Retro Video of the Week: "Electric Gypsy" by L.A. Guns

Today is the 35th anniversary of the release of L.A. Guns' self-titled debut album.  L.A. Guns were one of the quintessential Sunset Strip rock bands of the '80s.  Originally formed in 1983 by guitarist Tracii Guns and drummer Rob Gardner, they eventually teamed up with the singer and guitarists of another local hard rock band named Hollywood Rose -- Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin, and Chris Weber -- before changing their name to a combination of the two bands's name, Guns N' Roses.  Then Weber moved to New York, Guns left the band and was replaced by a guy named Slash, original bassist Ole Beich was replaced by Duff McKagen, and finally, Gardner quit the group and was replaced by Steven Adler.  And the rest is history.

In 1986, Guns re-formed L.A. Guns with a new lineup, and before their debut album was recorded, replaced the original singer with Phil Lewis, formerly of the British glam band Girl, which is also famous as the band guitarist Phil Collen left in 1982 to join Def Leppard.

Anywho, the band's debut album is a classic Sunset Strip glam metal album and was pretty well-received by critics, even though it did have any charting hits on the Billboard Hot 100.  The album reached #50 on the Billboard album chart and went gold in the U.S.  They had a few videos off the album, but I'm going with "Electric Gypsy," which was the group's debut single.  It's a great rock song, and I think the term "electric gypsy" accurately describes the look of many Sunset Strip rockers from the '80s.