LA Guns in Des Moines

You can always expect a great show from LA Guns. Steve Riley holds down the beat with Adam Hamilton. Stacey Blades cranks up the Les Paul through his Marshall stack with some tasty leads. Phil keeps the crowd entertained with a sense of humor and his plays to the crowd.

Keyster's hosted this event with Iowa's own Gibbs Brothers opening. The Gibbs Brothers were tight with a rock sound based in the blues. Their drummer is also the singer and he puts his kit front and center so that he can entertain while keeping time. His brother provides some soulful licks while their bass player keeps the groove going. They covered Cinderella's Last Train and Motley Crue's Wild Side in addition to some previously recorded originals and some from their upcoming CD being produced by Rikki Rockett. I was impressed. I'd heard about these guys, but this was the first I'd seen them. I can't wait to hear the new CD and see them live again.

LA Guns hit the stage with their brand of sleazy Hollywood rock firing on all cylinders. Phil was sans hat, but wore a new mustache that he said he's trying out. About halfway into the set, the owner came up and mentioned that it needed to be turned down as he'd received his second citation in two nights. The guys turned it down a tad, but being front and center it still sounded great. The set list was as follows:

No Mercy
Sex Action
Never Enough
Some Lie 4 Luv
Over The Edge
I Wanna Be Your Man
Rock N Roll Outlaw
Gypsy Soul (My personal favorite from their newest CD!)
It Don't Mean Nothing
Wheels Of Fire
Hellraisers Ball
Nothing Better To Do
One More Reason
Electric Gypsy
Ballad Of Jayne
Rip N Tear

There was no encore, but the set list had "Don't Look At Me That Way" listed at the end and it wasn't performed. There wasn't but a few of us calling for more tunes. We had an extra hour with the time change, but the band didn't return to the stage.

LA Guns came out with their remaining T-shirts and CD's and met with everyone and signed everything they were asked to sign. As always, a great show by my favorite sleazy Sunset Strip band.