If you were to go down the list of the defining bands of the 80’s sunset strip scene and assess the quality of their releases over the decades, The bands who actually lasted decades and […]
I love that the bands I grew up with are still cranking out new music in 2025. It’s always baffled me when fans say they adore a band but haven’t bothered with anything they’ve released […]
The pandemic of course has hit bands hard and no more so than those who make their living from relentless touring. Back on November 28th last year L.A. Guns (the Phil and Tracii version) […]
Legendary Hollywood rockers L.A. GUNS dropped their critically acclaimed new album Renegades on the appropriate date of Friday 13th November. Renegades has been described as one of their greatest albums of their distinguished career. The album […]
Episode 24 of The Rockpit Podcast – sponsored by Dual Engraving. Featuring Interview segments with Max Cavalera of Killer Be Killed / Soulfly, Ex-Trixter’s PJ Farley, Stevie Stoker of Twister plus 12 Christmas Fun […]
The history of Rock is littered with the never ending saga of bands who split and reformed or splintered whilst continuing to tour and record with various line-ups and various members touting their version […]
There are of course two versions of L.A. Guns going around at the moment, something that we got used to a few years ago when Steve Riley and Phil Lewis led one version of the […]
RENEGADES is the brand new album from L.A. Guns (Steve Riley, Kelly Nickels, Scott Griffin, Kurt Frohlich), available now for pre-order/save now and out this Friday, 13 November 2020, through Golden Robot Records. To further whet the […]
RENEGADES is the brand new album from L.A. Guns (Steve Riley, Kelly Nickels, Scott Griffin, Kurt Frohlich), available for pre-order/save now and out on Friday, 13 November, 2020, through Golden Robot Records. If there was […]
L.A. Guns are truly on top of their game and enjoying an absolute resurgence in their long and distinguished career. Enter their new single, the title-track of their eagerly awaited upcoming album Renegades. The track is destined to become an […]
Following on from the release of their single ‘Crawl’ back in April, which clocked up well over 100,000 streams on Spotify within weeks, L.A. GUNS have dropped their next track ‘Well Oiled Machine’, through Golden Robot Records. Also lifted […]
Episode 17 of The Heaven & Hell show…presented by The Rockpit and sponsored by Dual Engraving. Each episode is split into 2 segments – The first hour is Heaven, which represents the hard rock […]
Having recently signed to Golden Robot Records part of the Golden Robot Global Entertainment Group, the legendary L.A. Guns have released their new single ‘Crawl’ off their upcoming album RENEGADES. ‘Crawl’ is now available on […]
Having recently signed to Golden Robot Records part of the Golden Robot Global Entertainment Group, the legendary L.A. Guns are set to release their new single ‘Crawl’ on April 20th. ‘Crawl’ is now available for Pre-Order / Save. If there was a band synonymous with […]
L.A. GUNS have just released a digital EP, “Another Xmas In Hell“! Listen on your favorite streaming or download platform here. Just in time for the holiday season and most importantly, Christmas carolling season, […]
If there was a band synonymous with the infamous Sunset Strip it is L.A. GUNS. Born into a scene that will never be replicated, L.A. GUNS rode alongside Motley Crue, Guns n’ Roses, Ratt, Poison, Quiet […]
I have seen LA Guns a lot over the years, probably every single line up. But I have not seen Phil Lewis and Traci Guns together since the last night of their tour in […]
HRH Sleaze Cycle IV has gone into overdrive – we are bringing you one of the most exciting lineups ever, with bands from around the globe descending on The O2 Academy in Sheffield! Tracii […]
I’ve seen so many great L.A. Guns shows over the years starting out on their very first tour of the UK and catching pretty much every early UK visit after that (The Skid Row, L.A. […]
There’s a showiness and jauntiness to the lead guitar on opening track ‘No Mercy’ that clearly says we’re not in 1988 anymore. The thrust is still there, that wonderfully spiky riff, that raw aggression but […]
Sydney teenage punks, The Kids, have come crashing into 2018 like their lives depended on it. Last month the band released their first single, School, to the praise of Australia’s punk and hardcore media and scored a spin […]
American actor, Lee Vervoort, best known for his role as a Savior in Seasons 6 and 7 of AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” is set to play the lead character in an upcoming music video […]
A roundup of various news bits and pieces from the world of Hard Rock & Metal including updates on LA Guns, Striker, Grande Royale and Maharaja. L.A. GUNS have released a news song […]
Details for the eighth annual MONSTERS OF ROCK CRUISE, the world’s premier hard rock/heavy metal experience at sea, have been announced. Departing out of Miami, FL, the five-day/five-night full ship charter cruise will set sail […]
Dontcha sometimes just hate some aspects of record labels, sure they put out the goodies for us when we want them but this whole re-packaging thing should surely contain a ‘this material has been previously […]
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