Being no expert on the US legal system other than observing that Americans seem to sue each other as a national pastime, I won’t dig any deeper into the ins and outs, or rights and wrongs of that.Īt this point if you are an L.A. Guns fan, you will most likely react in one of three ways:ġ. “Brilliant now there will be even more chances to enjoy LA Guns”Ģ. “Oh no! I love the music but I cannot afford to now spend twice as much money on gig tickets/albums/merch, so I’ll have to think carefully about which new LA Guns album I buy.”Įither way, we are, where we are and as a long-time fan I was eager to hear something new. I was as confused as anyone though like many I didn’t realise that this album WASN’T anything to do with Phil or Tracii, whose melodies and leads provide the top-line to the L.A. Guns sound that most of us are familiar with. So, to avoid any more confusion, let’s say it in the simplest way possible: ‘Renegades’ is an album that does NOT feature Phil or Tracii but it DOES include the rhythm section of Riley and Nickells (and Griffin…but on guitar not bass). With all of that out of the way and wordcount almost busted. I’ll spend no more time hashing over the legal/business bulls*t. LIST OF L.A. GUNS MEMBERS IF ITS OVER NOW FULLSteve Riley told us: “Hey guys, here it is!! We can’t wait for you all to hear the full album Renegades. “We are so proud of it and we hope you all have a great time rocking out to it. Opener ‘Crawl’ was the first track released on Spotify ahead of the album – it revisits a few ideas familiar to anyone already into the L.A. Guns back catalogue, patching together riffs and phrases that hint at vintage ‘Guns cuts such as ‘Dirty Love’, ‘My Koo Kachoo’ and ‘Don’t Look at Me That Way’. ‘Why Ask Why’ has an interesting title and cool bass line, as you would hope from this line-up. Riley and Nickels were for sure one of the best of Sleaze Rock’s rhythm sections, providing a cool low-slung and at time almost funky underpinning to those classic albums. Overall, this was a solid mid-tempo rocker with some decent guitar tone from Griffin.Īnother song released on Spotify ahead of the album, ‘Well Oiled Machine’, has all of the car/sex metaphor cliches that you could imagine, and in places suggest that they are taking a cue from the ‘other’ line-ups recent(ish) single ‘speed’. Vampires are mentioned and there is a sort of gothic organ sound behind the chorus, which is kind of cool and brings to mind Lords of the New Church It is a chugging Rock/Punk/Goth hybrid played by black haired dudes in leather jackets with their guitars scraping the floor.Īfter a few listens it starts to catch on. Perhaps the ending hints at another classic L.A.
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