The only thing he hasn’t done is been a front man. I mean, he’s been in this band three times in a different capacity. So, we went with Adam, and Adam is an honorary member.
Drums are the hardest thing to record, let’s face it. Unfortunately, we couldn’t have our drummer, Scot Coogan play on it, because we couldn’t get into a studio. My case it was Vegas and then Adam Hamilton compiled it in LA. It was just the first song that we approached, and because of this lockdown it was like, ok instead of just like roughly going over it and then recording it the traditional way, let’s just all do our own bit wherever we’re at. He even, had it not been for this lock down, we were already planning to start the record. He just wants to make the best use of the time. Phil Lewis: Well, we are currently working on a new album and it will be the third record that Tracii and I, since the reunion, are working on. Ohio Music Experience: The new song was just released, “Let You Down.” It’s Awesome! What was the inspiration?
Guns released in 1988 (which went Gold), to this present album which is in the making, founder Guitarist Tracii Guns and Lead Vocalist Phil Lewis are still going strong with the same extraordinary, creative talent that they had from the start.Ĭatching up with Lewis during the downtime of this current pandemic, he revealed some details of their new music, his inspirations, some fond memories of past experiences, and what fans can look forward to from L.A. Guns continuous drive and high standards of work ethic in making music. The Guns make a decent enough job that will keep their faithful content at a shade over four and a half minutes this is one of the longer tracks presented here and adds another element to the album.Their song’s title and hook “It’s Never Enough” from their Platinum 2nd LP Cocked & Loaded (released in 1989) comes to mind when summing up L.A. ‘All That You Are’ continues the hard rocking with a surefire beat and a swaggering pace that could see this track become a live favourite.Īcoustic ballad ‘Would’ slows things down a touch before the album’s final couple of tracks in a style that Poison and Extreme hit the nail on the head with. This will have the lighters, or whatever the 21 st century digital equivalent is, aloft for sure.īattering the front door down ‘Witchcraft’ gatecrashes the party in blustering fashion as The Guns continue to fire on all cylinders. Power ballad ‘You Can’t Walk Away’ is the gentler side of The Guns with a chorus tips a knowing nod and winking eye to Crosby, Stills & Nash’s ‘Our House’.
#L.a. guns l.a. guns free
Comtemplate the thought of Crue and Jovi, in their prime, giving forth offspring and you’re heading in the direction of the right ballpark.Ī catchy chorus most ably delivered by Frolich, alongside four and a half minutes of barbed six-string hooks set free by Griffin.
#L.a. guns l.a. guns full
‘Well Oiled Machine’, which recently gained a cover placement on Spotify’s esteemed ‘Hard Rock’ playlist, keeps affairs, quite appropriately, motoring along diving down a highway chock full of sleazy innuendo.Ī shift up in gears, next, presents the listener with the anthemic ‘Lost Boys’ a well crafted tale of the outsider versus society. Riley and Nickels have recruited former Ratt bassist Scott Griffin on lead six-string duties with vocalist / rhythm guitarist Kurt Frolich completing the quartet that have brought forward this tempting morsel. The current lineup features drummer Steve Riley and bassist Kelly Nickels both of whom played alongside Tracii Guns, Mick Cripps and Phil Lewis in what is widely considered the ‘classic’ Guns quintet. There is, however, life in this rock n’ roll dog as ‘Renegades’, the 13 th studio release from the Guns, ably demonstrates. Since then the band has been dogged by numerous changes to the lineup and even two versions performing and recording under the LA Guns name for a period of time. The Guns’ initial releases – 88’s eponymous debut, 89’s ‘Cocked & Loaded’ and ‘Hollywood Vampires’ two years later – achieved a relative degree of success but always in the shadow of the aforementioned more princes less kings perhaps. Oft-considered amongst Hollywood rock royalty, riotous sleaze insurgents LA Guns came spitting and snarling out of that infamous Sunset Strip scene of the mid 80s that also bore Guns n’ Roses, Motley Crue, Poison, Ratt et al.
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