Jeffrey Lee Pierce
-Chronology (III)-

By Autumn/Fall 1984 The Gun Club had taken up residency in London, where they broke up. Then it seemed like it was for good. Jeffrey Lee and his girlfriend Romi Mori (from Japan. a.k.a. Hiromi Otani as she was then named) take some holidays in Egypt before returning to London.

January 1985. Jeff recruits session players John McKenzie [The Explorers with Phil Manzanera & Andy Mackay from Roxy Music in 1984], Andy (Clifford Leon) Anderson [The Cure 1983-1984, Brilliant 1985] and Murray Mitchell [Siouxsie and Gun Club roadie] to form the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet band.

17-Jan-85
UK London,Helter Skelter @ The Embassy (in Bond Street)
(Billed as the Astro-Unicorn Experimental Jazz Ensemble)

Ad: Taken from NME 18-Jan-85. Courtesy of Matti.

Review: Original review from NME 18-Mar-85: '..juvenile, tiresome, indulgent, pretentious, oh sod it, it was utter bollocks!'.

Note: 20 minutes set. Helter Skelter @ the Embassy was an event on Thurdays organised by Batcave club originators Ollie and Hamish. Astro-Unicorn Experimental Jazz Ensemble: Jeffery Lee Pierce (vocals/electric piano)/ members of Youth's Brilliant and Flesh For Lulu (rhythm section)/ Lemmy Kilmister [Motörhead]/ Kris Needs [journalist/writer] (empty paint tin)/ Andy Anderson [The Cure/JLP Quartet](drums).

February/March 1985
UK London,Islington,Brittannia Row and Jam Studios,recording sessions for the "Wildweed" album, "Love & Desperation" single and (part of the) "Flamingo" EP. Songs recorded: Love & Desperation/ Sex Killer/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ From Temptation To You/ Sensitivity/ Hey Juana/ Love Circus/ Wildweed/ The Midnight Promise/ Open The Door Osiris (spoken word)/ The Fertility Goddess (spoken word)/ Portrait Of The Artist In Hell (spoken word/soundscapes)/ Chris And Maggie (spoken word/soundscapes)/ Flamingo (part 1 and part 2). Produced by Craig Leon (who produced The Ramones and Suicide's debut albums in 1976/77). Assisted by Cassell Webb. Mixed at Air Studios, London during March 1985.

March 1985
UK London,Jeff recruits the rhythm section of Clock DVA (Dean Dennis and Nick Sanderson) and his girlfriend Romi Mori (a.k.a. Hiromi Otani) for the "Flamingo" EP recordings.

March 1985
UK London,Solid Bond Studios,recording and mixing sessions for (part of the) "Flamingo" EP. Songs recorded: Get Away/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]/ No More Fire. with Romi Mori (aka Hiromi Otani) (guitar), Dean Dennis (bass) and Nick Sanderson (drums). Produced by Craig Leon. Assisted by Cassell Webb.

April 1985
UK London,Jeff enlists Derek Thompson [SPK, The Cure in 1983] on guitar for his live band. Derek was suggested by Raf Edmonds who was helping to recruit the live band (Raf had worked with Iggy, Alice Cooper, Buzzcocks) and he knew Derek from having played bass with Pete Shelley [Buzzcocks] on his solo work (studio and live). The full band rehearsed for about a week at a studio in London, just before the tour.

09-May-85
BE Antwerpen,Hof Ter Lo
[with The Party Vultures]

Photo: Credit © Yves Lorson @ Flickr and Yves Lorson @ Zenfolio . Used with kind permission.

Poster: Photo of poster courtesy of Matti A.

Note: Start of their first European tour.

10-May-85
FR Paris,Théâtre Forum des Halles

Setlist: Bells On The River/ Hey Juana/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Eternally Is Here/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ The Lie/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]/ Book of Love.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

12-May-85
DE Frankfurt,Batschkapp

13-May-85
DE Gronau,WDR/WWF TV Music Convoy
[with Propaganda, Everything But The Girl, Richard Thompson]
(afternoon)

Setlist: Hey Juana.

Photo: Screenshot from TV broadcast.

Note: The band performs 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.

13-May-85
DE Bochum,Zeche
(evening)

14-May-85
DE Berlin,Metropol/Loft

Ad: Scan of ad from Spex mag May 1985.

15-May-85
DE Hamburg,Markthalle

Setlist: Bells On The River/ Hey Juana/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Eternally Is Here/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ The Lie/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]/ Book of Love.

