In a new Interview L.A. GUNS frontman, Phil Lewis discussed Guns N Roses. He said:
“We did well. L.A. GUNS did really, really good. We got gold records. We did incredibly well. But it was never enough. Compared to GUNS N’ ROSES, it was one percent, and that’s a little bit frustrating, of course.
“The difference between us and GUNS N’ ROSES is they had one album. And people are gonna be mad at me for saying this. ‘Appetite For Destruction’ is a masterpiece, but everything else isn’t — everything else is pretty average. Now, we just carried on. We just went one album after another, interesting albums. And now with this reunion [between me and Tracii], we’ve been together for three years and we’ve already put out three records — we’ve put two studio and one live record. GUNS N’ ROSES hasn’t written one song.”
Tracii Guns helped form GUNS N’ ROSES with Axl Rose in 1985, merging L.A. GUNS with Axl‘s HOLLYWOOD ROSE. The lineup only lasted several months, however, with Tracii leaving GN’R about two years before the Rose-fronted outfit went on to rule the world with its debut record, the aforementioned “Appetite For Destruction”.