a UK mag April 1983. Another ad, taken from NME 16-Apr-83.

Review: Scan taken from The Guardian, Apr 26, 1983.

Note: All tracks, except for "Disco Inferno" released on "Live In London 1983" LP (Blixa Sounds, 2020), Record Store Day release.

25-Apr-83
UK Brighton,Xtreems Club

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ John Hardy/ The Lie/ Black Train/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Fire Spirit/ Death Party/ Sex Beat/ Goodbye Johnny/ ..and more.

Ad: Ad for Uk tour, taken from NME 16-Apr-83.

Note: Last date of the 2 month European tour. Drummer Dee Pop switched to vocals and Jim Duckworth to drums for the encore. "Fire Of Love" available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008).

20-Jun-83
US CA,San Francisco,I-Beam
[with Los Black Athletes]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 19-Jun-83.

Handbill: Scan of handbill.

22-Jun-83
US AZ,Phoenix,DecaDance Nightclubette

Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of Matti.

xx-xxx-83
US AZ,Phoenix,The Mason Jar

24-Jun-83
US WA,Seattle,Metropolis
[with U-Men]

Photo: Credit © Michael Leach (from www.bestrockphotos.com). Used with kind permission.

Flyer: Photo of flyer. Photo of another flyer.

07-Jul-83
US LA,New Orleans,Tipitina's

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ John Hardy/ The Lie/ Stranger In Your Town/ Black Train/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ Eternally Is Here/ Moonlight Motel/ She's Like Heroin to Me/ Death Party/ Sex Beat/ Texas Serenade/ Goodbye Johnny/ A Love Supreme.

09-Jul-83
US GA,Atlanta,688 Club
[with Kilkenny Cats]

12-Jul-83
US TX,Dallas,Ground Zero
[with The Devices]

Flyer: Photo of flyer, courtesy of Mike Z.

14-Jul-83
US MI,Ann Arbor,Big Beat

Article: Scan from the Michigan Daily 14-Jul-83.

Review: Scan from the Michigan Daily 16-Jul-83.

Note: Big Beat (formerly Mile High Club) was located above the Heidelberg restaurant, a German restaurant on 215 North Main street. Gun Club played on Big Beat's opening night.

15-Jul-83
US FL, Hialeah,Blitz
[with Charlie Pickett And The Eggs]

xx-xxx-83
US TN,Memphis,-

22-Jul-83
US NY,New York City,Peppermint Lounge
[with Violent Femmes]

Setlist: (partial) Sex Beat/ Texas Serenade/ Goodbye Johnny/ Death Party/ Black Train/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ A Love Supreme.

Review: Review taken from Dangerous Rhythms Issue #3, December 1983.

23-Jul-83
US CA,San Francisco,The On Broadway Theater
[with Swinging Possums]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 17-Jul-83.

30-Jul-83
US PA,Philadelphia,Filly’s
[with Dance Factor]

Note: Because Jeff had missed his flight, vocal duties are taken by Dee Pop, Ben Vaughn [Ben Vaughn Combo] and the guy from Dance Factor, the support band.

02-Aug-83
CA ON,Toronto,The Upper Lip

03-Aug-83
CA ON,Toronto,The Upper Lip

Flyer: Reproduction of flyer taken from the booklet of the "Death Party" 2CD (Cooking Vinyl 2009).

Tickets: Xerox of ticket for August 2nd show. Scan of ticket for the August 3rd show, courtesy of Frank M.

Note: Opening bands at one of the above shows are The 10 Commandments and Living Proof.

07-Aug-83
US MN,Minneapolis,First Ave
[support for Alan Vega]

Photo: Credit Gary Smith.

Calendar: Scan of calendar.

Ad: Scan of ad courtesy of Jim F.

11-Aug-83
US CA,Los Angeles-Hollywood,Club Lingerie (@ 6507 Sunset Boulevard)
[with Tex & The Horseheads and The Joneses]

19-Aug-83
US MA,Boston,The Rat
[with The Plugz]

20-Aug-83
US MA,Boston,The Rat
[with The Del Fuegos]

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from Boston Rock #42 (08-Aug-83).

xx-Aug-83
US MI,Detroit,Hamtramck,Paycheck's Lounge

Note: Dee Pop confirmed (in an email to me) that his last show with the Gun Club was @ Paycheck's Lounge.

28-Aug-83
US CA,Los Angeles-Hollywood,Cathay De Grande (@ 1600 Argyle Avenue at Selma Avenue)
[with Phranc and Blood on the Saddle]

Note: Jeffrey Lee Pierce solo.

02-Sep-83
NL Amsterdam,Paradiso
[with Violent Femmes]

Note: Cancelled at the last moment, due to (booking) agent issues.

03-Sep-83
NL Rotterdam,De Doelen
Pandora's Music Box Festival

Flyer: Scan of front cover of the official festival booklet.

Ad: Scan of ad .

Note: Cancelled at the last moment, due to (booking) agent issues.

08-Sep-83
UK London,The Lyceum
[with Violent Femmes and Beast]

Ad: Taken from NME 20-Aug-83, courtesy of Matti.

Note: Cancelled at the last moment, due to (booking) agent issues.

15-Sep-83
US CA,Los Angeles-Santa Monica,Music Machine

Review: Scan of article taken from the Los Angeles Times, 19-Sep-83.

Note: This show was either preceded and/or followed by a few more shows in the Los Angeles area.

23-Sep-83
US CA,Hollywood,Cathay De Grande (@ 1600 Argyle Avenue at Selma Avenue)
[with The Modifiers, Kommunity FK]

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ The Lie/ Walking With The Beast/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Moonlight Motel/ Death Party/ Sex Beat/ Texas Serenade/ Goodbye Johnny.

September 1983. The "Fire Of Love" album had been released in Australia on Big Time Records. On the verge of the Australian tour, at San Francisco airport, Jim Duckworth and Terry Graham leave the band. Jeffrey gets on his flight to Melbourne. Patricia Morrison takes hers (to Sydney) as well, but arrives a day later (in Melbourne). In the meantime Spencer P.Jones [later in Beasts of Bourbon] and Billy Pommer Jr., both of Australian band The Johnnys, are hired for the live band. Jeffrey calls Kid Congo, who by then had just left The Cramps, to re-join The Gun Club. Kid flies in from Los Angeles and arrives in Australia on 30-Sep-83. Back in the US, Terry Graham joins The Leaving Trains and records with them for their "Well Down Blue Highway" album.

