{"id":7985,"date":"2024-05-30T09:41:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T14:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=7985"},"modified":"2024-05-30T11:56:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T16:56:22","slug":"l-a-guns-announce-signing-with-cleopatra-records-for-new-studio-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=7985","title":{"rendered":"L.A. GUNS Announce Signing With CLEOPATRA RECORDS For New Studio Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/445370110_1036594574492704_6401884456990061868_n-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7991\" style=\"width:625px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/445370110_1036594574492704_6401884456990061868_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/445370110_1036594574492704_6401884456990061868_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/445370110_1036594574492704_6401884456990061868_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/445370110_1036594574492704_6401884456990061868_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/445370110_1036594574492704_6401884456990061868_n-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/445370110_1036594574492704_6401884456990061868_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hard rock veterans&nbsp;<strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>&nbsp;have announced a new partnership with renowned indie label&nbsp;<strong>Cleopatra Records<\/strong>&nbsp;for the next chapter of their historic career. Vocalist&nbsp;<strong>Phil Lewis<\/strong>&nbsp;and founder\/guitarist&nbsp;<strong>Tracii Guns<\/strong>&nbsp;are set to continue the band&#8217;s renaissance that began in 2016 and continues to revitalize&nbsp;<strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>&#8216; massive fanbase as never before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>&#8216; next studio album will be the first fruit of the band&#8217;s reunion with&nbsp;<strong>Cleopatra Records<\/strong>, a label known for its diverse roster and innovative approach to music production. The collaboration comes at a pivotal moment for&nbsp;<strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>, featuring a mix of classic members and fresh faces, which is set to deliver an album that both honors their legacy and explores new creative horizons.+<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brian Perera<\/strong>, owner&nbsp;<strong>Cleopatra Records, Inc.<\/strong>, said: &#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled to have&nbsp;<strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>&nbsp;back home, completing a full circle journey with them. From my early days printing their t-shirts in my parents&#8217; garage \u2014 side by side with&nbsp;<strong>GUNS N&#8217; ROSES<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 to now, I am genuinely excited to welcome them home with a new recording contract at&nbsp;<strong>Cleopatra Records<\/strong>. It&#8217;s not just a signing; it&#8217;s a celebration of our shared history and a promising future together.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tracii<\/strong>&nbsp;added: &#8220;<strong>Brian<\/strong>&nbsp;and I go back to the &#8217;80s when he began in the business making t-shirts. Since then, we have done multitudes of recordings together, including&nbsp;<strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>! Coming back to&nbsp;<strong>Brian<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Cleopatra<\/strong>&#8216;s creative environment really feels like coming home now 40 years later and our excitement once again for the future is through the roof! LET&#8217;S GO!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>&#8216; latest studio album,&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Black Diamonds&#8221;<\/strong>, came out in April 2023. It was the fourth studio album since the much-welcome reunion of the band&#8217;s core foundation of&nbsp;<strong>Lewis<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Guns<\/strong>. It followed the well-received studio albums&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;The Missing Peace&#8221;<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;The Devil You Know&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Checkered Past&#8221;<\/strong>, plus the live release&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Made In Milan&#8221;<\/strong>, and a covers EP&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Another Xmas In Hell&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April 2021, a settlement was reached between drummer&nbsp;<strong>Steve Riley<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Guns<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Lewis<\/strong>&nbsp;over the rights to the&nbsp;<strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>&nbsp;name. Under the terms of the settlement agreement,&nbsp;<strong>Guns<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Lewis<\/strong>&nbsp;continue to operate under the&nbsp;<strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>&nbsp;trademark, while&nbsp;<strong>Riley<\/strong>&nbsp;and his bandmates from the other version of&nbsp;<strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>&nbsp;were allowed to perform and record under the new name&nbsp;<strong>RILEY&#8217;S L.A. GUNS<\/strong>.&nbsp;<strong>Riley<\/strong>&nbsp;died last October at the age of 67.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>&nbsp;was formed in 1983 and have sold over six million records, including 1988&#8217;s&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;L.A. Guns&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;and 1990&#8217;s&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Cocked And Loaded&#8221;<\/strong>, both of which were certified gold.&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Cocked And Loaded&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;contained the hit single&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;The Ballad Of Jayne&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;that went to No. 33 on&nbsp;<strong>Billboard<\/strong>&#8216;s Hot 100 and No. 25 on the Mainstream Rock charts. From the mid-&#8217;90s to the mid 2000s,&nbsp;<strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>&nbsp;continued to tour and release new music. Following their successful performance at&nbsp;<strong>SiriusXM<\/strong>&#8216;s&nbsp;<strong>Hair Nation<\/strong>&nbsp;festival in September 2016,&nbsp;<strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>&nbsp;went into the studio to record the critically acclaimed&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;The Missing Peace&#8221;<\/strong>, which was the highest-selling release for&nbsp;<strong>Frontiers Music Srl<\/strong>&nbsp;in 2017. Their 12th album,&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;The Devil You Know&#8221;<\/strong>, was released in 2019 to the same critical acclaim. Since reuniting,&nbsp;<strong>Tracii<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Phil<\/strong>&nbsp;continue to tour around the world with&nbsp;<strong>L.A. GUNS<\/strong>, which currently includes&nbsp;<strong>Johnny Martin<\/strong>&nbsp;(bass) and&nbsp;<strong>Ace Von Johnson<\/strong>&nbsp;(guitar).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hard rock veterans&nbsp;L.A. GUNS&nbsp;have announced a new partnership with renowned indie label&nbsp;Cleopatra Records&nbsp;for the next chapter of their historic career. Vocalist&nbsp;Phil Lewis&nbsp;and founder\/guitarist&nbsp;Tracii Guns&nbsp;are set to continue the band&#8217;s renaissance that began in 2016 and continues to revitalize&nbsp;L.A. GUNS&#8216; massive fanbase as never before. L.A. GUNS&#8216; next studio album will be the first fruit of&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=7985\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">L.A. 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