2001's Man in the Moon featured Mark "Muddy Stardust" Dutton on bass, and 2002's Waking the Dead was recorded by a four-piece lineup of Lewis, Guns, Riley and Adam Hamilton, after which founding member Guns left the band. The classic lineup of Lewis, Guns, Cripps, Nickels and Riley reunited in 1999 to record Cocked & Re-Loaded, a new version of the group's second album. The group also went through a long line of personnel changes: 1996's American Hardcore featured new vocalist Chris Van Dahl and bassist Johnny Crypt, the 1998 EP Wasted featured Crypt and vocalist Ralph Saenz, and 1999's Shrinking Violet featured Crypt and vocalist Jizzy Pearl. The band continued to issue new albums throughout the 1990s, with limited commercial success. Guns was dropped by PolyGram and went through a number of lineup changes, with Lewis, Cripps and Nickels leaving in 1995. After the band's fourth album Vicious Circle failed to chart in the US, L.A. Three of the album's four singles charted on the Mainstream Rock chart, and "It's Not Over Now" charted at number 62 on the Hot 100. Hollywood Vampires, released in 1991, reached number 42 on the Billboard 200. Guns its debut on the Hot 100, reaching number 33.
The single " The Ballad of Jayne" gave L.A. Alexander was replaced by Steve Riley, and the 1989 follow-up Cocked & Loaded reached number 38 on the Billboard 200. It reached number 50 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). After some early lineup changes, the group – consisting of vocalist Phil Lewis, lead guitarist Tracii Guns, rhythm guitarist Mick Cripps, bassist Kelly Nickels and drummer Nickey Alexander – signed with PolyGram and released its self-titled debut album in 1988. Guns, an American hard rock band, consists of seventeen studio releases (thirteen original studio albums, two cover album and one re-recording album), nine live albums, 13 compilation albums, four extended plays, 27 singles, six video albums and 25 music videos.
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