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L.a. guns logo5/6/2023 I’ll spend no more time hashing over the legal/business bulls*t. With all of that out of the way and wordcount almost busted. So, to avoid any more confusion, let’s say it in the simplest way possible: ‘Renegades’ is an album that does NOT feature Phil or Tracii but it DOES include the rhythm section of Riley and Nickells (and Griffin…but on guitar not bass). Guns sound that most of us are familiar with. I was as confused as anyone though like many I didn’t realise that this album WASN’T anything to do with Phil or Tracii, whose melodies and leads provide the top-line to the L.A. “Oh no! I love the music but I cannot afford to now spend twice as much money on gig tickets/albums/merch, so I’ll have to think carefully about which new LA Guns album I buy.”Įither way, we are, where we are and as a long-time fan I was eager to hear something new. “Brilliant now there will be even more chances to enjoy LA Guns”Ģ. Guns fan, you will most likely react in one of three ways:ġ. Being no expert on the US legal system other than observing that Americans seem to sue each other as a national pastime, I won’t dig any deeper into the ins and outs, or rights and wrongs of that.Īt this point if you are an L.A. The reason for this seems to have something to do with the band’s name being registered as a trademark to two people: Traccii Guns and Steven Riley. Guns the band has morphed into two simultaneous and competing versions). Guns are in a way a sort of North American equivalent of UK Subs (a substantial back-catalogue and an almost constant rotation of band members….only in the case of the L.A. Indeed, the line-up changes and the dramas surrounding the various incarnations of the ‘Guns over the years cannot be summarised within one album review. It is the latest instalment in a soap opera already a few years old. Guns features the drummer (Steven Riley) and bass player (Kelly Nickels) from the best known late 80’s/early 90’s line-up of the band, augmented by another former bass player from a 2010’s line-up (Scott Griffin) and a completely new lead vocalist (Kurt Frohlich).
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