# L.A. Guns discography

The discography of L.A. Guns, an American hard rock band, consists of 17 studio releases (14 original studio albums, 2 cover albums and 1 re-recorded album), 9 live albums, 13 compilation albums, 4 extended plays, 27 singles, 6 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. It reached number 50 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Alexander was replaced by Steve Riley, and the 1989 follow-up Cocked & Loaded reached number 38 on the Billboard 200. The single "The Ballad of Jayne" gave L.A. Guns its debut on the Hot 100, reaching number 33.
Hollywood Vampires, released in 1991, reached number 42 on the Billboard 200. Three of the album's four singles charted on the Mainstream Rock chart, and "It's Over Now" charted at number 62 on the Hot 100. After the band's fourth album Vicious Circle failed to chart in the US, L.A. Guns was dropped by PolyGram and went through a number of lineup changes, with Lewis, Cripps and Nickels leaving in 1995. The band continued to issue new albums throughout the 1990s, with limited commercial success. 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, the 1998 EP Wasted featured Crypt and vocalist Ralph Saenz, and 1999's Shrinking Violet featured Crypt and vocalist Jizzy Pearl.
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. 2001's Man in the Moon featured Mark "Muddy Stardust" Dutton on bass, 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. After three albums without the guitarist, Lewis and Guns reunited for the first time since 2002 in 2016. 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. The Devil You Know was released as the album's follow-up in March 2019. Checkered Past was released on November 21, 2021. Tracii Guns' version of the band will release Black Diamonds in 2023. Steve Riley's version of the band will release The Dark Horse on July 14, 2023.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US Hard | US Indie | US Sales | AUS | CAN | JPN | SWI | UK | UK Rock | Certifications |
| L.A. Guns | Released: January 4, 1988 Label: Vertigo Formats: CD, LP, CS | 50 | — | — | — | — | 88 | 67 | — | 73 | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Cocked & Loaded | Released: August 22, 1989 Label: Vertigo Formats: CD, LP, CS | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | 45 | — | RIAA: Gold |
| Hollywood Vampires | Released: June 25, 1991 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, LP, CS | 42 | — | — | 42 | 91 | — | 20 | 28 | 44 | — | |
| Vicious Circle | Released: October 4, 1994 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, CS | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | 13 | |
| American Hardcore | Released: October 29, 1996 Label: CMC International Formats: CD, CS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Shrinking Violet | Released: June 1, 1999 Label: Perris Format: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Man in the Moon | Released: April 24, 2001 Label: Spitfire Format: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Waking the Dead | Released: August 20, 2002 Label: Spitfire Format: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tales from the Strip | Released: August 16, 2005 Label: Shrapnel Format: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Hollywood Forever | Released: June 5, 2012 Label: Deadline Formats: CD, LP, DL | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Missing Peace | Released: October 13, 2017 Label: Frontiers Formats: CD, LP, DL | — | 16 | 12 | 52 | — | — | 114 | — | — | 18 | |
| The Devil You Know | Released: March 29, 2019 Label: Frontiers Formats: CD, LP, DL | — | — | 10 | 45 | — | — | 179 | — | — | 12 | |
| Checkered Past | Released: November 12, 2021 Label: Frontiers Formats: CD, LP, DL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Black Diamonds | Released: April 14, 2023 Label: Frontiers Formats: CD, LP, DL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. |||||||||||||
* Leopard Skin (2025)

### Cover albums

List of cover albums :
| Title | Album details |
| Rips the Covers Off | Released: April 27, 2004 Label: Shrapnel Format: CD |
| Covered in Guns | Released: February 23, 2010 Label: Frontiers Formats: CD |

### Re-recording albums

List of re-recording albums :
| Title | Album details |
| Cocked & Re-Loaded | Released: 2000 Label: Shrapnel Format: CD |

### Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart position :
| Title | Album details | Peak |
| Title | Album details | JPN |
| Live! Vampires (released in Japan only) | Released: March 16, 1992 Label: Vertigo Format: CD | 91 |
| Live! A Night on the Strip | Released: February 8, 2000 Label: Deadline Format: CD | — |
| Loud & Dangerous: Live from Hollywood | Released: September 12, 2006 Label: Shrapnel Format: CD | — |
| Hellraiser's Ball: Caught in the Act | Released: June 17, 2008 Label: Dream Catcher Format: CD | — |
| Extended Versions | Released: 2010 Label: Sony Format: CD | — |
| Acoustic Gypsy Live | Released: September 27, 2011 Label: Favored Nations Formats: CD, DL | — |
| Boston 1989 | Released: November 18, 2014 Label: Deadline Formats: CD, LP, DL | — |
| Toronto 1990 | Released: March 17, 2015 Label: Deadline Formats: CD, DL | — |
| Made in Milan | Released: March 23, 2018 Label: Frontiers Formats: CD, LP, DL | — |
| Cocked And Loaded Live | Released: July 9, 2021 Label: Frontiers Formats: CD, LP, DL | — |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. |||

