Talk In The Fast Lane Interview - Phil Lewis (L.A. Guns) - Discussing The Sunset Strip In The 80s
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- Опубликовано: 9 апр 2023
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Phil Lewis the Dynamic Front man of the legendary L.A. Guns joins the Fast Lane to discuss the bands new album "Black Diamonds," the heyday for the band in the late 80's and early 90's, Phil's days in Girl, the London scene in the late 70's, the sunset strip in the 80's and everything that is Phil Lewis and L.A. Guns.
Produced by founding member and guitarist Tracii Guns, "Black Diamonds" is a tour-de-force of rock 'n roll that fans have come to expect from the long-running hard rockers.
Written and recorded over the course of 2022, "Black Diamonds" sees Tracii Guns, Phil Lewis, and company continuing on the same successful and inspiring sonic journey that they've been taking on their most recent albums, "Checkered Past", "The Devil You Know", and "The Missing Peace".
The band doesn't shy away from flexing their hard rock influences as they always have, but also incorporates more introspective acoustic tracks reflective of their classic rock influences from the '70s. This makes for a potent and highly listenable cocktail of an album in "Black Diamonds". Since their self-titled debut in 1988 to their widely praised recent suite of "comeback" albums, L.A. GUNS, led by Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis, have always delivered solid rock ‘n roll to their fans. Since core members Tracii and Phil reunited under the banner of L.A. Guns in 2017, a rekindling of the band's creative energy has been continuing unabated over the course of, now, four studio albums.
"Black Diamonds" shows no signs of this renaissance slowing down… L.A. Guns never looked like the pretty poster boys that so many of their peers did, but more the band that you would be terrified to bump into in an alley as they would likely be carrying switchblades and ready for a fight.
But despite having many songs to back up that image, the band could also write powerful ballads (see the smash hit, “The Ballad Of Jayne” for Exhibit A of this argument) that showed there were some serious songwriting chops in the band.
The story of how we got from the band’s powerful early years to a fourth new studio album in the relatively short time that Guns and Lewis have reunited has already been well documented, so no need to rehash it. What’s important to know and understand is that the driving force of all those classic L.A. Guns songs was Tracii and Phil. Feeling inspired and excited like they did when they first started out, but with many years of wisdom and experience under their belts, and most importantly, a renewed and stronger creative and personal relationship, Guns, Lewis, and L.A. Guns as a whole are at a creative peak. 
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What a great interview !!
Lov LA Guns,,,Great Band,,,, Shouldev Bean Bigger Than They Are,,,, 👍👍👍
Having a teenager in today's world, I can tell you that his musical experience is nothing like mine from the late 70s into the 80s. Of course, I'm biased. I think my musical experience was better. But time moves on and he will probably feel the same way when his kids start to listen to music. But going through stacks of albums and meeting fellow rock fans at school and learning about new bands at a time when they weren't just seconds away on the Internet, was a great experience. It made you appreciate it more than you can today. You really had to search for it. You had to think hard about which album to buy, to take a chance on, with the few dollars you had in your pocket. Today, I can go on RUclips and hear anything in seconds. Sounds great. But today's youth will never relate to Saxon's Denim & Leather song.
Great interview. Phil has a cool personality and style in the way he carries himself.
If you watch any descent live videos of LA GUNS playing, one constant comment is that Phil Lewis still sounds as he originally did. His voice is amazing
Phil Lewis just stays Phil Lewis really the best singer in the hardrock world for sure 🤘🏻
He's good, but far from being the best. For sure.
Great interview. And kudos for the Keel poster
New to the channel and great interview... You Come across as such a fan and I really think Phil appreciated the questions and especially the interest in the new album you had.
Hope you get more subscribers.
Lol for second l thought it was that Cory F from lost boys, thank God Phil never lost his English accent