Ad: Scan of ad from RAM magazine September 1983.

27-Sep-83
AU Adelaide,Norwood Town Hall

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Re-scheduled to 14-Oct-83.

28-Sep-83
AU Melbourne-Kew,Prospect Hill Hotel

Setlist: Mean Old Train/ I'm Lonesome (Lonely Old Sun)/ Not Supposed To Be That Way [Willie Nelson]/ Secret Fires/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ Moonlight Motel(+)/ Mother Of Earth(+)/ The House On Highland Ave/ My Man's Gone Now [George Gershwin]/ Brother And Sister/ Carry Home/ Black Train/ Lost Highway/ John Hardy [traditional]/ Hello Walls [Willie Nelson].

Poster: Photo of poster.

Article: Scan of article from The Age 30-Sep-83.

Line-up: Jeffrey Lee Pierce solo on acoustic guitar.

Note: "Hello Walls" available on the "Danse Kalinda Boom-9 Lives #4" 2CD (Flow Records 2006); (+) available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008).

29-Sep-83
AU Geelong-Ocean Grove,The Collendina (Ocean Grove) Hotel
[with The Johnnys]

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Moonlight Motel/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ Brother And Sister/ The House On Highland Avenue/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ A Love Supreme/ .. and more..

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Photo: Photo credit Ron McP.

Note: Above tracks available on the "Danse Kalinda Boom-9 Lives #4" 2CD (Flow Records 2006).

30-Sep-83
AU Melbourne-St.Kilda,Seaview Ballroom
[with The Johnnys and Painters & Dockers]

Ad: Scan of xerox of Australian tour ad.

Interview: Scan of article taken from The Age 30-Sep-83.

01-Oct-83
AU Melbourne-St.Kilda,Seaview Ballroom
[with The Corpse Grinders & Tombstone Hands]

Review: Photo of review by Lazarus Dobelsky, taken from A-Z magazine, October 1983.

02-Oct-83
AU Melbourne,University
[with Plays With Marionettes]

Photo: Credit Wayne O'Farrell.

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from The Age 30-Sep-83.

Note: Organised by 3RRR FM-radio.

04-Oct-83
AU Canberra,Australian National University (ANU)-bar

Note: Organised by 2XX FM radio.

05-Oct-83
AU Sydney-Surry Hills,Trade Union Club
[with The Celibate Rifles]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Photo: Backstage photo, credit George Tsoutas.

Ad: Scan of ad from Sydney Morning Herald 30-Sep-83.

Article 1: Scan of article by Stuart Coupe from Sydney Morning Herald 02-Oct-83.

Article 2: Scan from a review by Rob Miller published in On The Street October,1983.

06-Oct-83
AU Sydney-Surry Hills,Trade Union Club
[with the Scientists]

Photo: Credit David Laing.

Article: Article written by Stuart Coupe, taken from The Sydney Morning Herald 02-Oct-83.

07-Oct-83
AU Sydney,Manly Vale Hotel
[with The Hoodoo Gurus]

Listing: Scan of ad, taken from The Sydney Morning Herald 30-Sep-83.

08-Oct-83
AU Sydney-Carmens,Miranda Hotel
[with Hoi Polloi]

Setlist: Moonlight Motel/ Brother And Sister/.. and more..

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: Above tracks available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008).

09-Oct-83
AU Brisbane-Fortitude Valley,Whispers

Note: Whispers was opened in 1979 as Brisbane’s premier entertainment centre, spread over three levels, it had a capacity of 1,000 people. The owners used the lighting designer from New York's famous Studio 54 spending over half a million (Australian) dollars on lighting alone. Whispers also had valet parking, cigarette girls, drink waiters and an a-la-carte restaurant.

12-Oct-83
AU Sydney,Paddington Green Hotel-Players
[with King Congo From The Cramps]

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from The Sydney Morning Herald 12-Oct-83.

Note: Likely there was no support, "King Congo From The Cramps" must have been misheard as in 'Gun Club with Kid Congo from The Cramps'. During the last song -"A Love Supreme", the plug was pulled on the band.

12-Oct-83
AU Sydney-Paddington,Paddo's Restaurant,Commotion Club

Photo: Reproduction of photo from Stiletto zine Nov-83, taken from "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set booklet.

Note: Not a live show. Commotion Club was a newly opened nightclub, each Wednesday night.

14-Oct-83
AU Adelaide,Norwood Town Hall
[with The Spikes]

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Moonlight Motel/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ Brother And Sister/ Cool Drink Of Water [Tommy Johnson]/ The Lie/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Death Party/ Jack On Fire/ Sex Beat/ For The Love Of Ivy/ The House On Highland Ave/ A Love Supreme.

Photo: Screen capture from private video.

Video: Private video.

Review: Review from DNA zine #35, January 84.

15-Oct-83
AU Melbourne-Collingwood,The Club
[with Bliss Bombs]

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Moonlight Motel/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ Brother And Sister/ The Lie/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Death Party/ Jack On Fire/ Sex Beat/ For The Love Of Ivy/ The House On Highland Ave/ Cool Drink Of Water/ A Love Supreme.

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from The Age 14-Oct-83.

Note: Released on a live tape labeled "Bop Girl", because Jeffrey's endlessly referring to Pat Wilson's pop song with the same title, that had just been released in September 1983.

16-Oct-83
AU Melbourne-South Yarra,Her Majesty's Nightspot (aka Macy's)
[with Frontier Scouts]

Setlist: The Lie/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Death Party/ Jack On Fire/ Sex Beat/ For The Love Of Ivy/...and more..

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from The Age 14-Oct-83.

Note: Above tracks available on the "Danse Kalinda Boom-9 Lives #4" 2CD (Flow Records 2006).

23-Oct-83
AU Sydney-Surry Hills,Strawberry Hill Hotel (formerly The Southern Cross Hotel)

Ad: Reproduction taken from "Inner City Sound", a book by Clinton Walker (Verse Chorus Press 2005).

Photo: Photo credit Edwin Garland.

Article: Recollections by Edwin Garland, taken from I-94 Bar. "It was a show full of passion and commitment. We were all crammed into a space designed for 100 people. There were maybe twice of many of us squeezed in that tiny room. At one point I was pushed over and landed in Billy’s drum kit… as the band played on."

