announced that the former Endeverafter guitarist Michael Grant left L.A. Guns to pursue other interests including his solo project "Michael Grant and the Assassins". Grant later revealed that he was fired from the band and did not voluntarily leave. Grant was replaced by Enuff Z'Nuff guitarist Johnny Monaco, but was replaced by Hamilton a few months later. In July 2018, L.A. Guns announced their 12th studio album The Devil You Know, released in March 2019. In January 2020, Guns and Lewis sued Riley over the use of the L.A. Guns name. On April 23, 2021 they settled this dispute in court with Guns and Lewis retaining the L.A. Guns name, while Riley was made to change his versions to Riley's L.A. Guns. Riley's L.A. Guns released their first single called "Crawl" on April 20, 2020. This was follows up by a studio album Renegades released on November 13, 2020 (before the name change had taken effect). This version of the band changed its name to "Riley's L.A. Guns" in April 2021 following a settlement reached between Riley with Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis. L.A. Guns (feat. Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis) released a new single "Let You Down" on May 6, 2020. It was released as the first single from their then-upcoming fourteenth studio album Checkered Past, which was released on November 12, 2021 and featured producer Adam Hamilton on drums. In May 2022, it was announced that Shawn Duncan had replaced Shane Fitzgibbon as their drummer. In the following month, guitarist Ace Von Johnson revealed that L.A. Guns have been working on new material for their next studio album. The resulting album, Black Diamonds, will be released on April 14, 2023. Band members L.A. Guns current members Tracii Guns – lead guitar, backing vocals , rhythm guitar Phil Lewis – lead vocals , rhythm guitar Adam Hamilton – drums , keyboards , bass , rhythm guitar , backing vocals Johnny Martin - bass Ace Von Johnson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Shawn Duncan – drums, percussion Riley's L.A. Guns current members Kelly Nickels – bass, backing vocals, occasional harmonica, Steve Riley – drums, percussion, backing vocals Scott Griffin – lead guitar, backing vocals , rhythm guitar , bass Kurt Frohlich – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Discography Studio albums L.A. Guns (1988) Cocked & Loaded (1989) Hollywood Vampires (1991) Vicious Circle (1994) American Hardcore (1996) Shrinking Violet (1999) Man in