l.a. guns

"I learned guitar by playing along to my favorite live records when I was a young teenager," says Tracii Guns. The L.A. Guns six-string hero is telling Noisecreep about some of the live albums that changed his life. Guns and his band are about to release one of their own with 'Acoustic Gypsy Live,' L ...

Even veteran rock stars get the pre-show jitters sometimes. "I gotta admit, I was nervous!" said Kix singer Steve Whiteman about his band's headlining slot at the M3 festival in Columbia, Maryland on May 13. The fest, held annually at Merriweather Post Pavilion, was expanded to two nights for the first time ever to include a special Kix-Off party...

There's a new festival this summer for fans of '80s metal. Rock n' America seemingly came out of nowhere and pulled together some of the biggest acts of the Sunset Strip heyday. The festival is set for July 23-25 at the Zoo Amphitheatre in Oklahoma City...

From so-called 'heavy metal day' to straight-up glam, Rocklahoma 2009 featured four days of non-stop music, fans ... and excruciating heat. Held annually in Pryor, Okla., Rocklahoma attracts music fans from around the globe. This year, the event took place July 9-12, with bands like Anthrax, Overkill, Twisted Sister, Danger Danger, Kix, Stryper, Ratt and many more entertaining the crowd ... Read

Touring this summer with his League of Gentleman and L.A. Guns, guitarist Tracii Guns paused to remember Michael Jackson. Tracii has a special bond with the King of Pop – he was a backup dancer in the "Beat It" video when he was just 17. "Th ...

What a hairy situation. Well over a dozen glam bands gathered in Baltimore on May 30 for the inaugural M3 festival. Twisted Sister, RATT, Extreme, Kix, Dokken, Slaughter, Y&T, Gilby Clarke, Keel, Jetboy, L.A. Guns, Jani Lane, XYZ, BulletBoys, Carmine Appice's SLAMM and Steel Panther wowed the large and very drunk crowd. "E...

Few people are as important to the 80s metal scene as Tracii Guns. The original "Guns" in Guns n' Roses and the lead guitarist in L.A. Guns, Tracii has spent more than two decades making music – but his modern tastes might surprise you. "I'm...

"The most excited I've been about a new band is the Ting Tings, 'That's Not My Name,' L.A. Guns guitar whiz Tracii Guns told Noisecreep. "It's a fun song with some melody in it and it's really interesting musically." Guns – who has played with some of the biggest names in rock including Axl Rose and Nikki Sixx – thinks having a widespread taste in music is key to being a better gui