Year : 1994 (Japan Edition)
Style : Glam Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 133 mb
Bio:
L.A. Guns is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1983. As of 2013, the lineup consists of Phil Lewis (vocals), Michael Grant (guitar), Scott Griffin (bass) and Steve Riley (drums, percussion). The first incarnation of the group was formed by Tracii Guns in 1983, but disbanded in 1985 following its merger with fellow Los Angeles group Hollywood Rose, becoming the first lineup of Guns N' Roses. The same year, the group was reformed by Guns and singer Paul Black adding Mick Cripps and Nickey Alexander. Black would soon be replaced by former Girl singer Phil Lewis while former Faster Pussycat bassist Kelly Nickels was added to the group. Later, Alexander would be replaced by former W.A.S.P. drummer Steve Riley with this being known as the "classic lineup" of L.A. Guns. They achieved moderate chart success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. However, the group went through numerous lineup changes (with Riley being the most consistent member) and failed to regain mainstream attention.The "classic lineup" of the group would reunite in 1999 and began recording new material. However, the group continued to change lineups and Guns eventually left to form the hard rock supergroup Brides of Destruction with Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe in 2002. L.A. Guns continued without Guns, bringing in guitarist Stacey Blades, however, following his decision to put Brides of Destruction on hiatus in 2006, Guns formed The Tracii Guns Band. The group's lineup consisted of former L.A. Guns members Black, Alexander as well as Jeremy Guns (though the lineup would eventually change), with the group eventually changing their name to L.A. Guns. Both groups continued to record and tour under the L.A. Guns moniker until 2012, when the Tracii Guns led version of the group disbanded.To date, L.A. Guns have released ten studio albums – L.A. Guns (1988); Cocked & Loaded (1989); Hollywood Vampires (1991); Vicious Circle (1995); American Hardcore (1996); Shrinking Violet (1999); Man in the Moon (2001); Waking the Dead (2002); Tales from the Strip (2005); and Hollywood Forever (2012), two extended plays – Cuts (1992); Wasted (1998) as well as a number of live and compilation albums.
Album:
Japan edition with 2 bonus tracks.Vicious Circle is the fourth album by American hard rock band L.A. Guns.The first single was "Long Time Dead".The band supported the album with a North American tour.Michael "Bones" Gersema drums on several songs."I'd Love to Change the World" is a cover of the Ten Years After song.The Chicago Tribune stated that the band "hasn't wandered a bit from the glam metal they helped popularize in the late '80s—a raunchy sound that makes the true headbanger cringe," but conceded that the album "also features some danceable tunes."The Calgary Herald determined that "bow-taut guitar solos are slung against arrows of melody fired at the bulls-eye of '70s rock."The Tampa Tribune opined that "guitarist Tracii Guns' trigger-finger riffs still fire faster than a speeding bullet."
Line-Up:
Phil Lewis – lead vocals except on "Nothing Better to Do", acoustic guitar
Tracii Guns – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Mick Cripps – lead and rhythm guitar, piano, keyboards, bass on track 4, backing vocals
Kelly Nickels – bass guitar, lead vocals on "Nothing Better to Do", backing vocals
Additional musicians:
Guy Griffin – acoustic guitar on track 15
Michael “Bones” Gersema – drums on tracks 1, 5, 9, 13–17, backing vocals on tracks 1, 13 and 14
Myron Grombacher – drums on tracks 2, 10–12
Nickey Alexander – drums on track 4
Steve Riley – drums on track 7
Doni Gray – drums on track 8
Steve Councel – harmonica on track 8, 14 and 15, backing vocals on track 8
Cliff Brodsky – piano on track 8
Steve Dior – backing vocals on track 2
Jim Wirt – backing vocals
Production:
Jim Wirt – producer, engineer, mixing of tracks 6, 11 to 13
Michael James Jackson – producer and engineer on "Crystal Eyes"
Dan Daniel, Dennis Degher, Jeff Graham, Mark Shoffner, Marnie Riley, Tim Allison – assistant engineers
Mick Guzauski – mixing of tracks 1 to 5, 7 to 10, 14, 15
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Robert Bisbo – album cover art
Tracklist:
01. Face Down
02. No Crime
03. Long Time Dead
04. Kill That Girl
05. Fade Away
06. Tarantula
07. Nothing Better To Do
08. Chasing The Dragon
09. Killing Machine
10. I'd Love To Change The World
11. Who's In Control (Let 'Em Roll)
12. I'm The One
13. Why Ain't I Bleeding
14. Kiss Of Death
15. Death In America (Japan Bonus Track)
16. Empire Down (Japan Bonus Track)
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