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Who\u2019s the richest Guns N\u2019 Roses member? Net worths, ranked: singer Axl Rose bought the band name, but guitarist Slash enjoys an epic solo career and bassist Duff McKagan studied finance for a reason

STORYRob Garratt
Who\u2019s the richest member of rock band Guns N\u2019 Roses? The OG line-up of Duff McKagan, Slash, Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin and Steven Adler in their 80s heyday. Photo: WireImage/Getty Images

The Guns N\u2019 Roses brand is synonymous with excess. The riffs. The rifts. The drugs. The girls. The private jets and never-ending tours. And the mounds of money its members have racked up \u2013 and burnt through \u2013 in the past 35 years.

Among the most decadent and debauched of rock groups, GNR oozed swagger, danger and machismo from the get-go, launched from the icky asphalt of LA\u2019s Sunset Strip to the world. Celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, genre-defining debut Appetite for Destruction shifted 30 million records \u2013 the second-best-selling debut album ever \u2013 and spawned five singles, including \u201cSweet Child o\u2019 Mine\u201d, an earworm so enduring it ensured none of the five founding members would ever have to work again. Well, if they saved, anyway.

The original Guns N\u2019 Roses line-up on the cusp of fame, from left: Izzy Stradlin, Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, Steven Adler and Slash backstage, before a show opening for Johnny Thunders in Long Beach, California, in 1986. Photo: Getty Images

But work they did, maintaining a hectic half-decade heyday schedule that was only matched by the band\u2019s notorious alcohol and substance intake. By 1991, they had shed two members. The same year they simultaneously released two double albums \u2013 Use Your Illusion I and II \u2013 and embarked on a gruelling two-and-a-half-year tour that would prove the end of the band, in a sense.

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So where are they today?

The reunited Guns N\u2019 Roses in 2018 \u2013 featuring less than 50 per cent original members. Photo: Katarina Benzova

After years of infighting and inactivity, erratic lead singer Axl Rose claimed the blockbuster GNR brand as his own, leading a band of hired hands throughout the early 2000s while top hat-totin\u2019 guitarist Slash and the rest of the OG gang went off to pursue solo careers of varying critical and commercial success.

Until, suddenly in 2016, three of the founding members formed an apparently uneasy, but incredibly lucrative, truce. The subsequent three-year-and-a-half-year Not in This Lifetime \u2026 Tour banked an eye-watering US$580 million after playing 158 shows to some 5.3 million people (including this writer, twice) \u2013 the equivalent of a cool US$3.7 million per night, making it the third highest-grossing tour in music history. And the juggernaut rolls on, with the post-pandemic We\u2019re F\u2019N Back! Tour trundling on into 2023 \u2013 all despite the fact just two new songs have emerged from the band in \u2026 14 years.

At this point, around 80 musicians can claim to have played a role in the muddy GNR story, with 20-plus \u201cofficial\u201d members on the payroll \u2013 but to fans, only those that played on the classic records are truly deserving. So amid this patchwork of feuds, back-stabbing and disputed million-dollar contracts, who banked smart, who got cut out of the picture, and who made off with all the dough?

12. Tracii Guns (1985-1985) \u2013 US$500,000

Tracii Guns blessed the band with half its name \u2013 but only lasted three months. Photo: Redferns/Getty Images

Fun fact: before Guns N\u2019 Roses, there were two bands \u2013 the Axl Rose-founded Hollywood Rose and guitarist Tracii Guns\u2019 L.A. Guns \u2013 which temporarily merged in March 1985. After just three months, Guns fled back to reform his own group, while Rose hired Slash, kept the name \u2026 and the rest is history. Perhaps thanks to this fortuitous footnote in rock history, L.A. Guns are still going to this day, with some 19 studio albums to its name, and the 56-year-old founder sitting on a tidy US$500,000 fortune, according to stat-meisters at Celebrity Net Worth (the ever-reliable source of all our noble guesstimates).

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11. Buckethead (2000-2004) \u2013 US$4 million

Buckethead is famous for wearing a KFC bucket on his head, among other things. Photo: WireImage/Getty Images

You can only imagine the fan furore when it was announced that Slash, one of the most iconic lead guitarists in history, was being replaced by a man who wore a KFC bucket on his head. But that was the buzz when Rose reassembled a motley band of rock vets and session pros to debut his vision of Guns N\u2019 Roses at Brazil\u2019s Rock in Rio festival in 2001 (there were even rumours it was Slash in disguise).

A virtuoso ranked as one of Guitar World\u2019s \u201c25 all-time weirdest guitarists\u201d, Buckethead\u2019s trademark shredding would feature on Rose opus Chinese Democracy (2008) \u2013 the band\u2019s only album of originals in three decades \u2013 despite the fact he quit acrimoniously in 2004, reportedly after a band dispute involving \u2026 literal dog faeces. The 53-year-old went on to release more than 300 (!) solo albums, largely as part of his Buckethead Pikes series. Yikes.

10. Gilby Clarke (1991-1994) \u2013 US$5 million

Still living the life: Gilby Clarke onstage in 2013 at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California. Photo: WireImage/Getty Images

When founding guitarist Izzy Stradlin infamously quit the band midway through the 30-month Use Your Illusion Tour, the unknown Gilby Clarke was tasked with learning the band\u2019s three-hour set in just three weeks. The sudden exposure catapulted him to minor rock fame, paving the way for the first of five solo albums, Pawnshop Guitars, in 1994.

However, Clarke, 60, was clearly never considered more than a hired hand: when whatever was left of the original line-up assembled to record what would be its swansong \u2013 a lukewarm cover of The Rolling Stones\u2019 \u201cSympathy for the Devil\u201d for the Interview with the Vampire soundtrack \u2013 Clarke didn\u2019t get the call. Instead he went on to play with members of Metallica and M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce in Rock Star Supernova, as well as backing MC5, Heart, Nancy Sinatra and his former bandmate in Slash\u2019s Snakepit.

9. DJ Ashba (2009-2015) \u2013 US$10 million

Squint, and it could be Slash \u2026 DJ Ashba on stage with Axl Rose in 2010. Photo: Getty Images

Boy, GNR has got through a lot of guitarists \u2013 10 by our maths, not even counting session musicians \u2013 but few have made bank as convincingly as DJ Ashba, a man you\u2019d trust anywhere but near your turntable. Known for wearing a top hat and playing note-perfect renditions of all the band\u2019s famous solos on a shiny Gibson Les Paul, Ashba was essentially employed onstage as a dime-store Slash. Of course, he was dumped the minute the main man returned.

Earlier, the 50-year-old enjoyed minor muso fame as a member of BulletBoys and Beautiful Creatures, and formed the band Sixx: A. M with M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce bassist Nikki Sixx \u2013 a second project which has evidently kept him in demand, and in the cash.

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8. Matt Sorum (1990-1997) \u2013 US$10 million

Axl Rose and drummer Matt Sorum in happier days, on stage on The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium, London, in 1992. Five years later, the former would fire the latter. Photo: Redferns/Getty

When boozy OG sticksman Steven Adler was unceremoniously given the boot, the band called on the proven prowess of The Cult\u2019s touring drummer. Matt Sorum brought a heavier edge to the sprawling Illusion sets\u2019 30 songs and 194-date tour. However, Sorum was reportedly given his marching orders in 1997 after telling Rose that \u201cwithout Slash there is no Guns N\u2019 Roses\u201d.

Staying loyal to the horse he\u2019d picked, Sorum would later join Slash, McKagan and Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland in the supergroup Velvet Revolver, whose debut album Contraband (2004) shifted some 4 million copies amid the dying days of the CD era. After VR imploded in 2008, Sorum went on to back Mot\u00f6rhead and briefly join the Hollywood Vampires \u2013 a supergroup featuring Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Aerosmith\u2019s Joe Perry.

However, when the big 2016 reunion happened, he read about it on the internet \u2013 and was passed over for Frank Ferrer, who has held the chair loyally since 2006. \u201cI can\u2019t say that when it went down, I was completely happy with the circumstances,\u201d he told Rolling Stone in 2021. Thankfully the 62-year-old invested his savings wisely, with investments in six start-ups and a seat on UCLA\u2019s Global Blockchain Business Council.

