L.A. GUNS — L.A. Guns

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Album · 1988

Tracklist

1. No Mercy (2:46)
2. Sex Action (3:41)
3. One More Reason (3:07)
4. Electric Gypsy (3:25)
5. Nothing To Lose (4:11)
6. Bitch Is Back (2:52)
7. Cry No More (1:18)
8. One Way Ticket (4:20)
9. Hollywood Tease (2:52)
10. Shoot For Thrills (4:29)
11. Down In The City (3:55)

Total Time: 36:59

Line-up/Musicians

- Phil Lewis / Lead vocals
- Tracii Guns / lead guitar
- Mick Cripps / rhythm guitar
- Kelly Nickels / Bass
- Nickey Alexander / Drums

About this release

January 4, 1988
Vertigo

Japanese bonus track:

12. Winter's Fool (3:48)

Thanks to stephen, Lynx33, Unitron for the updates

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Negoba

Good Trash Rock

After the phenomenal success of Appetite for Destruction, record companies were of course scrambling to fill the desire for more trashy glam rock. What better place to tap the well than Axl's former partner in crime Tracii Guns? L.A. Guns was already up and running by the time of Appetite, and their debut album was released within the year.

The result was a plain jane version of G'n'R sleaze. The songs had plenty of attitude, rocked hard enough, but also had absolutely nothing new to say. Unlike Appetite, which had seemed fresh and bold, L.A. Guns was just a raunchier kind of color by numbers rock. Given Tracii's role in the evolution of the sound itself, this judgment may have been unfair. But with the chronology and personel involved with the albums, it was what it was.

Bottom Line: Average GnR afterthought

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Stephen

L.A.Guns was the early incarnation of the legendary Guns N' Roses, formed in the early 80s and fronted by Axl Rose and Tracii Guns before both of them finally parted ways with Axl went on forming GNR and Tracii resurrected L.A.Guns. After some shuffling, the solid five men formation was eventually became the classic line up and released this debut in 1988 under Vertigo.

What I like about L.A.Guns is that they had the raw energy, sleazy attitude, and mainly rooted to the heaviness of early glam. Try pumping up the volume when you hit your player with "No Mercy", "Sex Action", and "One More Reason". Those really are unmerciful earth-scorching fantastic songs. Probably the only song that I didn't dig that much is the bluesy wail of "One Way Ticket" because I was just hoping for a full 11 blasting tracks from start to finish. Hearing to tracks such as "Electric Gypsy" or "Hollywood Tease" could make you feel standing and shouting in a packed Sunset Strip bar. After more than 20 years, this album remained their greatest record and nothing can top this sensational debut.

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Cat Casino

What a great album by a great band.This album is just awesome for anyone that's into hardcore L.A. rock from the early to late 80's.L.A.Guns is kind of like the heavier,more straightforward version of an early Guns N' Roses.No Mercy,Sex Action,Shoot For thrills,and Bitch Is Back are all highlights and also all instant classics.Just take a listen to tracii Guns' guitar wailing and Phil Lewis' instantly recognizable voice and you'll se why this album is a must have for your record collection.This band helped to put the sleaze in sleaze metal with this album.For any fans of sleaze and glam,this is a must have.