We have a lot of influences, but we turn all that into an L.A. Guns' style.
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We're hard rock, not heavy metal. We go out, we plug in and we play. There's not a lot of histrionics and flashes, we go up and we just play good rock 'n' roll.
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I really believe Phil Lewis and myself, we are lifers. Before we joined L.A. GUNS, Phil and I had done a lot of stuff other than him just being in GIRL, and me being in W.A.S.P. We are a little bit older than the crowd. We have been playing since the mid-'70s. We are really gypsies; there is no doubt about it. We have to be on the move, we have family lives, and personal lives in L.A., but we are two gypsies. I think our families are gypsies now too. (Laughter) That is the secret to L.A. GUNS. It doesn't matter if we are playing a small club, or on a big tour. We have to play, and we have to record new music. I think that is the difference between us and other bands. We must record for ourselves. If we don't do new material there is no point. We love our old repertoire. We have to play a lot of it every night. We just love it all, but we can't live off that. We have to be writing new songs all the time.
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Our material is all so recognizable that I think the fans are going to love it. One song after another is recognizable. The tour has been going really, really good so far. There's been very little drama on the tour because all the bands get along really well.
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We'll get it straightened out.
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We try to do a couple of songs off of each album we've done
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We try to experiment around and really try to make every album a little more interesting than the last
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We feel that we have to write. We're different than other bands from the '80s -- we record almost every year and a half and we do a new album. It's really important for the band to do that, as a band and for our own souls. We're writing fresh stuff all the time.
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I think FEMA's just a little overwhelmed right now. There's not somebody tapping them on the shoulder. I don't think they're looking too much at the reimbursement. Hopefully that will get straightened out in time.
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