L.A. Guns discography
L.A. Guns discography | |
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![]() L.A. Guns performing in 2015. | |
Studio albums | 12 |
Live albums | 9 |
Compilation albums | 13 |
Video albums | 6 |
Music videos | 25 |
EPs | 4 |
Singles | 29 |
The discography of L.A. Guns, an American hard rock band, consists of fourteen studio releases (twelve original studio albums, two cover album and one re-recording album), nine live albums, 13 compilation albums, four extended plays, 27 singles, six video albums and 25 music videos. After some early lineup changes, the group – consisting of vocalist Phil Lewis, lead guitarist Tracii Guns, rhythm guitarist Mick Cripps, bassist Kelly Nickels and drummer Nickey Alexander – signed with PolyGram and released its self-titled debut album in 1988.[1] It reached number 50 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[2][3] Alexander was replaced by Steve Riley,[1] and the 1989 follow-up Cocked & Loaded reached number 38 on the Billboard 200.[2] The single "The Ballad of Jayne" gave L.A. Guns its debut on the Hot 100, reaching number 33.[4]
Hollywood Vampires, released in 1991, reached number 42 on the Billboard 200.[2] Three of the album's four singles charted on the Mainstream Rock chart,[5] and "It's Not Over Now" charted at number 62 on the Hot 100.[4] After the band's fourth album Vicious Circle failed to chart in the US,[2] L.A. Guns was dropped by PolyGram and went through a number of lineup changes, with Lewis, Cripps and Nickels leaving in 1995.[1] The band continued to issue new albums throughout the 1990s, with limited commercial success.[1] The group also went through a long line of personnel changes: 1996's American Hardcore featured new vocalist Chris Van Dahl and bassist Johnny Crypt,[6] the 1998 EP Wasted featured Crypt and vocalist Ralph Saenz,[7] and 1999's Shrinking Violet featured Crypt and vocalist Jizzy Pearl.[8]
The classic lineup of Lewis, Guns, Cripps, Nickels and Riley reunited in 1999 to record Cocked & Re-Loaded, a new version of the group's second album.[9] 2001's Man in the Moon featured Mark "Muddy Stardust" Dutton on bass,[10] and 2002's Waking the Dead was recorded by a four-piece lineup of Lewis, Guns, Riley and Adam Hamilton, after which founding member Guns left the band.[1] After three albums without the guitarist, Lewis and Guns reunited for the first time since 2002 in 2016.[1] In 2017 the band released The Missing Peace, which reached number 16 on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart and number 12 on the Independent Albums chart.[11][12] The Devil You Know is set to be released as the album's follow-up in March 2019.[13]
Albums
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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US [2] |
US Hard [11] |
US Indie [12] |
US Sales [14] |
US Taste [15] |
CAN [16] |
JPN [17] |
SWI [18] |
UK [19] |
UK Rock [20] | |||
L.A. Guns | 50 | — | — | — | — | 88 | 67 | — | 73 | — | ||
Cocked & Loaded |
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38 | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | 45 | — |
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Hollywood Vampires |
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42 | — | — | 42 | — | — | 20 | 28 | 44 | — | |
Vicious Circle |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | 13 | |
American Hardcore |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Shrinking Violet |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Man in the Moon |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Waking the Dead |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Tales from the Strip |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Hollywood Forever |
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— | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
The Missing Peace |
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— | 16 | 12 | 52 | 21 | — | 114 | — | — | 18 | |
The Devil You Know |
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— | — | 10 | 45 | 15 | — | 179 | — | — | 12 | |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. |
Cover albums
Title | Album details |
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Rips the Covers Off |
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Covered in Guns |
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Re-recording albums
Title | Album details |
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Cocked & Re-Loaded |
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Live albums
Title | Album details | Peak |
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JPN [17] | ||
Live! Vampires (released in Japan only) |
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91 |
Live! A Night on the Strip |
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— |
Loud & Dangerous: Live from Hollywood |
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Hellraiser's Ball: Caught in the Act |
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— |
Extended Versions |
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— |
Acoustic Gypsy Live |
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— |
Boston 1989 |
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— |
Toronto 1990 |
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— |
Made in Milan |
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— |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. |
Compilations
Title | Album details |
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Best Of: Hollywood a Go-Go (released in Japan only) |
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Hollywood Rehearsal (released in Japan only) |
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Greatest Hits and Black Beauties |
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Black City Breakdown (1985–1986) (credited to Paul Black's L.A. Guns) |
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Ultimate L.A. Guns |
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Fully Loaded: Greatest Hits |
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Hollywood Raw: The Original Sessions |
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The Best of L.A. Guns |
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Black List (credited to Paul Black's L.A. Guns) |
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Sex, Booze N' Tattoos |
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'86 Demo Sessions |
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Riot on Sunset: The Best Of |
