Miami_(The_Gun_Club_album)
Miami (The Gun Club album)
1982 studio album by The Gun Club
Miami is the second studio album by American rock band the Gun Club, released in 1982.[2] It was released on Animal Records, founded by guitarist Chris Stein of Blondie.[3] Stein also produced the album.
Debbie Harry, also of Blondie, appears as a backing singer on various tracks on the album under the pseudonym "D.H. Laurence Jr." The album front cover photograph doesn't include bassist Rob Ritter who had already left the band. Before leaving, Ritter first taught all the bass-lines to Patricia Morrison, his replacement in the Gun Club and former bandmate in the Bags.[4]
Billy Idol had met up with Pierce in an L.A. bar around the time of Miami and later revealed his commercial hit "White Wedding" had been an attempt to emulate "Mother of Earth" from the album.[5] The song was covered by alt-country band the Sadies on their 2001 album Tremendous Efforts and also by Swedish band bob hund, but with lyrics in Swedish, as “Mamma din jord” on their 2019 album 0-100.