### Compilations

List of compilation albums :
| Title | Album details |
| Best Of: Hollywood a Go-Go (released in Japan only) | Released: April 5, 1996 Label: Mercury Format: CD |
| Hollywood Rehearsal (released in Japan only) | Released: 1997 Label: Digital Uni Format: CD |
| Greatest Hits and Black Beauties | Released: June 1, 1999 Label: Deadline Format: CD |
| Black City Breakdown (1985–1986) (credited to Paul Black's L.A. Guns) | Released: 2000 Label: Black City Format: CD |
| Ultimate L.A. Guns | Released: September 3, 2002 Label: Deadline Format: CD |
| Fully Loaded: Greatest Hits | Released: November 18, 2003 Label: Direct Source Format: CD |
| Hollywood Raw: The Original Sessions | Released: October 26, 2004 Label: Deadline Format: 2CD |
| The Best of L.A. Guns | Released: April 12, 2005 Label: Polydor Format: CD |
| Black List (credited to Paul Black's L.A. Guns) | Released: 2005 Label: Black City Format: CD |
| Sex, Booze N' Tattoos | Released: November 20, 2007 Label: Cleopatra Format: LP |
| '86 Demo Sessions | Released: June 2, 2009 Label: Cleopatra Format: LP |
| Riot on Sunset: The Best Of | Released: 2012 Label: Deadline Format: LP |
| A Fistful of Guns: Anthology 1985–2012 | Released: February 3, 2017 Label: Deadline Formats: 2CD, DL |

## Extended plays

List of extended plays :
| Title | EP details |
| Collector's Edition No. 1 | Released: 1985 Label: Raz Format: 12" vinyl |
| Holiday Foreplay | Released: November 1991 Label: Polydor Format: CD |
| Cuts | Released: December 2, 1992 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, CS |
| Wasted | Released: September 15, 1998 Label: StandBack Format: CD |
| Another Xmas in Hell | Released: December 6, 2019 Label: Frontiers Records Format: MP3 File |

## Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Chart peaks | Chart peaks | Chart peaks | Album |
| Title | Year | US | US Main. | UK | Album |
| "Electric Gypsy" | 1988 | — | — | — | L.A. Guns |
| "One More Reason" | 1988 | — | — | — | L.A. Guns |
| "Sex Action" | 1988 | — | — | — | L.A. Guns |
| "Rip and Tear" | 1989 | — | 47 | — | Cocked & Loaded |
| "Never Enough" | 1989 | — | — | — | Cocked & Loaded |
| "The Ballad of Jayne" | 1989 | 33 | 25 | 53 | Cocked & Loaded |
| "I Wanna Be Your Man" | 1989 | — | — | — | Cocked & Loaded |
| "Malaria" | 1989 | — | — | — | Cocked & Loaded |
| "Kiss My Love Goodbye" | 1991 | — | 16 | — | Hollywood Vampires |
| "Some Lie 4 Love" | 1991 | — | 48 | 61 | Hollywood Vampires |
| "Over the Edge" | 1991 | — | — | — | Hollywood Vampires |
| "It's Over Now" | 1991 | 62 | 25 | — | Hollywood Vampires |
| "Long Time Dead" | 1994 | — | — | — | Vicious Circle |
| "Face Down" | 1994 | — | — | — | Vicious Circle |
| "Killing Machine" | 1994 | — | — | — | Vicious Circle |
| "Man in the Moon" | 2001 | — | — | — | Man in the Moon |
| "Crazy Bitch" | 2007 | — | — | — | Bumps & Rails |
| "Let It Rock" | 2008 | — | — | — | non-album single |
| "Araña Negra (Black Spider)" | 2012 | — | — | — | Hollywood Forever |
| "Gorgeous Georgie" | 2014 | — | — | — | Singles Going Home Alone #1 |
| "Speed" | 2017 | — | — | — | The Missing Peace |
| "Sticky Fingers" | 2017 | — | — | — | The Missing Peace |
| "Christine" | 2017 | — | — | — | The Missing Peace |
| "Baby Gotta Fever" | 2017 | — | — | — | The Missing Peace |
| "No Mercy" (live) | 2018 | — | — | — | Made in Milan |
| "Speed" (live) | 2018 | — | — | — | Made in Milan |
| "Stay Away" | 2019 | — | — | — | The Devil You Know |
| "Rage" | 2019 | — | — | — | The Devil You Know |
| "Crawl" | 2020 | — | — | — | Renegades |
| "Let You Down" | 2020 | — | — | — | Checkered Past |
| "Well Oiled Machine" | 2020 | — | — | — | Renegades |
| "Renegades" | 2020 | — | — | — | Renegades |
| "All That You Are" | 2020 | — | — | — | Renegades |
| "Knock Me Down" | 2021 | — | — | — | Checkered Past |
| "Cannonball" | 2021 | — | — | — | Checkered Past |
| "Get Along" | 2021 | — | — | — | Checkered Past |
| "Rewind" | 2022 | — | — | — | The Dark Horse |
| "You Betray" | 2023 | — | — | — | Black Diamonds |
| "Rewind" | 2023 | — | — | — | The Dark Horse |
| "Shattered Glass" | 2023 | — | — | — | Black Diamonds |
| "The Dark Horse" | 2023 | — | — | — | The Dark Horse |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. ||||||

