PHOENIX
07-27-2006, 06:25 PM
L.A. Guns Vs Tracii Guns
Day in Rock reports: [Phil Lewis and Co issued the following statement, according to Sleazeroxx.com] It has come to our attention that a former member of L.A. Guns with rights to use the name has put a Tribute band together with some of the guys he played with before the band were signed to Polygram records in 1986. It is a band that never recorded a record together just played some local shows. Twenty years ago. So if you intend to book or attend a concert by this band you should know that a singer who's voice you have never heard on a single LAG record will be attempting to cover LAG classics with a drummer that hasn't played in a band since 1989. Unfortunately this situation has developed due to the fact that Tracii has burned every bridge that he has ever crossed and these are the only guys left that take him seriously. It should be apparent to anyone with the slightest understandING on how a band operates that certain people are indeed toxic which is why Steve Riley, Phil Lewis, Adam Hamilton and Stacy Blades decided that the band had to continue after our former guitarist jumped ship two weeks before the release of a new record and world tour four years ago. Since then the band has gone on to prove that live and in the studio the loss has not hurt us a bit, in fact public and press option has made it clear that we are in fact much better off. [We attempted to contact Tracii for comment but had not heard back by press time. However, going by his online sites, it appears Tracii is touring under the name Tracii Guns not L.A. Guns. But it would be funny to see him touring under the banner of another band he lent his name to, Guns N' Roses. ]
Day in Rock reports: [Phil Lewis and Co issued the following statement, according to Sleazeroxx.com] It has come to our attention that a former member of L.A. Guns with rights to use the name has put a Tribute band together with some of the guys he played with before the band were signed to Polygram records in 1986. It is a band that never recorded a record together just played some local shows. Twenty years ago. So if you intend to book or attend a concert by this band you should know that a singer who's voice you have never heard on a single LAG record will be attempting to cover LAG classics with a drummer that hasn't played in a band since 1989. Unfortunately this situation has developed due to the fact that Tracii has burned every bridge that he has ever crossed and these are the only guys left that take him seriously. It should be apparent to anyone with the slightest understandING on how a band operates that certain people are indeed toxic which is why Steve Riley, Phil Lewis, Adam Hamilton and Stacy Blades decided that the band had to continue after our former guitarist jumped ship two weeks before the release of a new record and world tour four years ago. Since then the band has gone on to prove that live and in the studio the loss has not hurt us a bit, in fact public and press option has made it clear that we are in fact much better off. [We attempted to contact Tracii for comment but had not heard back by press time. However, going by his online sites, it appears Tracii is touring under the name Tracii Guns not L.A. Guns. But it would be funny to see him touring under the banner of another band he lent his name to, Guns N' Roses. ]