L.A. Guns

L.A. Guns is the name of two glam metal groups from Los Angeles, California. The group was initially formed in 1983 and was composed of guitarist Tracii Guns, singer Axl Rose (who left to form Hollywood Rose and was replaced by Michael Jagosz), bassist Ole Beich and drummer Rob Gardner. The only material recorded at this time was featured on the Collector's Edition No. 1 EP (which was re-released with the compilation album Hollywood Raw in 2004). The group disbanded in 1984 when Tracii Guns and Axl Rose decided to merge both L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose to form the first lineup of Guns N' Roses. The lineup included Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin from Hollywood Rose and Tracii Guns, Ole Beich and Rob Gardner from L.A. Guns however this was short lived when all three L.A. Guns members left the group.

In 1985, L.A. Guns was reformed by singer Paul Black, initially as Faster Pussycat, recruiting former Dogs D'Amour singer Robert Stoddard to be the new guitarist with the group being rounded up by Nickey Alexander on drums and Mick Cripps on bass. Following Tracii Guns addition to the group, they re-adopted the L.A. Guns moniker. After signing a deal with Polygram Records, Black was repla...