REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE 'GHOST ON THE HIGHWAY: A PORTRAIT OF JEFFREY LEE PIERCE & THE GUN CLUB' w/ Doug Gillard
My guest this week is Doug Gillard (Guided By Voices, Nada Surf, Death Of Samantha), who picked the film, Ghost On The Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce & The Gun Club, to discuss.
We also talk about our experiences recording for Guided By Voices, the night GBV played Austin City Limits, Doug’s first songs he wrote when he was 5 years old, the influence of cartoon/bubble gum rock on Doug, the TV shows Night Flight and Pop Clips, Doug's Homestead Records band Death of Samantha, Dream Syndicate, the Ohio rock trait of putting on a show bigger than your actual audience size, out-weirding each other in the late 80s music scene, how The Gun Club were the authentic sound of Americana, singing in the key of Jeffrey Lee Pierce, guitarist Kid Congo Powers, filmmaker Alison Anders, how this doc never could get a proper release and can’t use The Gun Club music in it, the trauma underlining the doc, Doug’s experience opening for The Gun Club, Jeffrey playing the trumpet backwards, touring with Brian Jonestown Massacre, Peter Case, joining fanclubs, The Cramps, guitarist Ward Dotson, Yo La Tengo, The Liquor Giants, the iconic cover artwork of the band, Debby Harry singing with The Gun Club, how the members of the band kept getting pulled back into the band over and over again, drummer Terry Graham escaping the band while on tour in the middle off the night through a window, writing record reviews for Slash Magazine, why Lemmy from Motorhead is in this documentary and more!
So let's walk with the beast on this week's episode of Revolutions Per Movie!!!
DOUG GILLARD:
douggillard.bandcamp.com
guidedbyvoices.com
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