7. Steven Adler (1985-1990) \u2013 US$15 million

Drummer Steven Adler was fired from Guns N\u2019 Roses due to his unreliable behaviour \u2013 but continues to earn cash playing the same songs with his tribute band, Adler\u2019s Appetite. Photo: Redferns/Getty Images

A notably looser presence and personality than Sorum, Steven Adler lived in the band\u2019s shared \u201chell house\u201d through their early hustling and penniless drinking bouts. However, when success came knocking, the drummer was increasingly not there to answer the door. In 1987, he missed a string of dates supporting Alice Cooper after breaking his hand in a barroom brawl, according to People. Eventually, after proving unable to record the song \u201cCivil War\u201d in 30-odd takes, he was fired in 1990.

Adler sued the band, and the case was settled out of court in 1993 \u2013 to the tune of US$2.25 million in back payments and 15 per cent on all recordings he played on. This, crucially, included bestselling debut Appetite, and the cheques have kept rolling in ever since.

Despite ongoing personal problems, Adler keeps his US$15 million net worth topped up with tribute band Adler\u2019s Appetite, autobiography My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N\u2019 Roses, and appearances on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. In 2016, the hatchet was finally buried when the 57-year-old appeared onstage as a two-song guest with the reformed GNR.

6. Tommy Stinson (1998-2014) \u2013 US$20 million

Playing around: Tommy Stinson with his other band, The Replacements, performing a big-dollar reunion show at Coachella 2014. Photo: FilmMagic/Getty

Playing a central role in the group for 16 years, sober-headed Stinson was once described by guitarist Richard Fortus as the interim band\u2019s \u201cultimate musical director\u201d. We can chalk that up to experience \u2013 the 56-year-old made his mark as one quarter of era-defining alternative act The Replacements, whose string of 80s heyday albums are heralded as punk-rock classics. While that band doesn\u2019t enjoy the same household recognition as his other big employer, they reformed in 2012 for a no-doubt lucrative reunion tour \u2013 which will have topped up whatever Stinson earned from being one of only two men to play bass in Guns N\u2019 Roses.

5. Izzy Stradlin (1985-1991) \u2013 US$28 million

Izzy Stradlin celebrates winning a popularity award in 1988 with a huge bottle of sake. He gave up alcohol a year later. Photo: Getty Images

If Slash brought the rock, then Izzy was the roll \u2013 no player in the knotty GNR genealogy is as missed, or as misunderstood, as Izzy Stradlin. The man known as Jeffrey Dean Isbell to his mum was a founding member of Hollywood Rose back in 1983, where early GNR songs first surfaced, and is credited with writing most the band\u2019s early musical material. The only problem? He wasn\u2019t a huge fan of fame.

Following an incident that saw him earn the nickname \u201cWhizzy\u201d when he lost his, ahem, patience on an aeroplane in 1989, Stradlin gave up drugs and booze, and became increasingly estranged from his hard-living bandmates. He began skipping the collective carnage of the band\u2019s private plane and instead driving between shows in his own van. That arrangement naturally didn\u2019t last forever.

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Never forgiven for his abrupt 1991 departure, Stradlin went on to follow his own laid-back muse with a run of rootsy, Stonesy solo albums \u2013 which sound great (117\u00b0 is STYLE\u2019s pick) but are unlikely made him much cash (contrast his 18,000 monthly Spotify listeners with GNR\u2019s 24 million) \u2013 and even turned down the chance to rejoin his former bandmates in Velvet Revolver after suggesting they skip stadiums and instead \u201cjust do a club tour in a van\u201d.

The 60-year-old was also reportedly invited to the 2016 GNR reunion tour, but walked away because the other members \u201cdidn\u2019t want to split the dough equally\u201d, he said in a since-deleted 2019 tweet, instead leaving long-serving Fortus (net worth: US$10 million) to play rhythm guitar, a position he\u2019s held since 2002.

4. Dizzy Reed (1990-present) \u2013 US$40 million

Enjoying some downtime, Dizzy Reed performs with The Dead Daisies in 2013. Photo: Getty Images

Many fans might find it a travesty that the band\u2019s session keyboardist has earned more than the guy who wrote all the classic songs. But as the band\u2019s longest-serving instrumentalist, the 59-year-old Dizzy Reed has clearly played the long game. Initially brought in as a hired hand on the Illusion albums, his synth work lent drama to live renditions of epics \u201cNovember Rain\u201d and \u201cEstranged\u201d \u2026 And then he simply never left.

When the rest of the classic line-up disintegrated in the late 90s, Reed stayed loyally by Rose\u2019s side. And so when Slash and McKagan rejoined, he became the only familiar face amid the Rose-era backline of Fortus n\u2019 Ferrer that remained. After 33 uninterrupted years in the same band, he\u2019s not had much time to make his own mark, but has dabbled in film scores, played in supergroup The Dead Daisies and leads his own covers band, Hookers N\u2019 Blow.

3. Duff McKagan (1985-1997, 2016-present) \u2013 US$70 million

Duff McKagan tells us what he really thinks, during CBGB Music & Film Festival in 2013. Photo: Getty Images

Here\u2019s an instructive tale: when Guns N\u2019 Roses started to wind down, in 1994, Duff McKagan enrolled in a basic finance course. A few months earlier, he\u2019d suffered a life-threatening pancreatic burst that forced him to quit drinking, aged 30. Newly sober, the bassist found himself thumbing through the messy GNR accounts \u2013 and realised he had no idea where his money was going. Later, in 2009, he started writing a financial management column, titled \u201cDuffonomics\u201d (for Playboy, mind). So it\u2019s safe to say McKagan\u2019s rock star riches are well accounted for \u2013 and well-earned.

For the record: 58-year-old McKagan was the third to join, in March 1985, three months before Slash and Adler. Schooled on Seattle punk, he brought an unstudied edge and anti-authoritarian slant to the band\u2019s early classic rock style, and was the final founding father to hand in his notice in August 1997.

But he did anything but rest, playing a key role in at least six post-Guns projects \u2013 forming the Neurotic Outsiders supergroup with Sex Pistols\u2019 Steve Jones and Duran Duran\u2019s John Taylor, leading his own group Loaded and, of course, joining Velvet Revolver. Duff also played briefly with blockbuster bands Jane\u2019s Addiction and Alice in Chains (as a guitarist!), and reformed his pre-GNR hardcore 10 Minute Warning outfit.

2. Slash (1985-1996, 2016-present) \u2013 US$90 million

Happier times? Axl Rose and Slash onstage during the band\u2019s live heyday, at Brazil\u2019s Rock In Rio II, in 1991. Photo: WireImage/Getty Images

We\u2019ll never know how many zeroes were on the fabled contract that Slash signed in 2016 \u2013 the same deal that history suggests cut out Adler/Sorum and lowballed Stradlin \u2013 but it surely goes a long way to explaining how much more he and McKagan have earned than his OG GNR counterparts. The other explanation for the duo\u2019s superior wealth? Their phenomenal work rate.

Despite a relatively modest songwriting contribution, Slash\u2019s unmistakable guitar work is the stuff of legend. He spewed out searing, spontaneous solos that are still hummed note for note by entire stadiums. And is there a more easily recognisable guitarist on the planet?

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When his demos for a sixth GNR album were rejected by Rose, the man born Saul Hudson called sidemen Clarke, Reed and Sorum to record them as Slash\u2019s Snakepit, resulting in the strong debut It\u2019s Five O\u2019Clock Somewhere (1995). After making bank with Velvet Revolver, he formed backing band The Conspirators, fronted by vocalist Myles Kennedy \u2013 a singer who does such a good Rose impression he stood in during Guns N\u2019 Roses\u2019 2012 induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Other revenue streams include an obligatory tell-all rock star memoir (Slash, 2007), helping design a GNR pinball machine, licensing his likeness to the Guitar Hero video game franchise and a new 364-page coffee table book detailing his extensive Gibson guitar collection, Slash: The Collection \u2013 priced at US$249 or US$999. And how does the 57-year-old spend it all? \u201cSnakes, guitars and cars,\u201d he told Guitar Player back in 1991. \u201cI try not to spend too much on women.\u201d

1. Axl Rose (1985-present) \u2013 US$200 million

Out Ta Get Me? Some 26 years later, Axl Rose and Slash are reunited onstage, but are they taking the same pay cheques for their efforts? Photo: Getty Images

As the only consistent member over the band\u2019s 37-year history \u2013 and the legal owner of the brand \u2013 it\u2019s perhaps no surprise that lead singer Axl Rose made more than double his other band members. Rose banked money not just from the group\u2019s 87-93 heyday, or the current post-2016 reunion, but also the 13-year run between 2001 and 2014 when he essentially toured as a solo artist under the GNR banner \u2013 for more than 350 blockbuster gigs. In that time he also released the band\u2019s sixth, and at present final, album \u2013 Chinese Democracy, a labour of hate that took more than a decade to record at a cost of US$13 million.

