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| Artist | RED LIGHTS |
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| Title | RED LIGHTS |
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| Format | Vinyl LP (Album) |
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| Genre | Alternative Rock |
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| Label | IN THE RED |
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| Catalog Number | ITR 357 |
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| Release Date | 08/21/2020 |
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| Barcode | 0759718535716 |
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| ID | 133071 |
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| Prior to forming the Gun Club, Jeffrey Lee Pierce (1958-1996) fronted The Red Lights. While 1980 is viewed as ground zero for Pierce's career - his autobiography Go Tell The Mountain starts with the founding of the Gun Club - Pierce was active as a rock critic for Slash magazine and had started songwriting years earlier. Throughout the late 1970s, Pierce's primary musical interests were power pop and reggae. He was the president of the Blondie fan club and had interviewed Burning Spear. So when the Red Lights, Pierce's first serious attempt at forming a band, started rehearsing it's unsurprising that power pop (with a hint of reggae) was the group's musical direction. "The Red Lights existed throughout 1978. The lineup for the band's debut show on July 14, 1978-opening for The Germs and The Middle Class at the (drums). At some point in the second half of 1978, The Red Lights recorded a demo. Little is known about the session. 2009. The Red Lights were obscure; people familiar with the band were likely committed Gun Club fans. Few were aware that this demo tape existed; those who had a cassette copy likely received it from Pierce directly. |
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| Track listings |
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| Media 1 |
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| 1. | JUNGLE BOOK | | | 2. | KISSES FOR MY PRESIDENT | | | 3. | KITTY | | | 4. | DEBBIE BY THE CHRISTMAS TREE | | | 5. | TIGER GIRL | |
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