Note: Most likely the "Sensitivity" bootleg LP has been recorded on this date.

Ticket: Photo of ticket courtesy of Martin L.

16-May-85
NL Groningen,Vera

Review: Taken from Nieuwsblad van het Noorden 17-May-85.

17-May-85
NL Tilburg,'t Noorderligt

18-May-85
NL Den Haag,Paard Van Troje

Review: Taken from De Volkskrant newspaper 24-May-85.

19-May-85
NL Apeldoorn,Gigant

Setlist: Bells On The River/ Hey Juana/ Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ The Lie/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]/ Book of Love.

Ad: Scan of ad from Vinyl mag Vol5 #5, May-85.

21-May-85
NL Nijmegen,Doornroosje

Setlist: Bells On The River/ Hey Juana/ Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ The Lie/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix].

Ad: Scan of ad from Vinyl mag Vol5 #5, May-85.

22-May-85
NL Utrecht,Vrije Vloer

Ad: Scan of ad from Vinyl mag Vol5 #5, May-85.

23-May-85
NL Amsterdam,Paradiso
[with Fatal Flowers]

Setlist: a.o. Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Moonlight Motel/ The Midnight Promise/ Texas Serenade/ Sex Killer(+)/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix](+).

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

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: First 4 tracks broadcast on 24-May-85 by Dutch VPRO FM radio. Last 3 broadcast on 22-Nov-02 by Dutch FM radio on VPRO's "Nighttrain/The VPRO Music Archives". (+)available on the "The Life And Times Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce" 4CD Box Set (Retro Deluxe 2008). Kid Congo Powers [then in Fur Bible] attends this concert (he was stuck in the Netherlands due to work permist problems -after a string of shows with the Legendary Stardust Cowboy- and was waiting to return to London).

24-May-85
NL Eindhoven,Effenaar

Listing: Scan of listing from Algemeen Dagblad 23-May-85.

Note: Kid Congo Powers performed at the same club on the 18th of May. Kid's solo show turned into a disaster after which half of the audience walked out.

25-May-85
NL Rotterdam,Arena

Ad: Taken from Het Vrije Volk 15-May-85.

26-May-85
NL Sittard,Donkiesjot

Review: Scan of review from Limburgsch dagblad 29-May-85.

Listing: Scan of listing from Algemeen Dagblad 24-May-85.

27-May-85
NL Hilversum,Tagrijn
(evening)

Listing: Scan of listing from De Volkskrant 18-May-85.

Note: Preceded by a VPRO radio show in the afternoon, broadcast on 18-Sep-85. (scan from NRC Handelsblad 18-Sep-85.)

03-Jun-85
UK London,Hammersmith Palais
[support for The Cult, with Balaam and the Angel]

Setlist: Hey Juana/ Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Love And Desperation/ Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ The Lie/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer.

Ad: Scan of ad taken from NME 01-Jun-85, courtesy of Matti A.

Note: Allegedly a shambolic affair.

19-Jun-85
SE Stockholm,Moderna Museets Trädgård
[with Wilmer X]

22-Jun-85
NO Oslo-Ingierstrand,Beach House-Den Hvite Elefant
[with Tom Verlaine]

Photo: The band, backstage with Tom Verlaine. Credit © Morten Andersen. Used with kind permission.

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from Arbeiderbladet/Nye Takter music magazine #121, 1985.

Note: Tom Verlaine [Television] joins on "Wild Thing", most likely a final encore.

03-Jul-85
UK London,Marquee Club

Setlist: Hey Juana/ Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Get Away/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix].

Review: Taken from NME 20-Jul-85.

13-Jul-85
UK Release of the Gun Club "Two Sides Of The Beast" compilation LP album (Dojo Records).

August 1985
UK Romi Mori replaces Derek Thompson on guitar, switching from bass guitar, which she played in the Gun Club. Derek went on to form Hoodlum Priest with Paul Sevier in 1989.

xx-Aug-85
UK Release of the "Love & Desperation" 12"/7" single (Statik).

02-Aug-85
US FL,Fort Lauderdale,Skating Center
[with The Meat Puppets]

Note: Part of a (totally disorganized) 2-month North American tour, with plenty of cancelled shows, at the end of which the tour manager (supposedly) ran off with the money.

03-Aug-85
US FL,North Miami,Cameo Theatre
Summer Series of Alternative Rock

Article: Scan of article from Fort Lauderdale News 19-Jul-85.