How did this extraordinary kinglike reign come to be? Rose may be renowned for his eccentric behaviour and controlling tendencies. But he was also widely assumed to be the most sober one at the party. According to Slash\u2019s autobiography, as communication broke down, Rose took the bizarre step of legally quitting the band in 1995 \u2013 so that he could buy the business outright. \u201cI was blindsided by it, more or less a legal faux pas,\u201d Slash told MTV at the time. \u201cBut I\u2019d be lying to say I wasn\u2019t a little bit peeved.\u201d

And with that, it appears Rose, now 60, could do whatever he wanted with the name \u2013 including, presumably, re-employing his former bandmates more than 20 years later at whatever rate he felt like. And that\u2019s how you get the biggest cut of the pie, folks.

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Few bands have impacted rock 'n' roll the way Guns N' Roses have, and even fewer have weathered as many changes. Their name remained the same but, as the following list of Guns N' Roses Lineup Changes illustrates, near-constant comings and goings have made keeping up something of a puzzle.

Here's what we know: Guns N' Roses formed when the short-lived Sunset Strip act Hollywood Rose (which included singer Axl Rose and guitarist Izzy Stradlin) combined with members of L.A. Guns.

Even then, change was the rule. Soon after the formation of Guns N' Roses, everyone but Rose and Stradlin would be replaced. This new lineup, which included Slash, Duff McKagan and Steven Adler, earned a coveted record deal – and fame beckoned. In fact, their blockbuster debut Appetite for Destruction became a standard against which all other hard rock bands are judged.

Since then, frontman Axl Rose has kept the brand going, despite an ever-revolving crew of musicians. Much of this turnover occurred while Guns N' Roses were trying to complete the long-awaited Chinese Democracy. In 2016, the personnel changed again to make room for some very familiar faces.

Having trouble keeping up? Keep scrolling for a look back at all of the major shifts in the lengthy history of Guns N' Roses, as best we can tell.

Guns N' Roses Lineup Changes: A Complete Guide (We Think)

Few bands have impacted rock 'n' roll the way Guns N' Roses has, and even fewer have weathered as many changes.

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Who\u2019s the richest member of rock band Guns N\u2019 Roses? The OG line-up of Duff McKagan, Slash, Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin and Steven Adler in their 80s heyday. Photo: WireImage/Getty Images

The Guns N\u2019 Roses brand is synonymous with excess. The riffs. The rifts. The drugs. The girls. The private jets and never-ending tours. And the mounds of money its members have racked up \u2013 and burnt through \u2013 in the past 35 years.

Among the most decadent and debauched of rock groups, GNR oozed swagger, danger and machismo from the get-go, launched from the icky asphalt of LA\u2019s Sunset Strip to the world. Celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, genre-defining debut Appetite for Destruction shifted 30 million records \u2013 the second-best-selling debut album ever \u2013 and spawned five singles, including \u201cSweet Child o\u2019 Mine\u201d, an earworm so enduring it ensured none of the five founding members would ever have to work again. Well, if they saved, anyway.

The original Guns N\u2019 Roses line-up on the cusp of fame, from left: Izzy Stradlin, Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, Steven Adler and Slash backstage, before a show opening for Johnny Thunders in Long Beach, California, in 1986. Photo: Getty Images

But work they did, maintaining a hectic half-decade heyday schedule that was only matched by the band\u2019s notorious alcohol and substance intake. By 1991, they had shed two members. The same year they simultaneously released two double albums \u2013 Use Your Illusion I and II \u2013 and embarked on a gruelling two-and-a-half-year tour that would prove the end of the band, in a sense.

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So where are they today?

The reunited Guns N\u2019 Roses in 2018 \u2013 featuring less than 50 per cent original members. Photo: Katarina Benzova

After years of infighting and inactivity, erratic lead singer Axl Rose claimed the blockbuster GNR brand as his own, leading a band of hired hands throughout the early 2000s while top hat-totin\u2019 guitarist Slash and the rest of the OG gang went off to pursue solo careers of varying critical and commercial success.

Until, suddenly in 2016, three of the founding members formed an apparently uneasy, but incredibly lucrative, truce. The subsequent three-year-and-a-half-year Not in This Lifetime \u2026 Tour banked an eye-watering US$580 million after playing 158 shows to some 5.3 million people (including this writer, twice) \u2013 the equivalent of a cool US$3.7 million per night, making it the third highest-grossing tour in music history. And the juggernaut rolls on, with the post-pandemic We\u2019re F\u2019N Back! Tour trundling on into 2023 \u2013 all despite the fact just two new songs have emerged from the band in \u2026 14 years.

At this point, around 80 musicians can claim to have played a role in the muddy GNR story, with 20-plus \u201cofficial\u201d members on the payroll \u2013 but to fans, only those that played on the classic records are truly deserving. So amid this patchwork of feuds, back-stabbing and disputed million-dollar contracts, who banked smart, who got cut out of the picture, and who made off with all the dough?

12. Tracii Guns (1985-1985) \u2013 US$500,000

Tracii Guns blessed the band with half its name \u2013 but only lasted three months. Photo: Redferns/Getty Images

Fun fact: before Guns N\u2019 Roses, there were two bands \u2013 the Axl Rose-founded Hollywood Rose and guitarist Tracii Guns\u2019 L.A. Guns \u2013 which temporarily merged in March 1985. After just three months, Guns fled back to reform his own group, while Rose hired Slash, kept the name \u2026 and the rest is history. Perhaps thanks to this fortuitous footnote in rock history, L.A. Guns are still going to this day, with some 19 studio albums to its name, and the 56-year-old founder sitting on a tidy US$500,000 fortune, according to stat-meisters at Celebrity Net Worth (the ever-reliable source of all our noble guesstimates).

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11. Buckethead (2000-2004) \u2013 US$4 million

Buckethead is famous for wearing a KFC bucket on his head, among other things. Photo: WireImage/Getty Images

You can only imagine the fan furore when it was announced that Slash, one of the most iconic lead guitarists in history, was being replaced by a man who wore a KFC bucket on his head. But that was the buzz when Rose reassembled a motley band of rock vets and session pros to debut his vision of Guns N\u2019 Roses at Brazil\u2019s Rock in Rio festival in 2001 (there were even rumours it was Slash in disguise).

A virtuoso ranked as one of Guitar World\u2019s \u201c25 all-time weirdest guitarists\u201d, Buckethead\u2019s trademark shredding would feature on Rose opus Chinese Democracy (2008) \u2013 the band\u2019s only album of originals in three decades \u2013 despite the fact he quit acrimoniously in 2004, reportedly after a band dispute involving \u2026 literal dog faeces. The 53-year-old went on to release more than 300 (!) solo albums, largely as part of his Buckethead Pikes series. Yikes.

10. Gilby Clarke (1991-1994) \u2013 US$5 million

Still living the life: Gilby Clarke onstage in 2013 at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California. Photo: WireImage/Getty Images

When founding guitarist Izzy Stradlin infamously quit the band midway through the 30-month Use Your Illusion Tour, the unknown Gilby Clarke was tasked with learning the band\u2019s three-hour set in just three weeks. The sudden exposure catapulted him to minor rock fame, paving the way for the first of five solo albums, Pawnshop Guitars, in 1994.

However, Clarke, 60, was clearly never considered more than a hired hand: when whatever was left of the original line-up assembled to record what would be its swansong \u2013 a lukewarm cover of The Rolling Stones\u2019 \u201cSympathy for the Devil\u201d for the Interview with the Vampire soundtrack \u2013 Clarke didn\u2019t get the call. Instead he went on to play with members of Metallica and M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce in Rock Star Supernova, as well as backing MC5, Heart, Nancy Sinatra and his former bandmate in Slash\u2019s Snakepit.

9. DJ Ashba (2009-2015) \u2013 US$10 million

Squint, and it could be Slash \u2026 DJ Ashba on stage with Axl Rose in 2010. Photo: Getty Images

Boy, GNR has got through a lot of guitarists \u2013 10 by our maths, not even counting session musicians \u2013 but few have made bank as convincingly as DJ Ashba, a man you\u2019d trust anywhere but near your turntable. Known for wearing a top hat and playing note-perfect renditions of all the band\u2019s famous solos on a shiny Gibson Les Paul, Ashba was essentially employed onstage as a dime-store Slash. Of course, he was dumped the minute the main man returned.

