Group Name: Guns N Roses

Genre(s): Hard Rock

Current Members:
Axl Rose - lead vocals, piano (1985-present)
Dizzy Reed - keyboards, piano (1990-present)
Robin Finck - lead guitar (1997-present)
Tommy Stinson - bass guitar (1998-present)
Chris Pitman - keyboards, programming (1998-present)
Brian "Brain" Mantia - drums (2000-present)
Richard Fortus - rhythm guitar (2002-present)
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal - lead guitar (2006-present)

Founding Members:
Axl Rose,
guitarists Tracii Guns and Izzy Stradlin,
bassist Ole Beich
and drummer Rob Gardner

Former Members:
Ole Beich - bass (1985)
Rob Gardner - drums (1985)
Tracii Guns - lead guitar (1985)
Steven Adler - drums (1985-1990)
Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar (1985-1991)
Gilby Clarke - rhythm guitar (1991-1994)
Slash - lead guitar (1985-1996)
Matt Sorum - drums (1990-1997)
Duff McKagan - bass (1985-1998)
Josh Freese - drums (1997-2000)
Paul Tobias - rhythm guitar (1994-2002)
Buckethead - lead guitar (2000-2004)


Formed: formed in Los Angeles in March, 1985

Name Game: Band derived name from two bands in which the original members had played: Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns.

Nationality: American

Debut Album: Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide (EP) (1986); Appetite for Destruction (1987)

Breakthrough Single: Sweet Child O' Mine (1988); Welcome to the Jungle (1987)

Did You Know:
"Chinese Democracy" Album has been in production for more than ten years at a cost of over thirteen million dollars
"Welcome to the Jungle" originally bombed in the United States