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L.A. Guns
12+ albums
hard rockhair metalglam rock80sGlam Metal
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L.A. Guns are an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1983. The current lineup consists of Tracii Guns (lead guitar), Phil Lewis (lead vocals), Ace Von Johnson (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Johnny Martin (bass, backing vocals), Adam Hamilton (studio drums), and Shawn Duncan (live drums). The band was initially formed by Tracii Guns and Rob Gardner and briefly merged with Hollywood Rose in 1985 to form Guns N' Roses. After leaving that group, Guns reformed L.A. Guns with a lineup including Paul Black, Mick Cripps, Robert Stoddard, and Nickey Alexander. Black was soon replaced by Phil Lewis, Kelly Nickels joined on bass, and Alexander was later replaced by Steve Riley, forming the "classic lineup." L.A. Guns achieved moderate chart success in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but lineup changes affected their continuity and mainstream attention. The classic lineup reunited in 1999, recording new material, but further lineup changes occurred. Guns left to form Brides of Destruction with Nikki Sixx in 2002, while L.A. Guns continued under Phil Lewis with guitarist Stacey Blades. Tracii Guns later formed The Tracii Guns Band, which eventually adopted the L.A. Guns name. Both versions of the band operated under the L.A. Guns name until 2012, when the Guns-led group disbanded. Steve Riley, the drummer from the classic lineup, died in 2023, and his version of the band disbanded in 2025. In 2020, Jeff Mezydlo of Yardbarker included L.A. Guns in a list of "the 20 great
