LA Guns Phil Lewis "From London to LA"

[@davidlane9138]

Hollywood vampires is a fantastic album. I've had it and rocked it since it first came out. Absolutely love it.👍🎸

[@pags409]

Phil gave LA Guns his all... He stuck with it when sticking with it wasn't in vogue. Has been a blast following the band since Tracii's return. Both of those guys belong together and of course Phil's voice outshines most of his contemporaries from that time. LA Guns featuring Tracii and Phil are the real deal for sure.

[@markb6863]

Yes he did

[@michaelg.1786]

Absolutely! Couldn't have said it better.

[@keithshoffner1287]

what pags409 said..... period.

[@julietrask7497]

To me it seemed a like a real surprise when Phil and Tracii were talking,much less be in a band together again. Love Phil, always have always will. A straight up nice man.

[@GERRYLOPEZ1]

L.A. Guns has always been my favorite from the 80's era. Still are to this day! Seen them many, many times. Guns were the last live show I seen just before the pandemic shutdown. Can't wait to see them live again. Keep rockin Phil...your a class act!

[@seeesta4324]

Faster Pussy Cat also.

[@GrampsD63]

You saw the New Years Eve show at the Whiskey?

[@fridayray8891]

Guns,Guns,Guns 🎸

[@Debra-k1f]

Me too, last concert before the pandemic and my husband passed away after that.

[@80smetalrecyclebin]

awesome interview with Phil lewis - One of the best LA bands out there.

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

Hope he talks about Girl and Torme as well down the line.

[@johannacox3267]

I loved their look and at 50 I still do!! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🤘🤘🤘🤘💯💯💯💯

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[@jamiedoughty6703]

L.A Guns are so terribly underrated. They still crank out great albums and sound great live! Thank God they're still around and touring. I LOVE this band!

[@timsacco6g694]

Cocked and Loaded was an absolute masterpiece!

[@mojopin70]

It was. A great album.

[@seeesta4324]

@@mojopin70 Love that album.

[@judas2891]

Yep..I owned a cassette back in the day..damn, so long ago.

[@prodigal71]

Agreed!! Just so damn good

[@airikwilliams6720]

Hell yes it is

[@ronaldrogers3566]

I'll just say phil is unique talent, one in a million and a game changing upgrade for LA Guns.

[@johnhoneck2973]

Been a fan since 87 and I met him at the vegas airport about 7 years ago. I didn't want to bug him but he didn't seem to mind at all and I probably could have had a longer chat with him while he waited to pick up his daughter. I regret not hangin with him a bit longer. Nice guy, fantastic singer.

[@TheComfortInStatic_Official]

Phil Lewis was the soul of LA Guns. Those first 3 albums were absolute masterpieces! "Hollywood Vampires" was such an incredibly underrated record.

[@billwesley2213]

Totally agree

[@Gunnar.J]

My fave LA Guns album is Hollywood Vampires!

[@GlamprinceRockking]

Here's an unpopular favorites Tales from the strip & shrinking Violet

[@timroelofsen1563]

Shrinking Violet with Jizzy Pearl

[@cgarris8674]

@@GlamprinceRockking I love Tales from the Strip, but Shrinking Violet seemed too far of a departure from their original sound for me.

[@alanwoods5491]

Still got my La guns debut LP...Still stands the test of time ...Great album...Great band in their day .

[@markandrews7241]

Hands down, my favorite band of the whole Era. I've seen them 28 times through the years, and met the guys several times. They may not have been the first LA club band, but by far the best. When we finally get back to normal, I'll be in the ticket line again..

[@leticiabromley6013]

Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns---great, great duo.

[@jamescicalese4737]

So you grow up rocking to these guys, who seemed way larger than life. And yet these interviews show that that were just everyday guys who had a vision and jumped at it when a chance rolled about. Got on a plane and arrived in LA the next day? That's inspiring. And despite all of the fun they had, they worked hard. Imagine going out and doing a loud, long show when you're feeling down or ill. And then having to get on a bus and do it again the next night! Love guys like Phil Lewis!

[@LionessDeWinter]

He looks amazing! Great band; I've always loved them. I remember walking into Musicland in the mall and buying their debut cassette. I think that I wore through three or four copies. I finally got it on CD.

[@davecassady7468]

I remember seeing the video for Electric Gypsy for the first time & thinking, "This band kicks ass!" Then it was Ballad of Jayne. But my favorite song was One Way Ticket. It was a dark ballad when most of the ballads were sappy love songs. Great band.

