The task Has Overwhelmed Us

DEPECHE MODE Frontman DAVE GAHAN Covers Legends THE GUN CLUB With Formidable ‘MOTHER OF EARTH’ Version

Posted on by JL

25 July 2023

For the past decade, a group of friends and fans of Jeffrey Lee Pierce,
the late great frontman of wayward rock band The Gun Club (1979–1996)
have recorded 3 posthumous tribute albums called
the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project.

The fourth volume of that series is now canned The Task Has Overwhelmed Us,
and comes in September. It’ll feature contributions from big names such as
Nick Cave, Debbie Harry, Mark Lanegan, Warren Ellis, Mick Harvey, Lydia Lunch,
and more.

Depeche Mode‘s voice/face DAVE GAHAN
is also part of the star cast.

His version of country rock pearl MOTHER EARTH
from the Gun Club‘s 1982 LP Miami is formidable.

He slowed it down, and after a downhearted piano intro, the song
swells with tension and burning guitar-infused electricity and ends
with the melancholic first part.

Stellar

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THE GUN CLUB: Bio – Discography

DEBBIE HARRY (Happy 78) And NICK CAVE Cover GUN CLUB Mastermind JEFFREY LEE PIERCE (Happy 65)

Posted on by JL

1 July 2023

Last Wednesday the late Jeffrey Lee Pierce, the wayward mastermind of underrated
indie mavericks Gun Club from L.A. would have celebrated his 65th birthday. Today
glam pop-punk diva Debbie Harry turns 78. Born Angela Trimble July 1, 1945 in Miami.

And yesterday she and expert crooner Nick Cave shared their duet cover of JLP song
On The Other Side. A pearl he only played live for a while. I’m sure there’s a connection between all those facts.

Cypress Grove (British songwriter who played with JLP): “Jeffrey Lee Pierce only performed the song live a few times, faster in tempo before being transformed into an exquisite ballad with Cave on piano, me on guitar, synth by Warren Ellis and Guido Benigni on bass providing
a sensitive backdrop to Nick and Debbie’s unearthly vocal.”

Turn Up The Volume‘s best cover of the month, June 2023.

Heart-and-Soul Touching.

The song will feature on a Jeffrey Lee Pierce tribute album titled The Task Has Overwhelmed Us coming in September. Many other big names are on it too, such
as the late Mark Lanegan, Lydia Lunch, Dave Gahan, the Coathangers, Jim Jarmusch
and more.

Album details here.