Here Today... Gone To Hell!

can someone tell me the exact dates or close to when each new gnr member joined the band and exactly when guys like sunshine, navarro, & huge left.. Also how axl got these guys to join or why he chose them?

Mike, the following link will give you the info you need. http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/history/index.html

There's no exact dates for all members, but maybe this will give you an idea:

Tommy Stinson:
Member of GN'R: 1998?

Robin Finck:
Member of GN'R: From mid-1997 to August 1st, 1999 and from October 2000 (?)

Richard Fortus:
Member Of GN'R Since: Summer (?) 2002

Brain:
Member Of GN'R Since: 2000

Chris Pitman:
Member Of GN'R Since: 2000

Buckethead:
Member Of GN'R Since: 2000?
Left GN'R: March 30th, 2004

Paul Tobias:
Member Of GN'R Since: 1994?
Left GN'R: Summer of 2002? -> Richard Fortus

Josh Freese:
Left GN'R: March 2000 -> Brain

Duff McKagan:
Quit GN'R: August 1997 ? -> Tommy Stinson

Matt Sorum:
Left GN'R: 1997? -> ?

Slash:
Out of GN'R: October 30, 1996

Gilby Clarke:
January, 1995?

Izzy Stradlin:
Quit GN'R: November 7, 1991 -> Gilby Clarke

Steven Adler:
Fired: July 11th 1990 -> Matt Sorum

http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/bios/steven.htm




/jarmo

Jarmo, I dont have the greatest memory, but I'm pretty sure Gilby was gone in mid 1994.

thats true.. look at behind the music and it says Gilby Clarke 91-94

thanks jarmo.. Definetly btm said 91-94 but it could have been late 94.. never knew richard fortus was so new.. He might not even be on a lot of those demos.. is it actually paul huge playing on these songs??

Yeah Paul Huge plays on T.W.A.T (according to JamesLofton), which I am surprised at because I always thought TWAT was one of the newer songs.

The Wikipedia entry for GN'R shows Chris Pitman having actually joined the band in '98... it just wasn't announced until just prior to the 00-01 New Year's shows... make sense actually.... if Axl was going down the programming route... he would have gotten someone involved a lot sooner than just days before his first gig in 7 years... I think Pitman's been there for awhile. : ok:

the other things is what made axl choose these guys?/ I can understand like brain being friends with bucket or something to help him find a great guitar player..  Also what was their interest to join?? Old fans, just had nothing else going??

Axl and Matt Sorum saw Robin Finck play with Cirque du Soleil and they were very impressed.

the first show listed at gnrontour.com is

01.03.84 - The Orphanage, North Hollywood, CA
notes: This band is "Rose" - Axl, Izzy [lead & rhythm guitar], Chris Weber [lead & rhythm guitar], Johnny Kreiss [drums] & Rick Holland [bass].

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these following shows are taken from gnrontour.com

04.11.85 - Radio City, Anaheim, CA
notes: This was the first incarnation of the band, which featured Axl, Izzy, Duff, Tracii Guns & Rob Gardener. In the flyer you can clearly see Tracii Guns & Rob Gardener, not Slash & Steven. << this is the first and only show played in this lineup listed at gnrontour.com

06.06.85 - Troubador, Hollywood, CA
notes: This is the first Guns N' Roses gig that included Slash & Steven. They joined the band on this date. Tracii Guns & Rob Gardener are in the flyer for this show!

correct me if I'm wrong

Dont forget Josh Freese and Billy H left to join APC around 98/99

Billy H was a sound engineer or whatever... not a regular member. about Josh, I'm not sure if he was regular member or just session musician

oh, I nearly forgot about Chris Vrenna who was a member for a short time after Matt Sorum left and before Josh Freese joined... as far as I remember

Buckethead joined sometime in 1999.

according to google search, he most probably joined the band in 2000.


according to Bucketheadland FAQ http://www.bucketheadland.com/faq/faq2/FAQ_2_0.html

Yes he was because Paul Huge played on "Sympathy for the Devil" when it was released/when he replaced Gilby in 1994.

I had heard about the leatherface doll..... Sounds like with those demands he was in it for the long haul :hihi:

I think that Buckethead joined the band in 1999 or at the begin of 2000, cause Josh Fresse statedt that he played with Buck

I think that Buckethead joined the band in 1999 or at the begin of 2000, cause Josh Fresse statedt that he played with Buck

I'm not sure... Buckethead brought Brain in GNR or Brain brought Bucket? if the first is true, then you could be right

But he wasn't offically released until '95 right? I think those are the dates that Jarmo gives when possible, the offical announcement of their arrival/departure

Billy was the Chris Pittman of the band when he was in it.

Vrenna was apart of GNR? I dident know that, more interesting NIN info..
Anyway. Billy was guitar engineer. Dont know if he did more then that, but some says he played on the
early verson of Chinese Democracy. dont know if thats bullshit...

Didn't Billy Howerdell write Mer De Noms, in his spare time with GnR? :hihi: Billy formed APC, he didn't 'Join" them :P

ye! That is true, Maynard gets more credits from APC then he deserves.. Billy is the main man behind that project  : ok:

Billy wrote stuff for gnr but axl did not use it, so he took it to APC. That is why Axl is thanked in the liner notes of APCs first album.

I even have an interview somewhere with Billy and Maynard and Maynard explicitly says that it is Billy's project not his, but people seem to ignore those kinds of things.

For some reason, in the eyes of the general populace, a band always is constructed and ran by the singer. but that's not necessarily true :no:


really?! I did not know that. that's cool : ok:

I just assumed it was because they were allowed to use Axl's studio to record it (I think that's true, I'm not 100% though), or they learned a shitload about writing/recording from Axl or that they were able to fund the project cuz of what Axl's paid them or something :hihi:

it's amazing what kind of stuff was written and then used because Axl didn't want it... first Snakepit album, first APC album, first Black Label Society album...