Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1985.
The classic lineup as signed to Geffen Records in 1986
consisted of vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin,
bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Steven Adler.
The band has released six studio albums to date, accumulating sales of more than 100 million
records worldwide, including shipments of 45 million in the United States,
making them one of the world's best-selling bands of all time.
The band's classic lineup, along with later members Reed and drummer Matt Sorum, were inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, their first year of eligibility.
-Wikipedia
Also Known As: G N' R, GnR
Name Origin:
The band coined its name by combining the names of the previous groups they were in,
L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose.
Hollywood Rose was headed by Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin.
Tracii Guns headed L.A. Guns.
Slash was in another band, Black Sheep which had the same agent as Rose's.
From: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genre(s):
Hard rock,
heavy metal,
blues rock
Active From: 1985-present
Associated Acts:
The Beautiful (band),
Hollywood Rose,
L.A. Guns,
Neurotic Outsiders,
Praxis,
Road Crew,
Slash's Snakepit,
Velvet Revolver
Quotes:
"I know that many of you are disappointed that some of the people that you came to know and love could not be with us here today. Regardless of what you have heard or read, people worked very hard (meaning my former friends) to do everything they could so that I could not be here today. I say @#$%& that. I am as hurt and disappointed as you that, unlike Oasis, we could not find a way to all get along."
Axl Rose
"It pisses me off when you've got people right in front of you with their arms crossed and a "show me something" look on their faces. I don't need people to sit there and test me. I'm up there, I know what I'm doing. I know how much effort we're putting into it. I don't need someone sitting there saying "impress me". I feel like saying, "no, you impress me "
Axl Rose
"It still gets to me when I see a crowd where a 17 year old kid acts like he's bored," he said. "I want to ask him 'Hey, what do you want? What do you have to do tonight that's better than this?"
Axl Rose