Note: Cancelled. The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet is replaced by John Cale, The Meat Puppets and Psycho Daisies.

xx-xxx-85
US DC,Washington,-

06-Aug-85
US NJ,Bloomfield,The Jetty Restaurant and Lounge
[with Animation]

Listing: Scan of article from Daily Record 02-Aug-85.

08-Aug-85
US NY,Buffalo,Tralfamadore Café
[with Love Addict]

Listing: Scan of article from The Buffalo News 02-Aug-85.

09-Aug-85
CA ON,London,Bullwinkle's
[with Deja Voodoo]

Photo: Credit "What Wave" zine archives.

Note: Most of the crowd came to see Deja Voodoo.

10-Aug-85
CA ON,Toronto,Larry's Hideaway
[with Deja Voodoo]

Ad: Scan of advert.

11-Aug-85
CA PQ,Montréal,Club Soda

Ticket: Photo of ticket courtesy of Matti A.

14-Aug-85
US MA,Boston,The Channel Club
[with The Gluons, The Turbines]

Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of Ger P.

16-Aug-85
US CT,Hartford,The Grotto-new wave nightclub
[with Bleached Black]

Listing: Scan of listing from Record-Journal 16-Aug-85.

17-Aug-85
US NY,New York City,Irving Plaza
[with The Dirty Strangers]

Listing: Scan of listing from The Central New Jersey Home News 15-Aug-85.

20-Aug-85
US PA,Pittsburgh,The Decade

Ad: Scan taken from The Pittsburg Press 20-Aug-85.

21-Aug-85
US PA,Philadelphia,The Kennel Club
[with Pay Attention]

Listing: Scan of listing from The Morning Call 09-Aug-85.

23-Aug-85
US VA,Richmond,Rockitz
[with The Turbines]

Flyer: Scan of flyer, courtesy of Marty Cassady.

Article: Scan of article from Richmond Times-Dispatch 23-Aug-85.

24-Aug-85
US VA,Blacksburg,After Sundown
[with Peasants]

Setlist: (partial) Eternally Is Here/ [...]/ Texas Serenade/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix].

Flyer 1: Scan of band flyer, courtesy of Mark Krob [Peasants].

Flyer 2: Scan of band flyer, courtesy of Mark Krob [Peasants].

Note: Jeffrey was interviewed on-air by WUVT-FM college radio station before the show. The encore "Fire" ended with Romi storming off the stage.

25-Aug-85
US NC,Raleigh,The Brewery
[with The Bad Checks]

Listing: Scan of listing from The News and Observer 18-Aug-85.

xx-xxx-85
US NC,Charlotte,-

2x-Aug-85
US GA,Athens,40 Watt Club

30-Aug-85
US GA,Atlanta,688 Club
[with Mystery Date]

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Hey Juana/ Texas Serenade/ Moonlight Motel/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix].

Listing: Scan of listing from The Atlanta Constitution 24-Aug-85.

31-Aug-85
US TN,Nashville,Cantrell's
[with The Screamin' Sirens]

Listing: Scan of listing from The Tennessean 30-Aug-85.

Note: The Screamin' Sirens had Pleasant Gehman on vocals.

03-Sep-85
US LA,New Orleans,Jimmy's club
[with Final Academy]

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Hey Juana/ Texas Serenade/ Moonlight Motel/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix].

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

xx-xxx-85
US TX,Houston,-

06-Sep-85
US TX,Dallas,Deep Ellum,Theatre Gallery
[with Three On A Hill]

Flyer: Scan of flyer courtesy of Matti A.

07-Sep-85
US TX,Austin,Continental Club
[with Screamin' Sirens and Poison 13]

08-Sep-85
US TX,Austin,Continental Club
[with Screamin' Sirens and Poison 13]

Listing: Scan of listing from Austin American-Statesman 30-Sep-85.

Note: The Screamin' Sirens had Pleasant Gehman on vocals.

11-Sep-85
US AZ,Tucson,Terry and Zeke's Friendly Tavern
[with Split Decision]
(8PM show)

11-Sep-85
US AZ,Tucson,Terry and Zeke's Friendly Tavern
[with Split Decision]
(10:45PM show)

Ad: Scan of ad from the Arizona Daily Star 08-Sep-85.

Article: Scan of article from the Tucson Citizen 05-Sep-85.

12-Sep-85
US AZ,Phoenix,Mason Jar
[with Harvest]
(6PM show)

12-Sep-85
US AZ,Phoenix,Mason Jar
[with Harvest]
(9PM show)

Interview: Scan taken from the Arizona Republic 12-Sep-85.

