![]() ![]() The release date for "Black Diamonds" was revealed by Guns in a social media post on Saturday (January 21). It will follow the well-received studio albums "The Missing Peace", "The Devil You Know" and "Checkered Past", plus the live release "Made In Milan", and a covers EP "Another Xmas In Hell". This will be the fourth studio album since the much-welcome reunion of the band's core foundation of Lewis and Guns. GUNS, featuring singer Phil Lewis and guitarist Tracii Guns, will release its new studio album, "Black Diamonds", on April 14. Well, for some forgotten, for others just filed away, and for others still, a totally brand-new discovery.L.A. Or, we'll be giving a fresh look at a video that deserves to be collecting dust. We're not here to judge, we just want to take you on a little trip down memory lane. Yep, you'll remember when hair was really that big, when drums were that up front in the mix, when video was young(er) and so were you. Guns were one of many top-selling rock bands to emerge from the legendary Sunset Strip rock scene of the mid- to late '80s. (A little bit of trivia: the band's first incarnation featured a vocalist named Axl Rose, who would go on to jungle-like adventures with some rough-and-tumble characters named Duff, Izzy and Slash.) While the band's look combined an atypical mix of glam and Goth with a hint of punk, L.A. Guns had more than plenty of the usual Hollywood-style rock fare - try "Electric Gypsy," "Malaria," "Never Enough," "Rip And Tear," and "Sex Action" on for size. But every rocker is liable to have a soft side (well, except maybe Lemmy) and L.A. Guns showcased theirs with the lighter-inducing "The Ballad Of Jayne." The story of the apparent death of Jayne complemented by lead vocalist Phil Lewis' somber wailing, a subtle back beat, acoustic guitars, and an understated Strat-worthy solo courtesy of Tracii Guns pushed the song to No. ![]() 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990 - the only time these guns would shoot past the Top 40. (As to what really happened to her, the answer may have lied in the whispering wind that blew those rose petals or the antique-style book Lewis carted around.) In another atypical move, an eerie, subtle Goth theme seems present in the song, evidenced by lyrics such as "Now she's breaking hearts in heaven" and "I still hear of us in the wind," that suggest dark mysteries. Today, "The Ballad Of Jayne" is breaking hearts in the set lists of two bands. Guns and Lewis, now adversaries following an acrimonious breakup in 2002, lead their own separate incarnations of L.A. In a 2007 interview, Lewis commented on the Guns-led incarnation saying, "You know, my opinion of it is that it's terrible." Two versions of L.A. What a shame.ĭo you know what happened to Jayne? Got a Forgotten Video recommendation? Leave us a comment. For some, these videos are forgotten, for others just filed away, and for others still, a totally brand-new discovery. Whichever category you fall into, each week we'll feature a video that's possibly been collecting dust when what it really deserves is a fresh look. … We're not here to judge, we just want to take you on a little trip down memory lane. Yep, you'll remember when hair was really that big, when drums were that up front in the mix, when video was young(er) and so were you.įive decades, multiple kitchens and more than 100 cultural milestones - those are the basic ingredients for Billy Joel's 1989 baby boomer apologia, the Record Of The Year GRAMMY-nominated "We Didn't Start The Fire." Lyrically, the song works as a rapid-fire rundown of burning headlines and pop culture sparks from the '40s through the '80s, with clever word pairings to boot ("communist bloc" rhymes with "'Rock Around The Clock'" and "Lawrence of Arabia" rhymes with "British Beatlemania").įor the song's video, Joel and director Chris Blum came up with the idea of moving visually through the decades, using one family's kitchen as the focal point. The particulars of that concept fell to art director and production designer Sterling Storm, who, over the course of the video's hectic three-day shoot, was tasked with accumulating hundreds of period-perfect details. From evolving refrigerators, lunchboxes and wall hangings, to Jell-O molds and floor tiles, every element of every frame had to be era-evocative. "I hit every prop shop in Hollywood," recalls Storm, whose work earned him a nomination for Best Art Direction at the 1990 MTV Music Video Awards. The production took a pre-digital approach to creating real flames. When Joel is seen sitting before a wall of burning iconic images featuring figures such as Lee Harvey Oswald and Oliver North, among others, he was in fact sitting feet away from 12' by 12' photo panels that Storm had blown up and then set fire to.
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