Pearl Harbour - Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost Too (Expanded) (CD)
Expanded re-issue of lost 1980 album making it's CD debut with six bonus tracks. Features members of The Clash, Dr. Feelgood and many other guestsPatricia Gilbert began her career in San Francisco's burgeoning music scene in the 1970s, dancing on stage with the Tubes in 1976 before becoming part of another local act, Leila and the Snakes. In 1978, she adopted the stage name 'Pearl Harbor' and formed Pearl Harbor and the Explosions alongside two of the Snakes. They recorded a well-received, self-titled debut album for WB and toured extensively. When it came time to record a second LP, the band split due to disagreements over musical direction. At the time, Pearl was dating Clash associate and sometime manager Kosmo Vinyl, and the couple relocated to London. Pearl decided she wanted to go in a rockabilly direction for Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost Too, and Kosmo went about assembling an all-star studio band which included Paul Simonon, Topper Headon, and Mick Jones from the Clash; Wilko John