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Guns N' Roses Time LineMost of this time line came from Guns N Roses Fully Illustrated Book & Interview Disc by Bill Bateman November 19, 1960 - Birth of Matt Sorum February 6, 1962 - Birth of Axl (Born William Bruce Rose) April 8, 1967 - Birth of Izzy Stradlin (Born Jeff Isbell) June 18, 1963 - Birth of Dizzy Reed February 5, 1964 - Birth of Duff "Rose" McKagan(Born Michael McKagan) July 23, 1965 - Birth of Slash (Born Saul Hudson) January 22, 1965 - Birth of Steven Adler 1984/85 - Guns N' Roses evolve from two local Los Angeles bands, Hollywood Rose and LA Guns. June 1985 - Slash and Steven Adler of Road Crew join in time for Guns N' Roses brief 'Hell Tour' - first gigs by the 'classic' line-up August 1986 - Guns N' Roses sign to Geffen Records December 1986 - Guns N' Roses release their Live?!#@ Like A Suicide EP, in a limited edition of 10,000 vinyl copies, on Uzi Suicide Records )a pseudo-independent imprint created by Geffen for the band) June, 1987 - The band fly to London for their European debut, three (non-consecutive) nights at the Marquee club August 1987 - Appetite For Destruction released November 1987 - Guns N' Roses return to the UK for a five-date headlining tour August 1988 - Third European visit, to play Monsters Of Rock At Castle Donington in the UK. Tragically, two fans are killed in the crush in front of the stage December 1988 - Guns N' Roses Lies-The Sex, The Drugs, The Violence, The Shocking Truth is released with four new acoustic tracks plus the four tracks from Live?!#@ Like A Suicide October 1989 - The band play four packed gigs with the Rolling Stones at the Los Angeles Colliseum April 1990 - The band play the Farm Aid concert and recruit Dizzy Reed, the first 'new' member of Guns N' Roses, to play keyboards August 1990 - Ex-Cult drummer Matt Sorum is recruited July 1991 - Guns N' Roses find themselves in the middle of a riot at the Riverport Arts Centre in St. Louis and a warrant is issued for Axl's arrest for inciting it August 1991 - The band play European stadium gigs for a month September 1991 - The band finally release Use Your Illusion I & II. Izzy Stradlin is rumoured to have quit the band only days later October 1991 - Steven Adler files legal proceedings against Guns N' Roses November 1991 - Izzy's departure made official April 6, 1992 - Guns N' Roses appear at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert For AIDS Awareness May 1992 - Slash and Metallica's Lars Ulrich announce a joint summer tour of America, before Guns N' Roses play another serious of European dates July 1992 - Guns N' Roses and Meallica begin their 25-date US tour August 1992 - A riot follows a disrupted Guns N' Roses set in Montreal, Canada November 1992 - Guns N' Roses tour South America December 1992 - Guns N' Roses release two concert videos: Use Your Illusion World Tour and Live In Tokyo Volumes I & II January 1993 - Pacific tour covers Australia, New Zealand and Japan February 1993 - American touring continues, with a slimmed-down line-up and a new title 'Skin And Bones' May 1993 - Izzy Stradlin briefly rejoins the band for European dates including gigs in the UK, Greece and Israel July 1993 - The world touring finally ends with a return to Brazil September 1993 - The band settle their legal differences with Steven Adler, with a $2.5 million out-of-court payment October 1993 - Duff McKagan releases Believe In Me, a solo album recorded during the band's world tour November 1993 - The punk EP is finally released as a full-length album of varied cover-versions, called "The Spaghetti Incident?" 1994 - Guns N' Roses release the single to the Rolling Stones cover Sympathy For The Devil, it appeared on the movie Interview With The Vampire February 10, 1998 - Axl is arrested in a Pheonix airport for "disorderly conduct", to see his mugshot click here June 6, 2000 - Axl goes on stage for the first time in almost 7 years with Gilby Clarke. More Jan. 1, 2001 - Guns N' Roses first show in almost 8 years at the House Of Blues, Las Vegas. More Jan. 14, 2001 - Guns N' Roses play Rock In Rio III to a crowd of 200,000 people. More Go here for the latest news.
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