 With U.P.O., he released two albums, "No Pleasantries" (2000) and "The Heavy" (2004), while the Hollywood Rose demos, recorded in 1984, were released in 2004 titled "The Roots of Guns N' Roses".Prior to forming, Chris Weber was introduced to Lafayette native Izzy Stradlin, in the parking lot of the Rainbow Bar and Grill, by friend Tracii Guns, who was leading the first incarnation of L.A.Guns at this time, after Weber expressed an interest in forming a band.