Note: Because the promoter had kept most of the money from the tour, the band organised -without his knowledge- a mystery show. This was to be the last show of the tour. They did a crazy set and many of the audience ended up on stage.

31-Oct-83
US CA,Hollywood,Cathay De Grande
[with The Mentors and Shattered Faith]

Ad: Scan of ad.

19-Nov-83
US CA,Santa Monica,The Music Machine
[with the Romans]

Setlist: Lost Highway/ Moonlight Motel/ Bad Indian/ Brother And Sister/ Bad America/ Walkin' With The Beast/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Jack On Fire/ Death Party/ Sleeping In Blood City/ For The Love Of Ivy/ A Love Supreme.

25-Nov-83
IT Roma,Teatro Palladium

Setlist: Lost Highway/ Moonlight Motel/ Bad Indian/ Bad America/ Walkin' With The Beast/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Death Party/ Sex Beat/ For The Love Of Ivy/ A Love Supreme.

Note: Start of a 7 dates Italian tour. Teatro Palladium is a 1200 seats concert hall.

26-Nov-83
IT Firenze-Campi Bisenzio,Discoteca Manila

Setlist: Lost Highway(*)/ Moonlight Motel(*)/ Bad Indian(*)/ Bad America(*)/ Brother And Sister(*)/ Walkin' With The Beast(*)/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Sleeping in Blood City/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Death Party/ Sex Beat(*)/ For The Love Of Ivy(*)/ A Love Supreme.

Note: (*) Tracks available on the "Destroy The Country" bootleg LP (Not Just Jazz records 1984), "Destroy The Country" official CD/LP (Cleopatra 2014) and "Live At Manila Club" bootleg LP (Radiation Reissues 2017).

27-Nov-83
IT Venezia

Note: Visiting Venice, but not playing there.

28-Nov-83
IT Imola,Vinavil Club

Setlist: Lost Highway/ Moonlight Motel/ Bad Indian/ Black Train/ Bad America/ Walkin' With The Beast/ Preachin' The Blues/ Sleeping In Blood City(+)/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds](+)/ Death Party(+)/ For The Love Of Ivy(+)/ A Love Supreme(+).

Note: "Lost Highway" is a Hank Williams song. (+)Tracks 1-4,6 on the "Love Supreme" semi-legit LP album (Offense, France). (+)Tracks 13-16,18 on the "Death Party" semi-legit CD album (Revenge, France). "Sleeping In Blood City" is titled "Lost Highway" on these releases.

29-Nov-83
IT Milano,Plastic club

Note: The scheduled show at the Plastic club is cancelled. The band remain in Milano for their upcoming shows in neighbouring towns.

30-Nov-83
IT Bergamo,Cinema Nuovo

Setlist: Lost Highway/ Moonlight Motel/ Bad Indian/ Brother And Sister/ Bad America/ Walkin' With The Beast/ Preachin' The Blues/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Death Party/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ For The Love Of Ivy/ A Love Supreme.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Video: Private video made available by ScottishTeeVee.

01-Dec-83
IT Piacenza-Fiorenzuola d'Arda,Discoteca My Way

Photo: Photo credit Antonio Bacciocchi.

02-Dec-83
IT Nove,Palestra Comunale di Nove

0x-Dec-83
IT Rimini,Slego

Photo: Photo credit unknown.

Note: End of a 7 dates Italian tour.

04-Dec-83
UK London,The Lyceum
[with The Moodists, Alien Sex Fiend and Flesh For Lulu]

Setlist: Om/ Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger [Bo Diddley]/ Walking With The Beast/ Bad Indian/ Moonlight Motel/ Bad America/ The House On Highland Ave/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Death Party/ Sleeping In Blood City/ For The Love of Ivy/ A Love Supreme.

Ticket: Original ad, from NME mag 26-Nov-83.

Photo: Photo credit Mick Mercer.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Review: Scan taken from Sounds mag 17-Dec-83 courtesy of the 'fearless Finnish fanatic'! Original from NME mag 17-Dec-83

Note: "Om" and "A Love Supreme" are John Coltrane tracks. 2,000 fans attend the show.

06-Dec-83
UK Leeds,The Warehouse

Setlist: Lost Highway/ Moonlight Motel/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ Bad Indian/ The House On Highland Ave/ Bad America/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Death Party/ Wipe Out(*)/ Ghost On The Highway(*)/ Sex Beat/ Sleeping In Blood City/ A Love Supreme.

Note: Released February 21, 2015 by the Sheffield Tape Archive , except for (*).

07-Dec-83
UK Manchester,Hacienda Club
[with Lavolta Lakta]

Setlist: Lost Highway/ Moonlight Motel/ Bad Indian/ The House On Highland Ave/ Bad America/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Death Party/ For The Love of Ivy/ A Love Supreme/..and more...

Photo: Credit Martin O'Neill. Sourced from Gettyimages/Referns music archives. Screen capture from DVD.

Ad: Scan of ad taken from UK mag.

Note: Above tracks available on the "Fire Of Love" DVD (Cherry Red 2007).

09-Dec-83
US NY,New York City,Peppermint Lounge
[with Paleface]

Review: Scan taken from Trouser Press March 1984.

10-Dec-83
US MA,Boston,The Rat Club
[with The Del Fuegos]

Ad: Scan from the Boston Phoenix 06-Dec-83.

13-Dec-83
US FL,Miami,-

30-Dec-83
US CA,San Francisco,On Broadway
[with Green On Red and People's Temple]

Setlist: Lost Highway(+)/ Moonlight Motel(+)/ Bad Indian/ Texas Serenade/ Bad America(+)/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson](+)/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Death Party/ Sleeping In Blood City/ For The Love Of Ivy.

Photo: Photo of flyer.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 25-Dec-83.

Note: (+)available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008). Complete show available on the "Its Like Heroin To You", UK fan club cassette tape (1984).

14-Jan-84
US CA,Santa Monica,Music Machine

19-Jan-84
CA BC,Vancouver,Commodore Ballroom
[with Straight]

Photo: Credit Rob Gander . Used with kind permission.

20-Jan-84
US WA,Seattle,Norway Center,Auditorium

Poster: Photo of poster.

