Sleaze Roxx' Ruben Mosqueda has issued a new interview with L.A. GUNS' drummer Steve Riley. The following is an excerpt:

Q: How did you wind-up with ownership of the L.A. Guns name? That's surprising, being that you came in after the debut album was already recorded.

Steve Riley: I was still in W.A.S.P. - we were finishing up Live... In The Raw when L.A. Guns were working on the first album. W.A.S.P. disbanded after Live... In The Raw and I ran into these guys - they had just recorded their debut album and they hadn't played outside of L.A. at all. They had a couple of club dates booked and I didn't know who they were. I joined the band right away, before the album was even pressed, that's why I'm on the back of the album cover. They had another drummer record the album and they fired him. I stepped in and have been in the band from the beginning as they've never played any dates outside of L.A. without me in the band. They did some club dates without me in and around the L.A. area before the album was recorded, but I've run the band's business from the very beginning.

Both Tracii Guns and I own the name outright - that's why he's able to take out the 'bogus' L.A. Guns that he has. The reason I say this isn't because he's a competing L.A. Guns, but because he quit this band. This is the band that he quit - he quit L.A. Guns, which features Phil Lewis and I, who are original members. He quit this band to do other stuff and then the other stuff didn't take off so he thought he'd start his own L.A. Guns. I'll be frank with you, we both own the name, we can do it legally but there's no comparison. We are getting all the big shows, we're doing all the world tours, and everybody knows you need Phil Lewis in the band if it's going to be L.A. Guns."

The full interview can be found here.

On June 5th, L.A. Guns will release Hollywood Forever, their first new studio album in seven years. The band has just issued the video for the first single, 'You Better Not Love Me', check it out below:

The cover art and tracklisting for Hollywood Forever are as follows:

'Hollywood Forever'

'You Better Not Love Me'

'Eel Pie'

'Sweet Mystery'

'Burn'

'Vine St. Shimmy'

'Dirty Black Night'

'Underneath The Sun'

'Queenie'

'Crazy Tango'

'Venus Bomb'

'I Won’t Play'

'Requiem (Hollywood Forever)'

'Araña Negra' (originally recorded by THE BICICLETAS)

L.A. Guns - Phil Lewis, Steve Riley, Stacey Blades and Scotty Griffin - plan to tour extensively in support of Hollywood Forever. Confirmed dates can be accessed at this location.

BraveWords.com scribe Mitch Lafon recently spoke with LAG frontman Phil Lewis about their new album, read the entire chat here.