L.A. Guns

American rock band

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2025 Released Leopard Skin, their fifteenth studio album.
February 28 2025 Riley's version of L.A. Guns announces their disbandment.
2024 Riley's L.A. Guns releases The Dark Horse album.
2023 Continued releasing singles including "You Betray", "Rewind", "Shattered Glass", and "The Dark Horse" from albums Black Diamonds and The Dark Horse
2023 Band releases Black Diamonds album with current lineup including Tracii Guns, Phil Lewis, Johnny Martin, Adam Hamilton, and Ace Von Johnson
October 2023 Another lineup change occurs, maintaining Kurt Frohlich, Scotty Griffin, and Kelly Nickels, but with no specific fourth member noted.
October 24 2023 Steve Riley dies at age 67.
April 2023 Band releases the album 'The Dark Horse'.
2022 Released single "Rewind" from the album The Dark Horse
2022 Shawn Duncan joins as touring drummer
May 2022 Shawn Duncan replaced Shane Fitzgibbon as drummer.
2021 Band releases Checkered Past album featuring Ace Von Johnson and Adam Hamilton
2021 Shane Fitzgibbon returned as the live drummer for the band.
July 9 2021 Frontiers Records released the live album 'Cocked And Loaded Live' by L.A. Guns.
April 2021 Band officially starts using the name 'Riley's L.A. Guns'.
2020 Band releases the album 'Renegades' with the Kurt Frohlich lineup.
2020 Adam Hamilton became the studio drummer for L.A. Guns.
May 6 2020 Released new single 'Let You Down', the first single from their upcoming album.
January 2020 Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis sued Steve Riley over the use of the L.A. Guns name.
2019 Band released singles "Stay Away" and "Rage" from the album The Devil You Know
2019 Release of The Devil You Know album with the lineup of Phil Lewis, Tracii Guns, Ace Von Johnson, Johnny Martin, and Shane Fitzgibbon.
December 6 2019 L.A. Guns released the 'Another Xmas in Hell' EP through Frontiers Records in MP3 file format.
April 13 2019 Kurt Frohlich was announced as the new frontman of Steve Riley's L.A. Guns, replacing Jacob Bunton.
2018 Ace Von Johnson joins as rhythm guitarist, and Adam Hamilton briefly returns as rhythm guitarist
2018 Ace Von Johnson became the band's rhythm guitarist.
December 2018 Steve Riley launches his own version of L.A. Guns with Jacob Bunton on vocals and guitar.
July 2018 Announced their 12th studio album, 'The Devil You Know'.
March 2018 Michael Grant leaves L.A. Guns, initially claiming it was his choice but later stating he was fired for 'absolutely no reason'.
March 23 2018 The band released 'Made in Milan' on Blu-ray and DVD through Frontiers label.
2017 The band releases 'The Missing Peace', their first studio album featuring Lewis and Guns together in 15 years.
2016 Johnny Martin joined the band as bassist.
December 1 2016 Phil Lewis announces he will no longer be a member of the band, though this referred specifically to the version of L.A. Guns with Kenny Kweens and Steve Riley.
September 2016 LA Weekly reported that Lewis and Guns planned to record a new album for Frontiers Records, initially targeted for a June 2017 release.
September 2016 Tracii Guns rejoins L.A. Guns for the first time since leaving in 2002, following reunions with vocalist Phil Lewis at several shows the previous year.
May 31 2016 Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns announced their reunion, planning to perform together for the first time in 14 years under the name 'L.A. Guns' Phil Lewis + Tracii Guns' for several shows including performances in South America, Hair Nation Rock Fest, and Rock N Skull Fest.
March 17 2015 The band released the live album 'Toronto 1990' through Deadline Records.
2014 Mike Jagosz passed away, having been an early member of the band.
November 18 2014 Deadline Records released the live album 'Boston 1989' by L.A. Guns.
February 12 2013 L.A. Guns released the live DVD 'Live in Concert' through Deadline label.
2012 Released Hollywood Forever, their tenth studio album.
2012 The Tracii Guns-led version of L.A. Guns disbands.
September 27 2011 L.A. Guns released the acoustic live album 'Acoustic Gypsy Live' through Favored Nations Records.
2010 Sony Records released the live album 'Extended Versions' by L.A. Guns.

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