Phil Lewis (musician)

Philip Francis Lewis (born 9 January 1957) is an English singer and musician, best known as the vocalist and occasional rhythm guitarist for the American glam metal band L.A.

Born in London, Lewis has lived and worked in the U.S. since the 1980s but was privately educated at Royal Russell School in Surrey.

They put an advertisement in Melody Maker for a "peroxide guitar hero," and Phil Collen (current guitarist of Def Leppard) answered.

Lewis' then-girlfriend, Britt Ekland,[1] was instrumental in helping Girl land their record deal.

Lewis later joined forces with guitarist Rudy Rivera, bassist Dave Birch, and drummer Paul Edwards to start the band New Torpedos.

Shortly after leaving Tormé, Lewis received a call from guitarist Tracii Guns stating that he was interested in having Phil join his band, L.A.

Due to the rise in popularity of the grunge movement, the band would not release their fourth album, Vicious Circle until 1994.

Guns, Lewis participated in several other music projects including Filthy Lucre with Steve Dior and the Liberators.

Guns' departure forced the band to pull out of a world tour with Alice Cooper, and they were soon dropped from their label as well.

[5] The new lineup consists of Phil Lewis, Tracii Guns, Michael Grant, Johnny Martin, and Shane Fitzgibbon.

Lewis recorded a cover of Kiss' "Strutter" on the Kiss tribute album Spin The Bottle, sang on "Billion Dollar Babies" on the Alice Cooper tribute Humanary Stew, and contributed vocals to a cover of Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive" on the Bon Jovi tribute album Covered Dead or Alive.

Lewis with Steve Riley and L.A. Guns. The Chance Theater, Poughkeepsie, New York. March 2008.