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Tag Archives: LA Guns
Single review : KURT FROLICH – Another Heartbreak
Golden Robot Records [05.04.24] Single release from Kurt Frolich, vocalist with Riley’s LA Guns. It has only a passing resemblance to the music of his parent band. Doesn’t make him a bad person, of course. In fact … The first … Continue reading
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Tagged Kurt Frolich, LA Guns, power pop, review, single, The Raspberries
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Album review: BLOODY HEELS – Rotten Romance
Frontiers [release date 10.06.22] Sounding heavier and harder than on their previous albums, it’s clear that Bloody Heels have realised that the confines of a genre only exist for those musicians who lack wit and imagination. There are few better … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dokken, LA Guns, melodic hard rock, Motley Crue, Nightwish, Painkiller, review
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Album review: L.A. GUNS – Checkered Past
Frontiers [Release date 12.11.21] When vocalist Phil Lewis and guitarist Tracii Guns buried the hatchet and started working together again, they breathed new life into L.A Guns and, whilst retaining the sleaze and swagger of their 80’s and early 90’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chequred Past, classic rocl, Frontiers, hard rock, LA Guns, Phil Lewis, review, sleaze rock, Tracii Gun
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Single reviews: LA GUNS, GILBY CLARKE, PSSR, PHIL X
Golden Robot Records The LA Guns, PhilX & The Drills, Gilby Clarke and PSSR, all enduring talents who started life in the glow of Eighties’ Hair Metal, are all releasing albums soon on the fast growing Golden Robot Records. The … Continue reading
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Tagged alt rock, blues, Bon Jovi, classic rock, Gilby Clarke, guitarist, Guns 'N' Roses, LA Guns, Phil X, PSSR, review, rock, singles
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Single review: L.A. GUNS – Crawl
Golden Robot Records [Release date 20.04.20] The L.A. Guns are the rock vampires of Sunset Strip, concocting shadowy songs that skilfully combine a raw, emotional urgency with a cold eyed resignation. ‘Crawl’, a dark and downbeat tale of love and … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, Crawl, Kelly Nicholl, LA Guns, review, rock, single, sleaze, Steve Riley
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Album review: GIRL – Wasted Youth
Cherry Red Records [31.01.20] Arguably, Girl was simply the launching pad for Phil Lewis – later to join The LA Guns; Phil Collen – later to join Def Leppard, and Gerry Laffy – later to carve out a significant career … Continue reading
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Tagged album, box set, classic rock, Def Leppard, Gerry Laffy, Girl, LA Guns, Phil Collen, Phil Lewis, reissue, review, rock, Russ Ballard, Wasted Youth
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Album review: THE BRUTALISTS
Cleopatra Records [Release date 31.08.18] The Brutalists were put together in LA by former LA Guns guitarist Mick Cripps and Quireboys’ bassist Nigel Mogg, and having regularly gigged throughout California, the band have now released their self-titled debut album. A … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Brutalists, classic rock, LA Guns, melodic, Mick Cripps, Nigel Mogg, pub rock, punk, Quireboys, review, rock, sleaze
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Album review: JIZZY PEARL – All You Need Is Soul
Frontiers [Release date 11.05.18] Love/Hate front man Jizzy Pearl is a man that is one of the last of a dying breed. He IS rock n roll. Having fronted Ratt, LA Guns, Adler’s Appetite and Quiet Riot people seem to … Continue reading
Album review: LA GUNS – Made In Milan
Frontiers [Release date 23.03.18] The last two years have been nothing short of stunning for L.A Guns who have breathed new life back into the band and following last year’s “Missing Peace” album, we now have new live album “Made … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, classic rock, DVD, Frontiers, glam, LA Guns, live, Made In Milan, Phil Lewis, review, rock, sleaze, Tracii Guns
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Album review: DEVIL CITY ANGELS
Century Media [Release date 11.09.15] You may hear that Devil City Angels comprises of members of L.A Guns, Cinderella and Poison and think ”oh great, yet another super group”, and yet this time the band really may be on to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic, Devil City Angels, LA Guns, melodic, Poison, review, Rikki Rockett, rock, Rudy Sarzo, Tracii Guns, Whitesnake
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L.A GUNS – Hollywood Forever
Deadline Music 2012 L.A Guns release their first original album in 7 years and not only will ‘Hollywood Forever’ go down as one of their best but the album also reminds me of why I liked the band in the … Continue reading
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Tagged LA Guns, Phil Lewis
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