21-Jan-84
US OR,Portland,Starry Night Club
[with Napalm Beach and Film At 11]

Poster: Photo of poster.

Flyer: Photo of flyer courtesy of Mike Ziegler.

xx-xxx-84
US MI,East Lansing,Rick's American Cafe

02-Mar-84
US CA,Reseda,Be Bop Records (corner of Sherman Way/Canby Avenue)
[with Henry Rollins, Chuck Dukowski, Therese Covarrubias,..]

Ad: Scan of ad.

Review: strangereaction.com

Note: Jeffrey Lee Pierce's first (?) spoken work show (organised by Harvey Kubernik -Freeway Records), reading from his Italian '83 Gun Club tour diary. Henry Rollins' third spoken work show.

03-Mar-84
UK Release of "The Birth,The Death,The Ghost" live LP (ABC Records).

March/April 1984
US CA,Hollywood,Ocean Way Recording studios (@ 6000 Sunset Boulevard),recording and mixing sessions for the "The Las Vegas Story" album. Engineered by Mark Ettel with sssistant engineer Judy Clapp. Produced by Jeff Eyrich. Tracks recorded are: The Las Vegas Story/ Walkin' With The Beast (version #2)/ Eternally Is Here/ The Stranger In Our Town/ My Dreams/ Secret Fires/ (The Creator Has A) Master Plan/ My Man's Gone Now/ Bad America/ Moonlight Motel/ Give Up The Sun. Dave Alvin [The Blasters] plays guitar on "Eternally Is Here" and "Stranger In Our Town".

Photo: Google street view, 2017.

Note: Expat UK punk Billy Idol [Generation X] visits often and invites the band to open for him at the 12,000-seater Long Beach,Arena. In 1982, Michael Jackson recorded part of his "Thriller" album at this studio. Gladys Knight and the Pips ('83) and Donna Summer ('84) also recorded here. These days it's the location of EastWest Studios.

16-Mar-84
US CA,San Francisco,On Broadway Theatre/Nightclub
[with Paris Working, Tupelo Chain Sex and People's Temple]

Setlist: Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger [Bo Diddley]/ Death Party/.. and more..

Flyer: Photo of flyer. Scan of alternative flyer. Another version flyer.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 13-Mar-84.

Note: Above tracks available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008).

18-Mar-84
US CA,Fullerton,Ichabod's
[with Blood On The Saddle and Convicted]

Flyer: Photo of flyer. Photo of another flyer.

Note: Part of a Sunday showcase series.

19-Mar-84
US CA,Long Beach,Arena
[support for Billy Idol]

Note: The band is booed and pelted with coins to which Jeffrey responds by sticking his arse out and getting himself thrown off stage, after six songs only.

24-Mar-84
US CA,Los Angeles-Hollywood,Club Lingerie (@ 6507 Sunset Boulevard)
[with Blood On The Saddle, Phast Phreddie & thee Precisions]

09-Apr-84
US CA,San Francisco,I-Beam
[with Yo]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 08-Apr-84.

13-Apr-84
US CA,Santa Monica,Music Machine
[with The Sex Donkeys, The Seaweed Sandcrabs, Feminists, Straight Edge]

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Brother And Sister/ Bad America/ Give Up The Sun/ Walking With The Beast/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Death Party/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ Jack On Fire/ A Love Supreme.

Ad: Scan of xerox of ad courtesy of Matti A.

30-May-84
US CA,Santa Monica,Texas Records

Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of Matti A.

07-Jun-84
US CA,Santa Monica,Music Machine
[with Violent Femmes, Legal Weapon, Six Gun Method]

22-Jun-84
US NV,Las Vegas,Old Vegas
[with Blood On The Saddle]

Flyer: Taken from "Fucked Up and Photocopied", a book by Bryan R. Turcotte and Chris Miller.
Photo of alternative flyer.

Photo: Photo credit Wayne Coyner.

23-Jun-84
US CA,Santa Monica,Music Machine
[with Blood On The Saddle, Beat Farmers and Die Schlaflosen]

Setlist: (partial) Walking With The Beast/ A Love Supreme.

Ad: Scan of xerox of ad courtesy of Matti A.

Note: Kid's amp catches fire during this show. Henry Rollins, who had been babysitting The Bad Seeds (then touring US) all day ends up with (Bad Seeds members) Blixa Bargeld, Mick Harvey and Hugo Race at the Gun Club's concert. "They [The Gun Club] stank. Mostly because Jeffrey was so shit-faced he couldn't play. They did a good version of 'Walking With The Beast'. Blixa [Bargeld] is falling down at this point. I'm holding him up. He starts waltzing with me [Henry Rollins]. It's great." (from "Get In The Van", a book by Henry Rollins).

"Jeffrey is a little under the bottle on this evening and he missed the mic as often as not and insisted on doing a very painful horn solo. I think it was then that Blixa and I started waltzing around the room". (from "Fanatic!", a book by Henry Rollins).

25-Jun-84
US/UK Release of "The Las Vegas Story" LP album (Animal/Chrysalis Records).

03-Jul-84
US CA,San Francisco,Berkeley Square
[with Fade to Black and Firesports]

Ad: Scan of ad taken from San Francisco Examiner 01-Jul-84.

04-Jul-84
US CA,San Francisco,Fox Warfield Theatre
[support for Siouxsie & The Banshees]

Handbill: Photo of handbill.

06-Jul-84
US CA,San Francisco,Mabuhay Gardens
[with Drunk Injuns, Our Lady of Pain, Napalm Beach]

Flyer: Photo of flyer. Alternative flyer .

07-Jul-84
US CA,Santa Monica,Civic Auditorium
[support for Siouxsie & The Banshees]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

13-Jul-84
US CA,Los Angeles-Hollywood,Club Lingerie (@ 6507 Sunset Boulevard)
[with Mau Mau's and Scoundrelz]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

28-Jul-84
US CA,Santa Monica,Music Machine
[with The Leaving Trains, Shadow Minstrels, Endless Banana]

Setlist: (partial) Walkin With The Beast/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ Stranger In Our Town/ A Love Supreme.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Pass: Scan of backstage pass.

Note: Endless Banana has Johnny Nation [ex- Bags, ex- The Cyclones and Lydia Lunch's 13.13] on vocals and guitar.

02-Aug-84
US IL,Chicago,The Metro
[with Bad Manners]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: Start of the tour.

