Altsounds — If you’re Guns-shy, cup your ears and head for the nearest bomb shelter, because L.A.’s hottest pistols have returned—louder and more ferocious than ever and on 24th May 2010, L.A. Gun’s Shrinking Violet Deluxe... more info

Metalsucks — I really wanted to like this book. I really did. As an old school Hanoi Rocks fan, I assumed this would be an eye-opening tell-all by the man behind the band that spawned sleaze rock which was later ripped off by Guns N’ Roses and lesser lights suc... more info

Metalsucks — L.A. Guns (the Tracii Guns version) were just the first signing in an apparent change of direction for Steve Vai’s formerly shredtastic Favored Nations label. According to a press release, the new Jibboom imprint of Favored Nations has just wrapped... more info

Metalsucks — Let’s play a little game. Which of the following does not belong? Steve Vai Petrucci/Rudess Alan Holdsworth L.A. Guns Eric Johnson Marty Friedman Vernon Reid See what I did there? I didn’t even put the obvious choice last, but it’s still just... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — In the early '80s, the guys of L.A. Guns were proudly members of the dirtier subset of Sunset Strip denizens. Acts like Poison tarted themselves up in blush and aimed for pop crossover from the beginning, but the Guns and their fellow sleaze-rockers ... more info