1985 – Present 📍 Los Angeles, United States

Guns N' Roses

hard rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal Blues Rock Sleaze Rock

World-dominating Los Angeles hard rock icons whose incendiary debut Appetite for Destruction redefined late-80s rock with blistering riffs and streetwise grit.

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👥 Personnel & Lineage (25)

Members

Ashba

Also Played In:

BulletBoys ➔ Sixx:A.M. ➔

Steven Adler

Also Played In:

BulletBoys ➔ Adler's Appetite ➔ Adler ➔ Hollywood Rose ➔

Duff McKagan

Bass, Backing Vocals

Also Played In:

Velvet Revolver ➔ The Gak ➔ Velvet Revolver ➔ Neurotic Outsiders ➔ The Fastbacks ➔ Jane's Addiction ➔ The Fartz ➔

Buckethead

Dizzy Reed

Also Played In:

Hookers 'N' Blow ➔

Izzy Stradlin

Also Played In:

Hollywood Rose ➔

Gilby Clarke

Dave Navarro

Lead Guitar

Also Played In:

Red Hot Chili Peppers ➔ Jane's Addiction ➔

Richard Fortus

Frank Ferrer

Melissa Reese

Slash

Also Played In:

Velvet Revolver ➔ Slash's Snakepit ➔ The Gak ➔ Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators ➔ Hollywood Rose ➔ Slash's Blues Ball ➔

Axl Rose

Also Played In:

Rapidfire ➔ L.A. Guns ➔ The Gak ➔ Hollywood Rose ➔

Matt Sorum

Also Played In:

Velvet Revolver ➔ Slash's Snakepit ➔ The Cult ➔ Kings of Chaos ➔

Rob Gardner

instrumentalist

Also Played In:

L.A. Guns ➔ Hollywood Rose ➔

Chris Pitman

Bryan Mantia

drummer

Tracii Guns

Also Played In:

Brides of Destruction ➔ Devil City Angels ➔ Hollywood Rose ➔ L.A. Guns ➔ Contraband ➔

Paul Tobias

Josh Freese

Drums

Also Played In:

Suicidal Tendencies ➔ The Vandals ➔ Weezer ➔ The Offspring ➔ Devo ➔ Sublime with Rome ➔ Foo Fighters ➔ The Replacements ➔ A Perfect Circle ➔ Nine Inch Nails ➔ 3 Doors Down ➔

Axl Rose

Lead Vocals, Piano

1985 – Present

Also Played In:

AC/DC ➔

Slash

Lead Guitar

1985 – Present

Also Played In:

Velvet Revolver ➔ Slash's Snakepit ➔

Dizzy Reed

Keyboards, Piano

1990 – Present

Richard Fortus

Rhythm Guitar

2002 – Present

Frank Ferrer

Drums

2006 – Present

⏳ Past Members (7)

Tommy Stinson

Bass, Vocals

1998 – 2014

The Replacements

Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal

2006 – 2015

Art of Anarchy

Izzy Stradlin

Rhythm Guitar, Vocals

1985 – 1991

Steven Adler

Drums

1985 – 1990

Matt Sorum

Drums, Backing Vocals

1990 – 1997

Velvet Revolver Neurotic Outsiders Slash's Snakepit

Gilby Clarke

Rhythm Guitar

1991 – 1994

Slash's Snakepit

Josh Freese

Drums

1997 – 2000

Suicidal Tendencies The Vandals Weezer The Offspring Devo Sublime with Rome Foo Fighters The Replacements A Perfect Circle Nine Inch Nails 3 Doors Down