13-Sep-85
US CA,San Diego,Jerry Herrera's Spirit

Article: Scan taken from the Times-Advocate 19-Sep-85.

Note: Exene Cervenka and other members of X, as well as members of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers attend the show, after their own at the San Diego State University's Amphitheater earlier that day.

14-Sep-85
US CA,Los Angeles,Club Lingerie
[with Chris D. and the Divine Horsemen, Dream 6]

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Ad: Scan of advert from LA Weekly 13-Sep-85.

Review: Scan of review from "L.A. Dee Da-On The Streets" from LA Weekly 27-Sep-85.

Note: In attendence were among others Dave Alvin [The Blasters], film directors Wim Wenders and Allison Anders and Anna Statman [The Red Lights, The Gun Club].

16-Sep-85
US CA,San Francisco,I-Beam
[with Yo]

Handbill: Photo of handbill.

Ad: Scan of advert from San Francisco Examiner 15-Sep-85.

Poster: Photo of poster.

xx-xxx-85
US OR,Portland,-

xx-xxx-85
US WA,Seattle,-

19-Sep-85
CA BC,Vancouver,Luv-A-Fair

Ad: Photo of ad.

21-Sep-85
US WI,Milwaukee,University of Wisconsin,Sandburg Towers-The Cabaret

22-Sep-85
US WI,Madison,O'Cayz Corral

Article: Taken from The Milwaukee Journal 20-Sep-85.

xx-xxx-85
US IL,Chicago,-

xx-xxx-85
US CO,Denver,-

2x-Sep-85
US CA,Sacramento,-

Note: "We had no money, so Jeffrey had to play this guy's 19th birthday party in Sacramento. It was all the beer you could drink and 50 [US] dollars, enough money to get us back to New York. I'd had enough. I was absolutely fucked." Nick Sanderson interviewed by Sylvie Simmons for Mojo #136 (March 2005).

xx-Oct-85
UK Release of the "Wildweed" LP album (Statik).

09-Oct-85
UK London-Croydon,Underground
[with The Moon Bats]

Ad: Scan of ad from UK mag.

11-Oct-85
BE BRT2 TV,Villa Tempo TV show

Setlist: Love & Desperation (playback).

Photo: Screen capture.

Note: Filmed on the afternoon of the "Pandora's Music Box festival". Broadcast on 14-Nov-85 (re-broadcast by BRT 1 TV on 18-Nov-85). Filmed outside in Rotterdam-Euromast (NL) @ Fenomena (amusement park), followed by an interview with Jeffrey. Other bands on this show: Ian Astbury en Billy Duffy [The Cult], Rolo [Woodentops], Nico, Chris Isaak and a feature on Pandora's Box, with Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds ("Tupelo").

11-Oct-85
NL Rotterdam,De Doelen
Pandora's Music Box festival -Dance Hall
[with Neubauten, Crime & The City Solution, Legendary Stardust Cowboy, The Triffids, Tex and the Horseheads, etc..]

Setlist: a.o. Hey Juana(**)/ The Midnight Promise(*)/ Wildweed(**).

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

Poster: Photo of poster.

Festival schedule: Scan of schedule from the official festival booklet. Big Hall: Einstürzende Neubauten, Claw Boys Claw with Legendary Stardust Cowboy (replacing John Martyn/The Pogues), Tex and the Horseheads, Defunkt, Green On Red; Dance Hall: Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet, Crime and the City Solution, Screaming Blue Messiahs, Shockheaded Peters, The Lighthouse Keepers (replacing The Jesus and Mary Chain); Small Hall: Paleis van Boem, Legendary Pink Dots, The Woodentops, The 77's, The Triffids; Mini Box: Rose of Avalanche, The Plastic Dolls.

Note: (**) available as extra tracks on the "9 Lives #1: Wildweed" album (Flow records 2005) and (*) broadcast Dutch VPRO FM radio.

12-Oct-85
NL Goes,'t Beest
[with Rose Of Avalanche]

13-Oct-85
BE Deinze,Zaal Brielpoort,Futurama festival
[with Sonic Youth, Executive Slacks, The Triffids, The Rain Parade, The Nomads, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Cult, Green On Red, Chris Isaak]
(afternoon show)

Photo: Photo credit Gie Knaeps. Sourced from Getty Images archive.

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

13-Oct-85
DE Köln,Luxor
(evening show)

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix].

