“No Mercy” by LA Guns

"No Mercy" is on L.A. Guns' self-titled debut, which Vertigo released on January 4, 1988, and its writing credit shows how far back the material went: alongside Phil Lewis, Tracii Guns, Mick Cripps and Nickey "Beat" Alexander sits Paul Black, the band's former lead singer. Lewis sings it, Guns and Cripps play guitar, Kelly Nickels plays bass and Alexander drums, on what turned out to be his only L.A. Guns record; Steve Riley had replaced him before it even came out.

Jim Faraci produced and engineered the album in West Los Angeles, at The Village Recorder, with Charlie Brocco also engineering. The album was a modest hit at home, 33 weeks on the Billboard 200 with a peak of number 50 and gold by 1993, and critics counted it among the standouts of the hair metal scene for mixing radio-friendly songs with heavier ones.

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