Tracii Guns

[Izzy]

All u LA Guns fans out there - is there a best of kickin' about - Brides of Destruction has made me a Tracii fan and i need to add a bit more of his efforts to my collection

[Acquiesce]

All u LA Guns fans out there - is there a best of kickin' about - Brides of Destruction has made me a Tracii fan and i need to add a bit more of his efforts to my collection

Yeah, there is one called Ultimate L.A. Guns.

[Dizzy]

Yeah and im pretty sure Dizzy does to but since L.A. Guns was kinda his thing it's a bit surprising he ain't touring with them it's like Nikki Sixx plans to do a reunion tour with The Crue but he won't leave Brides either it's possible to do 2 jobs at once

Yes, that was exactly my reasoning.  I thought maybe Tracii had returned to the fold to tour with them, plus I didn't picture L.A. Guns touring without Tracii Guns.

[Jizzo]

no no no, Ultimate is rerecordings from 2000. Do yourself a favor and get the originals, "La Guns" and "Cocked and Loaded". You'll be much better off

[Jizzo]

Tracii quit his own band because he gave too much control to Phil Lewis and Steve Riley. Phil rejoined in 1999 after they went thru 3 replacement singers. Jizzy and ralph were good but Phil is what makes La Guns, La Guns. Tracii's replacement Stacey Blades is really good, I saw them back in march and they were really good.

No one currently in the band has played on all the records. Steve joined after the first record and wasnt on 2 more in the 90's. Phil was out for 5 years between 95 and 99 while 3 others were done with 3 different vocalists. Bassit Adam Hamilton played on the last 2 albums, Waking the Dead and the first album without Tracii "Rips off the Covers"

Hope this helps

[Lineker10]

Does anyone have and photos/pictures of Tracii in Gn'R (apart from the one flyer on the Live-Era cover) or of Axl in LA Guns?

[Izzy]

Does anyone have and photos/pictures of Tracii in Gn'R (apart from the one flyer on the Live-Era cover) or of Axl in LA Guns?

I don't think Axl was ever in LA Guns

[Jizzo]

He never was.

Tracii and Axl considated there bands Hollywood Rose and La Guns into GNR featuring Axl, Tracii, Izzy, Rob Gardener and I think Duff played Bass, I'm not 100% sure on that. (I don't think Duff joined after Slash and Steven did as the BTM leads you to believe)

[Lineker10]

Does anyone have and photos/pictures of Tracii in Gn'R (apart from the one flyer on the Live-Era cover) or of Axl in LA Guns?

I don't think Axl was ever in LA Guns

From the history section of this site -

"In 1983, Tracii Guns started LA Guns with Axl. Ole Beich played bass and Rob Gardner drums."

"January,1984 - Later Izzy leaves the band to play in London and Axl sings in LA Guns."

Its intresting to note that at one time or another London had - Nikki Sixx, Slash, Izzy and Blackie Lawless all playing in it. Also this Ole Beich guy has played in LA Guns and then later the very first brief Gn'R - yet knobody knows anything about him. Hes probably somewhere out there knowing full well he at one time played in the greatest rock band ever!

[Jizzo]

Never heard it that way, but I guess it must be true

[Lineker10]

I don't think Duff joined after Slash and Steven did as the BTM leads you to believe

No, I think that's correct, because I've read the same story elsewhere.

No, Duff joined before Slash and Steven. From the history section of this site again -

"March 26th, 1985 - A flyer for a show at The Troubadour in Los Angeles says "L.A Guns and Hollywood Rose presents the band Guns N' Roses". The band's line-up is: Axl, Izzy, Tracii Guns, Ole Beich and Rob Gardner.
The band calls themselves Guns N' Roses (they rejected the names Heads Of Amazon and AIDS).

Later Duff joins the band and the lineup looks like this:

W. Axl Rose (vocals)
Izzy Stradlin (guitar)
Tracii Guns (guitar)
Duff McKagan (bass)
Rob Gardner (drums)
 
June 6th, 1985 - Duff had some connections in Seattle and booked gigs for the band. Tracii was replaced by Slash since he didn't show up for rehearsal.
The lineup:

W. Axl Rose (vocals)
Slash (lead guitars)
Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitar)
Duff McKagan (bass)
Steven Adler (drums)"

[jarmo]

The early days of GN'R are a bit of a mystery.

It's hard to figure out exact dates for things since it seems bands formed, then split, re-formed, somebody quit, was replaced, came back etc....  

But I think Duff joined before Steven and Slash.



/jarmo

[Jizzo]

maybe i'll ask him next time I run in to him....If he even remembers is another story

[norway]

The name gunsnroes came from tracii's and axl's last name

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