Gun were a moderately successful scottish hard rock band formed in 1987 by brothers Giuliano (guitar) and Dante (bass) Gizzi, with Mark Rankin (vocals), Scott Shields (drums) and Baby Stafford (guitar). Signed in 1989 by A&M Records, they released their debut album "Taking on the World". The single "Better Days" from the album made the top 40 in the UK. Gun toured the US and supported The Rolling Stones on their european tour of 1990.

Alex Dickson replaced Baby Stafford before the release of their second album "Gallus", of which the single "Steal your fire" was a minor hit. Both Alex and Scott left before the release of "Swagger", Giuliano taking over all guitar duties, and Mark Kerr (brother of Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr) replacing Scott. "Swagger" was easily their most successful album, propelled by the success of their version of "Word Up" by Cameo, the single of which was a top 10 UK hit and charted well in many other territories as well.

The band took a break and returned three years later with yet another new drummer, Stuart Kerr (formerly of Texas), a new name (G.U.N.), and a new album "0141 632 6326" produced by INXS keyboard player Andrew Fariss, which was characterised by a much lighter, poppier sound than the more rock driven sound of their earlier works. However the album managed to simultaneously alienate existing fans of the band and fail to gain a new audience, and sold poorly in comparison to "Swagger".

The band split in 1997 and aside from a few one off reunion gigs in 1998 and 1999, have not been active as a unit since, although two new GUN cds have been released (The Collection and The River Sessions - a double live cd... http://www.gunrgallus.fsnet.co.uk/) and all the individual members are still active within the music industry.

Discography

• Taking on the World (1989)
• Gallus (1992)
• Swagger (1994)
• 0141 632 6326 (1997)
• The Collection (2003)
• The River Sessions (2005)