What’s great is that Mick takes a break from managing a retirement home and Kelly steps away from his computer to participate in the interviews. It features brand new interviews with each band member and some rare behind the scenes footage is shown between interview segments. So the big highlight of the dvd is the interview footage titled “The L.A. “The Ballad Of Jayne” is taken from a live show from the Hollywood Vampires tour and “Never Enough” is from a live show recorded during the brief reunion of this version of the band 8 years ago. Quality is also an issue with the 2 bonus tracks – they are also a bit dark. This is dark and dull and may disappoint some people out there. I do have a complaint with the show and that complaint is that the quality of the show is a little under par. Guns were rookies and how they worked the big arena stages. Now you can relive that experience one more time and get a glimpse of when L.A. With that in mind, this live show is a great document from a great period of music when arena rock was king.
However, with the arrival of grunge music, the carpet was pulled out from under the 80’s rock bands and the band would see the big arena stage only one more time opening up for Ac/dc in support of their third release Hollywood Vampires – they also had an opening slot for Ac/dc to promote their self titled release. bands and soon they would be headlining arenas across the world.
Guns were to follow in the footsteps of other L.A. The band is playing before an arena audience on a big stage and they hit the stage running from beginning to end.
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The full length show from Philadelphia features every song from their self titled debut release and captures a moment in time when it appeared the band was on the cusp of breaking out big time. Additional bonus footage includes 2 bonus live songs – “The Ballad of Jayne” and “Never Enough” and brand new interviews with all 5 band members who took the band to the upper ranks of the late 80’s music scene. The Hollywood Years consists of a full length show consisting of 10 songs that was shot in Philadelphia, PA while the band was out on the road supporting their debut release. Guns – Phil Lewis singing, Tracii Guns and Mick Cripps slinging the guitars, Kelly Nickels on bass, and Steve Riley pounding the skins. Guns that the majority of music fans have come to known as the identifiable L.A. The version of the band at the time consisted of the most popular version of L.A. Guns dvd takes you back to the days when the band was hungry and big hair, stiletto heals, and fishnet stockings were a staple of the late 80’s music scene. In fact, this album feels like the next logical step after the critically heralded “Waking The Dead” album and shows a band invigorated and ready to bash you over the head, as well as “wow” you with some epic, slower songs, proving you don’t always needs a semi-truck to run people over.This L.A. Feeling inspired and excited like they did when they first started out, but with many years of wisdom and experience under their belts, “ The Missing Peace” will surely please fans of the band’s classic albums (the self-titled debut, “Cocked And Loaded”, and “Hollywood Vampires”) as well as their widely heralded “comeback” albums (“Man In The Moon” and “Waking The Dead”). Guns songs, Tracii and Phil, is back and in a BIG way. What’s important to know and understand is that the driving force of all those classic L.A. The story of how we got from the band’s powerful early years to here has already been well documented, so no need to rehash it. Those chops are on fully display on “ The Missing Peace”, arguably one of the most vital and exciting releases in the band’s catalog. But despite having many a song 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 was some serious songwriting chops in the band. 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 an alley as they would likely be carrying switchblades and ready for a fight. What once seemed like a distant memory with no hope of returning has now come around and fans are about to be rewarded for keeping their fingers crossed and their hopes up. As the revival of the classic ‘80s hard rock and heavy metal scene continues unabated here in the 21st century, one reunion has been at the top of the wishlist of many a fan for a long time: the songwriting combination of Tracii Guns and Philip Lewis under the L.A.
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