L.A. GUNS Vs. L.A. GUNS
February 25, 2009RollingStone.com reports: One night last summer, L.A. GUNS took the stage at the Taste of Lombard food festival in Lombard, Illinois. At the same time, 1,200 miles away, L.A. GUNS hit the stage at the Muscle Party Rockfest in Sarasota, Florida. How was this possible? Because L.A. GUNS, like a growing number of acts, are touring in two competing lineups: one fronted by the group's original guitarist, Tracii Guns, and another led by his Eighties bandmates, singer Phil Lewis and drummer Steve Riley. "Tracii's L.A. GUNS is bogus," says Riley. "People want to hear the songs sung by the original lead singer." Guns counters, "Those guys are a couple of dirty motherfuckers. I hired them for my band — if you get hired as a manager at McDonald's, you don't take over the McDonald's."
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