Guns N' Roses timeline
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Axl Rose is born
Born as William Bruce Rose, Jr. in Lafayette, Indiana, as the only child to Sharon E. Lintner, then 16 years old, and William Bruce Rose, then 20... Read more
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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.... Read more
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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... Read more
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Monsters of Rock 1988
1988 was the biggest ever Donington,107,000 turned up. Given dry conditions that would not have been a problem, however, the festival was marred by... Read more
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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... Read more
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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. Read more
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Guns N' Roses replace Steven Adler with Matt Sorum
Adler was briefly fired from the band, but was reinstated after signing a contract promising to stop using drugs. On April 7, 1990, he performed... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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Guns N' Roses replace Izzy Stradlin with Gilby Clarke
Stradlin informed the band through their manager Alan Niven that he was quitting. According to Stephen Davis' Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N'... Read more
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Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour
The Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour was a famed joint, co-headlining concert tour by the American rock bands Guns N' Roses and Metallica... Read more
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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... Read more
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Writing and recording process of the Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy
The historical background of Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy spans two decades and millions of dollars. Touring legs began in 2001, and the... Read more
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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... Read more
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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)... Read more
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Guns N' Roses replace Duff McKagan with Tommy Stinson
Cover album "The Spaghetti Incident?" was released in 1993, after which the relationships between band members began to deteriorate and core... Read more
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Buckethead joins Guns N' Roses
Buckethead achieved a higher public profile as lead guitarist for Guns N' Roses from 2000 to 2004. He recorded the often-delayed album Chinese... Read more
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Robin Finck joins Guns N' Roses again
Shortly after the tour ended in 2000 he returned to Guns N' Roses, playing four shows with them in late 2001 followed by a brief tour of Europe and... Read more
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Buckethead quits Guns N' Roses
In March 2004 Buckethead left Guns N' Roses, according to his manager, because of Guns' inability to complete an album or tour. Read more
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Guns N' Roses replace Buckethead with Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal
Thal joined Guns N' Roses before they embarked on a world tour in 2006, filling the position vacated by departed guitarist Buckethead. He made his... Read more
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Axl Rose fires the manager of Guns N' Roses, announces that Chinese Democracy will be released in March
Axl Rose issued a press release on Guns N' Roses' official website on December 14, 2006. Entitled "An open letter to the fans from Axl", Rose... Read more
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Guns N' Roses announce that Chinese Democracy will not be released in March
Despite Axl Rose's announcement, the new Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy was once again delayed. On February 22, 2007, the band's road... Read more
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Guns N' Roses officially release Chinese Democracy
Chinese Democracy is the fifth studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released in November 2008 on Geffen Records. It is the band's... Read more
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Axl Rose denies that Guns N' Roses will reunite with their original lineup
On February 6, 2009 (Axl Rose's 47th birthday), a story was posted on the official NME website that denied rumors of a reunion between the original... Read more
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Guns N' Roses replace Robin Finck with DJ Ashba
On March 23, 2009 Ashba was announced the new lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses replacing Robin Finck, who had left the band to rejoin Nine Inch... Read more