new L.A. Guns - "Taste It" (teaser)

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jens wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2025 1:51 am
Ralph2 wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 12:07 pm
Also, they focus on one person at the end in the crowd, who's literally old an bald......Strange
Dancing old dude is gonne be the hero of the trilogy of videos, going on adventures and dancing with dolphins & stuff.
Hope he fucking dies.
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I gotta hand it to Tracii. He keeps coming up with cool riffs and solos. The dude is great. And Phil sounds great too although the vocals sound too low in the mix and too much reverb. It looks odd when he's lip syncing. Very fake looking.

The backing band is annoying but beggars can't be choosers.

After 20 years or whatever I think there is only one LA Guns now. This is it. Just Phil and Tracii.
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Where did Kelly go and the other 2 guys from Riley's LA Guns?
Mick came back briefly during Man in the Moon but he's been out otherwise.

I'll check out the record of course. I guess the best I can ask for is that it's as good as Missing Peace.
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Song sucks and is completely forgettable. Traci hasn’t written anything worthwhile in decades. I suggest he go listen to
Hollywood Forever when they had a badass guitar player
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I like it alright. Not the most memorable hook but the guitars kick ass and I like Al Snug giving the tune a little BJ (Brian Johnson).
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Phil can still sing, so IDK what they were going for with the vocal track on this song? Regardless if it's Phil doubling his vocal with a higher part, or someone else?, either way it's a shit mix job and makes it distracting.
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Don't care much for the overall tune. We'll see if it grows. But I second the comment above about the riffs. There's a couple of cool solos toward the end with great tone.

TG has great sound. Feels like he needs a really great producer to pull it all together. While Phil can still sing like a mofo, the screaming thing doesn't do his songs justice.

LAG thrives better with weirdly melodic stuff like Let You Down, IMO
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Technology today has made it so it's not that expensive to shoot a video and have it look professional enough as far as lighting and video quality, but the directing, editing, acting, and storylines are horrible. Back in the day you had to have a lot of money to shoot videos, so effort was actually made into making sure they were good and enjoyable to watch. You had to have real directors who knew what they were doing. Now since anybody can shoot a video on an iPhone and have it look decent, I feel most band videos today suck. It's like we're going backwards to before MTV even started. They all look amateur and awkward. As Stevie said, this video is horrible. L.A. Guns looks like they're playing with no passion and going through the motions, which they are. They look bored! The old man is really odd because who is this video supposed to appeal to? I guess they're acknowledging their fanbase is in their 60s? Did they want to find an old guy to make them look younger? It's all a train wreck and looks like a high school production. They would have been better off with a lyric video.
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Ace blowing bubbles acting like he is an A lister, but hey at least he is out of FP. Phil is a good sleazy singer, but the new stuff is boring. Michael Grant kicked Ass. Martin is a very talented basis. Tracii worries about Satan and wokeness too much. Just like Biden it’s time for Tracii to do a diaper change. How is all that wokeness with Kamala gonna translate into new release sales?
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the song is mediocre and the video is cringe as fuck.

hopefully the album has better tracks.
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Phil doesn’t sound like Phil.

Tracii is writing better solos than Slash, MOST (not all) of Slash is all speed no melody lately.
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I’m not really musically necessary or audible… guess I’ll chew gum & look sexy
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If I was a young female, Phil's grin at 4:02 would make me wet and send me into an "omg i think i weirdly like older guys" phase
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no homo tho
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I notice things like Johnny Martin not even acting like he's taking the shot.
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Has ACDC vibe...
This seems like what rock guitarists would do in this day and age... which is pull back the gain from the amps.
Guns sporting the old school DEVO shirt is kinda cool.
Drummer looks like he should be at "day labor" instead of at this video shoot.
Bubble gum bubbles are G as B.
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This is written and recorded in the shitter
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The new song and video (Lucky) released today sucks.
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Jason Jennifer Leigh wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 9:15 am The new song and video (Lucky) released today sucks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15jvJExDjJ8
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