Guns N' Roses

Hard rock band hailing from Los Angeles, California.

Formed in 1985.

The band was created by W. Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin, alongside Tracii Guns, Rob Gardner, and Ole Beich, with Axl Rose being the sole constant member throughout the band's history.

Current members (as of 2016):

- W. Axl Rose (vocals, piano, keyboards, percussion, 1985-present)

- Slash Hudson (guitar, 1985-1996; 2015-present)

- Duff McKagan (bass, 1985-1997; 2015-present)

- Dizzy Reed (piano, keyboards, backing vocals, percussion, 1990-present)

- Richard Fortus (guitar, 2002-present)

- Frank Ferrer (drums, 2006-present)

- Melissa Reese (keyboards, 2016-present)

Former members include:

- Tracii Guns (guitar, 1985)

- Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, 1985-1991)

- Ole Beich (bass, 1985)

- Rob Gardner (drums, 1985)

- Steven Adler (drums, 1985-1990)

- Matt Sorum (drums, 1990-1997)

- Gilby Clarke (rhythm guitar, 1991-1994)

- Paul "Huge" Tobias (guitar, 1994-2002)

- Robin Finck (guitar, 1997-1999, 2000-2008)

- Josh Freese (drums, 1997-2000)

- Brain Mantia (drums, 2000-2006)

- Buckethead Carroll (guitar, 2000-2004)

- Bumblefoot Thal (guitar, 2006-2014)

- DJ Ashba (guitar, 2009-2015)

- Tommy Stinson (bass, 1998-2015)

- Chris Pitman (keyboards, 1998-2016)