History

Guns N Roses is a hard rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band formed in 1985. The band is formed by vocalist Axl Rose and rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin of the band Hollywood Rose. Along with lead guitarist Tracii Gunns, bassist Ole Beich, and drummer Rob Gardner of the band L.A Guns. They combined both of thier previous band names for Guns N Roses. Ole Beich was later replaced by bassist Duff McKagen. TRacii Guns was then replaced by the new lead guitarist Slash. Gardner later quit and was replaced by Steven Adler.

Current Members

• Axl Rose-

1985- Present

Lead Vocalist

• Dizzy Reed

1990- Present

Keyboards

• Tommy Stinson

1998- Present

Bass

• Chris Pitman

1998- Present

Keyboards

• Richard Fortus

2002- Present

Rhythm Guitar

• Ron "Bumblefoot Thal

2006- Present

• Frank Ferrer

2006- Present

Drums

• DJ Ashba

2009- Present

Lead Guitar

Former Members

• Izzy Stradlin

1985-1991

Rhythm Guitar

• Tracii Guns

March-May 1985

• Ole Beich

March-May 1985

Bass

• Rob Gardner

March-May 1985

Drums

• Duff McKagen

1985-1997

Bass

• Slash

1985-1996

Lead Guitarist

• Steven Adler

1985-1990

Drums

• Matt Sorum

1990-1997

Drums

• Gilby Clark

1991-1994

Rhythm Guitarist

• Paul Tobias

1994-2002

Rhythm Guitarist

• Robin Finck

1997-2008

Lead Guitar

• Josh Freese

1998-1999

Drums

• Buckethead

2000-2004

Lead Guitar

• Brian Mantia

200-2006

Drums