Ad: Scan from SPEX music magazine October 1985.

14-Oct-85
DE Einbeck-Vogelbeck,Outpost

Poster: Photo of poster, courtesy of Matti A.

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

15-Oct-85
DE Stuttgart,Maxim

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny/ Bad America/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix].

16-Oct-85
DE München-Unterföhring,Theaterfabrik

Ad: Scan from SPEX music magazine October 1985.

17-Oct-85
DE Saarbrücken,Aula Campus

Photo: Credit unknown.

Note: Moved from Mannheim's Feuerwache.

18-Oct-85
DE Moers,Arata

Ad: Scan from SPEX music magazine October 1985.

19-Oct-85
DE Wilhemshaven,Kulturzentrum Pumpwerk

20-Oct-85
DE Osnabrück,Hydepark

Note: Likely one or both of these dates cancelled due to gig in UK.

20-Oct-85
UK Birmingham,The Powerhouse
[with The Fall]

Listing: Scan of listing from Coventry Evening Telegraph 10-Oct-85.

23-Oct-85
SE Stockholm,Ritz

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny/ Bad America/ Fire [Jimi Hendrix]/ Moonlight Motel.

24-Oct-85
NO Oslo,Vikateateret

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from Arbeiderbladet/Nye Takter music magazine #139, 1985.

25-Oct-85
SE Göteborg,Errols

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away(+)/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity(+)/ Texas Serenade(+)/ Wildweed(+)/ Sex Killer(+)/ Goodbye Johnny(+).

Note: (+) broadcast by Swedish SR P3 radio.

27-Oct-85
DK København,Saltlageret

Ticket: Scan courtesy of Peter G.F.

01-Nov-85
UK Release of the "Flamingo" 12" EP (Statik).

31-Oct-85
UK Newcastle,Riverside

Note: First show of UK tour.

02-Nov-85
UK Sheffield,The Leadmill

Poster: Photo of poster courtesy of Ray Russell.

03-Nov-85
UK Edinburgh,Hoochie Coochie Club

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

04-Nov-85
UK Chester,Rendevous Nighclub-The Opry

Article: Scan of listing from the Chester Observer 18-Oct-85.

Article: Scan of article from the Chester Observer 01-Nov-85.

Review: Scan of review from the Chester Observer 08-Nov-85 of a poorly attended (120 people) show.

Note: Attended by 120 persons.

05-Nov-85
UK Leeds,The Warehouse

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny.

Ad: Scan of ad from NME 26-Oct-85.

11-Nov-85
UK London,Hammersmith Palais
[support for The Fall and Wolfgang Press]

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Ad: Scan of advert from the NME 11-Nov-85.

Review: Scan of review from The Guardian 13-Nov-85.

Note: Final date of the UK tour.

12-Nov-85
NL Amsterdam,Melkweg,Grote Zaal
8th "One World Poetry" festival
[with Joolz, William S.Burroughs & ..]

Program: Scan of program. Scan from Het Parool newspaper 06-Nov-85.

Note: Jeffrey Lee Pierce (second? ever) reading on day 1 of the festival (12/17-Nov-85). William S.Burroughs performs on the same day as Jeff. Jeffrey's first ever reading was on 08-May-84 @ Be Bop Records Reseda (US), reading from his Gun Club Italian tour '83 diary.

December 1985
UK Martin Hutt replaces Nick Sanderson on drums. Martin Hutt was in Bristol's The Review (1980), and later Teahouse Camp (1985-86), Dubh Chapter (1987-88) and The Driscolls (1988).

03-Dec-85
ES Barcelona,Studio 54,TV3
"Àngel Casas Show"

Setlist: The Midnight Promise/ Love & Desperation.

Photo: Screen captures from TV3 online video archive.

Note: Variety talk show that ran from 1984 till 1988. Broadcast live-to-air, which meant it must have been in the afternoon and they flew to Zürich for the evening live gig.

03-Dec-85
CH Zürich,Rote Fabrik

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny/ Mother Of Earth(+)/ Secret Fires(+).

Note: (+) Jeffrey solo.

04-Dec-85
ES Barcelona,Otto Zutz Club

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny.

Photo: Taken from Ruta 66 magazine, February 1988.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Postcard: Scan of postcard courtesy of Matti A.

xx-Dec-85
FR Paris,Forum des Halles

07-Dec-85
CH Basel,Totentanz

Setlist: Eternally Is Here/ Cleopatra Dreams On/ Get Away/ From Temptation To You/ Hey Juana/ Love & Desperation/ The Midnight Promise/ Sensitivity/ Texas Serenade/ Wildweed/ Sex Killer/ Goodbye Johnny.

