Tracii Guns! The conversation dives into L.A. Guns' latest album

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Tracii Guns! The conversation dives into L.A. Guns' latest album, Leopard Skin, exploring its artwork and the band's journey through the eighties scene. It also includes some fun moments with your two cats and SEBS666, where Tracii shares his favorite albums, guitarists, and even his ideal 24-hour road trip companion.

The album Leopard Skin showcases the band's enduring creativity, following their 2023 release Black Diamonds. Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis continue to push boundaries, proving that L.A. Guns remains a force in rock music even after nearly 40 years.
It was almost 40 years ago that L.A. Guns established themselves as the undisputed sleaze
kings of the Sunset Strip, and, eventually, the world. At this point in time, most bands in their
position would be content to lay back, rest on their rock ‘n’ roll laurels and trot out the hits on
endless repeat for the fans. Instead, L.A. Guns, in true down ‘n’ dirty form, are grinding.
Exhibit A is the band’s newest album, LEOPARD SKIN, which not only comes hot on the heels
of 2023’s excellent BLACK DIAMONDS, but is also their fifth studio effort in seven years, since
the core team of guitarist and band founder Tracii Guns and singer Phil Lewis reunited in 2017.

“It’s the same with L.A. Guns,” he continues. “We can’t shed our leopard skin, but there’s a lot of
different spots in this band.”
Those spots run the gamut from early anthems like “Electric Gypsy,” “Rip and Tear” and “Over
the Edge,” to indelible ballads like “It’s Over Now” and “The Ballad of Jayne,” to more recent
classics like “Speed,” “Cannonball” and now, the ten tracks that comprise LEOPARD SKIN.
But across all the decades and all the music, the song, in a sense, remains the same. “The
number one thing is we write for ourselves,” Guns says. “It’s like, ‘What's missing in our record
collection right now? Okay, we need more of that.’ And fortunately for us, I think L.A. Guns fans
have the same taste that we do. That keeps us steady, and it also allows us to be versatile.
Because the death of this would be trying to focus on a singular sound in a singular formula,
which works for a few other bands really well, but we could never do it.”
Where does that position L.A. Guns in 2025? Tracii returns to LEOPARD SKIN. “The song title
‘Lucky Motherfucker’ kinda says it all,” he says. “Because I don't know how many other bands
that have been around almost 40 years are still out there not just touring consistently, but putting
out records consistently, and the thing just keeps getting bigger and bigger from year to year.”
He continues. “So the work ethic is yielding what it’s supposed to, you know what I mean? The
fans stay excited, we stay excited, and we keep making records. And as long as we have that
opportunity and there’s a place for this music in the world, there’s no reason to ever stop.”

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