Earlier, the 50-year-old enjoyed minor muso fame as a member of BulletBoys and Beautiful Creatures, and formed the band Sixx: A. M with M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce bassist Nikki Sixx \u2013 a second project which has evidently kept him in demand, and in the cash.

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8. Matt Sorum (1990-1997) \u2013 US$10 million

Axl Rose and drummer Matt Sorum in happier days, on stage on The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium, London, in 1992. Five years later, the former would fire the latter. Photo: Redferns/Getty

When boozy OG sticksman Steven Adler was unceremoniously given the boot, the band called on the proven prowess of The Cult\u2019s touring drummer. Matt Sorum brought a heavier edge to the sprawling Illusion sets\u2019 30 songs and 194-date tour. However, Sorum was reportedly given his marching orders in 1997 after telling Rose that \u201cwithout Slash there is no Guns N\u2019 Roses\u201d.

Staying loyal to the horse he\u2019d picked, Sorum would later join Slash, McKagan and Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland in the supergroup Velvet Revolver, whose debut album Contraband (2004) shifted some 4 million copies amid the dying days of the CD era. After VR imploded in 2008, Sorum went on to back Mot\u00f6rhead and briefly join the Hollywood Vampires \u2013 a supergroup featuring Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Aerosmith\u2019s Joe Perry.

However, when the big 2016 reunion happened, he read about it on the internet \u2013 and was passed over for Frank Ferrer, who has held the chair loyally since 2006. \u201cI can\u2019t say that when it went down, I was completely happy with the circumstances,\u201d he told Rolling Stone in 2021. Thankfully the 62-year-old invested his savings wisely, with investments in six start-ups and a seat on UCLA\u2019s Global Blockchain Business Council.

7. Steven Adler (1985-1990) \u2013 US$15 million

Drummer Steven Adler was fired from Guns N\u2019 Roses due to his unreliable behaviour \u2013 but continues to earn cash playing the same songs with his tribute band, Adler\u2019s Appetite. Photo: Redferns/Getty Images

A notably looser presence and personality than Sorum, Steven Adler lived in the band\u2019s shared \u201chell house\u201d through their early hustling and penniless drinking bouts. However, when success came knocking, the drummer was increasingly not there to answer the door. In 1987, he missed a string of dates supporting Alice Cooper after breaking his hand in a barroom brawl, according to People. Eventually, after proving unable to record the song \u201cCivil War\u201d in 30-odd takes, he was fired in 1990.

Adler sued the band, and the case was settled out of court in 1993 \u2013 to the tune of US$2.25 million in back payments and 15 per cent on all recordings he played on. This, crucially, included bestselling debut Appetite, and the cheques have kept rolling in ever since.

Despite ongoing personal problems, Adler keeps his US$15 million net worth topped up with tribute band Adler\u2019s Appetite, autobiography My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N\u2019 Roses, and appearances on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. In 2016, the hatchet was finally buried when the 57-year-old appeared onstage as a two-song guest with the reformed GNR.

6. Tommy Stinson (1998-2014) \u2013 US$20 million

Playing around: Tommy Stinson with his other band, The Replacements, performing a big-dollar reunion show at Coachella 2014. Photo: FilmMagic/Getty

Playing a central role in the group for 16 years, sober-headed Stinson was once described by guitarist Richard Fortus as the interim band\u2019s \u201cultimate musical director\u201d. We can chalk that up to experience \u2013 the 56-year-old made his mark as one quarter of era-defining alternative act The Replacements, whose string of 80s heyday albums are heralded as punk-rock classics. While that band doesn\u2019t enjoy the same household recognition as his other big employer, they reformed in 2012 for a no-doubt lucrative reunion tour \u2013 which will have topped up whatever Stinson earned from being one of only two men to play bass in Guns N\u2019 Roses.

5. Izzy Stradlin (1985-1991) \u2013 US$28 million

Izzy Stradlin celebrates winning a popularity award in 1988 with a huge bottle of sake. He gave up alcohol a year later. Photo: Getty Images

If Slash brought the rock, then Izzy was the roll \u2013 no player in the knotty GNR genealogy is as missed, or as misunderstood, as Izzy Stradlin. The man known as Jeffrey Dean Isbell to his mum was a founding member of Hollywood Rose back in 1983, where early GNR songs first surfaced, and is credited with writing most the band\u2019s early musical material. The only problem? He wasn\u2019t a huge fan of fame.

Following an incident that saw him earn the nickname \u201cWhizzy\u201d when he lost his, ahem, patience on an aeroplane in 1989, Stradlin gave up drugs and booze, and became increasingly estranged from his hard-living bandmates. He began skipping the collective carnage of the band\u2019s private plane and instead driving between shows in his own van. That arrangement naturally didn\u2019t last forever.

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Never forgiven for his abrupt 1991 departure, Stradlin went on to follow his own laid-back muse with a run of rootsy, Stonesy solo albums \u2013 which sound great (117\u00b0 is STYLE\u2019s pick) but are unlikely made him much cash (contrast his 18,000 monthly Spotify listeners with GNR\u2019s 24 million) \u2013 and even turned down the chance to rejoin his former bandmates in Velvet Revolver after suggesting they skip stadiums and instead \u201cjust do a club tour in a van\u201d.

The 60-year-old was also reportedly invited to the 2016 GNR reunion tour, but walked away because the other members \u201cdidn\u2019t want to split the dough equally\u201d, he said in a since-deleted 2019 tweet, instead leaving long-serving Fortus (net worth: US$10 million) to play rhythm guitar, a position he\u2019s held since 2002.

4. Dizzy Reed (1990-present) \u2013 US$40 million

Enjoying some downtime, Dizzy Reed performs with The Dead Daisies in 2013. Photo: Getty Images

Many fans might find it a travesty that the band\u2019s session keyboardist has earned more than the guy who wrote all the classic songs. But as the band\u2019s longest-serving instrumentalist, the 59-year-old Dizzy Reed has clearly played the long game. Initially brought in as a hired hand on the Illusion albums, his synth work lent drama to live renditions of epics \u201cNovember Rain\u201d and \u201cEstranged\u201d \u2026 And then he simply never left.

When the rest of the classic line-up disintegrated in the late 90s, Reed stayed loyally by Rose\u2019s side. And so when Slash and McKagan rejoined, he became the only familiar face amid the Rose-era backline of Fortus n\u2019 Ferrer that remained. After 33 uninterrupted years in the same band, he\u2019s not had much time to make his own mark, but has dabbled in film scores, played in supergroup The Dead Daisies and leads his own covers band, Hookers N\u2019 Blow.

3. Duff McKagan (1985-1997, 2016-present) \u2013 US$70 million

Duff McKagan tells us what he really thinks, during CBGB Music & Film Festival in 2013. Photo: Getty Images

Here\u2019s an instructive tale: when Guns N\u2019 Roses started to wind down, in 1994, Duff McKagan enrolled in a basic finance course. A few months earlier, he\u2019d suffered a life-threatening pancreatic burst that forced him to quit drinking, aged 30. Newly sober, the bassist found himself thumbing through the messy GNR accounts \u2013 and realised he had no idea where his money was going. Later, in 2009, he started writing a financial management column, titled \u201cDuffonomics\u201d (for Playboy, mind). So it\u2019s safe to say McKagan\u2019s rock star riches are well accounted for \u2013 and well-earned.

For the record: 58-year-old McKagan was the third to join, in March 1985, three months before Slash and Adler. Schooled on Seattle punk, he brought an unstudied edge and anti-authoritarian slant to the band\u2019s early classic rock style, and was the final founding father to hand in his notice in August 1997.

But he did anything but rest, playing a key role in at least six post-Guns projects \u2013 forming the Neurotic Outsiders supergroup with Sex Pistols\u2019 Steve Jones and Duran Duran\u2019s John Taylor, leading his own group Loaded and, of course, joining Velvet Revolver. Duff also played briefly with blockbuster bands Jane\u2019s Addiction and Alice in Chains (as a guitarist!), and reformed his pre-GNR hardcore 10 Minute Warning outfit.

