Guns N' Roses

Genres:	Pop / Rock
Descriptive "tags":	rock, hard rock, classic rock, metal, heavy metal, 80s, alternative, punk, hair metal, indie, alternative rock, punk rock, seen live, pop, Grunge, Guns N Roses, emo, thrash metal, oldies
Decades Active:	1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Biography

The original members of the most controversial heavy rock band of the late 80s included Axl Rose (an anagram of Oral Sex) (William Bruce Rose Jnr., 6 February 1962, Lafayette, Indiana, USA) and Izzy Stradlin (b. Jeffrey Dean Isbell, 8 April 1962, Lafayette, Indiana, USA). Vocalist Rose, who had first sung at the age of five in a church choir, met guitarist Stradlin in Los Angeles in 1984. He changed his name to Rose at the age of 17 when he discovered who his real father was, the Axl prefix coming from a band with whom he had rehearsed in Indiana. With Tracii Guns (b. 20 January 1966, USA; guitar) and Rob Gardner (drums), they formed a rock band called, in turn, Rose, Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns. Soon afterwards, Guns and Gardner left, to be replaced by two members of local band Road Crew, drummer Steven Adler (b. 22 January 1965, Cleveland, Ohio, USA) and guitarist Slash (b. Saul Hudson, 23 July 1965, Hampstead, London, England), the son of a clothes designer and...

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