The “American Hardcore’’ album has to be my favorite non Phil Lewis L.A.G. RN: If you don’t mind I have a lot of questions that are not related to the new album. It’s going on all over the city at a bunch of different venues. Now we are playing Friday July 6 th at the Gramercy Theater in New York City. The venue has changed a few times since it was posted. Steve Riley: I am so happy you brought that up. RN: I see you guys are playing the CBGB Festival in New York on July 5 th. But we are proud of what we have done and all the years we have been doing it. They’re our songs and we love playing them. The people that have been our fans through out the years want to hear “I Wanna to Be Your Man“, and “Over The Edge” and that’s ok with us. We have played new songs but we are limited on how much new stuff we can put in there because we have to play the old material as well. Ballad of Jane, Rip And Tear, and Sex Action, there is no way around it. There are a number of songs that we have to play at every show. Steve Riley: We are trying to balance the set out. RN: How many new songs are going to be added to your set list for this tour? They said the fans were very active in telling the people that run M3 that they wanted us there. Cinderella was supposed to play but were not able to so they called us. We were not scheduled to play M3 this year. We started off M3 headlining the second stage and now the last three years we have been playing the main stage. That went out to like 20 or 30 million people around the world. RN: How did M3 go for you guys this year? He is all over the album and we are just happy he is back with us. Kenny was a great guy but he had a lot of other stuff going on that made it difficult for him to tour. We are real happy Scotty wanted to come back. Scotty was in the band before Kenny Kweens. RN: For people that may not know Scotty really is not new. Steve Riley: O’ Yeah, he has brought in a lot of the material too. RN: Scotty (Griffin) plays bass on this record as well right? We started fooling around with some of the songs and we started recording February 1 st. We took off for Christmas and went right in to the studio the day after. Steve Riley: It was all four of us coming off of a very long European tour. RN: From start to finish how long did it take you to complete this record? So we have to do our part to make it happen. We are going to put our best effort into promoting it. We are happy with the way it turned out, and the out look for it is great. We had more songs so we had to pick and choose what went on the album. And we are happy with the material as well. We knew what we are going to get with Andy. It was a nice collaborative effort, and to have Andy Johns produce us again was big. So when we went in to record, we went in fast because we were prepared and we knew what we wanted to do. We did about a month in the rehearsal hall and put it together there. RN: Considering it has been seven years since your last album was this processes any different? It’s our fourth album we did with Andy Johns producing and we are really digging it right now. We are planning on doing a ton of shows this year and really try to push this album. Steve Riley: Yeah, the album comes out June 5 th and on June 6 th we are playing the House Of Blues here in L.A. RN: Let’s talk about the new album that’s coming out June 5 th “Hollywood Forever”. I recently conducted an interview Drummer Steven Riley. Hollywood Forever solidifies L.A.Guns as one of the true leaders among their peers.ġ4. Singer Phil Lewis sounds as though time hasn’t past, Guitarist Stacey Blades is on fire, Drummer Steven Riley still holds the back beat while Bassist Scotty Griffin brings the bands sound together with a killer groove. Hollywood Forever is the fourth album L.A.Guns has made with legendary producer Andy Johns. Sometime last week I got my hands on a copy of “Hollywood Forever” and I have to say my expectations were met and then some. When I found out the band hit the studio to record this, my expectations where high and I could not wait to hear the finished product. That was not the case with “Hollywood Forever”. So to be honest I have tried to end all expectations and I try not to fall prey to the pre hype of any new release. Every now and then a band announces they are going to be releasing a new CD and I get my hopes up and more often then not I am let down. Interview W/ L.A.GUNS Drummer Steven Riley & Hollywood Forever CD REVEIWįinally after 7 years L.A.Guns led by Phil Lewis has returned with a brand new album.
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