Stacey Blades | |
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) Blades with L.A. Guns at Northern Lights in Clifton Park, New York on March 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | November 4, 1968 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Genres | Glam metal, hard rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Associated acts | Fraidy Katt Roxx Gang L.A. Guns Ratt |
Stacey Blades (born Bryan Todd MaClachlan; November 4, 1968) is a guitarist originally from Toronto Canada, who has played with such bands as Fraidy Katt, Roxx Gang, Supercool, L.A. Guns, Let It Rawk, and Ratt. He has played on the L.A. Guns studio albums Rips the Covers Off, Tales from the Strip, Covered in Guns, and Hollywood Forever, and the L.A. Guns live album Loud and Dangerous: Live from Hollywood. He authored a book Confessions of a Replacement Rockstar in 2009.
In 2009, Blades released his first guitar instrumental solo album called "Symphonic Slam" on Cleopatra Records.
At the end of 2012, Blades decided to leave L.A. Guns to pursue more personal opportunities for performing and songwriting. He worked with Sony Music designing and writing guitar loop packages. Blades was also the last artist to work with the legendary producer Andy Johns before his untimely death in April 2013. As of 2016, Blades is touring with Bobby Blotzer's Ratt Experience and also in an original project called Angels In Vein.
Discography
With Fraidy Katt
Demos
With Roxx Gang
- High Five - 5 song EP (1993)
- The Voodoo You Love (1995)
- Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue (1998)
- Drinkin' T.N.T. And Smoking' Dynamite (Available as both a Roxx Gang album and a Mojo Gurus album) (2000)
- Bodacious Ta Tas (2001)
With Supercool
- Live At The Wilcox Hotel (2001)
With Smack
Demos
With L.A. Guns
- Rips the Covers Off (2004)
- Tales from the Strip (2005)
- Loud and Dangerous: Live from Hollywood (2006)
- Covered in Guns (2010)
- Hollywood Forever (2012)
Solo
- Symphonic Slam
References
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