L.A. Guns
American hard rock band
| Description | American hard rock band Source: Wikidata |
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| Formed | 1983 Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
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| Formed in | Los Angeles Los Angeles Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
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| Area | United States Source: MusicBrainz |
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| Country | US United States Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
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| Genres | glam metal sleaze rock hard rock Source: Wikidata |
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| Record labels | PolyGram Source: Wikidata |
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Members
- Ole Beich 1983–1984 (bass guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Rob Gardner 1983–1984 (drums (drum set)) · MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Tracii Guns 1983–1984 (guitar); 1985–2002 (guitar); 2016–present (guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Michael Jagosz 1983–1984 (lead vocals); 1984–1984 (lead vocals) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Axl Rose 1984–1984 (lead vocals) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Nickey “Beat” Alexander 1985–1987 (drums (drum set)) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Paul Black 1985–1987 (lead vocals) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Robert Stoddard 1985–1987 (guitar) · MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Mick Cripps 1985–1995 (bass guitar, guitar); 1999–2000 (bass guitar); 2000–2001 (bass guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Mattie B 1987–1987 (bass guitar) · MusicBrainz
- Steve Riley 1987–1992 (background vocals, drums (drum set), percussion); 1994–2016 (drums (drum set)); 2018-12–2023-10 (drums (drum set)) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Phil Lewis 1987–1995 (lead vocals); 1999–present (lead vocals) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Kelly Nickels 1987–1995 (bass guitar); 1999–2000 (bass guitar); 2018-12–present (background vocals, bass guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Michael “Bones” Gershima 1992–1994 (drums (drum set)) · MusicBrainz
- Chris Van Dahl 1995–1997 (lead vocals) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Johnny Crypt 1995–1999 (guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Ralph Saenz 1997–1998 (lead vocals) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Joe Lesté 1998–1998 (lead vocals) · MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Jizzy Pearl 1998–1999 (lead vocals) · MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Stefan Adika 1999–1999 (bass guitar) · MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Chuck Garric 1999–1999 (bass guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Brent Muscat 2000–2000 (guitar); 2002–2003 (guitar) · MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Mark "Muddy" Dutton 2000–2001 (bass guitar) · MusicBrainz
- Adam Hamilton 2001–2007 (bass guitar); 2018-06-17–present (electric guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Chris Holmes 2002–2002 (guitar) · MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Keff Ratcliffe 2002–2002 (guitar) · MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Keri Kelli 2002–2003 (electric guitar) · MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Charlie Poulson 2003–2004 (guitar) · MusicBrainz
- Stacey Blades 2004–2012 (guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Edan Serge Gillen 2006–2006 (keyboard) · MusicBrainz
- Jeremy Guns 2006–2011 (bass guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Scott Griffin 2007–2009 (bass guitar); 2011–2014 (bass guitar); 2018-12–present (guitar) · MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Chad Stewart 2007–2011 (drums (drum set)) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Alec Bauer 2008–2009 (guitar) · MusicBrainz
- Marty Casey 2008–2009 (lead vocals) · MusicBrainz
- Kenny Kweens 2009–2011 (bass guitar); 2014–2016 (bass guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Danny Nordahl 2011–2011 (bass guitar) · MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Dilana Smith 2011–2011 (lead vocals) · MusicBrainz
- Doni Gray 2011–2012 (drums (drum set)) · MusicBrainz
- Eric Grossman 2011–2012 (bass guitar) · MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Tony West 2011–2012 (lead vocals) · MusicBrainz
- Scott Foster Harris 2012–2012 (lead vocals) · MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Steve Preach 2012–2012 (guitar, keyboard) · MusicBrainz
- Frankie Wilsey 2012–2013 (guitar) · MusicBrainz
- Michael Grant 2013–2018 (background vocals, guitar) · MusicBrainz
- Shane Fitzgibbon 2016–2019 (drums (drum set)) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Johnny Martin 2016–present (background vocals); 2016–present (electric bass guitar) · MusicBrainz
- Jacob Bunton 2018-12–present (lead vocals) · MusicBrainz
- Johnny Monaco 2018–2018-06-17 (electric guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Ace Von Johnson 2018–present (guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
- Scot Coogan 2019-03–present (drums (drum set)) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Mark Dutton · Discogs
- Shawn Duncan · Discogs
- Mike Gersema · Discogs
- Jim Wilkinson (4) · Discogs
- Michael Grant (12) · Discogs
- Johnny Martin (7) · Discogs
- Rob Gardner (6) · Discogs
- Scott Griffin (9) · Discogs
- Dilana · Wikidata
- Shawn Duncan · Wikidata
- Nickey Alexander · Wikidata
Also known as
L. A. Guns L.A Guns L.A. Gun L.A. Guns (w/Paul Black) L.A. Guns (w/Phil Lewis) L.A.Guns L.A.ガンズ L>A> guns LA Guns Los Angeles guns The L.A. Guns
Links
Identifiers
mbid: 87684162-ab42-4cfa-bf22-ebe237035f54 · wikidata: Q542073 · isni: 0000000119400846 · discogs: 263201 · spotify: 22TEmHXBBLjTec2LOAuMdS
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