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The Ballad Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce

Sylvie Simmons, MOJO, March 2005

He coulda been a contender. Instead, the Gun Club's avatar of prescient, blues-blasted voodoo rock destroyed himself in a shower of drugs and booze. Sylvie Simmons mourns a double-barrelled talent.

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