Pearl Harbour (Part 2): The Missing Years

Promo photo for Here Comes Trouble.
Looks like the same bikini, 25 years later!

Back in the USA, there was a gap in Pearl's musical activities until she became inspired by a SF rockabilly trio known as Buck Naked And The Bare Bottom Boys. She started writing songs with the band, but Buck Naked was tragically shot to death in 1992. The resulting album, Here Comes Trouble, was dedicated to his memory. East Bay Ray played lead guitar, and the group recorded covers of You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It) by the Undertones, and the Richard Berry classic Have Love Will Travel. 

Pearl with East Bay Ray in 1995

The album went unreleased until Pearl met a former classmate from her childhood in Germany who had started a record label. Here Comes Trouble (1995) was Pearl's last solo album. She guested on a 2002 record by rockabilly band The Colts, singing Brand New Cadillac and her best known song, Fujiyama Mama.

Since then, Pearl has parlayed her longstanding passion for vintage clothing and collectibles into a line of custom designed handbags. She has appeared in several books (including an interview in 2005's Wacky Chicks by Simon Doonan) and films (including the 2012 documentary The Rise And Fall Of The Clash).  

Pearl in the film Siren by Viv Albertine

Pearl in 2018

Here's Pearl on the end of the Clash: "It is hard to replace people. It is hard to replace your youth. You can't have money and pretend you don't.  I don't see it as much of a mystery that when you get a little bit older, you can't be a crazy-ass punk unless you're a loser." 

Promotional comic for Here Comes Trouble

Things I would love to see or hear: "Two Bullets" by Pearl Harbour And The Palaminos (a song from the film Sid & Nancy that did not appear on the soundtrack album); the "Killer Joe" music video (directed by Don Letts); Siren (a 1986 film directed by Viv Albertine); and the Pearl Harbour comic book!