The Gun Club was an American
punk band from Los Angeles in the 1980s led by singer/guitarist
Jeffrey Lee Pierce. The Gun Club injected
punk rock with doses of
blues and
country music. Along with
X,
The Flesh Eaters and
The Blasters, they helped set the tone of the Hollywood rock scene of the 1980s and are cited as a "tribal
psychobilly blues" band. The Gun Club was formed by Jeffrey Lee Pierce, former head of the
Blondie fan club in Los Angeles.