PHIL LEWIS-Fronted L.A. GUNS To Begin Recording New Album Today

February 6, 2012

L.A. GUNS — featuring Phil Lewis, Steve Riley, Stacey Blades and Scotty Griffin — has inked a new record deal with Cleopatra Records. The band is currently in pre-production and expect to start tracking in early February with legendary producer, and old friend, Andy Johns (LED ZEPPELIN, THE ROLLING STONES, CINDERELLA, VAN HALEN, as well as the last three L.A. GUNS albums). A CD and vinyl release, as well as bonus tracks available only on iTunes, is set for early summer. A nine-month world tour following the release is also currently being planned.

Commented the band: "[Saturday, February 4] was our last day of pre-production, We got to play 20 new songs to Andy Johns, the guys from Cleopatra and our agent. They all seemed to like what they heard.

"On Monday, we start tracking drums in a big old-school studio for a few days and after that hours days and weeks in the little studio with Bruce Witkin.

"We ran into our old bandmate Mick Cripps last night and he's on board to play a few tracks so that's him and Kelly; wow, that's four-fiths of the original band!!!! How cool is that?"

Singer Phil Lewis is said to be thrilled to get back in the studio and finally get a chance to record once again with Andy. "We've been waiting a long time to get back in and record," he said. "Our last album, 'Tales From The Strip', was incredibly well-received and we're looking forward to putting out something even better! With today's uncertain musical landscape, it's great to have a label like Cleopatra Records behind us. We've been friends with Brian Perera (Cleopatra Records owner and founder) for a long time, and are really looking forward to working together on this and many more projects with him in the future."

Phil Lewis' L.A. GUNS is not to be confused with the Tracii Guns-led version of the group, which is also continuing to record and perform under the L.A. GUNS moniker.

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