Californian group early eighties injected the blues with punk energy. Frontman Jeffrey Lee Pierce's play was his maniacal performances, both on and off the stage. The debut Fire Of Love (1981) could count on the best critics, but The Las Vegas Story (1984) was just as good. From the end of the eighties, the group fell into oblivion, thanks to Pierce's fragile health. He died in 1996. Guitarist Kid
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