08-Dec-85
CH Genève,Palladium
[with The Screamin Blue Messiahs]

Article: Scan of article, taken from Journal de Genève 05-Dec-85.

17-Dec-85
FR Rennes,Salle de la Cité,Grand Magasin
Les Transmusicales festival #7
[with The Jazz Butcher,The Screaming Blue Messiahs,..]

Photo: Credit Ian Craddock. (l-r): Martin Hutt, Jeffrey Lee Pierce and Romi Mori, backstage.

Ad: Scan of advert.

Note: "I had invited Jeffrey Lee Pierce, but solo, to the Salle de la Cité. I had also asked an English group called the Screaming Blue Messiahs and whose singer is bald. Jeffrey was on the side of the stage and he went straight up on stage during the show, he took out a comb and he combed the bald man — and he left. I still don't know why he did that, but we had a good laugh anyway. Recollection by Jean-Louis Brossard, artistic director of the UBU club in Rennes.

xx-Dec-85
NL Release of the Gun Club's "Danse Kalinda Boom" live album (Solid).

19-Dec-85
NL Groningen,Vera

20-Dec-85
NL Amsterdam,Paradiso
[with The Moodists]

Review: Taken from NRC Handelsblad 21-Dec-85. "Jeffrey Lee Pierce keeps getting better".

Ad: Scan of advert from De Volkskrant 19-Dec-85.

21-Dec-85
BE Deinze,Zaal Brielpoort
X-Mas Show festival
[with Neon Judgement, TC Matic, Fatal Flowers]

22-Dec-85
NL Utrecht,Tivoli

27-Dec-85
UK London-Clarendon,Klub Foot @ The Clarendon Hotel Ballroom
[with The Scientists, Bone Orchard, Shadowland]

Ad: Scan of ad from NME 14-Dec-85.

Article: Scan of article from Sounds 21-Dec-85.

Review: Review from the NME courtesy of Matti A.

Note: Last ever Jeffrey Lee Pierce Quartet show.

March/August 1986
JP Jeff and Romi move to Tokyo, doing promo and taking a holiday. Romi hadn't been in her home country for 3 years. They also stay Sagamihara City and Nishi-Koyama. "There in Nishi-Koyama, I wrote a song about that [dream] called "Bill Bailey". It was really about Nick [Cave]. We were really close friends by then and remained so for many years. Also in Nishi-Koyama, I wrote the music for "Lupeta Screams". [...] When Romi made plans for our return to London, I had a whole new LP written". Jeffrey from his "Go Tell The Mountain" book (2.13.61/Creeping Ritual).

On 14-May-86, Jeffrey is interviewed @ Toshiba EMI studios by Steve Harris, talking about recording a new album in London during July. The actual recording of "Mother Juno" would take place exactly one year later in Berlin.

By August 1986 jeff and Romi move back to Kensington,London. In September Kid Congo Powers joins the Bad Seeds and moves from London to Berlin for 3 years.

Sep/Oct-86
UK Barford St.Michael,Woodworm studio,Jeffrey Lee Pierce contributes slide guitar to "All My Secrets" a track for Jeremy Gluck's [ex-Barracudas] "I Knew Buffalo Bill" album. Also guesting on these recordings are Nikki Sudden, Rowland S. Howard and Epic Soundtracks. It's possible that Jeff's contribution was recorded @ Scarf Studio,Mile End during December 1986/January 1987 when some overdubs where done and Tony Cohen [Bad Seeds] was mixing.

October 1986
UK Jeff reforms The Gun Club.

28-Apr-87
NL VPRO FM Radio,session

Setlist: I'm Lonesome/ My Man's Gone Now.

Note: First radio session. Jeff and Kid Congo Powers. Also includes an interview with Kid Congo Powers. Date is broadcast date.

19-Nov-87
UK London,University of London,ULU
Big Ugly Mouth
[with Lydia Lunch and Henry Rollins]

Setlist: Blue Boy/ Tribute To Miles Davis.

Ad: Scan of ad from NME 14-Nov-87.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Review: Taken from NME 28-Nov-87.

Note: Jeffrey Lee Pierce (third?) reading. Released on the "Lock 'n' Load" bootleg cassette, available from the ULU (Lydia Lunch and Henry Rollins on one side, Jeffrey Lee Pierce on the other).