Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses
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Guns N' Roses |

Guns N' Roses onstage in Venezuela in 2010
From left to right: DizzyReed, Bumblefoot, Richard Fortus, Axl Rose, DJ Ashba, Chris Pitman, Tommy Stinson |
Background information |
Also known as | G N' R, GnR |
Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres |Hard rock, heavy metal,[1][2][3][4][5] glam metal[6][7] |
Years active | 1985–present |
Labels | Geffen, UZI Suicide |
Associated acts | Hollywood Rose, L.A. Guns, Neurotic Outsiders, Praxis, RoadCrew, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver |
Website | gunsnroses.com |
Members |
Axl Rose
Dizzy Reed
Tommy Stinson
Chris Pitman
Richard Fortus
Frank Ferrer
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal
DJ Ashba |Past members |
See List of Guns N' Roses band members |
Guns N' Roses (sometimes abbreviated as G N' R) are an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The classiclineup, 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. Today, Axl Rose is theonly remaining original member, in a lineup that comprises lead guitarists Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and DJ Ashba, rhythm guitarist Richard Fortus, bassist Tommy Stinson, drummer Frank Ferrer, andkeyboardists Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman. The band has released six studio albums, accumulating sales of more than 100 million albums worldwide,[8] including shipments of 45 million in the United States.[9]A year after its release, Guns N' Roses' debut album Appetite for Destruction (1987) reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200, on the strength of the hit "Sweet Child o' Mine," their only single to reachNo. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.[10] The album has sold in excess of 28 million copies worldwide,[11] including 18 million units sold in the United States, making it the best-selling debut album of...