![]() Feeling 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, Lewis, and L.A. What’s important to know and understand is that the driving force of all those classic L.A. The story of how we got from the band’s powerful early years to a fourth new studio album in the relatively short time that Guns and Lewis have reunited has already been well documented, so no need to rehash it. But despite having many songs to back up that image, the band could also write powerful ballads (see the smash hit, “ The Ballad Of Jayne” for Exhibit A of this argument) that showed there were some serious songwriting chops in the band. 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. ‘ Black Diamonds‘ shows no signs of this renaissance slowing down… Guns in 2017, a rekindling of the band’s creative energy has been continuing unabated over the course of, now, four studio albums. Since core members Tracii and Phil reunited under the banner of L.A. 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 their widely praised recent suite of “comeback” albums, L.A. This makes for a potent and highly listenable cocktail of an album in ‘ Black Diamonds‘. The band doesn’t shy away from flexing their hard rock influences as they always have, but also incorporate more introspective acoustic tracks reflective of their classic rock influences from the ’70s. The current version is led by vocalist Phil Lewis with drummer Steve Riley.From 2006 to 2012, (four years after his departure from the band) Tracii Guns reformed his own version of the band, and during that time, there were two distinct lineups of L.A. Written and recorded over the course of 2022, ‘ Black Diamonds‘ sees Tracii Guns, Phil Lewis and company continuing on the same successful and inspiring sonic journey that they’ve been taking on their most recent albums, ‘Checkered Past‘, ‘The Devil You Know’, and ‘The Missing Peace‘. Guns is the name of a glam metal group from Los Angeles, California. Watch the Official Music Video for “Shattered Glass” Produced by founding member and guitarist, Tracii Guns, ‘ Black Diamonds‘ is a tour-de-force of rock ‘n roll that fans have come to expect from the long-running hard rockers. Guns share “Shattered Glass”, the second single from their upcoming studio album, ‘ Black Diamonds‘ which will be released on April 14.
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