3/10/2023 0 Comments L.a. guns speed![]() ![]() Well when you’re producing a record you set the schedule, so knowing that and also being the music and, writing and recording and doing everything, you make your own schedule which gives you a lot more freedom to not have another producer setting your schedule. You also wore the producer hat for the record, how do you balance being the producer and the performer? ![]() I wish I would have been allowed to do that from twenty years old all the way through *laughs* it would’ve been a lot different. Guns record especially not being in the band for so long, so for me it came really quickly and I produced it so I didn’t have any outside influences other than what I thought would be best for an L.A. Obviously I had plenty of time to write music for an L.A. It was actually the simplest process I’ve ever been through. Of course you’ve also recently released a new album ‘The Missing Peace’, when working together again did you find that things just fell back into place or was it in a way more challenging? I couldn’t imagine it any other way now, being in the band so long ever since high school I guess I got tired of it some point in my life and wanted to do other things, and the first time we sort of got back together to rehearse at a benefit show we agreed to do a few years ago, the chemistry you know *laughs* it’s once in tem thousand lifetimes I guess and I’m very happy to be back doing that. It’s a lot of energy, it’s pretty powerful stuff.Īfter such a long break with Phil, what’s it like being back up there on stage together again? You’re finally heading back to Australia, what can people expect from an L.A. While he was at home and just before getting on a plane to come to Australia, we gave Tracii a call to talk about the Australian tour, getting back together with Phil Lewis, their new album ‘The Missing Peace’, memories of their debut album, and much more. After a nearly 15-year break, Philip Lewis and Tracii Guns are back together for another chapter in their partnership that began in 1986, 4 years after Tracii formed L.A. ![]() Cocked and Loaded contained the hit single “Ballad of Jayne” that went to #33 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and #25 on the Mainstream Rock charts. Guns and 1990’s Cocked and Loaded, both of which were certified Gold. The “classic lineup” of Guns, former Girl singer Phil Lewis, drummer Steve Riley, guitar player Mick Cripps and bassist Kelly Nickels have sold 6.5 million records, including 1988’s L.A. GUNS was formed in 1982 by guitar player Tracii Guns and, then unknown singer, Axl Rose on lead vocals. “So it’s just blending that kick in the teeth with a better musical outfit now and kind of combining the two and with very little competition in the sleaze rock world we’re not competing against anybody so I don’t listen to anybody else either.”įrom Release: L.A. ![]()
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