Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985 as a merger of local bands L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band's "classic" line-up consisted of vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Steven Adler. The current line-up consists of Rose, Slash, McKagan, guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Isaac Carpenter, and keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Melissa Reese.
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| Genre | Hard rock · heavy metal
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| Label | Geffen · Uzi Suicide · Black Frog · UMG
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members
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past members
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touring members
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FEATURED DISCOGRAPHY
| Studio albums |
studio albums
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| Live albums |
live albums
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| Compilation albums |
compilation albums
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video albums
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| Singles |
singles
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS
| Mood | Cathartic · Rebellious · Cynical/Sarcastic · Aggressive · Manic · Reckless · Rowdy · Provocative · Passionate · Intense · Sleazy · Harsh · Hostile · Volatile · Thuggish · Nihilistic · Rousing · Fiery · Confrontational · Raucous · Hedonistic
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- In 2001, Rose reformed the band with all new members - he was allowed to keep the name because he owns the rights. He played with various versions of the new group over the next few years, working on Chinese Democracy, which was finally released in 2008.
- The "Guns" part of their name comes from Tracii Guns, who is a guitarist that was with the band when they first formed, but left before they settled on a name. Guns later formed the band L.A. Guns.
- Early in their career, they lived in a small apartment in Los Angeles they called Hell House because of alcohol, drugs, girls and all manner of sin.
- Their first gigs were in Seattle. About 100 miles outside of Los Angeles, their van broke down, so they hitchhiked to Seattle, where they played 5 sparsely attended shows.
- Guns N' Roses once played an entire concert without their former frontman, Axl. Axl had arrived late to an Alice Cooper opening, and security would not let him in. Slash, Izzy and Duff handled the vocals for the entire show.
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