03-Aug-84
US MI,Detroit,Todd's

05-Aug-84
US MI,Ann Arbor,The Blind Pig Café
[with Grief Factory]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Article: Scan from the Michigan Daily 05-Aug-84.

06-Aug-84
US WI,Milwaukee,Teddy's
[with Dummy Club]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

08-Aug-84
US NY,Rochester,Scorgies

Setlist: Hey Juana/ Brother And Sister/ Walkin' With the Beast/ Eternally is Here/ Stranger In Our Town/ Moonlight Motel/ JLP trumpet solo/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ JLP trumpet solo (dedicated to Fats Navarro)/ Preachin' The Blues(*)/ Like Calling Up Thunder(*)/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ House on Highland Ave/ Give Up The Sun.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: (*) Tracks can be downloaded from the Scorgies blog. Jeffrey 'plays' trumpet during this show.

09-Aug-84
CA ON,Toronto,Larry's Hideaway
[with The 10 Commandments]

Note: Fan account: "Ugh, they were horrible. Jeffrey Lee Pierce was drunk and couldn't play the clarinet (or whatever it was). For about twenty minutes, they held it together, and lapsed back into chaos."

Poster: Scan of poster, courtesy of Frank M.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

10-Aug-84
CA ON,London,Mingles
[with Forgotten Rebels]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

1x-Aug-84
US NY,New York City,Pyramid Club

14-Aug-84
US NJ,Bloomfield,The Jetty
[with U.S. Chaos]

Setlist: Hey Juana/ Brother And Sister/ Walking With The Beast/ Eternally Is Here/ Stranger In Our Town/ Bad America/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Moonlight Motel/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny.

Ad: Reproduction, taken from "Punk Like Me!", a book by Terry Graham.

15-Aug-84
US PA,Pittsburgh,The Decade
[with Kids After Dark]

Flyer: Photo of flyer, courtesy of Glenn Sebastian [Kids After Dark].

16-Aug-84
US OH,Cleveland,Pop Shop
[with Death of Samantha and Faith Academy]

Setlist: (partial) Brother And Sister/ Walkin' With the Beast/ Eternally is Here/ Stranger In Our Town/ .. and encore: Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger [Bo Diddley](*) .

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Ad: Scan of ad.

Note: (*)with on guest guitar Bryan Gregory [formerly of The Cramps], at the time living in Cleveland and having a band named Beast.

17-Aug-84
US KY,Newport,Jockey Club
[with Major Morgan and the Wastebaskets, The Thangs]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

18-Aug-84
US OH,Columbus,Crazy Mama's

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Handbill: Scan of handbill.

21-Aug-84
US MO,Westport,The Lone Star
[with The Yard Apes]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

23-Aug-84
US KS,Lawrence,The Opera House
[with The Pagan Idols and The Pedal Jets]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: Jeffrey meets up with William S. Burroughs at his Sears Kit house in Lawrence.

25-Aug-84
US TX,Dallas,The Twilite Room (formerly Liberty Hall)
[with Western Alliance]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Photo: Photo credit Dixon Coulbourn, taken from "Going Underground: American Punk 1979-1989", a book by George Hurchalla.

28-Aug-84
US TX,Austin,Continental Club

31-Aug-84
US GA,Athens,40 Watt Club
[with Kilkenny Cats]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

01-Sep-84
US GA,Atlanta,688 Club
[with Kilkenny Cats]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

02-Sep-84
US TN,Nashville,Cantrells
[with Raging Fire]

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Review: Review from unknown magazine.

06-Sep-84
US NY,Long Island,Roslyn,My Father's Place

Setlist: Hey Juana/ Brother And Sister/ Bad Indian/ Sex Beat/ Eternally Is Here/ Bad America/ Stranger In Your Town/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ Give Up The Sun.

07-Sep-84
US DC,Washington,9:30 Club
[with Crippled Pilgrims]

08-Sep-84
US NY,New York City,Ritz
[with The Dream Syndicate]

Ad: Scan of ad.

11-Sep-84
US RI,Providence,The Living Room

Setlist: Hey Juana/ Eternally Is Here/ Stranger In Our Town/ Bad Indian/ Sex Beat/ My Dreams/ Bad America/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Moonlight Motel/ Goodbye Johnny/ Give Up The Sun.

12-Sep-84
US MA,Boston,The Channel Club
[with Chain Link Fence, Salem 66, Barrence Whitfield and the Savages]

Review: Scan of review by Ted Drozdowski from Sweet Potato, October 1984.

13-Sep-84
US NJ,New Haven,Café Grotto

14-Sep-84
US NY,Buffalo,State College,Uptown Auditorium
[with Lydia Lunch]

Poster: Courtesy of David M.

Note: Jeff plays alto sax for most of the set. This is the final date of the tour. During the show their touring van is broken into and all their equipment is stolen. Before the start of the European tour Kid buys a new guiter, a Fender Squier, in London.

21-Sep-84
NL Leiden,LVC

Setlist: .../ Give Up The Sun/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ House On Highland Ave/ Moonlight Motel.

Listing: Scan of listing from Vinyl mag Vol4 09, Sep-84.

Note: Listed above are the last 4 tracks of the show. Jeffrey also 'played' trumpet during this concert.

22-Sep-84
NL Rotterdam,De Doelen,Grote Box
Pandora's Music Box festival
[with Tom Verlaine, John Cale, Johnny Thunders, The Fall, Pete Shelley,..]

Setlist: Brother And Sister/ Sex Beat/ Bad Indian(*)/ Eternally Is Here(+)(*)/ Bad America(+)(*)/ Stranger In Our Town(+)(*)(-)/ Gila Monster,New Mexico-Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson](+)(*)(-)/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds](*)/ Sleeping In Blood City(+)/ Goodbye Johnny(+)/ Give Up The Sun(+)/ She's Like Heroin To Me(*).

Photo: Credit Ad de Wit.

Dressingroom index: Photo of index.

Note 1: (+) released on the "Danse Kalinda Boom" album. (*) Broadcast by Dutch VPRO/VARA FM radio and released on the "Moonlight Motel" bootleg LP (1985), "Enigma Of Desire" bootleg LP (2000) and "Moonlight Motel" official CD/LP (Cleopatra Records 2014).. (-) Also available on "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008).

