L.A. GUNS (Featuring Tracii Guns & Jizzy Pearl)
L.A. GUNS (Featuring Tracii Guns & Jizzy Pearl)
L.A. Guns started in 1982 as a straight up dirty ass rock and roll band. The band was put together by Tracii Guns in his last year of high school with singer Michael Jagosz, bass player Ole Beich and drummer Rob Gardner. When Jagosz had to leave the band soon after, Axl Rose of Hollywood Rose replaced him. After some lineup changes, the band got signed with Polygram Records in 1987 with Tracii Guns on lead guitar, Phil Lewis on vocals, Steve Riley on drums, Mick Cripps on rhythm guitar and Kelly Nickels on bass, recording their first album titled L.A. Guns that summer. Over 1,000,000 copies were sold earning the band its first platinum album award.
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In 1989 the band went into the studio to record their second album titled Cocked and Loaded. They sold over 1,000,000 copies earning the band its second platinum record award. Their third album Hollywood Vampires was released in 1991. Over 1,000,000 copies were sold earning the band its third platinum album award. L.A. Guns has always been a work in progress without an end in sight, continually touring, writing and recording a huge variety of rock and roll sounds registered in their successful studio albums. Some people believe that L.A. Guns may be the last true Rock and Roll band that hasn't had to rely on outside writers to have continued success. The current lineup in L.A. Guns is Tracii Guns (guitar), Jeremy Carson aka Jeremy Guns (bass), Doni Gray (drums and percussion) and Jizzy Pearl (vocals), with whom Tracii recorded the album Shrinking Violet back in 1999.
THE GOONDAS
A glazed roll of the eyes, a hiccup, and a slight stagger. Brenden Green spins his head, then collapses to the ground and writhes on the stage, his clothes ripped and tattered, his feet bare, as he wraps himself up in his mic cord and nearly strangles himself with it. All around is ear-splitting noise, an unholy, raucous mixture of whiskey-soaked blues and rock 'n' roll from a guitar turned up to 11 and a drummer wearing only his underwear (plus a flurry of leg kicks thrown in by the bassist, just for good measure).
SWEET CYANIDE
New York City's favorite bastard sons returned exactly one year later with a new record and a national tour that has not relented since the release of their critically-acclaimed self-titled debut in August 2009. Sweet Cyanide spent the greater part of 2009 becoming a favorite opener of rock heavy hitters: Halestorm, Bullet For My Valentine, Pop Evil, Extreme, and Charm City Devils; the latter becoming a regular touring partner on the east coast. "We've learned a lot in the past year but changed very little.
