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Edward "London" LeGrand (born 30 July 1966) is an American musician, lyricist, and vocalist best known for his time with
hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
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Brides of Destruction with Nikki Sixx of
Mötley Crüe Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1981. The group was founded by bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee, lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil. Mötley Crüe has sold over 100 million albums ...
and
Tracii Guns Tracy Richard Irving 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 named Brides of Destru ...
of
L.A. Guns L.A. Guns is an American glam metal band from Los Angeles, formed in 1983. The lineup currently consists of Tracii Guns (lead guitar), Phil Lewis (lead vocals), Ace Von Johnson (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Johnny Martin (bass, backing vo ...
. After the group went on hiatus he formed another band with George Lynch of Dokken and
Lynch Mob Lynching is an extrajudicial killing by a group. It is most often used to characterize informal public executions by a mob in order to punish an alleged transgressor, punish a convicted transgressor, or intimidate people. It can also be an ex ...
fame called
Souls of We Souls of We (also known as George Lynch's Souls of We) is an American hard rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2007. The lineup consists of London LeGrand (vocals), George Lynch (guitar) and Johny Chow (bass). Since 2009, Jord ...
releasing their debut album ''
Let the Truth Be Known ''Let the Truth Be Known'' is the debut album by hard rock supergroup Souls of We released on May 27, 2008 via the group's official website with the first 1000 copies, with blues musician Robert Johnson inspired album artwork, signed by members ...
'' in 2008. He also has a side-project named Rockstars on Mars whose demos can be heard on the band's Myspace page.


History


Early life

Prior to joining Brides of Destruction, LeGrand was a hair stylist working in Los Angeles. He had previously attempted to become the new singer for Lynch Mob after sending an audition tape to George Lynch. He was unsuccessful but LeGrand did begin working with Lynch on some of the early demos that would be
Souls of We Souls of We (also known as George Lynch's Souls of We) is an American hard rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2007. The lineup consists of London LeGrand (vocals), George Lynch (guitar) and Johny Chow (bass). Since 2009, Jord ...
's debut album ''Let the Truth Be Known''. This was put on hold however when LeGrand successfully auditioned to be the new singer of Brides of Destruction.


Brides of Destruction

Brides of Destruction was formed by Nikki Sixx and Tracii Guns in Los Angeles 2002 initially with the name Cockstar after Mötley Crüe went on hiatus and Guns left L.A. Guns. The lineup was rounded off with LeGrand on vocals, keyboardist Adam Hamilton and Kris Kohls of Adema on drums. They were advised by radio programmers that the name Cockstar wouldn't be announced on air. They briefly adopted the moniker Motordog before settling on Brides of Destruction after it was suggested to Sixx by a friend. Hamilton left shortly after and was replaced by John Corabi, also formerly of Mötley Crüe, who became the band's second guitarist but he would soon leave along with drummer Kohls.
Scot Coogan replaced Kohls on drums and the group released '' Here Come The Brides'' in 2004 where it managed to reach the top 100 of the ''Billboard'' 200. Nikki Sixx then left the group for a
Mötley Crüe Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1981. The group was founded by bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee, lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil. Mötley Crüe has sold over 100 million albums ...
reunion tour and was replaced by
Scott Sorry Scott Sorry (born Gerard Scott; October 30, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American singer songwriter. Prior to being a solo artist Scott played with The Wildhearts, Sorry and the Sinatras, Amen and briefly Brides of Destruction. Bi ...
formerly of Amen.
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of The Wildhearts joined the group as the second guitarist but soon left after a month. ''
Runaway Brides ''Runaway Brides'' is the second and final studio album by Brides of Destruction released via Shrapnel Records on September 13, 2005. Nikki Sixx left the band to rejoin Mötley Crüe in January 2005 for a reunion tour supporting a greatest hits ...
'' was released in 2005 and failed to chart. Sorry departed before the European tour and was replaced by guitar/bass tech Jeremy Guns and Dazzle Rebel of Red Star Rebels for the shows. Guns joined Quiet Riot after the end of the tour for just a month then put together The Tracii Guns Band which then became the second
L.A. Guns L.A. Guns is an American glam metal band from Los Angeles, formed in 1983. The lineup currently consists of Tracii Guns (lead guitar), Phil Lewis (lead vocals), Ace Von Johnson (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Johnny Martin (bass, backing vo ...
thus putting Brides of Destruction on indefinite hiatus.


Souls of We

LeGrand returned to working with Lynch and formed the band
Souls of We Souls of We (also known as George Lynch's Souls of We) is an American hard rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2007. The lineup consists of London LeGrand (vocals), George Lynch (guitar) and Johny Chow (bass). Since 2009, Jord ...
adding bass player Johny Chow of Fireball Ministry and
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and drummer Ya'el of Tom Morello and Alex Skolnick to the lineup. The debut album ''
Let the Truth Be Known ''Let the Truth Be Known'' is the debut album by hard rock supergroup Souls of We released on May 27, 2008 via the group's official website with the first 1000 copies, with blues musician Robert Johnson inspired album artwork, signed by members ...
'' was self-produced and mixed by Mudrock, who has work with bands such as Avenged Sevenfold and Godsmack, and was released on May 27, 2008. Guests on the album include Morgan Rose of Sevendust and
Frédéric Leclercq Frédéric Alexandre "Fred" Leclercq (born 23 June 1978) is a French musician and producer, best known as the former longtime bassist for British power metal band DragonForce. He is currently the guitarist and main songwriter in the death metal ...
of DragonForce. Ya'el left the band after recording and was replaced by Jordan Mancino of As I Lay Dying and the band made their live debut on May 23, 2009 at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood. The band continues to play different shows. On October 26, 2009 a video was released for album track "Skeleton Key".SOULS OF WE: 'Skeleton Key' Video Released – Oct. 26, 2009
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Discography


Brides of Destruction


Souls of We


Guest Appearances


References


External links


Souls Of We Official Website
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