Jeffrey Lee Pierce - Posthumous Tributes

Posthumous Tributes

The French rock band Noir Désir paid tribute to Pierce in their song "Song for JLP" from their 1996 album 666667 Club .

Blondie paid tribute to Pierce in their song "Under the Gun" from the 1999 album No Exit.

Jeffrey Lee Pierce is honored by the rock star Thåström in a song from 2005. The World/Inferno Friendship Society also paid tribute to Pierce in their song by the same title.

Mark Lanegan did a cover of The Gun Club's "Carry Home" from their album Miami on his album I'll Take Care of You. Pierce and Lanegan wrote the song "Kimiko's Dream House" together, which appears on Lanegan's album Field Songs.

In 2010, OFF!, a punk "supergroup" fronted by Keith Morris (Black Flag and Circle Jerks) released a song dedicated to and named after Jeffrey Lee Pierce. At live performances Morris often gives an intro describing Pierce and the relationship the two shared.

In 2010, The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project, launched We Are Only Riders, the first of a series of three albums featuring Pierce's previously-unreleased works-in-progress. The album features interpretations of Pierce's work by old friends, collaborators and acolytes including Debbie Harry, Nick Cave, Lydia Lunch, Mick Harvey and Kid Congo Powers. The Journey is Long, the second album from The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project, was released in April 2012 and features The Jim Jones Revue, Barry Adamson, Warren Ellis (The Dirty Three), Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate) and artists from the first album. The third and final album from the project, The Task Has Overwhelmed Us is due for release in late 2012.

Jeffrey Lee Pierce is mentioned on the Gallows track Everybody Loves You (When You're Dead) from their 2012 album Gallows (album)