Note 2: Murray Mitchell is their roadie on this tour. Murray used to be Siouxsie and the Banshees' roadie, he was also guitarist in Lydia Lunch's 13.13 live band and on her "Honeymoon in Red" album. He's enlisted in Kid's Fur Bible band in 1985 and in February/March 1985 he will join Jeffrey's "Wildweed" album recording sessions.

23-Sep-84
BE Deinze,Brielpoort
Futurama festival
[with Shriekback, Tom Verlaine, The Sound, The Scientists,..]

Setlist: Brother And Sister/ Sex Beat/ Bad Indian/ Eternally Is Here/ Bad America/ Stranger In Our Town/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ The House On Highland Ave/ She's Like Heroin To Me.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Partially broadcast on Belgian BRT TV on the Villa Tempo program on 26-Oct-84.

24-Sep-84
DE Frankfurt,Batschkapp

Setlist: Brother And Sister/ Sex Beat/ Moonlight Motel/ Eternally Is Here/ Bad America/ Stranger In Our Town/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ My Dreams/ Give Up The Sun/ Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger [Bo Diddley].

Poster: Photo of generic tour poster courtesy of Matti A.

25-Sep-84
DE München,Alabamahalle

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Sex Beat/ Moonlight Motel/ My Dreams/ Bad America/ Stranger In Our Town/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ The House On Highland Ave/ Give Up The Sun/ Black Train/ A Love Supreme.

Ticket: Scan of ticket courtesy of Ingrid.

26-Sep-84
DE Stuttgart,Maxim

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Brother And Sister/ Sex Beat/ Moonlight Motel/ My Dreams/ Bad America/ Stranger In Our Town/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ The House On Highland Ave/ Black Train/ A Love Supreme.

Photo: Photo credit Gerd Bächler.

28-Sep-84
DE Bochum,Zeche

Ticket: Scan of ticket courtesy of Ger P.

Review: Photo of review from Musik Express November 1984.

29-Sep-84
DE Bremen,Schlachthof

Setlist: Moonlight Motel/ Sex Beat/ Eternally Is Here/ Bad America/ Stranger In Our Town/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ Goodbye Johnny/ A Love Supreme/ Louie Louie.

30-Sep-84
DE Hamburg,Markthalle

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Brother And Sister/ Sex Beat/ Moonlight Motel/ My Dreams/ Bad America/ Stranger In Our Town/ Preaching The Blues [Robert Johnson]/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ A Love Supreme.

Ad: Scan of ad from Oxmox magazine courtesy of Martin L.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

01-Oct-84
DE Paderborn,WDR/WWF TV, Music Convoy
[with The Dream Syndicate, Pete Shelley and Jethro Tull]
(afternoon)

Setlist: My Dreams.

Photo: Screen capture from TV broadcast.

Note: The band playbacks in the afternoon on the Westdeutschen WerbeFernsehen "Musik Convoy" program. The "Musik Convoy" existed only during 1984-1985. The progam's truck used to visit small towns in Nordrhein Westphalen on a Monday, set up on the marketplace and present local and international bands. Moderated by Alan Bangs and Karin Sarholz.

01-Oct-84
DE Detmold,Honky Dory
(evening)

02-Oct-84
DE Berlin,Metropol

Setlist: Strange Fruit [Lewis Allan/Billie Holiday]/ Eternally Is Here/ Brother And Sister/ Sex Beat/ Moonlight Motel/ My Dreams/ Bad America/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ Stranger In Our Town/ Preaching The Blues/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ The House On Highland Ave/ She's Like Heroin To Me/ For The Love Of Ivy.

04-Oct-84
SE Malmö,Stadt Hamburg
[with Sinners]

05-Oct-84
NO Oslo,University-Blindern campus,Chateau Neuf-Circus (basement)
[with Skjønn Forening]

Setlist: Moonlight Motel/ My Dreams/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ Black Train/..and more..

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from Arbeiderbladet/Nye Takter musicmagazine #90, 1984.

Interview: Scan of interview, taken from Arbeiderbladet/Nye Takter musicmagazine #91, 1984.

Note: Above tracks broadcast by Norwegian FM radio.

06-Oct-84
SE Stockholm,Ritz

Photo: Credit © Johan Ödmann (from www.stockholmrockaction.com). Used with kind permission.

08-Oct-84
DK København,Saltlageret
[with Disneyland After Dark]

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Brother And Sister/ Sex Beat/ Moonlight Motel/ My Dreams/ Bad America/ Stranger In Our Town/ Preaching The Blues/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Black Train/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ The House On Highland Ave/ Give Up The Sun/ She's Like Heroin To Me.

Ticket: Photo of ticket courtesy of Peter.

Poster: Photo of poster.

10-Oct-84
NL Den Haag,Paard Van Troje

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Brother And Sister/ Sex Beat/ Moonlight Motel/ My Dreams/ Bad America/ Stranger In Our Town/ Preaching The Blues/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Black Train/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ A Love Supreme/ Give Up The Sun/ Death Party.

Photo: Photo credit Mike Ampegg.

Review: Review taken from De Volkskrant, 12-Oct-84; Review taken from NRC Handelsblad, 11-Oct-84.

11-Oct-84
NL Groningen,Vera

Review: Review taken from Het Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 12-Oct-84.

12-Oct-84
NL Eindhoven,Effenaar

Poster: Photo of poster.

13-Oct-84
NL Amsterdam,Paradiso
[with The Screaming Blue Messiahs]

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Brother And Sister/ Moonlight Motel/ Sex Beat/ My Dreams/ Bad America/ Stranger In Our Town/ Preaching The Blues/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ House On Highland Ave/ Give Up The Sun/ A Love Supreme.

Photo: Credit George Bekker @ seizoensgebonden.blogspot.nl . Used with kind permission.

14-Oct-84
NL Utrecht,Tivoli
[with Claw Boys Claw]

15-Oct-84
NL Nijmegen,Doornroosje

Listing: Scan of listing from Vinyl mag Vol4 #10, Oct-84.

19-Oct-84
UK Newcastle,Channel 4 TV,The Tube TV show

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Moonlight Motel.

Photo: Screen capture from TV broadcast.

Note: Broadcast on 24-Oct-84. Available on the "Moonlight Motel" bootleg LP (1985), "Enigma Of Desire" bootleg LP (2000) and "Moonlight Motel" official CD/LP (Cleopatra Records 2014).

