September 1983, as The Gun Club prepared for their first (and only) Australian tour, two band members quit at Los Angeles airport before departure, due to financial concerns over payment and ongoing exasperation with Pierce's mercurial behavior. Pierce arrived in Australia with bass player Patricia Morrison and enlisted two members of support act 'The Johnny's' - Billy Pommer Jr and Spencer Jones to fill in, plus former member and long time friend Kid Congo, who immediately flew over from America to join them after a plea from Pierce. Jones recalls that "Jeffery's voice had an element of horror" and the "nature of their Gun Club's music it was way more brutal and full on than any metal band I have ever heard."