Cocked & Loaded is the second studio album by the American glam metal band L.A. Guns, released in 1989. It was their first album to reach gold certification. The album includes the hit "The Ballad of Jayne".
This was the first L.A. Guns album on which Steve Riley actually played drums. Although he was in the band photo and listed as a band member in the liner notes of the band's first album, L.A. Guns (because by then he was an official member of the band), Nickey "Beat" Alexander played drums...
Cocked & Loaded is the second studio album by the American glam metal band L.A. Guns, released in 1989. It was their first album to reach gold certification. The album includes the hit "The Ballad of Jayne".
This was the first L.A. Guns album on which Steve Riley actually played drums. Although he was in the band photo and listed as a band member in the liner notes of the band's first album, L.A. Guns (because by then he was an official member of the band), Nickey "Beat" Alexander played drums on that album.
The album features guest appearances by Cheap Trick members Robin Zander and Rick Nielsen. In 2006, Zander and Nielsen would also appear on the similarly titled Cocked and Loaded by the Revolting Cocks.
Cocked & Loaded is featured at No. 27 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time.
L.A. Guns:
Phil Lewis – lead vocals
Tracii Guns – lead guitar, 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars, electric coral sitar, theremin, backing vocals
Mick Cripps – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, backing vocals
Kelly Nickels – bass guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
Steve Riley – drums, percussion
Guest musicians:
Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen - backing vocals
Production:
Duane Baron, John Purdell - producers, engineers, mixing
Tom Werman - producer
Gary Wagner, Lawrence Ethan, Marnie Riley, Mike Tacci, Robert Hart - assistant engineers
Howie Weinberg - mastering at Masterdisk, New York Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
