Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan pays tribute to The Gun Club with his rendition of “Mother of Earth”, the closing track from the A-side of the 1982 album “Miami”. The cover is part of ‘The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project’, a tribute to the late frontman of The Gun Club which so far already delivered 3 tribute compilations.

The release of Gahan’s version of “Mother Earth” is set for this Friday on various streaming platforms. Originally conceived in 2006 by the late Gun Club titan’s guitarist Cypress Grove this new tribute has been nearly ten years in the making and is the fourth volume in ‘The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project’ series. “The Task Has Overwhelmed Us” will be available on Glitterhouse Records from Sept. 29.

The Gun Club was an American rock band hailing from Los Angeles, California, active from 1979 to 1996. The band’s founder and lead singer-songwriter, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, continued to lead the group until his passing in 1996. The Gun Club’s musical style was influenced by punk rock, blues, rockabilly and swamp rock, and encompassed post-punk,punk blues, cowpunk, blues rock and gothic country. They were also called a “tribal psychobilly blues” band.

In the video for Gahan’s cover, you’ll see Suzie Stapleton on piano and backing vocals, James Johnston on violin, Gavin Jay on bass, and Ian White on drums.

For a visual treat, you can check out the video of Dave Gahan’s cover.

The album features other notable artists like The Coathangers, Jeffrey Lee Pierce (feat. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis), The Amber Lights, Mark Lanegan (feat. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis), Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind, Peter Hayes, Leah Shapiro & Humanist, Suzie Stapleton (feat. Duke Garwood), Hugo Race, Nick Cave & Debbie Harry, Cypress Grove, Alejandro Escovedo, Mark Stewart, Lydia Lunch, Jozef van Wissem, Jim Jarmusch, Chris Eckman & Chantal Acda, Pam Hogg (feat. Warren Ellis & Youth), and Sendelica (feat. Wonder & Dynamax Roberts).

You can also already check the version Nick Cave & Debbie Harry recorded of “On the other side”.

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Set for December 4 on 2LP/2CD is the reissue of The Gun Club’s 1982 album “Miami”. Both the LP and CD editions come with a disc of previously unreleased demos.

“Miami” is the second studio album by The Gun Club and was released on Blondie guitarist Chris Stein’s label, Animal Records. Stein also produced the album. Debbie Harry appears as a backing singer on various tracks on the album under the pseudonym “D.H. Laurence Jr.” Note that the album front cover photograph doesn’t include Rob Ritter who had already left the band. Before leaving, Ritter first taught all the bass-lines to his ex-Bags bandmate Patricia Morrison.

Both the double-CD and double-vinyl editions will contain a digitally remastered version of the original 12-track album, as well as demos of every track. In addition, the CD version will contain a second disc jam-packed with a total of 18 previously unreleased demos, including 6 tracks exclusive to the CD release.

The double-vinyl version will be released as a two-LP set packaged in a gatefold cover with extensive liner notes by drummer Terry James Graham and journalist Craig Rosen, as well as rare photos and ephemera. The CD version is a two-disc set, also with liner notes, photos and ephemera.

Post-punk from LA

The Gun Club was an American post-punk band from Los Angeles, California, United States, that existed from 1979 to 1996.

Created and led by singer-songwriter and guitarist Jeffrey Lee Pierce, they were notable as one of the first bands in the punk rock subculture to incorporate influences from blues, rockabilly, and country music.

An interesting detail from this early period of the band: Billy Idol had met up with Pierce in an L.A. bar around the time of “Miami” and later revealed his commercial hit “White Wedding” had been an attempt to emulate the Gun Club’s “Mother of Earth” from the Miami album.

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Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!

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