L.A. Guns will release its 15th studio album, “Leopard Skin,” on April 4, 2025, via Cleopatra Records. “Taste It,” the record’s first single and video, is available now. Pre-order the album digitally here and on CD or vinyl here, and watch the new video below.
“There’s the saying, ‘a leopard never changes its spots,’” founding guitarist Tracii Guns said. “But even so, they have a million different spots. And they’re all unique. It’s the same with L.A. Guns. We can’t shed our leopard skin, but there’s a lot of different spots in this band.”
“Leopard Skin” follows 2023’s “Black Diamonds” and is L.A. Guns’ fifth studio effort in seven years since the core team of guitarist and band founder Tracii Guns and singer Phil Lewis reunited in 2017. “Leopard Skin,” like the past few L.A. Guns records, reconvenes the lineup of Guns, Lewis, bassist Johnny Martin, guitarist Ace Von Johnson and studio drummer Adam Hamilton.
“When we started doing records again in 2017, I wanted to be really aggressive,” Tracii Guns said. “We hadn’t put out anything new in a lot of years, and we needed to be focused to have an impact. This one was a different approach. Musically, it was more about James Brown and soul music, with some ’70s sensibilities—things like Joe Walsh and the Rolling Stones and the New York Dolls. And the process was more organic. It was, ‘Here’s a riff, go for it. Let’s see how many riffs we can build after this riff, and then going into the next riff.’”
“Leopard Skin” track listing:
1. Taste It
2. Lucky Motherfucker
3. The Grinder
4. Hit and Run
5. Don’t Gimme Away
6. I’m Your Candy Man
7. Runaway Train
8. Following the Money
9. The Masquerade
10. If You Wanna
“The song title ‘Lucky Motherfucker’ kinda says it all,” Tracii Guns said. “Because I don’t know how many other bands that have been around almost 40 years are still out there not just touring consistently, but putting out records consistently, and the thing just keeps getting bigger and bigger from year to year.
“So the work ethic is yielding what it’s supposed to, you know what I mean? The fans stay excited, we stay excited, and we keep making records. And as long as we have that opportunity and there’s a place for this music in the world, there’s no reason to ever stop.”
Tour dates:
DATE CITY VENUE
3/10 – 3/15 Miami, FL Monsters of Rock Cruise
Tue 4/22 Warrendale, PA Jergels
Wed 4/23 N. Tonawanda, NY Riviera Theatre
Fri 4/25 Derry, NH Tupelo Music Hall
Sat 4/26 New Bedford, MA The Vault Music Hall
Sun 4/27 Millersville, PA Phantom Power
Tue 4/29 Annapolis, MD Rams Head on Stage
Wed 4/30 Ardmore, PA The Ardmore Music Hall
Thu 5/1 Leesburg, VA Tally Ho Theater
Fri 5/2 Hopewell, VA The Beacon Theatre
Sun 5/4 Virginia Beach, VA Elevation 27
Tue 5/6 Atlanta, GA City Winery Atlanta
Fri 5/9 Fort Myers, FL Buddha Live
Sat 5/10 Dania Beach, FL The Casino’s Stage 954 @ Dania Beach Entertainment Center
Sun 5/11 Mount Dora, FL Mount Dora Music Hall
Tue 5/13 Largo, FL Central Park Performing Arts Center
Thu 5/15 Jefferson, LA Southport Music Hall
Fri 5/16 Cedar Park, TX The Haute Spot
Sat 5/17 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
Sun 5/18 Houston, TX Warehouse Live Midtown
Fri 5/23 Omaha, NE Barnato
Sat 5/24 Denver, CO The Oriental Theater
Fri 7/18 West Hollywood, CA Whisky a Go Go
Sat 7/19 West Hollywood, CA Whisky a Go Go
Sat 7/26 Beaver Dam, KY Beaver Dam Amphitheater