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A Fistful of Guns: Anthology 1985–2012 |
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Extended plays
Title | EP details |
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Collector's Edition No. 1 |
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Holiday Foreplay |
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Cuts |
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Wasted |
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Another Xmas in Hell |
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Singles
Title | Year | Chart peaks | Album | ||||||||
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US [4] |
US Main. [5] |
UK [19] | |||||||||
"Electric Gypsy" | 1988 | — | — | — | L.A. Guns | ||||||
"One More Reason" | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Sex Action" | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Rip and Tear" | 1989 | — | 47 | — | Cocked & Loaded | ||||||
"Never Enough" | — | — | — | ||||||||
"The Ballad of Jayne" | 33 | 25 | 53 | ||||||||
"I Wanna Be Your Man" | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Malaria" | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Kiss My Love Goodbye" | 1991 | — | 16 | — | Hollywood Vampires | ||||||
"Some Lie 4 Love" | — | 48 | 61 | ||||||||
"Over the Edge" | — | — | — | ||||||||
"It's Over Now" | 62 | 25 | — | ||||||||
"Long Time Dead" | 1994 | — | — | — | Vicious Circles | ||||||
"Face Down" | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Killing Machine" | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Man in the Moon" | 2001 | — | — | — | Man in the Moon | ||||||
"Crazy Bitch" | 2007 | — | — | — | Bumps & Rails | ||||||
"Let It Rock" | 2008 | — | — | — | non-album single | ||||||
"Araña Negra (Black Spider)" | 2012 | — | — | — | Hollywood Forever | ||||||
"Gorgeous Georgie" | 2014 | — | — | — | Singles Going Home Alone #1 | ||||||
"Speed" | 2017 | — | — | — | The Missing Peace | ||||||
"Sticky Fingers" | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Christine" | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Baby Gotta Fever" | — | — | — | ||||||||
"No Mercy" (live) | 2018 | — | — | — | Made in Milan | ||||||
"Speed" (live) | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Stay Away" | 2019 | — | — | — | The Devil You Know | ||||||
"Rage" | — | — | — | ||||||||
"Crawl" | 2020 | — | — | — | Renegades | ||||||
"Let You Down" | — | — | — | non-album single | |||||||
"Well Oiled Machine" | 2020 | — | — | — | Renegades | "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. |
Videos
Video albums
Title | Album details | Peak | Certifications |
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US [21] | |||
One More Reason | 19 |
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Love, Peace & Geese |
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23 | |
Hellraiser's Ball: Caught in the Act |
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— | |
The Hollywood Years: Live & Loaded |
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— | |
Live in Concert |
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— | |
Made in Milan |
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— | |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. |
Music videos
Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
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"One More Reason" | 1988 | Ralph Ziman | [22] |
"Sex Action" | [23] | ||
"Electric Gypsy" | [24] | ||
"One Way Ticket" | Phillip Detchmendy | [25] | |
"Cry No More" | 1989 | ||
"Cry No More" (solo version) | Katy Lynne, Ralph Ziman | [26] | |
"Bitch Is Back" | |||
"No Mercy" (live) | |||
"Nothing to Lose" | |||
"Rip and Tear" | Jeff Zimmerman | [27] | |
"Never Enough" | unknown | ||
"The Ballad of Jayne" | 1990 | Ralph Ziman | [28] |
"I Wanna Be Your Man" | unknown | ||
"Malaria" | Ralph Ziman | [29] | |
"Some Lie 4 Love" | 1991 | unknown | |
"Kiss My Love Goodbye" | Rocky Schneck | [30] | |
"It's Over Now" | [31] | ||
"Over the Edge" | unknown | ||
"Long Time Dead" | 1994 | ||
"Tie Your Mother Down" | 2005 | Sean Fodor | [32] |
"You Better Not Love Me" | 2012 | Jack Foster | [33] |
"Araña Negra (Black Spider)" | |||
"Requiem (Hollywood Forever)" | 2013 | ||
"Speed" | 2017 | Pablo Aura | [34] |
"The Flood's the Fault of the Rain" | Wayne Joyner | [35] |
Other appearances
Title | Year | Album | Ref. |
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"Around and Around" (The Rolling Stones cover) | 1996 | Shared Vision 2: The Songs of the Rolling Stones | [36] |
"Cold Gin" (Kiss cover) | 1997 | Return of the Comet: A Tribute to Ace Frehley | [37] |
"Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" (Van Halen cover) | 1999 | Killing Machine (Tracii Guns solo album) | [38] |
"Atomic Punk" (Van Halen cover) | Hot for Remixes: A Tribute to Van Halen | [39] | |
"Run Run Rudolph" (Chuck Berry cover) | 2003 | We Wish You a Hairy Christmas | [40] |
"Wanted Dead or Alive" (Bon Jovi cover) | 2006 | Monster Metal Power Ballads | [41] |
"Billion Dollar Babies" (Alice Cooper cover with George Lynch) | 2007 | Guitar Slinger | [42] |
"Crazy Bitch" (Buckcherry cover) | 2008 | Bumps & Rails (Hot Wax Drippin') | [43] |
"Living After Midnight" (Judas Priest cover) | Hell Bent Forever: A Tribute to Judas Priest | [44] | |
"Piece of Your Action" (Mötley Crüe cover) | Crüe Believers: A Tribute to Mötley Crüe | [45] | |
"Angel of the Morning" (Chip Taylor cover with Juice Newton) | The Hits Reloaded | [46] | |
"Pour Some Sugar on Me" (Def Leppard cover) | 2009 | This Is Mullet Rock (reissue) | [47] |
"Little St. Nick" (The Beach Boys cover) | An All-Star Salute to Christmas | [48] | |
"We Will Rock You" (Queen cover) | 2015 | Keep Calm and Salute Queen | [49] |
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- The Missing Peace: "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 20 October 2017 - 26 October 2017". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
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- Love, Peace & Geese: "L.A. Guns - Love, Peace & Geese (Music Video Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
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- ^ Stone, Doug. "Return of the Comet: Tribute to Ace Frehley - Various Artists: Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- ^ "Killing Machine - Tracii Guns: Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
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