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© Miroslav Jurčeka (1989-2022)

L.A. GUNS
Los Angeles, California, USA
* 1985

Line-Up (2001):

Phil Lewis - voc
Tracii Guns - g
Mick Cripps - g,kb
Muddy - bg
Steve Riley - ds

Former Members:

Phil Black (voc); Phil Lewis (voc, 1987-92); Chris Van Dahl (voc, ?-1997); Ralph Saenzo (voc, 1997-?); Joe Leste (voc); Jizzy Pearl (voc, cca 1999)
Mick Cripps (g,kb, 1987-92); Chuck Garrick (g, 1999-?)
Kelly Nickels (bg, 1987-92); Johnny Crypt (bg, cca 7/97-1999)
Nickey Alexander (ds, 1985-87); Steve Riley (ds, 1987-3/92); Bones (ds, 3/92-?)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	L.A. Guns produced by: Jim Faraci	2/1988	Vertigo		73	50
2.	Cocked And Loaded produced by: Tom Werman/Duan Baron/John Purdell	6/1989	Vertigo		45	38
3.	Hollywood Vampires produced by: Jim Wirt	7/1991	Vertigo		44	42
4.	Live! Vampires	1992	Vertigo Japan
5.	Cuts (mini LP)	1993	Vertigo
6.	Vicious Circle produced by: Jim Wirt	24.04.1995	PolyGram
7.	American Hardcore	27.01.1997	CMC/BMG
8.	Best: Hollywood A Go Go	02.03.1999
9.	Greatest Hits & Black Beauties	07.06.1999	Dead Line
10.	Shrinking Violet produced by: Gilby Clarke	07.06.1999	Axekiller Productions
11.	Cocked & Re-Loaded	01.08.2000	Cleopatra
12.	Man In The Moon produced by: Gilby Clarke	24.04.2001	Spitfire
13.	A Night On The Strip	9/2001	Dead Line Music
14.	Carnivore	14.05.2002	Darkstar
15.	Waking The Dead produced by: Andy Johns	20.08.2002	Spitfire
16.	Ultimate L.A. Guns	03.09.2002	Cleopatra
17.	Fully Loaded	18.11.2003	Direct Source
18.	Rips the Covers Off	27.04.2004	Shrapnel
19.	Hollywood Raw	26.10.2004	Cleopatra
20.	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection	12.04.2005	Polydor
21.	Tales from the Strip	16.08.2005	Shrapnel
22.	Black List	08.11.2005
23.	Very Best of the L.A. Guns	25.04.2006	Big Eye
24.	Loud & Dangerous	12.09.2006	Shrapnel
25.	Very Best of L.A. Guns	29.04.2008	Store For Music
26.	Hellraisers Ball: Caught in the Act	15.07.2008	Dream Catcher
27.	Covered in Guns	23.02.2010	Cleopatra
28.	Ultimate L.A. Guns	16.08.2011	Cleopatra
29.	Acoustic Gypsy Live	27.09.2011	Favored Nations
30.	Lost in the City of Angels	10.01.2012	Mausoleum
31.	Hollywood Forever	05.06.2012	Cleopatra
32.	Riot On Sunset: The Best of L.A. Guns	13.11.2012	Cleopatra
33.	In Concert	12.02.2013	Cleopatra
34.	Sex Action & Phil Lewis	27.08.2013	Cleopatra
35.	Live in Boston 1989	18.11.2014	Cleopatra
36.	Toronto 1990	17.03.2015	Dead Line Music
37.	A Fistful of Guns: Anthology 1985-2012	03.02.2017	Deadline Music
38.	The Missing Peace	10/2017
39.	The Devil You Know	29.03.2019
40.	Checkered Past	12.11.2021

Phil Lewis:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	More Purple Than Black	16.03.1999

Tracii Guns:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The Second Record credited to: Tracii Guns' League Of Gentlemen	19.08.2014	Shrapnel
2.	The First Record credited to: Tracii Guns' League Of Gentlemen	18.06.2013	Shrapnel

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	The Ballad Of Jayne	3/1990	Vertigo		33
2.	Some Lie For Love / Dirty Luv 10" + Rip And Tear / Sex Action / Bitch Is Back 12" + Slap In The Face / Electric Gypsy CD + Malaria (all extra tracks live)	11/1991	Mercury	61
3.	Ballad Of Jane / Ballad Of Jane (live) 12" + Kiss My Love Goodbye / Some Lie 4 Love / Over The Edge CD + Dirty Luv / My Koo Ka Choo / Over The Edge	12/1991	Mercury	53
4.	It's Over Now	3/1992	Polydor		62
5.	Stay Away	1/2019
6.	Knock Me Down	8/2021

Videos:

1. One More Reason - 1989
2. Love, Peace And Geese - 1991
3. Cocked And Loaded

WWW Links:

http://www.cybercity.hko.net/hollywood/crypt/index.html

Various:

disbanded 1992
reunited 1993

Phil Lewis:

Compilation Appearances:

"Strutter" on Kiss tribute LP "Spin The Bottle" (27.4.04, Koch)

Tracii Guns:

appeared on the LP:

David Hasselhoff: Open Your Eyes (27.9.19)

Press References:

Bang!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1994	45	21.12.1994	5	Big Bang!
Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1997	28	07.08.1997	18		profile
1997	37	23.10.1997	143	Hard & Heavy Masters	profile, discography
2000	3	10.02.2000	34	Forum kritikum	album review
2000	4	24.02.2000	39		profile, discography
2001	12	14.06.2001	43	Forum kritikum	album review
2001	19	11.10.2001	34	Forum kritikum	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1992	19	25.09.1992	12	Hard & Heavy
2009	7		10	Rock & Top - News