[@DiegoRooks]

You guys rocked in era I still hear ballad of Jane and Magdalene . Gonna hear it now

[@misstigerlilly7353]

I L❤VE LA GUNS AND ALL OF THEIR SONGS & VIDEOS , I LOVE PHIL LEWIS , HE HAS AN AWESOME VOICE AND HE'S SUCH A CUTIE AND HE'S STILL A CUTIE🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥AWESOME INTERVIEW 👍

[@IvanLopez-zh3xz]

really good!!!!

[@charliedontsurf70]

I met Phil in 2009 at a concert with LA. GUNS and he and the band were as nice as could be, especially to my kids, they signed a CD and a T shirt, Stephen Riley was also very friendly, very approachable bunch of guys, I'll never forget that.

[@ianmeadows956]

Saw them about ten years ago at a club called Mcguffey's here in Dayton Ohio and it was fucking awesome.

[@Tuckerpig]

Phil is my favorite vocalist by far. I am a lifelong LA Guns fans.

[@dougwilliams44]

#philLewis One of the GREATEST Vocalists to EVER come out of the "80s L.A. Rock Scene", DON'T QUIT M8!! 🤘🤘

[@nymike06]

I so miss the 80's.

[@Jay-ef2ii]

Great interview.

[@markhansjahrling5648]

Great Great Band ! Better than G&R ... These guys always took time for their fans.. God Bless Phil & Tracii for LIFE !

[@fizzysuxx]

Great interview!

[@VS-kn5uq]

Raw honesty - love it

[@susiestogsdill5075]

I'm loving this channel, many many great favorites on here. Looking forward to more!

[@josephcoon9914]

Hollywood Vampires is one of my favorite albums

[@vinaymulukutla358]

He's still got his English accent largely although it does have some American elements. One of the greatest bands I've ever seen live.

[@daniellewisvideos4989]

I saw LA guns many times in the very early 90s, and I remember seeing them NYE of 2000 at the Troubadour and it being a great night for me (after a really tough year) 🤘

[@TheMeJustMe75]

As someone in their mid 40's, I have had a blast learning their songs and others from my childhood. It's surprising that some of the "Hair" Metal songs can be a little complicated. Some of the guitar players didn't get the recognition they deserved. Finally in 2020 - 2021, they are being recognized.

[@ESC9242]

I was Phil's roadie one night when he played with Filthy Lucre in LA. I had a difficult time putting his equipment into his little Jaguar after the show, but it all fit surprisingly! He is a pretty cool guy!

[@whittlad]

Phil was in a superb band from London (after Girl) called Torme named after guitarist Bernie Torme. They were getting a huge club following around the UK but as Phil mentions the UK had turned it's back on rock music.

[@robertphelps1574]

GIRL was a brilliant band I saw them live at the Marquee in 1981 and saw Bernie when he was in Gillan

[@martymajewski6177]

Hollywood Vampires....the one album that comes to my mind when I hear " the wrong place at the wrong time!" Had that album come out a few years earlier, LA Guns would've been on GnR level...so freaking great! Still a phenomenal live band to this day!

[@sknight0391]

Phil's voice still sounds great!

[@davidpaul6656]

I always wondered how it came to be that Phil wound up in LA Guns, after being in Girl. Thanks for this cool look back at his roots! 🤘😎

[@jamesstaggs4160]

"So people could relate to the music again". I was about 9 or 10 and really got into the rock/metal of the time. That was at the tail end of the whole thing. I was 13 or 14 when Nevermind came out, so of course I was a massive fan. The silly thing about it all is that this "relatable" music had lyrics that were totally incomprehensible due to the way the vocalists were singing, and even when you could understand the words they were generally so cryptic that they made no sense anyways. So yeah, very relatable. The musicians themselves seemed more like real people than most guitar based music of the 80s, but I could understand what the songs meant, which I couldn't with all the grunge stuff.

[@saltpeter7429]

We are the same age. I was weaned on the 80's rock, had a brother 5 years older and we shared a bedroom. I loved 80's metal. Crue, L.A. Guns, W.A.S.P and Ratt. You are absolutely right, junior high and the advent of never mind was the complete change of the rock scene. Being a teenager in the 90's was good and exciting, Pantera and Soundgarden shows, it was a killer time. But I never shit on or abandoned the great hard rock glam metal that I was brought up on as a kid, why cant different styles exist? I think it was the suits at the record companies just making their jobs easier.

[@MKYeahBuddy]

Great all around singer man. His voice was so different from anything else out there. Idk how they didn’t get bigger than they did (and they had a lot of success don’t get me wrong). I see them at Jergels in Pittsburgh PA EVERY time they come. Just Tracii and Phil originals, but man, they are great and they’ve got some good dudes in the band now w a lot of talent!!

[@brandonjones152]

This guy is boss!!! Worked a real job!! Dam!!! Love their music

[@notgivinup]

"And it was getting really fluffy...." lol. Preach Phil!

