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L.A. GUNS - SHRINKING VIOLET CD AVAILABLE MAY 25, 2010
May 12, 2010
If you're Guns-shy, cup your ears and head for the nearest bomb shelter, because L.A.'s hottest pistols have returned - louder and more ferocious than ever! L.A. Gun's "Shrinking Violet" is the debut signing of guitar virtuoso, Steve Vai's Favored Nation's newest Hard Rock/Metal division, Favored Nations/Jibboom. This "Shrinking Violet" Deluxe Reissue also includes live, never before heard bonus tracks, featuring some of the bands biggest hits including "Rip And Tear," "Never Enough," "One More Reason" and "The Ballad of Jayne", completely repackaged with smokin' new artwork. Over a year ago, Vai brought industry vet Dean Schachtel on board as Favored Nations Entertainment's GM. With Schachtel's Hard Rock and Metal background, it made perfect sense to start a new division at the company for Hard Rock and Metal artists. The tech-savvy Schachtel soon established a Facebook page for the label, which led to a correspondence with Tracii Guns and eventually the signing of L.A. Guns to Favored Nations/Jibboom. L.A. Guns may possibly be the first band signed through Facebook!
Born in Hollywood, Tracii Guns cut his teeth on Jimmy Page. Only six when he heard "Whole Lotta Love" on the radio, Guns parlayed his Zeppelin-inspired zest into what would become a legendary career. At twelve, an age when most guys are just discovering their equipment, Tracii already formed his first band, which morphed ultimately into L.A. Guns. Many ears, years and lineup changes later, L.A. Guns would go on to sell millions of copies worldwide of their albums "L.A. Guns" and "Cocked and Loaded."
The band line-up is Tracii Guns (guitar), Jizzy Pearl (vocals), Jeremy Guns (bass) and drummer Chad Stewart.
The original L.A. Guns line-up featured a certain Axl Rose as vocalist, and shortly after he left the band to form Hollywood Rose, Tracii agreed to join him, merging the two bands into Guns 'N' Roses. However, Tracii's tenure with G 'N' R was short-lived, and he returned to his first love, finalizing what is widely regarded as the classic L.A. Guns line-up.
L.A. Guns went on to sell more than 6,000,000 albums worldwide entrenching them as one of the most successful glam-metal bands of the era. However, L.A Guns have endured long past those heady days in the 80's and early 90's and, unlike many long since forgotten contemporaries (and a cavalcade of more recent imitators) L.A. Guns are the real deal, accept-no substitutions!
L.A. Guns will kick off their world tour in support of the Deluxe Re-issue of Shrinking Violet at the Key Club in Los Angeles, on June 10th.
All of the live tracks feature 3 Remedy amps through Z best cabs click here for a song sample.
Performance Track List
1. Girl You Turn Me On
2. Shrinking Violet
3. Dreamtime
4. Barbed Wire
5. I'll Be There
6. California
7. Cherries
8. Big Lil' Thing
9. Bad Whiskey
(Bonus Live Tracks)
10. Decide
11. Rip And Tear
12. Never Enough
13. The Ballad Of Jayne
14. One More Reason
Official Site: lagunsofficial.com
Favored Nations Site: favorednations.com
Favored Nations Facebook: facebook.com/favorednationsentertainment
Label: Dean Schachtel
Press and Publicity (USA): Rhonda Saenz
Press and Publicity (International): Sharon Chevin
MusicPROmedia proudly announces the new release of our Dr. Z Amps DVD!
Apr 6, 2010
The video is over 2 hours in length and includes footage of Dr. Z discussing and demonstrating how his amps are designed, created, and produced. Dr. Z also provides detailed info and analysis on tubes, speakers, circuitry, and more! There's even a personal, guided "shop tour" by Dr. Z himself showing the inner workings of the Z facility and his crew.
The DVD also includes 6 world-famous guitar players that discuss and play their Dr. Z amps. They include: Brad Paisley, Dean Parks, Buddy Whittington, Tracii Guns, Carl Verheyen, and Joe Walsh!
Order here: www.musicpromedia.com
Gaslight Anthem Studio Update
Mar 25, 2010
So we're in the Magic Shop Studio in New York City, getting pretty far into this recording as of now,
It's going pretty quickly, we rehersed for months before hand so it's paying off. When we came in
to the studio, I had my trusty Remedy head that I use at every show live through a Z Best Cab,
but we really wanted to get a true stereo recording so I got myself another Remedy to match,
again, through a Z Best Cab. It's great because we can get a lot of different sounds all with some
minor volume adjustments or tone control tweaking. Pretty simple set up, but I've learned it's what
you do with a little that makes a lot. The only effect I use is a Beano Boost in the treble boost setting.
Now, we're on to the vocals, good old U47. More to come...
www.gaslightanthem.com
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