21 Guns is a melodic hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band formed in the early 1990s

1990s

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 by Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...

's guitarist

Guitarist

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 Scott Gorham

Scott Gorham

Scott Gorham is an American guitarist and songwriter who rose to international recognition as one of the "twin lead guitarists" of the Irish-formed rock band, Thin Lizzy...

, bass player Leif Johanson and drummer Mike Sturgis

Mike Sturgis

Mike Sturgis is an American drummer, having played for the band 21 Guns and later with Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith in Psycho Motel, where he played on both State of Mind and Welcome to the World albums...

 who met through their work with Tom Galley's and Wilfried Rimensberger's Phenomena

Phenomena (band)

Phenomena is a rock concept around a supergroup formed by record producer Tom Galley, Metalhammer magazine founder Wilfried Rimensberger and Tom's brother, Whitesnake guitarist Mel Galley. Contributors were leading rock musicians such as Glenn Hughes, Brian May, Tony Martin and John Wetton amongst...

. At the time the band was fronted by vocalist Tommy La Verdi, formerly of the band A440. A440 enjoyed mediocre success with songs such as "Method to my Madness" and "Flair for the Dramatic". He was replaced for the second CD by former Sons of Angels singer Hans-Olav Solli. The band was dissolved in 2000 but Scott and Leif joined forces again in 2008 and started to work on a new album and are planning some live concerts.

So far they released three studio albums from 1992 to 2002, with the last album being a collection of old demos and B-sides.

Albums

• Salute (1992)
• Nothing's Real (1997)
• Demolition (2002)