Name: Mother Juno
Brand: The Gun Club

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Catalogue number

BLXA888.1

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Black

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-12-01

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Supplier US

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Sales:8.875

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850947008887

Total Cap

Black LP

Artist

The Gun Club

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Bang

The Gun Club is a rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1980-1981 by Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Brian Tristan (better known as Kid Congo Powers), Don Snowden and Brad Dunning. Originally called The Creeping Ritual, the band gained recognition with their debut album "Fire Of Love" in 1981. Over the years, the lineup changed multiple times, with various talented musicians joining and leaving.

Known for their unique blend of punk rock with influences from blues, rockabilly, and country music, The Gun Club has been hailed as pioneers of the cowpunk and punk blues sound. Their music has been described as "tribal psychobilly blues." Despite facing setbacks such as hiatuses and lineup changes, the band continued to release albums and captivate audiences with their raw energy.

Tragically, on March 31st, 1996, The Gun Club came to an end following the death of Jeffrey Lee Pierce. However, their impact on the punk rock subculture remains significant. If you enjoy artists like Richard Hell, Dead Moon or X who push boundaries and fuse genres together seamlessly then The Gun Club's discography is definitely worth exploring.

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At last, a vinyl reissue of this 1987 classic album by The Gun Club, featuring Jeffrey Lee Pierce and Kid Congo Powers (The Cramps, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds). Mother Juno meant the evolution of sound at The Gun Club's discography, entering into musical adventures where Jeffrey Lee Pierce and Kid Congo Powers mixed their guitars and melodies as per Television and Jimi Hendrix. This record has the addition of guitar cooperation from Blixa Bargeld (Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds) and was recorded in Berlin during the wild period before the fall of the Wall. Intense, obscure, rich in sound and writing, Mother Juno is a timeless classic for all fans of rock music. Proudly released by Bang! Records, courtesy of Creeping Ritual Productions, this record has been remastered and is presented in a deluxe gatefold edition, including two bonus tracks ("Crab Dance" and "Nobody's City" which has been recently covered by Iggy Pop and Nick Cave, alongside Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Beasts Of Bourbon's Brian Henry Hooper) previously unreleased on the original edition.

Mother Juno

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