It’s cool to see the Guns paying tribute to them. Those guys inspired so much of the metal scene for years to come. Anyone who likes Led Zeppelin should check this one out.
#L.a. guns custard pie free
But, I would like to live in a world free of rap, boy bands, and annoying pop divas being used to save a fading career. Basing the review of this song on Aerosmith before selling out, it’s cool. As Phil would say, “Very nice! Very lovely!” Hanoi Rocks is another band that never got the respect they deserved. “Until I Get You” by Hanoi Rocks is next. Warrant did this on their cover record a few years back – Guns have a bit of a different take on it. I wonder how Tracii feels being replaced with someone who can come close to filling his shoes? Maybe he’ll write a poorly produced punk song about it for the next Brides flop. Stacey Blades, the new guitarist, sounds fantastic here. This, for my money, is the best song on the record. Second is “I Just Want To Make Love”, a Foghat cover. This also translates well live as they performed this and the next cut live a few weeks ago when I caught the guys in Arizona. First, the production sounds great, as does the band – this is very Hollywood Vampires quality. The album opens up with “Rock And Roll Outlaw” originally performed by Rose Tattoo. But, the remaining Guns have continued shooting away and I think a few of these shots hit the target nicely. Guns to look for a “better gig” and now finds himself with Nikki from Motley Crue in Brides Of Destruction. And, I’m not ignoring them!Īfter their last two new studio albums blowing me away, I was sad to hear Tracii left L.A. Why? Bad promotion? Not shaking the right hands? Who knows? The bottom line is this is a band that should not be ignored. Guns is a band that is as raw as Guns N’Roses and as pop metal as Poison yet never seemed to enjoy the depth of success those two bands enjoyed. Steve Riley – drums, percussion and vocals Competence and professionalism are taken for granted.Phil Lewis – vocals, guitar and harmonica Guns, who have proved their value with dignity all over the years, inspiration and creativity are the matters. Guns are probably in an awkward position, trying to clear things up and reorientate before bringing a new sample of their work to the public.Īfter all, when it is about bands like.L.A. Playing covers could be a plain effort to drive the listener's attention away from Tracii's absense. The problem is that one can't help feeling that this particular release did not come just after the founder's departure by coincidence. When somebody invests true feeling and affiction in a project, the result is usually good and in this case the covers are not ripped off but supported by kind motives. It is a bunch of songs you probably already love in a collection put together by a band in its maturity, in a nostalgic mood. There is no much left to be said aboyt Rips The Covers Off. Steve Riley and Adam Hamilton fulfill their duty to the usual high level way, not that this is surprising, and the newbie, Stacey Blades, fits in just fine. Phil Lewis' voice is in great shape and adjusts to all the appropriate performing styles. Guns' familiar sound almost transform them in genuine creations. Each song's atmosphere is preserved but a touch of sleaze and L.A. Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Southern Rock, Glam Rock and Punk hymns are interpretated as their roots and performed with respect and consciousness. Guns intended to present songs that have branded particular genres, the influences and the features of which form L.A. Guns' songs, both from their previous album, Waking The Dead, which were recorded live in 2003. They couldn't avoid some expansion to the late 60s and the early 80s, so they also put Donovan's Hurdy Gurdy Man and Hanoi Rocks's Until I Get You. Guns added some of their favorites, Queen's Tie Your Mother Down, Foghat's I Just Want To Make Love, Aerosmith's Nobody's Fault, Led Zeppelin's Custard Pie, David Bowie's Moonage Daydream and, as a tribute to the original Punk, Iggy Pop and The Stooges' Search And Destroy. So, Phil suggested Rose Tattoo's Rock And Roll Outlaw, Saxon's Wheels Of Steele and Angel City's Marseilles.
Guns thought of releasing an album of covers they decided to include songs that had been hits worldwide and some that had been hits in Europe and especially UK, during the 70's. What I can do is tell you what I've read in the booklet. Secondly, as it is also obvious in the title, it is a covers' collection.Īs I'm still waiting for Phil Lewis to answer to some questions of mine via e-mail, I cannot provide you with much information about what exactly were the criteria of their choices. It is the first one after Tracii Guns departed to focus on Brides Of Destruction. Guns' new album has two main characteristics.
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