Search - Artist/Band: L.A. Guns

• Band Name: L.A. Guns
• Formed: 1987
• Originated From: Los Angeles, CA
• Decades Active: 1980,1990,2000
• Genre: Rock
• Styles: Hair Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop-Metal
• Moods: Outrageous, Rousing, Rowdy, Aggressive, Brash, Energetic, Rambunctious, Rebellious, Boisterous

Title	Release
Rock Bottom: The Rock Essentials W	01/01/2007
The Very Best Of	04/25/2006
Black List WA	11/08/2005
Tales from the Strip WA	08/16/2005
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of L.A. Guns WA	04/12/2005
Hollywood Raw: The Original Sessions WA	10/26/2004
Rips the Covers Off WA	04/27/2004
Fully Loaded WA	11/18/2003
Golden Bullets WA	11/03/2003
Ultimate L.A. Guns	09/03/2002
Waking the Dead WA	2002
Man in the Moon WA	04/24/2001
Cocked & Re-Loaded WA	08/01/2000
The Very Best Of [Cherry Red]	04/17/2000
A Nite on the Strip	03/27/2000
Greatest Hits & Black Beauties WA	06/01/1999
Shrinking Violet WA	06/01/1999
Wasted WA	09/15/1998
The Best of L.A. Guns: Hollywood a Go Go WA	08/25/1998
Hollywood Rehearsal WA	06/30/1998
American Hardcore WA	10/29/1996
Vicious Circle WA	02/07/1995
Lack of Charisma WA	01/04/1993
Hollywood Vampires	1991
Cocked & Loaded	1989
L.A. Guns WA	01/04/1988

L.A. Guns was formed by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Tracii Guns in 1987. Teaming with ex-Girl vocalist Phil Lewis, former W.A.S.P. drummer Steve Riley, bassist Kelly Nickles, and guitarist Mick Cripps, Guns adhered to the Aerosmith-derived raunch of his former band. L.A. Guns released their self-titled first album in 1988, yet it wasn't until the following year's Cocked and Loaded that they truly broke big. On the strength of the hit single "The Ballad of Jayne," Cocked and Loaded went gold. Released two years later, Hollywood Vampires managed to hold their audience's attention, peaking at number 42. Nevertheless, the band laid low for four years, waiting for grunge to fade away. When L.A. Guns released their fourth album, Vicious Circle, in early 1995, they retained a core group of followers, yet it failed to capture the mainstream's attention; it was their weakest-selling album to date and saw the beginning of several lineup shifts, with Johnny Crypt taking over bass playing duties and Guns remaining the band's sole guitarist. Featuring new lead vocalist Chris Van Dahl, 1996's American Hardcore fared no better; Greatest Hits & Black Beauties, a collection of re-recorded favorites and new material, followed in 1999 after a succession of new vocalists that included Ralph Saenz (on 1998's Wasted EP) and Love/Hate singer Jizzy Pearl. That same summer, the group released a Gilby Clarke-produced collection of new material, entitled Shrinking Violet, with Pearl as lead vocalist. For 2001's Man in the Moon (again produced by Clarke), Phil Lewis and Mick Cripps returned to the lineup, joining Guns, Riley, former Pretty Boy Floyd member Keff Ratcliffe and new bassist Muddy. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide