The Gun Club

American punk blues band from Los Angeles, formed 1979. Jeffrey Lee Pierce (vocals/guitar, d. 1996). Fire of Love (1981), Miami (1982). Punk rock meets Delta blues — raw, visceral, dangerous. 'Sex Beat,' 'She's Like Heroin to Me.' Pierce was a tortured genius. Influenced Nick Cave, White Stripes, Jon Spencer. Tragically overlooked.