## Videos
### Video albums

List of video albums, with selected chart position and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | Certifications |
| One More Reason | Released: August 1989 Label: PolyGram Format: VHS | 19 | RIAA: Gold |
| Love, Peace & Geese | Released: October 1990 Label: PolyGram Format: VHS | 23 | |
| Hellraiser's Ball: Caught in the Act | Released: August 6, 2004 Label: Secret Format: DVD | — | |
| The Hollywood Years: Live & Loaded | Released: June 5, 2007 Label: Deadline Format: DVD | — | |
| Live in Concert | Released: February 12, 2013 Label: Deadline Format: DVD | — | |
| Made in Milan | Released: March 23, 2018 Label: Frontiers Formats: Blu-ray, DVD | — | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. ||||

### Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director(s) names :
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
| "One More Reason" | 1988 | Ralph Ziman | |
| "Sex Action" | 1988 | Ralph Ziman | |
| "Electric Gypsy" | 1988 | Ralph Ziman | |
| "One Way Ticket" | 1988 | Phillip Detchmendy | |
| "Cry No More" | 1989 | Phillip Detchmendy | |
| "Cry No More" (solo version) | 1989 | Katy Lynne, Ralph Ziman | |
| "Bitch Is Back" | 1989 | Katy Lynne, Ralph Ziman | |
| "No Mercy" (live) | 1989 | Katy Lynne, Ralph Ziman | |
| "Nothing to Lose" | 1989 | Katy Lynne, Ralph Ziman | |
| "Rip and Tear" | 1989 | Jeff Zimmerman | |
| "Never Enough" | 1989 | unknown | unknown |
| "The Ballad of Jayne" | 1990 | Ralph Ziman | |
| "I Wanna Be Your Man" | 1990 | unknown | unknown |
| "Malaria" | 1990 | Ralph Ziman | |
| "Some Lie 4 Love" | 1991 | unknown | unknown |
| "Kiss My Love Goodbye" | 1991 | Rocky Schneck | |
| "It's Over Now" | 1991 | Rocky Schneck | |
| "Over the Edge" | 1991 | unknown | unknown |
| "Long Time Dead" | 1994 | unknown | unknown |
| "Tie Your Mother Down" | 2005 | Sean Fodor | |
| "You Better Not Love Me" | 2012 | Jack Foster | |
| "Araña Negra (Black Spider)" | 2012 | Jack Foster | |
| "Requiem (Hollywood Forever)" | 2013 | Jack Foster | |
| "Speed" | 2017 | Pablo Aura | |
| "The Flood's the Fault of the Rain" | 2017 | Wayne Joyner | |

## Other appearances

List of other appearances, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Around and Around" (The Rolling Stones cover) | 1996 | Shared Vision 2: The Songs of the Rolling Stones |
| "Cold Gin" (Kiss cover) | 1997 | Return of the Comet: A Tribute to Ace Frehley |
| "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" (Van Halen cover) | 1999 | Killing Machine (Tracii Guns solo album) |
| "Atomic Punk" (Van Halen cover) | 1999 | Hot for Remixes: A Tribute to Van Halen |
| "Run Run Rudolph" (Chuck Berry cover) | 2003 | We Wish You a Hairy Christmas |
| "Wanted Dead or Alive" (Bon Jovi cover) | 2006 | Monster Metal Power Ballads |
| "Billion Dollar Babies" (Alice Cooper cover with George Lynch) | 2007 | Guitar Slinger |
| "Crazy Bitch" (Buckcherry cover) | 2008 | Bumps & Rails (Hot Wax Drippin') |
| "Living After Midnight" (Judas Priest cover) | 2008 | Hell Bent Forever: A Tribute to Judas Priest |
| "Piece of Your Action" (Mötley Crüe cover) | 2008 | Crüe Believers: A Tribute to Mötley Crüe |
| "Angel of the Morning" (Chip Taylor cover with Juice Newton) | 2008 | The Hits Reloaded |
| "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (Def Leppard cover) | 2009 | This Is Mullet Rock (reissue) |
| "Little St. Nick" (The Beach Boys cover) | 2009 | An All-Star Salute to Christmas |
| "We Will Rock You" (Queen cover) | 2015 | Keep Calm and Salute Queen |