The Gun Club - "Bad America"

[PascalVillarubias]

Il suffit d'entendre les 3 ou 4 premières secondes du morceau. La guitare a déjà fait son deuil du carnage, la liquidation est acceptée, digérée et l'on se projette déjà sur une reconstruction à base de décombres... D'une certaine manière, c'est un morceau optimiste: tant qu'il y a un souffle de vie, c'est jouable... Je crois sincèrement que J.L. Pierce était un messager.

[oldpunkster]

what an amazing song.

[kiely]

it seems that Jeffery is playing the lead guitar part on this but perhaps it was Dave Alvin

[MrKaiaphas]

I feel the need to listen to this song about once a day, at least.. Definitely within my top 3 favorite Jeffrey Lee Pierce songs, if not number 1. He's so brilliant - it's difficult to pick a favorite!!

[garracarra]

i wouldnt consider the gun club psychobilly their sound is truly their own

[ronaldvanderkleij]

Ja de beste meuk uit de jaren 80. Seen time twice in Rotterdam and the Haque.Amazing how pierce keep the fire burning. And there were moment he was as cold as ice. We will never forget him R.I.P.

[oogie11]

Modest Mouse were clearly influenced by The Gun Club :)

[animal4090]

lumineux

[frankblues]

listened in a bare living room surrounded by empty flagons of wine with roof banging neighbours and the screaming fighting queers down the hall... and i was all alone in the palm drunken night

[jonnyboyW20]

@frankblues palm as in palm tree or as in the palm of a hand? and did you correct this when not (so) drunk haha, i do like the comment though 

[frankblues]

@jonnyboyW20 well there were palm trees in StKilda back then; a bit of a Melbourne Miami. Palm drunken head in hand though.

[frankblues]

listened to this in the living room filled with empty flagons and roof banging neighbours, down the corridor the fag couple screamed and fought.. and i was all alone in the palm drunkemn night

[1LoWu]

Gun Club doesn't record bad album.Everyone is great,more or less.

[fnnichols]

its not psychobilly,whatever that is.I saw this group 83,84,pat morrison was really cool, Ross

[coldtitoful]

i like what it has to say because it is america dread

[maurice2002]

pyschobilly/ cow punk??? what the fuck... please don't continue to box music into set genres.....

especially music like this that traverses all genre's.

It just so safe to 'compartmentalize' music......

[mawazoo]

you had absolutly right !! thanks!!

froma french fan of the gun club

[loudenblogger]

@maurice2002 O.K. "traverses all genres?""""""""" Cliches are as bad as boxes, but "boxing" things into categories is what humans do!! This was brand new when it came out - when I said "we" called it cow puck, I meant a few of my friends and I - We we 18 fucking years old! Music "like this" and others is not as profound as you want to make it. Sometimes it isjust good music. Americans (and 1 French person) read way to much into talent. Please don't intellectualize this.

[chumbscrubber42]

im getting inspiration from this group. i didnt evan like psychobilly until i heard this group

[loudenblogger]

@chumbscrubber42

When this band first came out, we called it cow punk - I don't think psychobilly was a term back then, but then again, I am from the country, so this music speaks to me.

[superpatje]

this ain'tno psychobilly dude....just great american music...jeffrey lee pierce was a great guy with who I shared many a bottle of jack daniels with

[neptune72]

i love this song.

[jdotglenn]

Thanks for the lyrics. I brush my teeth to this song all the time. It's true.

[deadjohnnymusic]

@jdotglenn I think people are strange if they DON'T brush their teeth to this song.

[endlessjourney1966]

out of sight! their best album, i saw them in 1982