2. Slash (1985-1996, 2016-present) \u2013 US$90 million

Happier times? Axl Rose and Slash onstage during the band\u2019s live heyday, at Brazil\u2019s Rock In Rio II, in 1991. Photo: WireImage/Getty Images

We\u2019ll never know how many zeroes were on the fabled contract that Slash signed in 2016 \u2013 the same deal that history suggests cut out Adler/Sorum and lowballed Stradlin \u2013 but it surely goes a long way to explaining how much more he and McKagan have earned than his OG GNR counterparts. The other explanation for the duo\u2019s superior wealth? Their phenomenal work rate.

Despite a relatively modest songwriting contribution, Slash\u2019s unmistakable guitar work is the stuff of legend. He spewed out searing, spontaneous solos that are still hummed note for note by entire stadiums. And is there a more easily recognisable guitarist on the planet?

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When his demos for a sixth GNR album were rejected by Rose, the man born Saul Hudson called sidemen Clarke, Reed and Sorum to record them as Slash\u2019s Snakepit, resulting in the strong debut It\u2019s Five O\u2019Clock Somewhere (1995). After making bank with Velvet Revolver, he formed backing band The Conspirators, fronted by vocalist Myles Kennedy \u2013 a singer who does such a good Rose impression he stood in during Guns N\u2019 Roses\u2019 2012 induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Other revenue streams include an obligatory tell-all rock star memoir (Slash, 2007), helping design a GNR pinball machine, licensing his likeness to the Guitar Hero video game franchise and a new 364-page coffee table book detailing his extensive Gibson guitar collection, Slash: The Collection \u2013 priced at US$249 or US$999. And how does the 57-year-old spend it all? \u201cSnakes, guitars and cars,\u201d he told Guitar Player back in 1991. \u201cI try not to spend too much on women.\u201d

1. Axl Rose (1985-present) \u2013 US$200 million

Out Ta Get Me? Some 26 years later, Axl Rose and Slash are reunited onstage, but are they taking the same pay cheques for their efforts? Photo: Getty Images

As the only consistent member over the band\u2019s 37-year history \u2013 and the legal owner of the brand \u2013 it\u2019s perhaps no surprise that lead singer Axl Rose made more than double his other band members. Rose banked money not just from the group\u2019s 87-93 heyday, or the current post-2016 reunion, but also the 13-year run between 2001 and 2014 when he essentially toured as a solo artist under the GNR banner \u2013 for more than 350 blockbuster gigs. In that time he also released the band\u2019s sixth, and at present final, album \u2013 Chinese Democracy, a labour of hate that took more than a decade to record at a cost of US$13 million.

How did this extraordinary kinglike reign come to be? Rose may be renowned for his eccentric behaviour and controlling tendencies. But he was also widely assumed to be the most sober one at the party. According to Slash\u2019s autobiography, as communication broke down, Rose took the bizarre step of legally quitting the band in 1995 \u2013 so that he could buy the business outright. \u201cI was blindsided by it, more or less a legal faux pas,\u201d Slash told MTV at the time. \u201cBut I\u2019d be lying to say I wasn\u2019t a little bit peeved.\u201d

And with that, it appears Rose, now 60, could do whatever he wanted with the name \u2013 including, presumably, re-employing his former bandmates more than 20 years later at whatever rate he felt like. And that\u2019s how you get the biggest cut of the pie, folks.

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Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1985, the group originally consisted of vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Tracii Guns, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Ole Beich and drummer Rob Gardner. The band has been through many lineup changes and currently includes Rose (a constant member), bassist Duff McKagan (from 1985 to 1997, and since 2016), lead guitarist Slash (from 1985 to 1996, and since 2016), keyboardist Dizzy Reed (since 1990), rhythm guitarist Richard Fortus (since 2002), drummer Frank Ferrer (since 2006) and keyboardist Melissa Reese (since 2016).\n

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Guns N' Roses was formed in March 1985 by vocalist Axl Rose and rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin of Hollywood Rose, with lead guitarist Tracii Guns, bassist Ole Beich and drummer Rob Gardner of L.A. Guns.[1] Before the group's first show on March 26, 1985,[2] Beich was fired and replaced by Duff \"Rose\" McKagan.[3] Shortly thereafter, Guns and Gardner were replaced by Slash and Steven Adler, respectively, both of whom had previously played with McKagan in Road Crew.[4] The group released Appetite for Destruction in 1987, which as of 2017 had reportedly sold more than 30 million copies.[5] During the resulting concert tour, Adler broke his hand in a fight and was replaced for a run of shows by Cinderella drummer Fred Coury.[6] McKagan also missed a show in May 1988 when he got married, with The Cult's Kid \"Haggis\" Chaos substituting for the bassist.[7]\n

G N' R Lies was released in 1988, selling almost 10 million copies worldwide as of 2018.[8] Eagles drummer Don Henley performed with the group at the 1989 American Music Awards, after Adler was admitted to rehab for increasing drug problems.[9] By the following July, the drummer had been fired from the band for his continued problems with substance abuse, with The Cult's Matt Sorum taking his place.[10] Adler's last recording with Guns N' Roses was the Use Your Illusion II single \"Civil War\",[11] which also featured newly-added sixth member Dizzy Reed on piano.[12] The band's new lineup recorded Use Your Illusion I and II and embarked on the Use Your Illusion Tour in May 1991, a few months before their release.[13] On November 7, however, Stradlin abruptly left Guns N' Roses due to the \"air of chaos\" which surrounded the band.[14] He was replaced by Gilby Clarke, who debuted alongside fellow additions in touring keyboardist Teddy Andreadis, three backing vocalists and a three-piece horn section.[15]\n

After the conclusion of the two-year long tour, Guns N' Roses released \"The Spaghetti Incident?\" in 1993, an album of cover versions.[16] Work began the next year on a new studio album; however by October, Clarke had been replaced by Rose's childhood friend Paul \"Huge\" Tobias in time for the recording of their cover of \"Sympathy for the Devil\".[17] Clarke was reportedly fired by Rose without the consent of the other band members, and Slash objected to the addition of Tobias, which led him to focus on his new side project Slash's Snakepit.[18] Eventually, various differences led to the guitarist's departure in October 1996.[19] He was soon followed by Sorum, who was fired in April 1997,[20] after an argument with Rose regarding the hiring of Tobias.[21] In August, McKagan became the final member of the Appetite for Destruction lineup to leave,[22] explaining in his autobiography that the band was \"so erratic that it didn't seem to fit with my hopes for parenthood, for stability\".[23]\n

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Rose retained use of the Guns N' Roses name and began rebuilding the band in 1997. His first addition was former Nine Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck, who joined to replace Slash in August on a two-year contract.[24] He was followed early the next year by Sorum's replacement Josh Freese, who also signed a contract for two years,[25] and McKagan's replacement Tommy Stinson.[26] Later in the year, Chris Pitman joined on synthesizers & keyboards.[27] The new lineup released \"Oh My God\" in 1999, which marked the first new Guns N' Roses material in five years. In August, however, Finck left the band to return to Nine Inch Nails upon the expiration of his contract with Rose.[28] He was replaced in March the following year by experimental guitarist Buckethead.[29] Freese left shortly after his arrival, with the guitarist recommending Brain as his replacement.[30] Finck later returned, and Guns N' Roses played its first live show in the US in seven years on December 31, 2000.[31]\n

After eight years with the group, Paul Tobias left Guns N' Roses in July 2002, with Richard Fortus taking his place.[32] Later in the year, the band embarked on the first leg of its extensive Chinese Democracy Tour, which was their first since 1993.[33] After more touring, Buckethead abruptly left in March 2004, causing the band to cancel its appearance at Rock in Rio.[34] The group continued work on new album Chinese Democracy, but didn't perform again until May 2006 when Buckethead's replacement Ron \"Bumblefoot\" Thal debuted.[35] In June, Frank Ferrer temporarily replaced Brain for a run of shows, when the regular drummer was forced to return home earlier than expected to be with his pregnant wife.[36] Brain ultimately chose not to return to the band, and Ferrer took over on a permanent basis.[37] Chinese Democracy was released in November 2008, 15 years after the previous studio album, and with an estimated budget of $13 million in production costs.[38]\n

