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Lick My Label

A LESS-THAN-FAVORED NATION

 Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 11:28am by

Let’s play a little game. Which of the following does not belong?

  • Steve Vai
  • Petrucci/Rudess
  • Allan Holdsworth
  • L.A. Guns
  • Eric Johnson
  • Marty Friedman
  • Vernon Reid

See what I did there? I didn’t even put the obvious choice last, but it’s still just as fucking obvious that L.A. Guns stick out like a boner in gym shorts on the shred-heavy roster of Favored Nations, the label owned by Steve Vai. But apparently Favored Nations will release a new L.A. Guns album come April.

For anyone keeping track, this is the version of L.A. Guns that actually includes the band’s namesake Tracii Guns, not the Phil Lewis-led version that claims the other guys are imposters.

If MetalSucks ever receives a prestigious award the first band I’ll thank will be L.A. Guns (both versions) for providing us with excellent headline fodder throughout the years.

-VN

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  • thehatemachine

    Tracii Guns is a shredder. I like to think of him as Brian Setzer with more distortion. If anything he has been able to meld huge solos with good poppy hard rock. Most shredders on Vai’s label lack any feel and are all technique

  • Hammer_Smashed_Hurtt

    I think you have to play in Ibanez to be on Favored Nations. Except Johnny Hiland.

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