20-Oct-84
UK Glasgow,Strathclyde University
[with The Primevils]

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Brother And Sister/ Sex Beat/ Moonlight Motel/ My Dreams/ Bad America/ Stranger In Our Town/ Preaching The Blues/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Black Train/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ The House On Highland Ave/ Give Up The Sun.

Flyer: Photo of UK tour flyer, courtesy of David W Andrews.

21-Oct-84
UK Edinburgh,The Hoochie Coochie Club

Article: Scan of review from Sounds 03-Nov-84 courtesy of Matti A.

22-Oct-84
UK Leeds,Polytechnic-Ents Hall
[with The Scientists and Ipso Facto]

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Brother And Sister/ Stranger In Our Town/ Sex Beat/ Bad Indian/ My Dreams/ Bad America/ Walkin' With The Beast/ Preaching The Blues/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ Give Up The Sun/ Moonlight Motel.

Ad: Promosheet for The Scientists's "This Heart.." LP release.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Note: Above tracks available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008).

23-Oct-84
UK Nottingham,Rock City
[with The Scientists]

Setlist: Walkin' With The Beast(+)/ Sex Beat/ Moonlight Motel(+)/ Eternally Is Here(+)/ Bad America/ Stranger In Our Town/ Preaching The Blues/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Black Train/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ A Love Supreme.

Ad: Scan of ad.

Note: Jeffrey plays sax on "Walkin' With The Beast". (+)available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008).

25-Oct-84
UK London,Camden,Electric Ballroom
[with The Scientists and Furyo]

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Stranger In Our Town/ Walkin' With The Beast/ Sex Beat/ Moonlight Motel/ My Dreams/ Bad America/ Preaching The Blues/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Black Train/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ Give Up The Sun/ She's Like Heroin To Me.

Review: Taken from the NME 10-Nov-84.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Ad: Scan of ad.

Note: Future drummer for the Gun Club, Desi Desperate attends the gig with Chris Carr [PR fundamental in bringing The Saints to the UK and later, The Birthday Party] and Mick Griffiths [of Asgard, Gun Club's booking agency].

26-Oct-84
UK Manchester,Hacienda Club
[with The Scientists]

Setlist: Hey Juana/ Eternally Is Here/ Stranger In Our Town/ Bad Indian/ Sex Beat/ Brother And Sister/ Bad America/ Preaching The Blues/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ Moonlight Motel/ Goodbye Johnny/ Give Up The Sun/ Sleeping In Blood City.

Photo: Screen capture taken from DVD.

Note: Available on the "Live At The Hacienda 1983/1984" DVD (Cherry Red 2006). During the show the band's touring van was broken into. The band's personal belongings, Kid's guitar and Terry's bag with 12 Beta live videotape footage (filmed by his then girlfriend Amy) of the tour were stolen.

27-Oct-84
UK Loughborough,University
[with The Scientists]

Ad: Photo of ad.

28-Oct-84
UK Bristol,Bier Keller (former Dingwalls)
[with The Scientists]

Handbill: Scan of handbill.

Photo: Photo by Mike Mastrangelo, taken from "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce And The Gun Club" (4CD box) booklet.

30-Oct-84
FR Paris,Palais de la Mutualité
[with La Souris Déglingée]

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Sex Beat/ Moonlight Motel/ Brother And Sister/ Stranger In Our Town/ Bad America/ Preaching The Blues/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ My Dreams/ Like Calling Up Thunder/ Sleeping In Blood City/ Goodbye Johnny/ The House On Highland Ave/ Give Up The Sun(?).

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Note: After this show Terry Graham quits the band for good, after he heard from Robert Burnett, the band's road manager, that the tour had not made any money at all. With his girlfriend Amy they sneak out of the hotel at 6 o'clock in the morning, take the train to Calais (FR), the hovercraft to Dover (UK), the train to London (UK), the flight to New York City (US) from where they pick up their Saab car and drive back the 3,000 miles to Los Angeles.

31-Oct-84
FR Rouen,Exo 7

Ticket: Scan of ticket, courtesy of Dominique.

Flyer: Photo flyer , courtesy of Dominique.

Note: For this date Terry Graham is replaced by "some horrible French boy". Also for the next date in France, before Desi steps in, they do 'terrible sets' (all according to Kid).

01-Nov-84
FR Orléans-Olivet,Le Zig Zag
[with City Kids]

Photo: Credit © Jean Zindel .

03-Nov-84
FR Bordeaux,Salle des fêtes du Grand Parc
[with Noir Desir]

Ticket: Scan courtesy of Dominique.

Note: First gig with Desi Desparate on drums.

04-Nov-84
FR Toulouse,Le Riff

Ticket: Scan of ticket by Didier Belloc, courtesy of Marc Sastre.

05-Nov-84
FR Montpellier,Grand Odéon

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

07-Nov-84
FR Grenoble-Pont de Clay,Palais des sports,Salle Cazeneuve
[with Pharaons]

Ticket: Scan of ticket courtesy of Pierre Mugnier.

08-Nov-84
FR Lyon,Palais d'hiver,West Side Club

Setlist: Walkin' With The Beast/ Brother And Sister/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ Moonlight Motel/ The Lie/ John Hardy/ Bad America/ Stranger In Our Town/ Death Party/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sex Beat/ Jack On Fire/ Louie Louie/ The Twist.

Note: Recorded for Radio-Bellevue FM.

09-Nov-84
FR Marseille,Espace Julien

Ticket: Scan of ticket, courtesy of Dominique.

xx-Nov-84
ES -,-

Note: A few shows in Spain.

13-Nov-84
ES Madrid,TVE3,La Edad De Oro TV show

Setlist: Walkin' With The Beast/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ Moonlight Motel/ The Lie/ (Paloma Chamorro interviews the band)/ John Hardy/ Bad America/ Death Party/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sex Beat/ Jack On Fire/ The Twist.

Photo: Screen captures from TV broadcast.

Note: Jeffrey plays conga drums during some of the songs. Above tracks available on the "Fire Of Love" DVD (Cherry Red 2007), or streaming via RTVE TV.