In March 2009, Finck left Guns N' Roses for a second time to rejoin Nine Inch Nails, with Sixx:A.M.'s DJ Ashba taking his place.[39] The band continued touring in the years following the 2008 release of Chinese Democracy, including the 2012 Up Close and Personal Tour which saw the group downgrading its production for a run of shows in smaller venues. The Appetite for Democracy tour, which began with a 12-night residency in Las Vegas, spawned the group's first live release since 1999, Appetite for Democracy 3D, in 2014. Reports of a follow-up to Chinese Democracy were made by various members of the band during these years, too, including Ashba and Fortus in 2012,[40][41] and Rose and Reed in 2014.[42][43] However, in July 2015 it was announced that Ashba had left the group to focus on Sixx:A.M. and his family.[44] Around the same time, after much speculation, it was also confirmed that Thal had left after the conclusion of the 2014 tour.[45] Stinson also left shortly after the tour for personal reasons.[46]\n

\n

2015 onwards[edit]

\n

Despite the recent departure of three long-term members, Ferrer confirmed in July 2015 that Guns N' Roses \"still exists\" and was \"moving forward\".[47] The following month, former lead guitarist Slash announced that he had become friends with Axl Rose again, after almost 20 years of not talking to his former bandmate.[48] Alongside the recent departures of both lead guitarists, this fuelled renewed rumors of a potential reunion of the 'classic' lineup of Guns N' Roses,[49] which continued as it was reported that the group was being touted for several European festivals in 2016.[50] The rumours ultimately proved to be true to some extent, as it was announced in January 2016 that both Slash and bassist Duff McKagan would be rejoining Guns N' Roses for a headline performance at Coachella Festival.[51] The reunion was later expanded into the Not in This Lifetime... Tour, which commenced in June. Richard Fortus, Frank Ferrer and Dizzy Reed remained present, while Melissa Reese took the place of Chris Pitman.[52] The tour sustained for over two years without lineup changes, finally ending on November 2, 2019.\n

\n

Members[edit]

\n

Current[edit]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Image\nName\nYears active\nInstruments\nRelease contributions\n
\n
\n
\"Guns
\n
\n
\n		Axl Rose (W. Axl Rose)\n1985\u2013present[1][52]\n
  • lead vocals
  • piano
  • occasional rhythm guitar and percussion
\n		all Guns N' Roses releases\n
\n
\n
\"Duff
\n
\n
\n		Duff McKagan (Michael McKagan)\n
  • 1985\u20131997
  • 2016\u2013present[A]
[3][22][51]\n
  • bass
  • backing and occasional lead vocals
  • acoustic guitar
  • percussion
\n
\n
\n
\n
\"Slash
\n
\n
\n		Slash (Saul Hudson)\n
  • 1985\u20131996
  • 2016\u2013present
[4][19][51]\n
  • lead and rhythm guitars
  • backing vocals
\n
\n
\n
\"Dizzy
\n
\n
\n		Dizzy Reed (Darren Reed)\n1990\u2013present[12][52]\n
  • piano
  • keyboards
  • backing vocals
  • percussion
\n		all Guns N' Roses releases from \"Civil War\" (1990) onward\n
\n
\n
\"Richard
\n
\n
\n		Richard Fortus\n2002\u2013present[32][52]\n
  • rhythm and lead guitars
  • backing vocals
\n
[B]\n
\n
\n
\"Guns
\n
\n
\n		Frank Ferrer\n2006\u2013present[36][37][52]\n
  • drums
  • percussion
  • occasional backing vocals
\n
\n
\n
\"Melissa
\n
\n
\n		Melissa Reese\n2016\u2013present[52]\n
  • keyboards
  • synthesizers
  • sub-bass
  • programming
  • backing vocals
\n		all Guns N' Roses releases from \"Absurd\" (2021) onward.[54]\n
\n

Former[edit]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Image\nName\nYears active\nInstruments\nRelease contributions\n
\n
\n
\"Izzy
\n
\n
\n		Izzy Stradlin (Jeff Isbell)\n1985\u20131991[C][1][14]\n
  • rhythm and lead guitars
  • backing and occasional lead vocals
  • percussion
\n
  • all Guns N' Roses releases from Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide (1986) to Use Your Illusion II (1991)
  • Live Era '87\u2013'93 (1999)
\n
\nRob Gardner\n1985[1][4]\n
  • drums
  • backing vocals
\n		none[D]\n
\n
\n
\"Tracii20231.jpg\"
\n
\n
\n		Tracii Guns (Tracy Ulrich)\nlead and rhythm guitars\n
\nOle Beich\n1985 (died 1991)[1][2]\nbass\nnone\n
\n
\n
\"StevenAdlerGilbyClarke.jpg\"
\n
\n
\n		Steven Adler (Michael Coletti)\n1985\u20131990[E][4][10]\n
  • drums
  • percussion
  • backing vocals
\n
  • all Guns N' Roses releases from Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide (1986) to Civil War (1990)
  • Live Era '87\u2013'93 (1999)
\n
\n
\n
\"Matt
\n
\n
\n		Matt Sorum\n1990\u20131997[10][20]\n
\n
\n
\n
\"Gilby
\n
\n
\n		Gilby Clarke\n1991\u20131994[15][17]\n
  • rhythm and lead guitars
  • backing vocals
\n
\n
\nPaul \"Huge\" Tobias[F]\n1994\u20132002[17][32]\n
  • rhythm and lead guitars
  • backing vocals
  • occasional piano
\n
  • Sympathy for the Devil (1994)
  • \"Oh My God\" (1999)
  • Chinese Democracy (2008)
\n
\n
\n
\"Robin
\n
\n
\n		Robin Finck (Robert Finck)\n
  • 1997\u20131999
  • 2000\u20132008[G]
[24][28][31][39]\n
  • lead and rhythm guitars
  • occasional keyboards
\n
  • \"Oh My God\" (1999)
  • Chinese Democracy (2008)
\n
\n
\n
\"The
\n
\n
\n		Josh Freese\n1997\u20132000[25][30]\n
  • drums
  • percussion
\n
  • \"Oh My God\" (1999)[H]
\n
\n
\n
\"Tommy
\n
\n
\n		Tommy Stinson\n1998\u20132016[26][46]\n
  • bass
  • backing and occasional lead vocals
\n
  • \"Oh My God\" (1999)
  • Chinese Democracy (2008)
  • Appetite for Democracy 3D (2014)
\n
\n
\n
\"Chris
\n
\n
\n		Chris Pitman\n1998\u20132016[27][52]\n
  • keyboards
  • synthesizers
  • sub-bass
  • programming
  • backing vocals
  • percussion
  • occasional guitar[I]
\n
\n
\n
\"Bucketheadgnr.jpg\"
\n
\n
\n		Buckethead (Brian Carroll)\n2000\u20132004[29][34]\nlead and rhythm guitars\nChinese Democracy (2008)\n
\n
\n
\"Primus
\n
\n
\n		Brain (Bryan Mantia)[J]\n2000\u20132006[K][30][36][37]\n
  • drums
  • percussion
\n
\n
\n
\n
\"Bumblefoot,
\n
\n
\n		Ron \"Bumblefoot\" Thal (Ronald Blumenthal)\n2006\u20132014[35][45]\n
  • lead and rhythm guitars
  • backing and occasional lead vocals
\n
  • Chinese Democracy (2008)
  • Appetite for Democracy 3D (2014)
\n
\n
\n
\"DJ
\n
\n
\n		DJ Ashba (Daren Ashba)\n2009\u20132015[39][44]\nlead and rhythm guitars\nAppetite for Democracy 3D (2014)\n
\n

Touring[edit]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Image\nName\nYears active\nInstruments\nDetails\n
\n
\n
\"Fred
\n
\n
\n		Fred Coury\n1987\u20131988\ndrums\nCoury substituted for Steven Adler between late 1987 and early 1988 after the drummer injured his hand during a fight.[6]\n
\nKid \"Haggis\" Chaos (Stephen Harris)\n1988\nbass\nHarris replaced Duff McKagan for a show on May 27, 1988 when the bassist took a leave of absence for his wedding.[7]\n
\n
\n
\"Don
\n
\n
\n		Don Henley\n1989\n
  • drums
  • backing vocals
\n		Henley replaced Steven Adler for the 1989 American Music Awards after the drummer was admitted to a rehab clinic.[9]\n
\nTeddy Andreadis\n1991\u20131993\n
  • keyboards
  • percussion
  • harmonica
  • backing vocals
\n		Additional members of the Use Your Illusion Tour band from December 1991 to February 1993.[15]\n
\nRoberta Freeman\n
  • backing vocals
  • tambourine
\n
\nTracey Amos\n
\nDiane Jones\n
\nCece Worrall\nsaxophones\n
\nLisa Maxwell\n
\nAnne King\ntrumpet\n
\n

