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Make My Day (Album) by Guns N' Roses

Artist Biography For Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses Is An American Hard Rock Band Founded In Los Angeles California In 1985. The Band Has Released Six Studio Albums Appetite For Destruction In 1987 G N' R Lies In 1988 Use Your Illusion I And Use Your Illusion II In 1991 "The Spaghetti Incident?" In 1993 And After 15 Years And With Frontman Axl Rose And Keyboardist Dizzy Reed Being The Only Members Left From The Previous Lineup Chinese Democracy In 2008. They Also Released Three EP's In 1986 1988 And 1993 And Two Live Albums In 1999 And 2014. The Group Was Formed In Early 1985 By Hollywood Rose Members Axl Rose Vocals And Izzy Stradlin Rhythm Guitar And L.A. Guns Members Tracii Guns Lead Guitar Ole Beich Bass And Rob Gardner Drums . The Band Created Its Name By Combining Two Of The Members' Names. Rejected Names Were "Heads Of Amazon" And "AIDS." A Short Time Later Beich Was Fired And Replaced By Duff McKagan And Guns Was Replaced By Slash After Not Showing Up To Rehearsal. Slash Had Played With McKagan In Road Crew And With Stradlin During A Short Stint In Hollywood Rose. On Their First Tour From Sacramento California To Duff's Home Town Of Seattle Gardner Quit And Was Replaced By Slash's Friend Steven Adler. Stemming From The LA Rock Underground The Ugly Lyrics Matched The Sleaze Of The Music--Driven By Heavy Blues Licks--Covering Misogyny Violence City Life Sex Liquor And Hard Drugs. They Also However Tended To Show Sensitivity And A Desire To Break Free From The City. Subsequent Albums Revealed Influence From Bands In The Vein Of The Rolling Stones And Queen. Their 1987 Breakthrough Appetite For Destruction 18-Times Platinum And The Highest-Selling Debut Album Of All-Time Coupled With The Success Of The Hit Single "Sweet Child O' Mine" In 1988 Took The World By Storm. "Appetite" Was Full Of Raunchy Hard Rock With Blistering Anthemic Guitar Riffs And Snarling Vocals. The Followup EP "G N' R Lies" Contained Four Songs From Their Debut EP Three New Acoustic Songs And An Acoustic Version Of "You're Crazy". The Album Sold Well And Got Into The Top 10 Alongside Appetite. By The End Of The 1980s They Were One Of The Most Popular Bands In The World. Steven Adler Original Drummer Was Kicked Out Of The Band Due To His Drug Abuse And Replaced By Matt Sorum. Following The Release Of G N' R Lies Use Your Illusion I And Use Your Illusion II Made History By Making The Number 1 And 2 Spots On The American Billboard Album Chart. The Albums Were Filled With Songs That Pushed Guns Into A Different Direction Far From The Appetite Era. They Surprised Critics Who Expected Hard Rock Songs But Found More "epic" Tracks Featuring A Wider Range Of Instruments Pianos Brass Instruments Various Effects Etc . The Main Response Was That Instead Of Releasing Two Albums That Included "filler Tracks" They Could Have Released One CD. The Band Then Started A World Tour To Support The Albums. During This Tour Rhythm Guitarist Izzy Stradlin Quit The Band Due To Differences With Slash Sorum And McKagan Due To His Newfound Sobriety And Stradlin's Anger At Rose's Management Of The Band. They Played 192 Shows In The 28-Month Tour Which Set Attendance Records And Concluded With A Show In Buenos Aires Argentina On July 17 1993. This Show Marked The Last Time Original Members Slash And McKagan And Newcomers Clarke And Sorum Would Play A Live Show With Rose. Axl Began Work On A New Album Of Original Material In 1993. In 1994 Gilby Clarke Left The Band And Was Replaced With Paul Tobias. That Same Year The Band Recorded A Cover Version Of The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy For The Devil" For The Movie Interview With The Vampire. According To Slash's 2007 Autobiography The First Version Of Guitar Track Was Rejected By Axl Who Wanted Slash To Copy Keith Richards' Playing On The Original. Reluctantly Slash Agreed And Recorded Another Version Closer To The Original. Slash Was Further Infuriated When He Discovered Tobias' Guitar Copying His Own Solo Note By Note Layered In The Final Mix Of The Song. This Would Be The Last Recording By The Original Version Of The Band And Five Years Would Go