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L.A. GUNS Release 12th Studio Album ‘The Devil You Know’
March 29th, 2019

Los Angeles, California-based hard rock group L.A. Guns issued 12th full-length studio album The Devil You Know on March 29th, 2019 through Frontiers Music Srl.

“After the success of The Missing Peace a lot of people requested that the next record stay on track with the more metal side of the band’s music, which is my personal favourite side of the band,” commented guitarist Tracii Guns. “I drew from my typical influences of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, while still not forgetting my earlier influences of the late 60s and early 70s. I wanted to lead with the track ‘Stay Away’ because it’s a familiar L.A. Guns sound, but even a bit more metal. Something to get everyone’s palate wet.”

“It’s loaded with attitude and most of it bad,” added vocalist Phil Lewis regarding the album’s lyrical content. “You want a love song, fuck off and listen to Journey. They say write about what you know, and lord knows we’ve all known some evil bitches and dudes that have gone out of their way to make life difficult for us. We say unanimously from the whole band fuck you, we’re going places you could only dream about. We know what it’s like to be put down, poked, ridiculed… but guess what, looks like we get the last laugh. This band has always been fueled by adrenaline and anger and this record is a glimpse inside the carnival of rage that dwells deep inside our collective souls. Not much sunshine and hold tight to your lollipop… this is gonna be a fast, loud, bumpy ride!”

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘Rage’
02. ‘Stay Away’
03. ‘Loaded Bomb’
04. ‘The Devil You Know’
05. ‘Needle To The Bone’
06. ‘Going High’
07. ‘Gone Honey’
08. ‘Don’t Need To Win’
09. ‘Down That Hole’
10. ‘Another Season In Hell’
11. ‘Boom’ (CD and digital versions bonus track)

L.A. Guns’ line-up was as follows:

Phil Lewis (vocals)
Tracii Guns (lead guitars)
Ace Von Johnson (rhythm guitars)
Johnny Martin (bass)
Shane Fitzgibbon (drums)

Directed by Jason Mayer, music videos were released for the title track and the song ‘Rage’. Both clips can be viewed below.

Eleventh studio record The Missing Peace was released in October 2016 via Frontiers.

Promotional photograph by Jason Christopher.