Guns n' Roses rock band biography
1985-1990 - *W.Axl Rose (vocals) - real name - William
Bruce Bailey (but in the age of 17 he changed
his name to William Bruce Rose, after he found
out that his father was actually his step
father. His real father was William Rose.
Later he changed it to W.Axl Rose, because
"William was an a**hole", and AXL was a band
he and Izzy played in)
*Slash (lead guitar) - real name - Saul Hudson
*Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitar) - real name -
Jeffrey Isbell
*Duff "Rose " McKagan (bass) - real name -
Michael McKagan
*Steven "Popcorn" Adler (drums)
1990 GnR fired Steven Adler because of his drug
problems. He was replaced by Matt Sorum (from
The Cult).
1991-1995 GnR added a keyboard player,
Dizzy Reed (real name - Darren Reed). Izzy
left the band in November '91 and was replaced
Gilby Clarke.
1995 Gilby Clarke was out, and the band added Paul
"Huge" Tobias on guitar.
1996 Slash left the band.
1997 Matt Sorum left the band, so did Duff McKagan.
I also believe that during that time, Josh
Freese joined as a drummer. Robin Finck joined
as a guitar player.
1999 Robin Finck quit.
2000 Buckethead joined the band. Robin Finck came
back to GnR. Brian "Brain" Mantia joined on
drums. Chris Pitman joined on keyboards.
2002 Richard Fortus joined on guitar.
2004 Buckethead quit.
2005 This is the current line-up:
*W.Axl Rose (vocals)
*Dizzy Reed (keyboards)
*Tommy Stinson (bass)
*Robin Finck (guitar)
*Richard Fortus (guitar)
*Brian "Brain" Mantia (drums)
*Chris Pitman (keyboards)
Bruce Bailey (but in the age of 17 he changed
his name to William Bruce Rose, after he found
out that his father was actually his step
father. His real father was William Rose.
Later he changed it to W.Axl Rose, because
"William was an a**hole", and AXL was a band
he and Izzy played in)
*Slash (lead guitar) - real name - Saul Hudson
*Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitar) - real name -
Jeffrey Isbell
*Duff "Rose " McKagan (bass) - real name -
Michael McKagan
*Steven "Popcorn" Adler (drums)
1990 GnR fired Steven Adler because of his drug
problems. He was replaced by Matt Sorum (from
The Cult).
1991-1995 GnR added a keyboard player,
Dizzy Reed (real name - Darren Reed). Izzy
left the band in November '91 and was replaced
Gilby Clarke.
1995 Gilby Clarke was out, and the band added Paul
"Huge" Tobias on guitar.
1996 Slash left the band.
1997 Matt Sorum left the band, so did Duff McKagan.
I also believe that during that time, Josh
Freese joined as a drummer. Robin Finck joined
as a guitar player.
1999 Robin Finck quit.
2000 Buckethead joined the band. Robin Finck came
back to GnR. Brian "Brain" Mantia joined on
drums. Chris Pitman joined on keyboards.
2002 Richard Fortus joined on guitar.
2004 Buckethead quit.
2005 This is the current line-up:
*W.Axl Rose (vocals)
*Dizzy Reed (keyboards)
*Tommy Stinson (bass)
*Robin Finck (guitar)
*Richard Fortus (guitar)
*Brian "Brain" Mantia (drums)
*Chris Pitman (keyboards)