Session musicians[edit]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Image\nName\nYears active\nInstruments\nRelease contributions\n
\nAdriana Smith\n1987\nvocals\nAppetite for Destruction (1987) - \"Rocket Queen\"\n
\nWest Arkeen (Aaron Arkeen)\n
\n
  • 1988
    • \n
  • 1990\u20131991
\n
(died 1997)\n
\n\n
\n
\n\n
\n
\nHoward Teman\n
\n
  • 1988
    • \n
  • 1990-1991
\n
\n
\n
  • percussion
    • \n
  • piano
\n
\n
\n
  • G N' R Lies (1988) \u2013 \"Patience\", \"Used to Love Her\", \"You're Crazy\" and \"One in a Million\"
    • \n
  • Use Your Illusion II (1991) \u2013 \"So Fine\"
\n
\n
\nRick Richards\n1988\npercussion\nG N' R Lies (1988) \u2013 \"Patience\", \"Used to Love Her\", \"You're Crazy\" and \"One in a Million\"\n
\nRay Grden\n
\n
\n
\"Michael_Monroe_-_Ilosaarirock_2011_1.jpg\"
\n
\n
\n		Michael Monroe (Matti Fagerholm)\n
\n
  • 1990\u20131991
    • \n
  • 1992\u20131993
\n
\n
\n\n
\n
\n
  • Use Your Illusion I (1991) \u2013 \"Bad Obsession\"
    • \n
  • \"The Spaghetti Incident?\" (1993) \u2013 \"Ain't It Fun\"
\n
\n
\nStuart Bailey\nbacking vocals\n
\n
  • Use Your Illusion I (1991) \u2013 \"November Rain\"
    • \n
  • \"The Spaghetti Incident?\" (1993) \u2013 \"I Don't Care About You\"
\n
\n
\nShannon Hoon (Richard Hoon)\n1990\u20131991 (died 1995)\nvocals\n
\n
  • Use Your Illusion I (1991) \u2013 \"Live and Let Die\", \"Don't Cry\", \"You Ain't the First\", \"November Rain\" and \"The Garden\"
    • \n
  • Use Your Illusion II (1991) \u2013 \"Don't Cry\" (alt. lyrics)
\n
\n
\nJohann Langlie\n1990-1991\n
\n\n
\n
\n
  • Use Your Illusion I (1991) \u2013 \"Live And Let Die\", \"November Rain\", \"Garden Of Eden\", \"Coma\"
    • \n
  • Use Your Illusion II (1991) \u2013 \"My World\"
\n
\n
\n
\n
\"Alice_Cooper_-_Alice_Cooper_-_Novarock_-_2016-06-11-15-44-11-0002.jpg\"
\n
\n
\n		Alice Cooper (Vincent Furnier)\nvocals\nUse Your Illusion I (1991) \u2013 \"The Garden\"\n
\nJon Thautwein\nhorns\nUse Your Illusion I (1991) \u2013 \"Live and Let Die\"\n
\nMatthew McKagan\n
\nRachel West\n
\nRobert Clark\n
\nTim Doyle\ntambourine\nUse Your Illusion I (1991) \u2013 \"You Ain't the First\"\n
\nReba Shaw\nbacking vocals\nUse Your Illusion I (1991) \u2013 \"November Rain\"\n
\nMike Clink\nnutcracker\nUse Your Illusion I (1991) \u2013 \"Dead Horse\"\n
\nBruce Foster\nprogramming\nUse Your Illusion I (1991) \u2013 \"Coma\"\n
\nDiane Mitchell\nspoken word vocals\n
\nMichelle Loiselle\n
\nMonica Zierhut-Soto\n
\nPatricia Fuenzalida\n
\nRose Mann\n
\nSusanne Filkins\n
\nThe Waters\nbacking vocals\nUse Your Illusion II (1991) \u2013 \"Knockin' on Heaven's Door\"\n
\nMike Staggs\n1992\u20131993\nguitar\n\"The Spaghetti Incident?\" (1993) \u2013 \"Ain't It Fun\"\n
\nMike Fasano\npercussion\n\"The Spaghetti Incident?\" (1993) \u2013 \"Hair of the Dog\"\n
\nRichard Duguay\nguitars\n\"The Spaghetti Incident?\" (1993) \u2013 \"You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory\"\n
\nEddie Huletz\nbacking vocals\n
\nBlake Stanton\n\"The Spaghetti Incident?\" (1993) \u2013 \"I Don't Care About You\"\n
\nEric Mills\n
\n
\n
\"Riki_Rachtman_Clash_2023.jpg\"
\n
\n
\n		Riki Rachtman (David Rachtman)\n
\nCarlos Booy\nacoustic guitar\n\"The Spaghetti Incident?\" (1993) \u2013 \"Look at Your Game, Girl\"\n
\nSid Riggs (Sean Riggs)\n1994\u20131999\ndrums\nnone[L]\n
\n
\n
\"Wylde.cropped.png\"
\n
\n
\n		Zakk Wylde (Jeffrey Wielandt)\n1995\nguitar\nnone[M]\n
\nKrys Baratto\n1996-1997[59]\nbass\nnone[N]\n
\n
\n
\"Chrisvrennadrums.jpg\"
\n
\n
\n		Chris Vrenna\n1997\ndrums and programming\nnone[O]\n
\n
\n
\"Brian
\n
\n
\n		Brian May\n1999\nlead guitar\nnone[P]\n
\n
\n
\"Dave
\n
\n
\n		Dave Navarro\nguitar\n\"Oh My God\" (1999)\n
\nGary Sunshine\n
\nStuart White\nprogramming\n
\nEric Caudieux\n2002-2007\n
\n\n
\n		Chinese Democracy (2008) \u2013 \"If the World\" and \"This I Love\"\n
\nPete Scaturro\nkeyboards\nChinese Democracy (2008)\n
\n
\n
\"MARCOBELTRAMI.jpg\"
\n
\n
\n		Marco Beltrami\n2003\norchestra\nChinese Democracy (2008) \u2013 \"Street of Dreams\", \"There Was a Time\", \"Madagascar\", \"This I Love\", and \"Prostitute\"\n
\nPaul Buckmaster\n2004 (died 2017)\nChinese Democracy (2008) \u2013 \"Street of Dreams\", \"There Was a Time\", \"Madagascar\", and \"Prostitute\"\n
\nSuzy Katayama\n2004-2007\nFrench horn\nChinese Democracy (2008) \u2013 \"Madagascar\"\n
\nPatti Hood\nharp\nChinese Democracy (2008) \u2013 \"This I Love\"\n
\nCaram Costanzo\n2003-2007\nsub drums\n
\n
\n
\"Sebastion
\n
\n
\n		Sebastian Bach (Sebastian Bierk)\n2007\nvocals\nChinese Democracy (2008) \u2013 \"Sorry\"\n
\n

Timeline[edit]

\n
\n

Lineups[edit]

