Guns is separate from the band featuring Steve Riley and Kelly Nickels, the latter which is now called Riley’s L.A. That project features a heavy, doomy sound coupled with the heavy metal for which Guns and Sweet are known. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns released joined forces with Stryper singer Michael Sweet to release music with their new project, Sunbomb. View the album’s track list and listen to “Knock Me Down” below. “Stand back / ‘Bout to get a smack / Think you can hold me down,” Lewis sings in the chorus.Ī press releases promises “Checkered Past” to be “arguably one of the most vital and exciting releases” in L.A. “Knock Me Down” features a a slightly bluesy swagger with rhythmic guitars and an upbeat, high-energy deliver. Guns’ current lineup features Phil Lewis on vocals, Tracii Guns on guitar, Ace Von Johnson on guitar, Johnny Martin on bass and Scot Coogan on drums. Guns’ follow-up to 2019’s “The Devil You Know.” The band has been prolific as of late, releasing new albums every two years, and the new release follows that pattern.
“Checkered Past” will feature 11 original songs and arrive Nov. The longstanding California rock band has announced details for their upcoming studio record, “Checkered Past,” and released the set’s debut single, “Knock Me Down.” Guns are prepping to release a new album, and now, the guys have unveiled a taste of what’s to come. Guns show off rhythmic guitars and an upbeat swagger on their new single, “Knock Me Down” Guns – Story by Charles Ken, photo by Dustin Jack “Kiss My Love Goodbye” is a worthy mid set peak that keeps this audience of all ages extremely excited “The Ballad of Jayne” is the song that closes the set in a great style.L.A. There is some epic music played before hand to roil up the audience. Opening with “It’s Over Now”, the band walk out on stage, with guitars over their shoulders and egos on their sleeves, taking their places as though it’s the way nature intended. They take to this huge stage tonight to perform some of their biggest songs over the years. Even Nikki Sixx has been in this band! This band has also had 14 studio albums, 6 live albums, 5 EPs and 4 singles. Sht-kicking anthems like 'No Mercy,' 'Sex Action,' 'One More Reason,' and the marvelous 'Bitch Is Back' slap the listener silly while still making room for slightly more commercial but equally hot offerings such as 'Electric Gypsy' and 'Down in the City. It almost seems like a rite of passage for some of rock and rolls biggest names to at one point be a member of this band, alumni includes, Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagen, Slash. They formed in 1983, put together by Tracii Guns. L.A Guns have always been known as one of Los Angeles’ best supergroups ever formed. If they come your way, make sure you go see them. The only other song I would liked to heard They played everything song you would want to hear. Seen him before live before and he’s a killer drummer. Scott Coogan is a great addition to the band. Phil Lewis vocals sounded just as good as he did in the 80s.
And Traci Guns is such an incredible guitarist. While I do like a few GnR songs, personally I like way more songs by LA Guns.
If you didn’t know Traci Guns ( lead guitar) was one of the original founders of Guns & Roses. And they actually played here in Colorado Springs at a venue 20 minutes away. Every time LA Guns was on tour and anywhere within driving Range, I was deployed, on a mission, in the field, etc. (Who I’ve served in Army with since 1991). The current lineup features founding member, and lead guitar player, Guns, who has reunited with Lewis on vocals, along with Shane Fitzgibbon on drums, Johnny Martin on bass and Ace Von Johnson on guitar.īeen trying for 30+ years to see LA Guns and I finally did tonight with my good buddy Robert J. They will begin touring for the album beginning in the spring of 2019. “The Devil You Know” is the band’s twelfth studio release, featuring the new singles “Stay Away” and “Rage”. Guns are currently in the studio recording the follow up album to " The Missing Peace ". Guns went into the studio to record the album, The Missing Peace, which was released in October of 2017 and quickly became the highest selling release of 2017 for Frontiers Records. Following their successful performance at SiriusXM's Hair Nation Festival in May of 2016, L.A. Guns continued to tour and release new music. Cocked and Loaded contained the hit single "Ballad of Jayne" that went to #33 on Billboard's Hot 100 and #25 on the Mainstream Rock charts.įrom the mid-'90s to the mid-2000s, the L.A. Guns and 1990's Cocked and Loaded, both of which were certified Gold. The team of Guns and, former Girl singer, Phil Lewis have sold 6 1/2 million records, including 1988's L.A.