Guns n Roses

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Guns n Roses' Bio: Guns N’ Roses is an American hard rock band founded in Los Angeles, California in 1985. They are often credited with reviving the sleazy side of rock n roll and called “the world’s most dangerous band” because of their volatile live shows.

The band h as released six studio albums: Appetite For Destruction in 1987, G N’ R Lies in 1988, Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II in 1991, The Spaghetti Incident? (a covers album) in 1993 and, after 15 years and with only one member of the original lineup r emaining, Chinese Democracy in 2008. They also released a live EP titled Live Like A Suicide in 1986. This was a collection of five songs the band had been playing since their first rehearsal, with an audience track added to make the demos sound live.

The gro up 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’ na mes. 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 Hollywood Rose. On their first tour, G ardner quit and was replaced by Slash’s friend, Steven Adler.

Stemming from the LA rock underground, they signified a shift in rock from slick hair-metal back to gritty, dirty, street-smart rock & roll. The ugly lyrics matched the sleaze of the music— driven by heavy blues licks—covering misogyny, violence, city life, sex, liquor, and hard drugs. They also, however, had a tendency to show sensitivity and a desire to break free from the city. Subsequent albums revealed influence from bands in the vein of T he Rolling Stones and Queen.

Their 1987 breakthrough, Appetite For Destruction, (18-times platinum and the second highest-selling debut album of all-time), coupled with the success of the hit single “Sweet Child O’ Mine” in 1988, took the world by storm . “Appetite” was full of raunchy hard rock with blistering, anthemic guitar riffs and snarling vocals.

The followup EP, “GNR Lies”, contained four songs from their debut EP, three new acoustic songs, and an acoustic version of You’re Crazy. The albu m sold well and got into the top 10 alongside Appetite. By 1991, they were one of the most popular bands in the world.

Steven Adler was kicked out of the band due to his drug abuse and replaced by Matt Sorum.

Following the release of GNR Lies, Use Your Illus ion 1 and Use Your Illusion 2 made history by making the number 1 and 2 spots on the American Billboard Album chart. The albums were filled with songs that pushed Guns into a different direction, far from the Appetite era. They surprised critics who expected h ard rock songs but found more “epic” tracks featuring a wider range of instruments (pianos, brass instruments, various effects, etc). The main response was that instead of releasing two albums that included “filler tracks”, they could have released one CD.

The band then started a world tour to support the albums. During this tour, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin quit the band due to differences with Slash, Sorum and McKagan due to his newfound sobriety and Stradlin’s anger at Rose’s management of the ba nd. … Read more