L.A. Guns is the name of two glam metal groups from Los Angeles, California. One group is led by Guitarist Tracii Guns while the other version is led by Vocalist Phil Lewis & Drummer Steve Riley. The group was initially formed in 1983 and was composed of guitarist Tracii Guns, singer Axl Rose (who left to form Hollywood Rose and was replaced by Michael Jagosz), bassist Ole Beich and drummer Rob Gardner. The group disbanded in 1984 when Tracii Guns and Axl Rose decided to merge both L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose to form the first lineup of Guns N` Roses.
Following on from the release of their single ‘Crawl’ back in April, which clocked up well over 100,000 streams on Spotify within weeks, L.A. GUNS are set to drop their next track ‘Well Oiled Machine’ on June 29, through Golden Robot Records. ORDER LINK: http://smarturl.it/Well-Oiled-Machine Also lifted from their forthcoming album, Renegades (slated for release later this year), ‘Well Oiled… Read more »
L.A. Guns, featuring Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns, have released a new single, ‘Let You Down‘. Listen HERE: https://orcd.co/letyoudown2020 The song was written and recorded this past month while the band is in the midst of work on their next studio album. The band was so struck by the song that they felt the need to… Read more »
You know a band has gone through a lot of lineup changes when there’s literally an entire Wikipedia page dedicated just to listing its past members. The notorious Sunset Strip rockers L.A. Guns have had a revolving line up over the years, but this was par for the course for the L.A. Glam metal scene… Read more »
In the ‘80’s, L.A. Guns cemented themselves as soldiers of the Sunset Strip, playing the legendary clubs and helping create the scene, myths, legends and historical aura that live on through DVD’s, documentaries and biographies. And they can still say they got played on MTV, when it was cool. With their 2017 reunion release The… Read more »
On Friday April 5, Riverfront Live hosted a jammed evening with two bands from California’s warm, Western shores. The Darbies and L.A. Guns brought the goods, with the young blood starting the evening in up and coming fashion. The youth gone wild from L.A. started the show with four guys keeping the music of the… Read more »
Photos – L.A. GUNS Bring The Strip to Cincinnati CLICK HERE to read a review of the show.
L.A. Guns carry the distinction of being a survivor of the Sunset Strip era, coming to prominence during the MTV generation. Over the years and decades they’ve released new material with various lineups, touring consistently. Though many of their counterparts faded away, they rejuvenated their sound with returning guitarist Tracii Guns on 2017’s The Missing… Read more »
After more than a decade apart, Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis reunited under the L.A. GUNS’ banner and in 2017, released arguably the most critically praised album of their catalog, “The Missing Peace“. Landing at #12 Top Record Label Independent Current Albums, #17 Top Current Rock Albums, and #47 Top Current Albums on the Billboard… Read more »
Photos – LA GUNS, JACK RUSSELL’S GREAT WHITE, WARRANT, RIVERDOGS Live! CLICK HERE to read a review of the show.
How many of your favorite bands that debuted in the 80’s are still putting out new music? Sure, there are a handful, but those numbers are fairly low. Well, after years of lineup changes, and even two bands using the same name for a period of time, L.A. Guns are back with The Missing Peace… Read more »