After the show, Robert Burnett, the band's road manager, handed over the accounts and paper work to Murray Mitchell [Siouxsie and the Banshees/ Lydia Lunch and later Fur Bible], who took over his duties for the remainder of the year, and Robert returned to London in the morning. The Gun Club, caught the train to Geneva for their next gig.

16-Nov-84
CH Genève,-
[with The Mystics]

Setlist: Walkin' With The Beast/ Brother And Sister/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ Stranger In Our Town/ Moonlight Motel/ The Lie/ John Hardy/ Bad America/ Death Party-A Love Supreme/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sex Beat/ Jack On Fire/ Louie Louie/ The Twist/ Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger [Bo Diddley].

18-Nov-84
CH Zürich,Rote Fabrik
[with K.O.K. and Liverpool All Stars]

Photo: Credit Arnoldo Steiner, taken from Music Scene 01/1985.

20-Nov-84
FR Strasbourg,Le Loft

Setlist: Walkin' With The Beast/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ Moonlight Motel/ The Lie/ John Hardy/ Bad America/ Stranger In Our Town/ Death Party/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sex Beat/ Jack On Fire/ Louie Louie/ The Twist/ House On Highland Ave.

Note: All tracks available on the bonus CD with the "Las Vegas Story" 2CD (Cooking Vinyl 2009).

22-Nov-84
NL Leeuwarden,Theater aan het Water
[with The Folk Devils]

Review: Review taken from Leeuwarder Courant, 23-Nov-84.

23-Nov-84
NL Utrecht,Tivoli

Setlist: Walkin' With The Beast/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ Brother And Sister/ Sex Beat/ Jack On Fire/ 96 Tears/.. and more...

24-Nov-84
NL Nijmegen,Doornroosje

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Moonlight Motel/ Eternally Is Here (reprise)/ Run Through The Jungle/ Brother And Sister/ The Lie/ John Hardy/ Bad America/ The Stranger In Our Town/ Walkin' With The Beast/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sex Beat/ Jack On Fire/ The House On Highland Ave/ Hound Dog/ The Twist.

25-Nov-84
NL Haarlem,Patronaat

Setlist: Hey Juana/ Eternally Is Here/ Brother And Sister/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ Moonlight Motel/ The Lie/ Walkin' With The Beast/ John Hardy/ Bad America/ The Stranger In Our Town/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sex Beat/ Jack On Fire/ The House On Highland Ave/ Tutti Frutti.

Ad: Scan of ad taken from Vinyl magazine November 1984.

28-Nov-84
IT Torino,Big Club

Setlist: instrumental/ Hey Juana/ Eternally Is Here/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ Brother And Sister/ Moonlight Motel/ The Lie/ Jack On Fire/ Louie Louie.

Note: Broadcast live-to-air by Italian radio. Short show due to PA problems (i.e. the sound technician spilled a beer on the mixing desk). Patricia does vocals on "Hey Juana" and "Louie Louie".

29-Nov-84
IT Giulianova,Videodiscoteca Malaria

Ticket: Photo of ticket, courtesy of Paolo Bedini (1983-1993 Italian promoter for many bands including Nick Cave, Suicide, Gun Club, Einstürzende Neubauten,..).

2x-Nov-84
IT Catanzaro,a basketball court

02-Dec-84
IT Triggiano,Cineteatro Lombardi

Ticket: Photo of ticket, courtesy of Francesco Fiore.

Note: After this show the band takes some holidays at the Amalfi coast (Italy).

10-Dec-84
UK London,Camden,Dingwalls
[with The Scientists]

Setlist: 96 Tears/ The Twist/... and more..

Ad: Taken from NME 08-Dec-84.

Photo: Photo by Andrew Wells, taken just before Jeffrey stepped on stage.

Note: After this show Jeffrey meets Romi Mori. Above tracks available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008).

11-Dec-84
UK London,Camden,Dingwalls
[with The Scientists]

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Run Through The Jungle [John Fogerty/CCR]/ Moonlight Motel/ The Lie/ John Hardy/ Bad America/ The Stranger In Our Town/ Walkin' With The Beast/ Fire Of Love [Jody Reynolds]/ Sex Beat/ Jack On Fire/ Louie Louie.

Review: Scan taken from The Guardian Dec 12, 1984.

Ad: Taken from a UK mag Dec-84, courtesy of Matti A.

January 1985. The Gun Club was about to tour Australia, with Desi Desperate (drums) as a member, when they break up. Then it seemed like it was for good. Jeffrey Lee and Romi take some holidays in Egypt before returning to London.

Kid and Patricia remain in London. They briefly team up with The Legendary Stardust Cowboy for a handful of shows in the Netherlands in April 1985. They are billed as the "Legendary Stardust Cowboy and the Gun Glub". Then both start Fur Bible with Murray Mitchell on guitar and Desi Desperate (a.k.a. Peter Kablean) on drums. They record their only release "Plunder The Tombs" 12" in London with Jim G.Thirlwell. This is followed by a 2 month UK tour as support for Siouxsie & The Banshees during October/November 1985. They continue to perform live, mainly in the Netherlands and the UK, until Spring 1986.

In December 1985 the Gun Club's "Danse Kalinda Boom" live album is released in the Netherlands.

After Fur Bible folds Kid joins the Bad Seeds in Berlin and Patricia joins The Sisters of Mercy.

In the meantime Jeffrey founds the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet with which he records and tours for the whole of 1985. By March 1986 Jeff and Romi move to Tokyo, Japan. They return to London in August. In September/October 1986 Jeffrey joins (ex- Barracudas) Jeremy Gluck for the recording of his "I Knew Buffalo Bill" album. See part III of the chronology for more details on the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet.

xx-Jan-85
AU -,-

Note: A second Australian tour is cancelled.

13-Feb-85
US MA,Boston,The Channel Club

Ad: Taken from the Boston Phoenix, 08-Feb-85.

Note: Announced as "Jeffrey Lee Pierce & the Gun club". Tour cancelled.

05-Mar-85
US NJ,Bloomfield,The Jetty

Note: Announced as "Jeffrey Lee Pierce & the Gun club". Tour cancelled.

13-Mar-85
US MA,Boston,The Channel Club

Ad: Taken from US newspaper.

Note: Announced as "Jeffrey Lee Pierce & the Gun club". Tour cancelled.

14-Mar-85
US RI,Providence,The Living Room

Ad: Taken from the Day, 04-Feb-85.

Note: Tour cancelled.

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