By Before Any New Material Came Out Under The Guns N' Roses Name. Slash Drifted In And Out Of The Band For The Next Couple Of Years Beginning A Side Project Called Slash's Snakepit. In August 1996 GN'R Returned To The Studio Even Though McKagan And Sorum Were Simultaneously Touring With Their Side Project Neurotic Outsiders. Eventually Only Slash And Rose Were Left To Continue Working. During This Period Slash Commented In An Interview "My Relationship With Axl Right Now Is Sort Of At A Standstill." Additionally Axl Had Approached Guitarist Zakk Wylde Ozzy Osbourne Black Label Society About Jamming And Possibly Joining Guns N' Roses. In 1996 And 1997 Slash Sorum And McKagan All Left The Band Leaving Rose As The Only Remaining Charter Member Of The Band. The Three Later Formed Rock Supergroup Velvet Revolver With Former Stone Temple Pilots Frontman Scott Weiland And Guitarist Dave Kushner. In 1998 A "clean" I.E. Profanity Removed Version Of Use Your Illusion Was Released In The USA Only Mainly So The Album Could Be Sold In Wal-Mart And K-Mart Stores. The Album Titled "Use Your Illusion" Was A 1 CD Compilation Of The 2 Albums. Also In 1998 Axl Put A New Version Of The Band Together And Returned To The Studio. This Version Of The Band Has Been Touring And Recording Sporadically Ever Since. The New Band's Membership Has Changed Frequently But Its Core Members Have Included Guitarist Robin Finck Effects Man Chris Pitman Bassist Tommy Stinson Formerly Of The Replacements — As Well As Paul Tobias Drummer Josh Freese And Longtime GN'R Keyboardist Dizzy Reed. In 1999 The Band Released One New Song "Oh My God" On The Soundtrack Of The Film End Of Days. The Track Featured Additional Guitar Work By Arist Dave Navarro And Gary Sunshine Rose's Personal Guitar Teacher. The Song's Release Was Intended To Be A Prelude To Their New Album Now Officially Entitled Chinese Democracy. Geffen Also Released Live Era '87-'93 A Collection Of Live Performances From Various Concerts During The Appetite For Destruction And Use Your Illusion Tours. Also In 1999 During An Interview With Kurt Loder For MTV Axl Said That He Had Re-Recorded Appetite For Destruction With The New Band Replacing Two Songs With "Patience" And "You Could Be Mine". In 1999 Guitarist Robin Finck Departed The Band In Order To Rejoin His Former Band Nine Inch Nails On Tour. In 2000 Virtuoso Guitarist Buckethead Joined Guns N' Roses As A Replacement For Finck. Josh Freese Was Replaced With Bryan "Brain" Mantia Formerly Of Primus . Robin Finck Returned To Guns N' Roses In Late 2000 To Complement Buckethead On Lead Guitar. The Revised Lineup Finally Made A Public Appearance In January 2001 With Two Well-Received Concerts One In Las Vegas And One At The Rock In Rio Festival In Rio De Janeiro. The Band Played A Mixture Of Old Hits And New Songs From Their Forthcoming Album. The New Lineup Played A Further Two Shows In Las Vegas At The End Of 2001. In 2002 Rhythm Guitarist Paul Tobias Left The Band Because Of His Frustrations With Life On The Road. He Was Replaced By Richard Fortus Formerly Of The Psychedelic Furs And Love Spit Love . The Band Then Played Several Shows In August 2002 Headlining Festivals And Concerts Throughout Asia And Europe. They Made Their Way To New York For A Surprise Appearance At The MTV Video Music Awards In September. In 2002 The Band's First North American Tour Since 1993 Was Organized To Support Chinese Democracy. However The Opening Show In Vancouver Was Canceled By The Venue When Rose Arrived Late Due To His Plane Being Held Up By Bad Weather Conditions At Los Angeles Airport. A Riot Ensued. This Tour Was Met With Mixed Results. Some Concerts Did Not Sell Well While Shows In Larger Markets Such As New York Sold Out In Minutes. Due To A Second Riot By Fans In Philadelphia Tour Promoter Clear Channel Canceled The Remainder Of The Tour. The Band Went On Hiatus Until They Were Scheduled To Play At Rock In Rio IV In May 2004. However Buckethead Left The Band In March Of That Year Causing Them To Cancel. Also In March 2004 Geffen Released Guns N' Roses' Greatest Hits Since Rose Had Failed To Deliver A New Studio Album In More Than 10 Years. Rose Expressed Displeasure With This Album As Its Track Listing Was Established