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L.A. GUNS

HIGH Four years after Axl Rose split from the band to form Guns n' Roses, the 1989 power wailer "The Ballad of Jayne" hit Number Thirty-three on the Hot 100.

LOW Their 2005 album, Tales From the Strip, doesn't feature the band's founder Tracii Guns — or any other member of the original group.

OUTRAGEOUS MOMENTOriginal vocalist Paul Black got arrested along with G n' R's Izzy Stradlin for copping heroin, nearly costing both groups their record deals.

CURRENTLY Two L.A. Guns are on the road: one led by original guitarist Guns and the other by singer Phil Lewis.

LISTEN Cocked and Loaded

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