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American rock musician

Musical artist

Jeffrey Lee Pierce (June 27, 1958 – March 31, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and author. He was one of the founding members of the band The Gun Club, and released material as a solo artist.

Early life

Pierce was born on June 27, 1958, in Montebello, California.

He was the child of a multi-ethnic marriage.

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His Anglo father worked as a union organizer. His Mexican mother was a homemaker, taking care of Pierce and his sister, Jacqui.^[3] He started learning guitar at the age of 10. As a teenager, he moved from El Monte, a working-class industrial suburb east of Los Angeles, to Granada Hills, at the time a white working- and middle-class suburb in the San Fernando Valley.

Pierce attended Granada Hills High School, where he participated in the drama program, acting in plays and writing several short experimental theater pieces.^[4]

1970s

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