[@edkowalski2001]

Vicious Circle, amazing stuff. LA Guns is still one of the best bands out there. Phil is still one if not the best vocalists out there, the heart of LA Guns.

[@GERRYLOPEZ1]

One of their best! Love the whole album but Face down, Long time dead, Who's in control and my personal favorite, the bluesy Why ain't I bleeding are stand out tracks.👍✊

[@debrahigh5039]

@@GERRYLOPEZ1 I love ❤️ why ain't I bleeding, definitely a fav

[@scottwhite2757]

Great interview, I’m stoked Phil came across the pond to hook up with Tracii LA Guns is a Great band as everyone knows..

[@frisbeeshawn5356]

From his band Girl .. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🔊🔊

[@GrampsD63]

He did some great work with Girl and Bernie Torme too.

[@lukecold8562]

Met Phil in 2001 when LA Guns played the Hard Rock I was working at, at the time. He walked off the bus and through the door with a brunette on one arm and a blonde on the other, Both smoking hot. I said now that's a rockstar's grand entrance. Nice guy also.

[@tracezachdaniels4264]

SO SHWEEEETTT...much love Tee with LIONS NAMED LEO.[the music worldwide} great talks..!!!

[@abefroman70]

I loved Tales From The Strip! Stacey Blades was a great fit.

[@jasonstallworth]

Interesting perspective of the transition of music. And it kinda seems unfair that the great bands like this that weren’t necessarily ‘hair bands’ were taken down during that time.

[@vinaymulukutla358]

Hi Jason. I always felt that LA Guns deserved much more success being one of the more musically proficient bands in the 80's hard rock/glam metal genre. They seem to have gotten passed over in favour of Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Poison, Warrant, Cinderella and Guns N' Roses (don't get me wrong, the Gunners are epic)

[@jasonstallworth]

@@vinaymulukutla358 🤘

[@brianbridges3090]

Way underrated singer

[@JR-fl1nc]

Cocked and Loaded incredible rocking album

[@seagullpoet]

He’s one tough son of a gun. Imagine being him in the 80s in L.A. Wow. Reminds me of Billy Idol, in some ways. Saw em in concert in Boston. They rocked it like a lightning strike.

[@lanceraustin]

Shades of Johnny Rotten, too

[@jerrythomas8604]

“Tough “?? Huh

[@robertturner1550]

One of my favorite singers. I would have like to have seen what music Phil and Randy Rhoads could have created.

[@mattbrillhart2922]

Great interview. Also, I completely forgot Phil is English! LOL

[@siddcandy]

What a nice guy!

[@johnband3]

Really would love to see the original line tour again

[@sknight0391]

They should have been much bigger than what they were. Phenomenal band but very underrated. Same thing with Faster Pussycat. Between those two bands, they put out a lot of great music. 🤟😁

[@j2martnz348]

Cmon .....Faster Pussycat could barely play ! They sucked.....

[@twill4857]

Phil was an editor at Fox Sports 😮 unbelievable

[@cody_sorensen5757]

that was great! enjoyting this channel!

[@someguysomewhere100]

35 years in the US, still got his English accent - not lost it one little bit.

[@dmkanz]

Awesome interview - will there be a part 2

[@trendmassacre8423]

I really enjoy The self titled album, and Vicious circle. V.C. is different but it has some catchy songs, like Killing Machine for one. The last 2 albums since Tracii came back have been so damn good!

[@pizall1440]

I want to here more about Phil working as an editor at FOX sports.

[@dathorndike4908]

I was shocked to hear that.

[@michaelyatsco1958]

Phil is 64 and is at his best. Looks great for his age and has the energy and performance standard of someone 30 years younger. Go watch an L.A Guns show those guys are Ripping through shows like they just started. Phil and Traci don't cheat their fans and aren't burn outs total professionals and the other younger dudes in the band fit perfect.

[@nymike06]

Nicely said! I hope to catch them when they come to NY.

[@anntaylor-minch5729]

LOVE LOVE LOVE L.A. Guns! But sadly, we've had tickets to see them on two separate occasions. Both times shows CANCELLED! :'(

[@guskalogeros9021]

Happened to me too! Do you live in Toronto Canada?

[@Debra-k1f]

Us too!! In Denver.

[@jimthar17]

The thing is, we, the fans, knew who the junk bands were. (Brunette? Seriously?) We didn't need Savior Cobain to come in and change things for us. We just needed the bands we loved to keep making good music. Problem is, most of them jumped on the gloom bandwagon and also started wearing flannel and writing shit music. Then we, the fans, stopped buying their records because they were not what they should have been. Every band from Glam to thrash had a "grunge" phase to try and "stay with the times" but it was all garbage. Some worked their way out of it and recovered their sound and some didn't. I will say that The Missing Peace is a brilliant record and is up there with the LAG classics in my eyes. If it had come out after Hollywood Vampires it would have been huge. Great album.

