It’s all over the place as per our usual style.” Black Diamonds It’s heavy and dark in places and bright n breezy in others. Great songs, fantastic playing, and some of the best singing of my career. Per Phil Lewis’s Facebook post back in October 2022, “Incredibly happy to announce the completion of our fourth record (post-reunion). Most of 2022 saw Guns and Lewis and company writing and recording the material for Black Diamonds.
Shawn Duncan (drums) is the newest member of the band behind the kit when touring.
Rounding out the rest of the lineup for this album is Johnny Martin (bass), Ace Van Johnson (guitars, backing vocals), and Adam Hamilton (session drums). Guns as Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis continue on as the original L.A. Riley’s version of the band will go on as Riley’s L.A. In 2021, longtime (and former) drummer Steve Riley, reached a court settlement over the rights to the name of L.A. Guns have undergone multiple lineup changes. Since the formation of the band in 1983, L.A. Tracii Guns produced the album while the writing credits for Black Diamonds is shared between Lewis and Guns. Guns have released Checkered Past (2021), The Devil You Know (2019), and The Missing Peace (2017). Black Diamonds is also the fourth release since the reunion of singer Phil Lewis and guitarist Tracii Guns. Guns released their 14th album, Black Diamonds released on April 14, 2023, on Frontiers Music. The ballad “If It’s Over Now” continues things, before “Better Than You” comes tearing out of the gates, with a riff that should be given a health warning.Hard Rock Veterans L.A. The pace picks up with “Living Right Now”, before “Get Along” slows things down, giving us a welcome breather. Things kick off with the rip roaring “Cannonball” and continue with the slightly slower tempo “Bad Luck Charm”. Currently the band consists of Tracii Guns – lead guitar, Phil Lewis – lead vocals, Ace Von Johnson – bass and backing vocals, and Adam Hamilton – drums (studio, although Scott Coogan, who was also in the Brides Of Destruction, plays drums live with the band). Guns have released thirteen other albums, the latest of which is “Checkered Past”. After leaving this early prototype of GNR, Guns resurrected his band and in 1988, they released their self-titled debut album. The band was founded by guitarist Tracii Guns in 1983, although it went on a brief hiatus, when he teamed up with a certain W Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin to form an early version of what would morph into the biggest soap opera in rock ‘n’ roll, Guns N’ Roses.
Guns for many years, they are one band that I haven’t actually checked out before. I got it whilst I was on a bit of a Crüe kick and it’s a nice little album that still comes out now and again.Īlthough I have known about L.A. Guns guitarist and band leader Tracii Guns. Way back in 2002, I bought the debut album by Brides Of Destruction “Here Come The Brides”, which had both Mötley Crüe bassist, band leader and chief songwriter Nikki Sixx teamed up with L.A.
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