Michael Thomas Cripps (born September 28, 1962) is an Australian musician. His current musical project is The Long Shadows, previous bands include

L.A. Guns L.A. Guns are an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1983. The lineup currently consists of Tracii Guns (lead guitar), Phil Lewis (musician), Phil Lewis (lead vocals), Ace Von Johnson (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Johnny Mar ...

, Burning Retna, Choir Boys, Mindphazer, The Brutalists, and several other groups.

Career

L.A. Guns (1985–1995, 1999–2001)

Paul Black and Cripps formed Faster Pussycat (named after the movie

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and later the name of a separate band), in 1985. The group's lineup included

Tracii Guns Tracy Irving Richard Ulrich (born January 20, 1966), known professionally as Tracii Guns, is an American guitarist best known as the co-founder of glam metal group L.A. Guns, as well as the Supergroup (music), supergroups Brides of Destruction ...

and

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. Shortly afterwards, the band (now with Rob Stoddard in the band too) reformed

. With L.A. Guns, he was a part of the band's "classic" lineup ( Phil Lewis, Guns,

Kelly Nickels Kelly Nickels (; born January 5, 1962) is a French-born American bassist who has played in various bands including Sweet Pain, Faster Pussycat, and L.A. Guns. Career Early years Perret was born in Montauban, France, and moved to the Unite ...

, Cripps and Steve Riley) and played guitar and keyboards, as well as songwriting duties. He performed and wrote on the albums ''

'', ''

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'', '' Hollywood Vampires'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Cripps left the group in 1995, rejoining in 1999 for a reunion of the "classic" lineup, although his time in the band was shortlived, leaving by 2001. He was invited to participate in the recording of the band's 2012 album ''

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'', but declined to participate.

Burning Retna (1993–1996)

Burning Retna was an

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band created by Cripps in 1993. The original lineup included Cripps, vocalist Chris Bradshaw, and drummer Nickey Alexander. Other members of the bands throughout the project included drummer

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, bassist Sean Beavan, and

. The band did not release any material during its tenure, but a compilation album, "The Frozen Lies", was released in 2006.

The Brutalists (2017-present)

Cripps formed The Brutalists in 2017 alongside vocalist Nigel Mogg (formerly of

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), guitarist/vocalist Kent Holmes, bassist Robert Cripps and drummer Charlie Nice. They signed to

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in early 2018 and are working on their debut album. On May 11, 2018, the band announced their debut album will be released in August. It was released on August 31

Personal life

When he was a young musician, he worked at Let It Rock, a

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in LA. Cripps's son Ian works for

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and was close friends with

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. Cripps splits his time between

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, and

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References

External links

The Brutalists on Facebook
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