![]() Their version of the band has released two studio albums after that. In early 2017 Lewis announced that he was leaving Riley’s version to join forces again with Guns. The other was run by Riley and Lewis, whereas Guns led his versions of the band. The band name is owned in half (50/50) by Riley and Guns, and between 2006-2012 there were two versions of LA Guns under the same name. However, the group went through numerous lineup changes (with Riley being the most consistent member). They achieved moderate chart success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. After several changes, the band’s “classic lineup” of Guns, vocalist Phil Lewis, bassist Kelly Nickels, guitarist Mick Cripps, and Steve Riley got together in 1987. Guns are an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, originally formed in 1983 by Tracii Guns and Rob Gardner. The Missing Peace is released on October 13 via Frontiers Records.INTERVIEW BY MARKO SYRJÄLÄ L.A. But now it would be ‘Loud, confident and right’. I always used to say I would have ‘Loud, confident and wrong’. Ultimately one makes one’s own heaven or hell – you can choose. I’ve led a charmed life, because I understand the importance of charm. Which actor would you like to portray you in a film of your life? Why hold a grudge for that long? We’re still the same brats, but the feud was stupid. We had a bad falling out, but it was so long ago that I’d forgotten what the problem was. Both of us are parents, and that changes people. Having a kid that you don’t want can fuck up a career.Īfter more than a decade you’re working with Tracii again. What’s the best advice you’ve been given? What can Philip Lewis do that nobody else can? Visiting is lovely but I’m not coming back. I got a Yank passport in 2003 but I’m not interested in dual citizenship. As of my last birthday I’ve spent more time in the States. Guns’ second album, Cocked And Loaded, sold half a million copies how did it change you?Ĭoming back to England with a gold record under my belt was a little bit of a ‘fuck you’.ĭo you consider yourself to be English or American? ![]() I’m a self-made man and my life has been a great adventure. What’s the biggest misconception about you? Tracii, Izzy Stradlin and all of the Guns N’ Roses guys were big aficionados, which spoke volumes as those albums were import only in the States. He’d already spoken to Spike about replacing me when I got the call from Tracii Guns. I had learned so much from Bernie but he was ready to fire me. It was irresponsible of the British labels to not take a chance on the Electric Gypsies. Girl was a poem, not an eight-part novel.Īfter trying again with the New Torpedoes and Bernie Tormé, you moved to the States to find stardom. ![]() How did you feel when Girl finally broke up, in 1982? In fact, with the exception of Phil Collen, we were fucking terrible. Turning up at smelly pubs in a Roller? Of course we did. Did you use arrogance as a marketing tool? So Don gave us the ‘rich and famous’ contract: if you get famous, I get rich.ĭuring an early club tour, Girl travelled in a white Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud belonging to Ekland. At first, although we looked good, we were not a great band, but people were talking about us because I was spending time with Britt Ekland. Girl were signed to Jet Records by the notorious Don Arden. The theatre group did ask me to stay on, but by that point music meant too much. ![]()
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