• Guns N' Roses is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California that emerged from the Sunset Strip metal scene in the mid-1980s to become one of the biggest selling acts of the day. Today, frontman Axl Rose is the only original member left in the band. Their long awaited album Chinese Democracy was in production for over a decade and was finally released on November 23, 2008. According to Rolling Stone, Guns N' Roses will embark on their first stadium tour since 2007 in support of the album.Rolling Stone: Guns n' Roses Planning Summer Stadium Tour (March 5, 2009) Unconfirmed reports have surfaced that the band will mount a joint tour with Van Halen.Fan Site:: Guns N' Roses To Tour With Van Halen? (March 6, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Origin: Los Angeles, California
  2. Genre: Hard rock
  3. Years active: 1985 - present
  4. Labels: Geffen, UZI Suicide
  5. Studio albums: 6
  6. 4th-best selling debut album in U.S. history: Appetite for Destruction (15M in U.S. alone)
  7. Appetite for Destruction has sold over 28 million copies
  8. Slash and Duff McKagan later left the group in 1996
  9. Slash, McKagen and drummer Matt Sorum formed Velvet Revolver

• Career

  After gigging around the Sunset Strip area of Los Angeles for a couple of years, the band was eventually signed to Geffen Records and released their debut album Appetite for Destruction. The album went on to become the best selling debut in history and established the band as a major new force in music. The band upped the ante even more when their 1991 double album Use Your Illusion I & II were released as two separate albums and went on to take the #1 and #2 spots on the Billboard charts. After their early 90s peak, the band began to lose original members left and right. Once the dust had settled, the only original members still left in the band was Axl Rose.

• Original Members

  • Axl Rose - Vocals
  • Slash - Lead Guitar
  • Matt Sorum - Drums
  • Duff McKagan - Bass Guitar
  • Izzy Stradlin - Rhythm Guitar
  • Steven Adler - Drums

• Current Members

  • Axl Rose - Vocals
  • Richard Fortus - Lead Guitar
  • Dizzy Reed - Keyboards
  • Tommy Stinson - Bass Guitar
  • Chris Pitman - Keyboards
  • Bryan Mantia - Drums

• Studio Albums

  • 1987: Appetite for Destruction
  • 1988: G N' R Lies
  • 1991: Use Your Illusion I
  • 1991: Use Your Illusion II
  • 1993: The Spaghetti Incident?
  • 2008: Chinese Democracy

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