![]() If you don't have the original "Cocked & Loaded," make sure to buy that first. Still, "Cocked & Reloaded" should please fans of the band and is recommended to those that already have the original. The one real downside is that singer Phil Lewis's voice, while not shot, is not what it once was. While "Cocked & Re-Loaded" can't compare to the original album, if you are a fan of the band and the original album, "Cocked & Re-Loaded" is worth owning, as it offers an interesting take on one of the band's finest recordings. The band has obviously been playing these songs for years, went into the studio, cut their album, and went home, probably in a week. Because Vertigo Records owned the masters to the original "Cocked & Loaded" and wouldn't release them to the LA Guns, the band had no choice but to re-record the entire album if they wanted to do whatever they wanted to do with the songs.Ĭompared to the original "Cocked & Loaded," "Cocked & Re-Loaded" sounds far rawer, more live, more one-take, spur-of-the-moment. Why would a band re-record an album that is already a classic? But the LA Guns had their reasons. Guns have reloaded once again and they sound great, here and now."The premise of this album seems stupid. They finish their set with two of their most memorable songs: “The Ballad of Jayne” and “Rip and Tear”, both from “Cocked & Loaded”. What is labelled as “Jelly Jam”, is an instrumental session where the band’s guitarists get to shine. “Killing Machine”, a fast rocker from the 1994 album “Vicious Circle”, follows before we get the terrific “Never Enough” from the 1989 album “Cocked & Loaded”. We then get “No Mercy” from the band’s 1988 debut album, before we get treated to the fab 2002 song “Don’t Look at Me That Way”. As this is a short festival gig at noon we basically get a short “best of” set list, but we do get to hear the new track “Speed” as the second song of the set. Guns open this gig with “Over the Edge” from the 1991 album “Hollywood Vampires”. Additionally, he played with Nikki Sixx in Brides of Destruction and Michael Schenker in Contraband. Tracii has also had brief stints in Poison and Quiet Riot. Guns’ early days Axl Rose briefly fronted the band and then Tracii Guns was in the very first line-up of Guns N’ Roses before he was replaced by Slash. He has a lot of guitar in him and deserves more recognition than he normally gets. Guitarist Tracii Guns is also in fine form and his guitar playing reminds us that he is an underrated guitar wizard. He doesn’t seem to have lost any of his vocal skills with age. Recorded at Hollywood studios One on One, Music Grinder and Conway Recording, it was produced by Duane Baron, John Purdell and Tom Werman, and released on Augby Vertigo Records. and an interlock system that doesnt allow the barrel to open if the hammers cocked, or the barrel to close if the hammers cocked while its open. The band’s new album, “The Missing Peace”, was released the day before they walk on stage at the Loud Park festival on Saturday 14 th October.Įnglishman Phil Lewis has turned 60 and has now lived half his life in the US, but his English accent still shines through as he talks on stage between the songs. Cocked & Loaded is the second studio album by American glam metal band L.A. Guns in 2017 a relevant band and not a mere nostalgia act. It is obviously Lewis and Guns who are the main leaders in this classic sleaze rock band, but the newer additions – guitarist Michael Grant, bassist Johnny Martin and drummer Shane Fitzgibbon – all do their bits to make L.A. Guns perform on stage I am pleasantly surprised. I didn’t really know what to expect ahead of the gig, but when L.A. With vocalist Phil Lewis and guitarist Tracii Guns now reunited in the current version of the band and a brand new album out, there is a good level of interest in their performance at the Loud Park festival. Guns have had many ups and downs and many different line-ups in their career (for a few years there were even two different versions of L.A. 2005 CD Mausoleum / 251046 1 Review hawkfanatic Sep 11 2010. There are two versions of the band now in competition, and it’s the superior version, led by founder and lead guitarist Tracii Guns and singer Phil Lewis, that made Cocked And Loaded Live. Guns' version includes Tracii Guns, lead vocalist and former rhythm guitarist Phil Lewis (from 1987 to 1995, and since 1999), bassist Johnny Martin (since 2016), rhythm guitarist Ace Von Johnson (since 2018), Studio drummer Adam Hamilton. Guns reunited for a remake of the band’s 1989 album Cocked & Loaded titled, inevitably, Cocked & Re-Loaded. Guns exceed expectations at their Japan gig with Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns reunited once again. Released in 2000 on Deadline (catalog no. The band has been through numerous lineup changes since its inception, and currently has two versions. Guns backstage at Loud Park with Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson.
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