L.A. Guns discography

The discography of L.A. Guns, an American hard rock band, consists of fourteen studio releases (twelve original studio albums, two cover album and one re-recording album), nine live albums, 13 compilation albums, four extended plays, 27 singles, six video albums and 25 music videos. After some early lineup changes, the group – consisting of vocalist Phil Lewis, lead guitarist Tracii Guns, rhythm guitarist Mick Cripps, bassist Kelly Nickels and drummer Nickey Alexander – signed with PolyGram and released its self-titled debut album in 1988.[1] It reached number 50 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[2][3] Alexander was replaced by Steve Riley,[1] and the 1989 follow-up Cocked & Loaded reached number 38 on the Billboard 200.[2] The single "The Ballad of Jayne" gave L.A. Guns its debut on the Hot 100, reaching number 33.[4]

L.A. Guns discography
L.A. Guns performing in 2015.
Studio albums	13
Live albums	9
Compilation albums	13
Video albums	6
Music videos	25
EPs	4
Singles	29

Hollywood Vampires, released in 1991, reached number 42 on the Billboard 200.[2] Three of the album's four singles charted on the Mainstream Rock chart,[5] and "It's Not Over Now" charted at number 62 on the Hot 100.[4] After the band's fourth album Vicious Circle failed to chart in the US,[2] L.A. Guns was dropped by PolyGram and went through a number of lineup changes, with Lewis, Cripps and Nickels leaving in 1995.[1] The band continued to issue new albums throughout the 1990s, with limited commercial success.[1] The group also went through a long line of personnel changes: 1996's American Hardcore featured new vocalist Chris Van Dahl and bassist Johnny Crypt,[6] the 1998 EP Wasted featured Crypt and vocalist Ralph Saenz,[7] and 1999's Shrinking Violet featured Crypt and vocalist Jizzy Pearl.[8]

The classic lineup of Lewis, Guns, Cripps, Nickels and Riley reunited in 1999 to record Cocked & Re-Loaded, a new version of the group's second album.[9] 2001's Man in the Moon featured Mark "Muddy Stardust" Dutton on bass,[10] and 2002's Waking the Dead was recorded by a four-piece lineup of Lewis, Guns, Riley and Adam Hamilton, after which founding member Guns left the band.[1] After three albums without the guitarist, Lewis and Guns reunited for the first time since 2002 in 2016.[1] In 2017 the band released The Missing Peace, which reached number 16 on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart and number 12 on the Independent Albums chart.[11][12] The Devil You Know was released as the album's follow-up in March 2019.[13] Renegades was released on November 13, 2020.