[@doug2078]

Phil seems like a Cool Dude

[@MB-oc1nw]

The first LA Guns record was killer

[@davidvondusseldorf1208]

Vicious Circle was a great album

[@jimthar17]

Agreed.

[@headshaker4609]

Phil seems like a really good dude

[@michaelbaker3598]

People gotta get away from the digital......thats why we love this sound

[@lindatimmons3675]

I agree. This digital is crap.

[@SpyneMetal]

Cool video

[@jasonpoole5132]

Love LA Guns……wish the main 5 (Phil, Tracii, Steve, Kelly and Mick) would figure out a way to put up with each other and get back together.

[@julietrask7497]

Umm no, for some reason Tracii has a grudge against Steve Riley. Get over it 20 years ago!

[@Debra-k1f]

Well, that isn't going to work now. RIP Steve Riley

[@bryonkidder6199]

L.A. Guns Rocks!

[@dwade6322]

To me,L.A. Guns was the alternative version to Motley Crue...not as 'pretty' or as 'fluffy'...an equally as powerful.

[@rhondachristinethegirls2104]

Looking awesome still

[@sinbysin666]

You can tell from this interview he had said some things about Girl and NWOBHM - it's a shame that was cut out.

[@Backstage61]

Great Guy So Down To Earth Good Friend

[@RavnerRavner]

i liked all their music. they were clever.

[@Davo-gj7gl]

There first 3 albums were killer 👍🏻

[@shotgunrebels]

Had no idea Phil had lived in Austin. Man his voice still sounds great. He held up much better than most of his peers.

[@RonPro-u1t]

Great frontman.

[@freewillfarms2059]

He just played the hall in little Rock and they killed it.

[@jasonpatterson410]

L . A . GUNS rocked !

[@ceemartin5624]

I wished Girl would have got the recognition it deserved in the UK. They were such a great band.

[@RavnerRavner]

i had no idea Phil Lewis lived in Austin Texas... damn.

[@josuefernandez3622]

I didn't know Phil is an English man, he's a cool dude.

[@antrygis1]

Phil with Bernie Torme...his mentor. Back to Babylon was great before they lost the plot. Bernie's word. I think Heroin was cheaper than beer at that point. Love Guns and $$$. Onward to L.A. Guns young man.

[@martinpiper-ku3vi]

saw LA Guns in london about 1989 think it was at the marquee club

[@jelkel25]

Yeah, you could feel it at the time, the music was getting poppier and further away from it's roots. The thing about pop is it usually has a 3 year life cycle, tops. It wasn't just the "fluff bands" that put the nail in coffin, GnR went all symphony orchestras and grand pianos when they sold because they were grittier and had not forgotten their roots.

[@DisconnectedMinistry]

Seriously….where are the FULL interviews?

[@mojopin70]

Phil is politely saying 'we' or i should say 'they' the crappy bands he speaks of ' disappeared up their arses and people couldn't relate to them' that's why Nirvana were so huge....

[@guitarastar]

Hey Philip, give me a call someday. Been a long time. I''ll never forget us trying to break into the club next door to the Whisky after a gig in 2010

[@g2theg]

Watching these old metal dudes is pure comedy gold

[@destroyingfear777]

Oh wow I had no idea that Phil Lewis had a british accent after all these years. I'm just discovering this in 2024 lol

[@j2martnz348]

He packed the essentials .....a "hair dryer"

[@rogerwest6014]

Why not mention the band Girl you were in My Number great track

[@ctpmark]

I Loved their first album, played the hell out of it.. still do. finally in 2005 (st patricks day) i got to see them with Slaughter and Skid row.. unfortunately they opened.. and it was a train wreck.. pretty sure his son was on bass, phil riley on drums, no tracii guns.. it was like a mediocre cover band doing la guns songs... dont get me wrong... when skid row came on with that singer that was a bad david lee roth clone... was no better.. wish i could un-see that show...

[@beeemm2578]

When rocknroll becomes about something other than the actual rocknroll, its finished. No matter the gimmick, you gotta have the music first. Cock rock became more about the look and the formula.

[@summerwolf1414]

lot of cookie cutter bands came out in that time. IMO maybe 2 out of 10 were great the rest were worth the listen i won't say they were not but it was slim back then. and then we got kicked in the head with Guns N' F'N Roses and rock made a brief comeback.

[@bartacomuskidd775]

Yeah.. but how much cheddar did you make? I need to know