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Frank Ferrer 101: Everything You Need to Know About the Guns N? Roses Drummer

Guns N? Roses fans are thrilled that Slash and Duff McKagan are ready for a reunion with Axl Rose, but they?re not the only guys in the group?s current version of the band. With that in mind, here?s a look at some highlights from the career of drummer Frank Ferrer.

Ferrer released his first major-label recordings with the Beautiful, a New York-based band that gigged throughout the late ?80s and early ?90s while putting out a pair of releases through the Warners subsidiary Giant. Following that group?s dissolution, he joined up with the Psychedelic Furs offshoot Love Spit Love, where he first met his future GNR bandmate Richard Fortus ? and when the Furs reunited in 2000, he joined Fortus as part of the group?s touring lineup, performing with them for the better part of the ensuing decade. Although Fortus quickly went on to join Guns N? Roses shortly after the Furs reunited, his association with the band ? and with Ferrer ? continued, both at reunion gigs and via their own side project, the new band the Compulsions. While juggling ongoing commitments to other acts, they managed to cut a full-length Compulsions LP, titled Beat the Devil, in 2011. That creative partnership came in handy for Ferrer in 2006, when drummer Bryan ?Brain? Mantia took a leave of absence from GNR. Given that he?d worked extensively with Fortus ? and had also played with Guns bassist Tommy Stinson ? Ferrer was a natural choice for Mantia?s replacement, and although the gig was supposed to last for only a couple of weeks, he was an official member by the end of the year. Ferrer has remained busy during downtime between Guns commitments, performing with an eclectic array of artists that includes Tool and Perry Farrell as well as Wyclef Jean and the German pop singer Nena (also a former employer of Fortus?). Meanwhile, he and Fortus have continued to tighten their own musical bond, with Ferrer joining Fortus? all-star rock collective Dead Daisies for a 2013 tour and an EP the following year.

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this is the kind of guy you want in your band. super professional musician, reliable, no bs about him, not a million other things going on and therefore in a position to put guns first... hes yer man. plus he looks like a big teddy bear.

matt sorum- gnarly poodle
steven adler- robert plants long lost brother
bryan mantia- insect man (praying mantis?)
frank ferrer- big teddy bear

just playing around. they are all handsome dudes.

GNR 4Ever Good Musics

Good music indeed! Cheers old boy  :beer:

I've been playing drums for 18 years. I will say this: Frank is a solid drummer. Super solid.

However Brain was a super good drummer. Great style for GN'R. Matt was one of the reasons I picked up drumsticks. And Josh Freese is my favorite drummer of all time. Would've loved to have seen him live with GN'R. That would've been epic.

Brain Mr. Brownstone Version 2002  :love: Funky Style, Amazing !!

i think its amazing axl managed to land artists like josh freese and buckethead. those guys are the geniuses of geniuses.

frank seems so jolly. he must be great to have around. he looks like the kind of guy youd never have a disagreement with. not that i know him, but he just looks that way to me. hes a nice guy, i can smell it.

Frank does seem like a really cool guy. It's always nice when you like the people you have to work with. Beats the shit out of the alternative!!!

I thought Frank was Brains drum tech....,

It's TRUE !!!

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 :hihi:

I love that he was in Love Spit Love. Great band!

But yes, Frank is a great drummer and plays as good as Sorum or Adler. Very intense. He plays the older material greatly.

I'd be just fine if he's the drummer for the reunion.