Von der MySpace seite des Gun Club´s:
Ghost on the HIghway“ – the Gun Club Movie -news flash
Body: „GHOST ON THE HIGHWAY“
(the new official title – thanks to all who helped)
A Film Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club
COMING JUNE 29, 2006
from French Fan Club and Powell Factory Films
„Ghost on the Highway“ is the provocative new feature documentary which examines and celebrates the late Jeffrey Lee Pierce in all his puckish, shit-stirring glory. The film is a two-fingered salute in honor of The Gun Club, one of the most notorious and incendiary bands in the history of American popular music.
„Ghost on the Highway“ boasts comprehensive interviews with ex-Gun Club members Kid Congo Powers, Ward Dotson, Terry Graham, Jim Duckworth and Dee Pop, as well as observations and revelations from Pierce intimates such as Dave Alvin („Blasters“), John Doe („X“), Henry Rollins („Black Flag;“ „Rollins Band“), Mike Martt („Tex and The Horseheads“) and Peter Case („Plimsouls“) and loads more. Lemmy Kilmister („Motorhead“) makes a special appearance with an aim to excoriate the record industry.
„Ghost on the Highway“ is directed by Kurt Voss and edited by Andrew R. Powell. Voss and Powell also act as producers on the highly anticipated film, which delivers new insights into the volatile psyche of bandleader Jeffrey Lee Pierce, who died at age 37 after a life of self-abuse which was, by turns, both riotous and tragic.
Still criminally undervalued, the Gun Club were the first group to fuse punk and blues, thus paving the way for more high profile contemporary acts like The White Stripes.
„Ghost on the Highway“ will make it’s world premiere at the „Don’t Knock The Rock Film Festival“ in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 29, 2006. The festival is the brainchild of acclaimed director Allison Anders, „Don’t Knock The Rock“ will be held at the Redcat Theater in the Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles. Appearing on stage together in musical performance will be surviving Gun Club members Ward Dotson, Terry Graham and Kid Congo Powers, plus special guests. Ticket availability will be announced shortly.
„Don’t Knock The Rock“ is now in its third year. Previous editions of the festival have featured musical performances by Sonic Youth and PJ Harvey, and the events have garnered strong press support from the LA Times as well as the English rock press.
The release of „Ghost on the Highway“ also marks the ten year anniversary of Jeffrey Lee Pierce’s death.
( Ob man den Film jemals in D.sehen kann??? )
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