Without His Consent And Went As Far As Trying To Block Its Release By Suing Geffen. This Failed However And The Album Went Triple Platinum In The USA. In February 2006 Demos Of The Songs "Better" "Catcher In The Rye" "I.R.S." And "There Was A Time" Were Leaked Through A Fan Site. The Band's Management Requested That All Links To The MP3 Files And All Lyrics To The Songs Be Removed From Forums And Web Sites. Despite This Radio Stations Began Adding "I.R.S." To Playlists And The Song Reached #49 On The Radio & Records Active Rock National Airplay Chart In The Final Week Of February - The First Time An Internet Leak Had Done So. On May 5 2006 Axl Appeared On The Friday Night Rocks With Eddie Trunk Radio Show During An Interview With Ex-Skid Row Frontman Sebastian Bach And Said The New Guns N' Roses Album Would Be Released Before The End Of The Year. Later In May The Band Launched A European Tour Headlining Both The Download Festival And Rock In Rio - Lisbon. Four Warm-Up Shows Preceded The Tour At Hammerstein Ballroom In New York City And Became The Band's First Live Concert Dates Since The Aborted 2002 Tour. The Shows Also Marked The Debut Of Virtuoso Guitarist And Composer Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal Replacing Buckethead. During The Tour Bach And Izzy Stradlin Made Frequent Guest Appearances. By The Tour's End In 2007 The Band Had Played To Over 750 000 People In Over 23 Countries. On April 5 2008 A Picture Of Finck Appeared On Nine Inch Nails Web Page Under The Title "Welcome Back!" Starting The Rumor Of His Possible Reunion With Trent Reznor. On April 11 Finck Expressed His Happiness On Playing Again With NIN. On April 20 On Guns N' Roses' Web Site Axl Expressed Surprise About The News. Chinese Democracy Had Been Given The Tentative Release Date Of March 6 Then Reported September 17 2007. However Both Dates Passed With No Sign Of The Album. After Further Release Dates Were Discussed The Album Finally Came Out On November 23 2008 To Mostly Positive Critical Reviews & Underselling Industry Expectations. Slash McKagan And Sorum Still Played Together In Velvet Revolver. However Izzy Stradlin Original GN'R Rhythm Guitarist And Co-Composer Of Many Of The Band's Most Successful Songs Has Not Joined Them. He Did However Play A Few Dates As A Guest With GN'R In The Summer Of 2006. Keyboard Player Dizzy Reed While Not A Founding Member Of The Band Joining In 1990 In The Use Your Illusion Period Remained In The Previous Lineup. In 2014 Bassist Tommy Stinson Had Previous Commitments To The Replacements Leading Former Bassist Duff McKagan To Fill In. After The 2014 Tour Bassist Tommy Stinson Guitarists DJ Ashba & Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal And Keyboardist Chris Pitman All Left The Band. Slash And McKagan Rejoined In 2016 As Did Keyboardist Melissa Reese As The Group Embarked On The "Not In This Lifetime..." Stadium Tour. The Tour Also Featured Several Guest Appearances Including From Former Drummer Steven Adler AC/DC Guitarist Angus Young Former Skid Row Singer Sebastian Bach And Rose Tattoo Singer Angry Anderson. The Tour Was A Massive Success Becoming The Third Highest Grossing Concert Tour Of All-Time By Its End In 2019. The Band Continued With The Guns N’ Roses 2020 Tour And In 2021 Released Two New Singles “Absurd” And “Hard Skool” Both Reworkings Of ‘’Chinese Democracy’’ Era Tracks. The Singles Are The First Songs Released Featuring Slash And Duff McKagan Since 1994. GN'R's Current Lineup Includes Rose Lead Vocals McKagan Bass Fortus Rhythm Guitar Slash Lead Guitar Melissa Reese /bandember Synth & Programming Frank Ferrer Drums And Reed Keyboard And Percussion . Discography
Appetite For Destruction 1987 #1 US Billboard 18x Platinum
G N' R Lies 1988 #2 US Billboard 5x Platinum Use Your Illusion I 1991 #2 US Billboard 7x Platinum Use Your Illusion II 1991 #1 US Billboard 7x Platinum The Spaghetti Incident? 1993 #4 US Billboard Platinum Live Era '87-'93 1999 #45 US Billboard Gold Greatest Hits 2004 #3 US Billboard 3x Platinum Chinese Democracy 2008 #3 US Billboard Platinum
The Above Figures Represent US Sales Only And Do Not Constitute Worldwide Figures Which Are Much Higher.

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