😉 #wearelaguns #theoneandonly #traciiguns #phillewis #johnnymartin #acevonjohnson #scotcoogan /8aRDnA9g3u- L.A. New single 'Knock Me Down' out now: Pre-order/save CD/Color Vinyl/Digital: /xwtJuz0qT4- Frontiers Music srl August 16, 2021 have announced the release of their new studio album, 'Checkered Past' on Nov. By submitting my information, I agree to receive personalized. I've always been a big fan of Tracii Guns' guitar playing so I'm not surprised he sounds good here, too. BE THE FIRST TO KNOW ABOUT UPCOMING TOURS, NEWS AND MUSIC.

Phil Lewis is an underrated vocalist and I love the grit in his voice here.

I think 'Knock Me Down' is a pretty strong effort.

You can pre-order Checkered Past now and go ahead and check out the latest single 'Knock Me Down' too. The band will also tour in support of the record. Guns will release Checkered Past on November 12. I thought they were a four-on-the-floor, here-we-go kind of band.L.A. Guns record, there's not a whole lot of background vocals, there's not a whole lot of cool melodies like we did with Ratt or with Poison, because I didn't think it called for it. They were much more gritty, much more edgy. 'I thought they were a totally different band. I didn't want them to sound like Poison,' said Faraci, who had previously engineered both groups. Guns set themselves apart from their pretty-boy pop-metal peers, and their debut album featured raw, in-your-face production to match. Guns headed to Los Angeles' Village recording studio in the summer of 1987 with producer Jim Faraci to commence work on their debut album.Īrmed to the teeth with streetwise punk-metal bruisers ('No Mercy,' 'Nothing to Lose') and slinky sleaze-rockers ('Sex Action,' 'Electric Gypsy'), L.A. (They also poached bassist Kelly Nickels from Faster Pussycat, and Cripps switched to rhythm guitar.) With their lineup solidified, L.A. I can't do this.' And just like that, it's over.'Įager to keep the ball rolling, the band gave Black the boot and quickly recruited Phil Lewis, former singer of British glam-rock band Girl. And then he gets to our singer, Paul Black. 'We're up there and Bob Skoro starts asking each guy some questions: 'What do you want to get out of making records?' 'How do you see yourself as a musician in five years or 10 years from now?'' Guns recalled. 'Everybody gives their spiel. Guns caught the attention of PolyGram Records A&R man Bob Skoro, who offered them a development deal - essentially a pre-record deal in which the label pays for the band to record some demos to see if they want to continue a partnership. But they weren't going any further with Black at the helm. So what really happened is the quality of music, diversity of music, got turned up in the scene. It was about injecting the Stones and the Dolls and the Germs and all these other influences into it. 'It wasn't just about looking like Motley Crue anymore. 'It was definitely a turning point music-wise because everything became more rough around the edges, more blues-influenced, more alternative,' he continued. Guns and Faster Pussycat and Jetboy, who were from San Francisco but they were a great band. And the void was being filled by Poison and Guns N' Roses and L.A.

So you had some viable rock bands that had record deals that were now leaving town. 'What they did was they revived rock after punk had just stormed through L.A. and Great White, guys like that that are a little older and were in a way a part of the end of the '70s rock scene,' Guns told Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock in their 2021 book Nothin' but a Good Time. 'Before us, you had Ratt and Motley Crue and W.A.S.P. Guns, establishing themselves as part of the Sunset Strip's next wave. By mid-1985, Guns was back in his namesake band alongside singer Paul Black, guitarist Robert Stoddard, bassist Mick Cripps and drummer Nickey Alexander (aka Nickey Beat). The quintet began writing songs that would appear on L.A.

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