Guns n' roses original members still alive
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Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band founded in Los Angeles, California in 1985.
The band has released six studio albums: Appetite For Destruction in 1987, G N' R Lies in 1988, Use Your IllusionI and Use Your Illusion II in 1991, The Spaghetti Incident? in 1993 and, after 15 years and with frontman Axl Rose and keyboardist Dizzy Reed being the only members left from the previous lineup, Chinese Democracy in 2008. They also released three EPs in 1986, 1988, and 1993 and two live albums, in 1999 and 2014.
The group was formed in early 1985 by Hollywood Rose members Axl Rose (vocals) and Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitar) and L.A. Guns members Tracii Guns (lead guitar), Ole Beich (bass) and Rob Gardner (drums). The band created its name by combining two of the members' names. A short time later, Beich was fired and replaced by Duff McKagan, and Guns was replaced by Slash after not showing up to rehearsal. Slash had played with McKagan in Road Crew and with Stradlin during a short stint in Holly
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GNR Discography
Noteable Appearances
See Also: Axl Rose Online Chat Transcripts.
History
W. Axl Rose was born William Bruce Rose, Jr. on February 6, 1962 in Lafayette, Indiana. He grew up in a house on 2375 N. 24 St.
His biological father, William Rose, left the family when Axl was two years old. His mother remarried when he was an infant and changed his name to William Bailey, using the last name of her new
husband L. Stephen 'Beetle' Bailey. She changed Axl's brother Stuart's last name as well.
Axl, his younger brother, Stuart, and half-sister, Amy, had a very rough childhood. All were abused, sexually and physically. Strict parenting and abuse led to his corruption in adolescence. As an
adult, he stated that repressed memories had revealed to him that his biological father, William Rose, had sexually abused him as a small child. He also suffered ph
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How Guns N' Roses Got Together to Form the Iconic Hard Rock Band
In many ways, the rise of Guns N' Roses into one of the world's biggest bands in the late 1980s represents the quintessential Hollywood success story, a culmination of ambitions realized by five boys who left behind past lives and old names to reinvent themselves as rock royalty.
Adler introduced Slash to guitar in junior high
The first to Los Angeles were Steven Adler – born Michael Coletti – and Saul Hudson – soon to be known as "Slash" – in the early 1970s. As noted in My Appetite for Destruction: Sex & Drugs & Guns N' Roses, Adler came with his big brother and single mom, who was seeking to rebuild her life after splitting from an abusive husband in Cleveland, Ohio.
Slash, born in London to parents who put their artistic talents to use in the music industry, landed in a show business environment in L.A. With houseguests that included David Bowie (at one point his mom's boyfriend) and the Rolling Stones' Ron Wood, he began drinking regularly as an adolescent and was largely left unsuper
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