Slash Events

1986 Dec 16 Guns N' Roses release Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide
Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide is a four-song EP released by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses on December 16, 1986 on the label, UZI Suicide. (This was ostensibly a self-released recor...
1987 Jul 21 Guns N' Roses release Appetite for Destruction
Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American rock band Guns N' Roses, released in July 1987 on Geffen Records. It was well-received by critics and topped the American Bi...
1988 Nov 29 Guns N' Roses release G N' R Lies
G N' R Lies, also known as Lies, is the second album by the band Guns N' Roses, released in 1988. While officially an extended play, it was treated as a studio album when released. Accord...
1989 Mar Izzy Stradlin and Slash appear on the cover of Guitar World
Guns N' Roses young guitarists Slash and Izzy Stradlin are photographed for this month's classic cover with Les Pauls ready to go.
1991 Sep 17 Guns N' Roses release Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion I is the third studio album by hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was the first of two albums released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, the other being Use ...
1991 Sep 17 Guns N' Roses release Use Your Illusion II
Use Your Illusion II is the fourth studio album by hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was one of two albums released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, and as a result the two ...
1993 Nov 23 Guns N' Roses release "The Spaghetti Incident?"
"The Spaghetti Incident?" is the 5th studio album by hard rock band Guns N' Roses. The album is unique for the band, consisting entirely of cover versions, mostly of punk and glam rock so...
1994 Aug Woodstock 1994
Woodstock '94 was a music festival organized in order to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival of 1969. It was promoted as "2 More Days of Peace and Music." ...
1996 Oct 30 Guns N' Roses announce that Slash has quit the band
On October 30, 1996, it was discovered that Slash was officially no longer a part of the band, as lead singer Axl Rose sent a fax to MTV stating he and his former guitarist had experience...
1997
to 2000
Guns N' Roses replace Slash with Robin Finck
In 1997 Finck signed a two-year contract with Guns N' Roses as the replacement for Slash (who had quit the band at the end of the previous year) and began work on what was ultimately to b...