1991 Polydor Records
4 Stars
The third album from L.A. Guns is an excellent but darker sounding twist for the band. On Hollywood Vampires the songs still have that sing along quality that Cocked & Loaded expressed so well but this time out there was more mainstream success with three singles charting in the US and UK. Some Lie 4 Love, Kiss My Love Goodbye and It’s Over Now. This album is loaded with great guitars and the trademark raspy vocals by Phil Lewis that made L.A. Guns a unique sounding band in the metal era.
Ironically It’s Over Now is one of the biggest hits in the career of the band and would be the last mainstream hit the band would have to date. The band would start falling apart in the next few years. Eventually the band would split so much that there are now two bands being called L.A. Guns since 2005.
Hollywood Vampires is among the last of the great 1980’s heavy metal albums as musical styles changed and fans moved on to more alternative sounds in the 1990’s. as with Cocked & Loaded this album has lots to offer but starting out you’ll want to hear Over The Edge, Some Lie 4 Love, Kiss My Love Goodbye, Crystal Eyes, It’s Over Now, Dirty Luv and I Found You.
Fans of Guns N’ Roses, Motley Crue, Faster Pussycat, Love/Hate, and Ratt would enjoy this album.
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