Guns never looked like the pretty poster boys that so many of their peers did, but more the band that you would be terrified to bump into in an alley as they would likely be carrying switchblades and ready for a fight. A must hear and listen for all fans of the band, both new and old. This current incarnation of the band has been touring non-stop, with a notable break coinciding with all other touring bands, and the cohesiveness of the unit, not to mention Phil’s stunning and unique vocals and Guns’ mind-bending guitar playing, are on full display here. Guns, led by Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis, have always delivered solid rock ‘n roll to their fans. Since their self-titled debut in 1988 to the widely praised comeback albums The Missing Peace and The Devil You Know, L.A. Checkered Past shows a band invigorated and ready to bash you over the head, as well as “wow” you with some epic, slower songs, and even make you dance a bit to some rock 'n roll. When fans absorb the album as a whole, they'll see that the tracklisting is divided up into 'sets' or 'suites', where a sonic style is explored across multiple songs before moving on to the next, making for a remarkable listening experience.įeeling inspired and excited like they did when they first started out, but with many years of wisdom and experience under their belts, and most importantly, a renewed and stronger creative and personal relationship, Guns and Lewis are maintaining a creative peak that started with The Missing Peace. Heavier songs are mixed with bluesier, boogie inducing tracks and dark, introspective ballads, often harkening back to the first three albums the band made, but also pushing the band forward. Written and recorded during late 2020 and early 2021, Checkered Past sees Tracii Guns, Phil Lewis, and company continuing with the darker lyrical tone of the preceding studio albums, The Devil You Know and The Missing Peace, while incorporating their classic rock influences into the mix. Pre-order / save your copy on CD / Color Vinyl / Digital here, and watch a video for the song, "Get Along", below: Guns will release their new album, Checkered Past, on November 12. When we did get back together, the first reunion and we put Waking The Dead together, which I felt was fucking great, I was so happy that we you know, we found ourselves." After Hollywood Vampires - like Vicious Circle and all of that stuff - we were in the same studio but strictly on separate times so that we wouldn't have to encounter each other. For a while that because of that, we we actually hated each other. And that drove a big wedge between Tracii and I's friendship, no doubt about it. And then it didn't take too long before they wanted to smooth it out and tried to say 'Write us a power ballad' because that was all the thing at the time. There was Poison, there was Cinderella, and they wanted us to to follow in the footsteps and get to that Bon Jovi level.īon Jovi's label, Polygram, signed us because they liked our edge, they liked the rawness of it. We became not so much a band they were looking for a hit machine. ![]() We were on the same page with as far as the band was concerned - just the way we were going about it - but he wanted to be Slayer or Motörhead, and I was like 'No, that's not right for us.' Our opinions did vary and for the most part, we stayed friends, but in the big days, in the Cocked & Loaded multi-platinum phase, there was a lot of outside pressure from management, publicists, and even accountants. But, like most things that there's a honeymoon period and that didn't last very long at all and that's okay. He was just so sweet and it really did change my life getting me over and given me the gig. Lewis: "When I first joined the band, him and I we were just best friends. Guns frontman Phil Lewis recently guested on The Chuck Shute Podcast for an in-depth interview about the band's new abum, his relationship witgh guitarist Tracii Guns, working at Fox Sports, tour plans and more.
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