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Period\nMembers\nReleases\n
March 1985\n\n\nnone\n
March\u2013May 1985\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals
    • \n
  • Tracii Guns \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar
    • \n
  • Izzy Stradlin \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Rob Gardner \u2013 drums, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Duff McKagan \u2013 bass, backing vocals
\n
May\u2013June 1985\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals
    • \n
  • Izzy Stradlin \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Rob Gardner \u2013 drums, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Duff McKagan \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Slash \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
\n
June 1985 \u2013 February 1990\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Izzy Stradlin \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Duff McKagan \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Slash \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Steven Adler \u2013 drums, backing vocals
\n		\n\n
February\u2013July 1990\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Izzy Stradlin \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Duff McKagan \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Slash \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Steven Adler \u2013 drums, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
\n		\n\n
July 1990 \u2013 November 1991\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Izzy Stradlin \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Duff McKagan \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Slash \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Matt Sorum \u2013 drums, backing vocals
\n		\n
  • Use Your Illusion I (1991)
    • \n
  • Use Your Illusion II (1991)
    • \n
  • Live Era '87\u2013'93 (1999) \u2013 three tracks
\n
November 1991 \u2013 October 1994\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Duff McKagan \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Slash \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Matt Sorum \u2013 drums, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Gilby Clarke \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
\n		\n\n
October 1994 \u2013 October 1996\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Duff McKagan \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Slash \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Matt Sorum \u2013 drums, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Paul Tobias \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
\n		\n\n
October 1996 \u2013 April 1997\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Duff McKagan \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Matt Sorum \u2013 drums, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Paul Tobias \u2013 guitars, backing vocals
\n		none\n
April\u2013August 1997\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Duff McKagan \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Paul Tobias \u2013 guitars, backing vocals
\n
August 1997\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Duff McKagan \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Paul Tobias \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Robin Finck \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards
\n
August 1997 \u2013 March 1998\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Paul Tobias \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Robin Finck \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards
\n		\n\n
March\u2013May 1998\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Paul Tobias \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Robin Finck \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards
    • \n
  • Josh Freese \u2013 drums, percussion
\n
May\u2013October 1998\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Paul Tobias \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Robin Finck \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards
    • \n
  • Josh Freese \u2013 drums, percussion
    • \n
  • Tommy Stinson \u2013 bass, backing vocals
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October 1998 \u2013 August 1999\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Paul Tobias \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Robin Finck \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards
    • \n
  • Josh Freese \u2013 drums, percussion
    • \n
  • Tommy Stinson \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Chris Pitman \u2013 keyboards, backing vocals
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  • \"Oh My God\" (1999)
    • \n
  • Chinese Democracy (2008)
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August 1999 \u2013 March 2000\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Paul Tobias \u2013 guitars, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Josh Freese \u2013 drums, percussion
    • \n
  • Tommy Stinson \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Chris Pitman \u2013 keyboards, backing vocals
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  • Chinese Democracy (2008)
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March\u2013October 2000\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Paul Tobias \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Tommy Stinson \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Chris Pitman \u2013 keyboards, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Buckethead \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar
    • \n
  • Brain \u2013 drums, percussion
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October 2000 \u2013 July 2002\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Paul Tobias \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Tommy Stinson \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Chris Pitman \u2013 keyboards, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Buckethead \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar
    • \n
  • Brain \u2013 drums, percussion
    • \n
  • Robin Finck \u2013 lead guitar, keyboards
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July 2002 \u2013 March 2004\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Tommy Stinson \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Chris Pitman \u2013 keyboards, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Buckethead \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar
    • \n
  • Brain \u2013 drums, percussion
    • \n
  • Robin Finck \u2013 lead rhythm guitar, keyboards
    • \n
  • Richard Fortus \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
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March 2004 \u2013 May 2006\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Tommy Stinson \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Chris Pitman \u2013 keyboards, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Brain \u2013 drums, percussion
    • \n
  • Robin Finck \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards
    • \n
  • Richard Fortus \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
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May\u2013October 2006\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Tommy Stinson \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Chris Pitman \u2013 keyboards, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Brain \u2013 drums, percussion
    • \n
  • Robin Finck \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards
    • \n
  • Richard Fortus \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Ron \"Bumblefoot\" Thal \u2013 lead guitar, backing vocals
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October 2006 \u2013 March 2009\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Tommy Stinson \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Chris Pitman \u2013 keyboards, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Robin Finck \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards
    • \n
  • Richard Fortus \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Bumblefoot \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Frank Ferrer \u2013 drums, percussion
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March 2009 \u2013 June 2014\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Tommy Stinson \u2013 bass, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Chris Pitman \u2013 keyboards, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Richard Fortus \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Bumblefoot \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Frank Ferrer \u2013 drums, percussion
    • \n
  • DJ Ashba \u2013 lead guitar
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June 2014 \u2013 July 2015\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Chris Pitman \u2013 keyboards, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Richard Fortus \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Frank Ferrer \u2013 drums, percussion
    • \n
  • DJ Ashba \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar
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July \u2013 December 2015\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Chris Pitman \u2013 keyboards, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Richard Fortus \u2013 guitars, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Frank Ferrer \u2013 drums, percussion
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January\u2013February 2016\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
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  • Chris Pitman \u2013 keyboards, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Richard Fortus \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Frank Ferrer \u2013 drums, percussion
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  • Duff McKagan \u2013 bass, backing vocals
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  • Slash \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
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March 2016 \u2013 present\n\n
  • Axl Rose \u2013 lead vocals, keyboards, piano
    • \n
  • Dizzy Reed \u2013 keyboards, piano, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Richard Fortus \u2013 rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
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  • Frank Ferrer \u2013 drums, percussion
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  • Duff McKagan \u2013 bass, backing vocals
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  • Slash \u2013 lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
    • \n
  • Melissa Reese \u2013 keyboards, backing vocals
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  • \"ABSU\u042fD\" (2021)
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  • Hard Skool (EP) (2022)
    • \n
  • \"Perhaps\" (single) (2023)
    • \n
  • \"The General\" (single) (2023)
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  1. ^ Duff McKagan also performed with the band as a live guest at a show on October 14, 2010, and as a touring substitute for Tommy Stinson in 2014.[53]\n
    2. \n
  2. ^ Ferrer does not appear on any of the singles released since 2021, with former drummer Brain's performances being used.[54]\n
    3. \n
  3. ^ Izzy Stradlin also performed with the band as a touring substitute for Gilby Clarke in 1993, and as a live guest at several shows in 2006 and 2012.[53]\n
    4. \n
  4. ^ Guns and Gardner (alongside Rose, McKagan and Stradlin) recorded a demo EP with Guns N' Roses in March 1985, but it was not released.[55]\n
    5. \n
  5. ^ Adler appeared as a live guest during the band's Not in This Lifetime... Tour, on July 6, July 9, and August 19 2016.[56]\n
    6. \n
  6. ^ Credited as either Paul Huge or Paul Tobias.\n
    7. \n
  7. ^ Finck appeared as a live guest on the March 12, 2012 show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles[57]\n
    8. \n
  8. ^ Josh Freese's drum recordings were not included on Chinese Democracy, being re-recorded by Brain after Freese left the band, but Freese was credited for arrangements on four tracks.[58]\n
    9. \n
  9. ^ Pitman filled in on bass guitar in a 2007 show that Tommy Stinson was unable to attend.\n
    10. \n
  10. ^ Often miscredited as Brian Mantia\n
    11. \n
  11. ^ Brain appeared as a live guest on the March 12, 2012 show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles[57]\n
    12. \n
  12. ^ Riggs worked as a studio drummer sporadically for Guns N' Roses while working on the follow-up to \"The Spaghetti Incident?\". Riggs contributed to the songwriting of \"Oh My God\"\n
    13. \n
  13. ^ Wylde performed with the band in studio for several weeks auditioning for a guitar spot, but he ultimately was not brought in\n
    14. \n
  14. ^ Baratto performed with the band in the studio while McKagan was away working on Neurotic Outsiders\n
    15. \n
  15. ^ Vrenna performed with the band for several months as drummer in 1997 during the sessions for what would become Chinese Democracy; however, none of his contributions or writing are featured on the album.\n
    16. \n
  16. ^ May recorded lead guitar for several songs during the Chinese Democracy sessions, including \"Catcher in the Rye\" in 1999, but his contributions were removed from the final album.\n
    17. \n
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Few bands have impacted rock 'n' roll the way Guns N' Roses have, and even fewer have weathered as many changes. Their name remained the same but, as the following list of Guns N' Roses Lineup Changes illustrates, near-constant comings and goings have made keeping up something of a puzzle.

Here's what we know: Guns N' Roses formed when the short-lived Sunset Strip act Hollywood Rose (which included singer Axl Rose and guitarist Izzy Stradlin) combined with members of L.A. Guns.

Even then, change was the rule. Soon after the formation of Guns N' Roses, everyone but Rose and Stradlin would be replaced. This new lineup, which included Slash, Duff McKagan and Steven Adler, earned a coveted record deal – and fame beckoned. In fact, their blockbuster debut Appetite for Destruction became a standard against which all other hard rock bands are judged.

Since then, frontman Axl Rose has kept the brand going, despite an ever-revolving crew of musicians. Much of this turnover occurred while Guns N' Roses were trying to complete the long-awaited Chinese Democracy. In 2016, the personnel changed again to make room for some very familiar faces.

Having trouble keeping up? Keep scrolling for a look back at all of the major shifts in the lengthy history of Guns N' Roses, as best we can tell.

Guns N' Roses Lineup Changes: A Complete Guide (We Think)

Few bands have impacted rock 'n' roll the way Guns N' Roses has, and even fewer have weathered as many changes.

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