{"id":5252,"date":"2013-11-07T14:46:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T14:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/?p=5252"},"modified":"2013-11-11T18:16:38","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T18:16:38","slug":"gun-club-cemetery-eyefocus-359-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/gun-club-cemetery-eyefocus-359-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun Club Cemetery – Eyefocus 359 Music"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series Eyefocus 359 Music<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Gun Club Cemetery<\/strong> love their good old-fashioned, down and dirty guitar music but like the bands who have inspired them \u2013 The Faces and The Stones among others \u2013 they can also turn their hands to a sensitive, heart-rending piano ballad. The band are fronted by Perth-based ex-Hurricane #1 singer Alex Lowe (vocals and guitar), alongside Mancunian Nick Repton (bass), who\u2019d previously played with Bonehead in The Vortex, and Colin Ward from Nottingham (drums). The band formed just over a year ago.\u00a0For Alex, it\u2019s the chance to be back where\u00a0he belongs, fronting a no-frills, no-nonsense rock and roll band. \u201cIt feels amazing. I really like playing solo, but to be on stage with a group of friends is the best feeling in the world,\u201d
\nhe says. \u201cI want Gun Club Cemetery to be a great band and to stick together through thick and thin. I just want to make it work, make some cool records and get out on the road.\u201d<\/p>\n

Web Links:<\/h3>\n

359music.co.uk\/gunclubcemetery<\/a>
\nfacebook.com\/GunClubCemetery<\/a>
\ntwitter.com\/gunclubcemetery<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gun Club Cemetery:\u00a0Gun Club Cemetery<\/strong>\u00a0(359 Music, cat #359CD5) – Released 11th November 2013<\/p>\n

Gun Club Cemetery release their self titled debut album on the 11th November. Gun Club Cemetery are a 3-piece rock n roll band fronted by ex \u2018Hurricane #1\u2019 singer and guitarist Alex Lowe. \u2018Hurricane 1#\u2019 were a popular indie combo signed to Creation Records in 1997, and immediately scored a top 20 hit album and single. Alan McGee has teamed up yet again with Alex Lowe and his new outfit, and he argues that Lowe\u2019s new songs are some of the best he has ever written. McGee is particularly drawn to Lowe\u2019s ballads and it is this sensitivity, which is revealed on \u2018Gun Club Cemetery\u2019s\u2019 debut that inspired McGee to sign the band to 359 Music.<\/p>\n

This album in parts is made up of no nonsense back to basics \u2018rock n roll\u2019, however, that is not all that is in their repertoire and they are not adverse to slowing things down with a few piano and acoustic led ballads. Alex Lowe\u2019s voice still sounds good and is well suited to the songs and the sound of the band. His rasping and husky vocals will remind listeners of Rod Stewart era \u2018Faces\u2019, and he is very honest about the music that inspires him and his fellow band mates, with the \u2018Rolling Stones\u2019 \u2018The Faces\u2019 and the \u2018Black Crowes\u2019 all an influence on \u2018Gun Club Cemetery\u2019s sound. Alex Lowe believes that \u2018the music business just now needs a kick up the ass!\u2019, and let\u2019s just hope Gun Club Cemetery and Alan McGee can do just that.<\/p>\n

The album really starts with a bang and the opening tracks \u2018the hollow face of a shallow man\u2019 and \u2018sunset shadows\u2019 could both be singles in their own right. Lowe admitted in a recent interview that he prefers \u2018no frills\u2019 music that is a little rough around the edges, however, it is at the mid point in this album that the band show their more tender moments, with piano led songs like \u2018all I want from you\u2019 \u2018before sunrise\u2019 and \u2018it\u2019s in your smile\u2019, which shows that they have an ear for melody as well as being able to assault the senses with some bruising rock n roll. The album comes to an end in suitable fashion with new single \u2018needle aside\u2019. This song clocks in at a smidge over 2 minutes and this stomper opens with a twin acoustic and electric guitar assault with some Little Richard \u2018boogie woogie\u2019 style piano, thrown in for good measure. \u2018Needle aside\u2019 is a limited edition 7\u201d and (wait for it) only 359 copies will be released, and it pre-dates the release of the album by a week, and should keep those eager for the release of the album happy for the time being. BUY HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series Eyefocus 359 Music<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Gun Club Cemetery love their good old-fashioned, down and dirty guitar music but like the bands who have inspired them \u2013 The Faces and The Stones among others \u2013 they can also turn their hands to a sensitive, heart-rending piano ballad. The band are fronted by Perth-based ex-Hurricane #1 singer Alex Lowe (vocals and guitar), …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":5553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,73,71,74,86],"tags":[854,855,750,121,862,792],"series":[821],"class_list":["post-5252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-plugs","category-interviews","category-music","category-reviews","category-rock","tag-359-music","tag-alanmcgee","tag-cherry-red-records","tag-eyeplug","tag-gun-club-cemetery","tag-longjohn","series-eyefocus-359-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5252"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5560,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252\/revisions\/5560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5252"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=5252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}