Securing a record deal with Ruby Records , a division of Slash , the group released their debut album, Fire of Love , on August 31, 1981. The album was produced by Tito Larriva (of the Plugz ) and Chris D. (frontman of the Flesh Eaters). Critic Stevo Olende wrote…
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The Gun Club’s precursor band, the Creeping Ritual, formed in late 1979. Along with Pierce (lead vocals and guitar), the first lineup consisted of Brian Tristan (lead guitar); Don Snowden (bass), who was at the time a music critic for the Los Angeles Times ; and Brad Dunning (drums), now…
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Vocalist Harriet Wheeler and guitarist David Gavurin had met as students at Bristol University in the mid-1980s. Wheeler was from Reading , the daughter of an architect and a teacher, and studied English literature. Gavurin was from Wembley and actively pursued a degree in the Romance languages , particularly French…
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With Lawrence initially on vocals and guitar, they formed properly in 1980 with the addition of schoolfriend Nick Gilbert on drums and local guitarist Maurice Deebank . Becoming co-writer with Lawrence, Deebank’s jangly , classical-influenced style of playing would provide the band’s signature sound in its early years.
Lawrence founded the band in 1979 with the release of the single “Index”, a self-published solo recording. A noisy effort unlike Felt’s subsequent records, it was later awarded single of the week by Dave McCullough in music newspaper Sounds .