L.A. Guns is a rock band from Los Angeles, California, originally formed in 1983 and continuing on today. During the 1980s the band's first two albums gained some commercial success, though historically the band is perhaps most noteworthy because its original members went on to form Guns N' Roses. There are currently two bands touring as L.A. Guns, as of 2007. One fronted by Phil Lewis, the other fronted by Paul Black (featuring Tracii Guns). Music and image The music of L.A. Guns is frequently associated with the L.A. glam metal scene which grew up around the Sunset Strip in the 1980s, in particular the sleaze rock subgenre, of which Guns N' Roses (which once featured three of the original L.A. Guns members) was the most prominent exponent, generally preferring an anti-social, white trash image to elaborate make-up and costumes. The music and image of L.A. Guns is often referred to as "sleaze", the group dressed in all bla