Guns N Roses Lyrics

Guns N Roses Info:

Also known as:
G N' R, GnR

From:
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Genres:
Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock

Years active:
1985-present

Labels:
Geffen, UZI Suicide

Associated acts:
The Beautiful (band), Hollywood Rose, L.A. Guns, Neurotic Outsiders, Praxis, Road Crew, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver

Name Origin:
The band coined its name by combining the names of the previous groups they were in, L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose.

Hollywood Rose was headed by Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin. Tracii Guns headed L.A. Guns. Slash was in another band, Black Sheep which had the same agent as Rose's.

Current Members:
Axl Rose -
( 1985-present )
(vocals, piano, keyboards, whistle, whistling, acoustic guitar, synthesizers, percussion, kazoo, rhythm guitar, sound effects, choir)

Dizzy Reed -
(1990-present )
(keyboards, backing vocals, clavinet, synthesizers, piano, organ

Tommy Stinson-
(1998-present )
(bass, backing vocals)

Chris Pitman-
( 1998-present )
(keyboards, backing vocals, synthesizers, bass, 12 string guitar, mellotron)

Richard Fortus-
(2002-present
(rhythm guitar

Frank Ferrer-
( 2006-present )
(drums)

Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal-
(2006-present)
(lead guitar

DJ Ashba-
(2009-present)
(lead guitar)

Classic Line-Up:
Axl Rose (vocalist )
Slash (lead guitarist )
Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitarist )
Duff McKagan ( bassist )
Steven Adler (drummer )

Founding Members:
Axl Rose (vocalist )
Tracii Guns (lead guitarist )
Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitarist )
Ole Beich( bassist )
Rob Gardner (drummer )

Past Members:
Ole Beich - bass (1985)
Rob Gardner - drums (1985)
Tracii Guns - lead guitar (1985)
Steven Adler - drums (1985-1990)
Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar (1985-1991)
Gilby Clarke - rhythm guitar (1991-1994)
Slash - lead guitar (1985-1996)
Matt Sorum - drums (1990-1997)
Duff McKagan - bass (1985-1998)
Josh Freese - drums (1997-2000)
Paul Tobias - rhythm guitar (1994-2002)
Buckethead - lead guitar (2000-2004)

Guns N Roses Quotes:
"I know that many of you are disappointed that some of the people that you came to know and love could not be with us here today. Regardless of what you have heard or read, people worked very hard (meaning my former friends) to do everything they could so that I could not be here today. I say @#$%& that. I am as hurt and disappointed as you that, unlike Oasis, we could not find a way to all get along."
Axl Rose

"It pisses me off when you've got people right in front of you with their arms crossed and a "show me something" look on their faces. I don't need people to sit there and test me. I'm up there, I know what I'm doing. I know how much effort we're putting into it. I don't need someone sitting there saying "impress me". I feel like saying, "no, you impress me "
Axl Rose

"It still gets to me when I see a crowd where a 17 year old kid acts like he's bored," he said. "I want to ask him 'Hey, what do you want? What do you have to do tonight that's better than this?"
Axl Rose


Guns N Roses Awards
1988
MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist ("Welcome To The Jungle").

1989
American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single ("Sweet Child O' Mine")

1990
American Music Awards for Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist and Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Album (Appetite For Destruction).

1992
American Music Award for Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist

MTV Video Music Awards for Video Vanguard Award and Best Cinematography ("November Rain")

1993
World Music Awards for World's Best-selling Hard Rock Artist of the Year
Hungarian Music Award

2012
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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