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American rock band Redirect|Guns and Roses protection padlock|reason=Persistent WP:Disruptive editing|disruptive editing: enough is enough. |small=yes Use mdy dates April 2022 Infobox musical artist | name = Guns N' Roses | image = Glasto2023 Guns 'N' Roses (sans Dave Grohl).jpg | caption = Guns N' Roses at Glastonbury Festival 2023. From left to right: Dizzy Reed, Richard Fortus, Duff McKagan, Axl Rose, Slash (musician)|Slash, Melissa Reese and Frank Ferrer. | landscape = yes | background = group_or_band | alias = GNR | origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | genre = flatlist| * Hard rock * Heavy metal music|heavy metal | discography = Guns N' Roses discography | years_active = 1985–present | label = flatlist| * Geffen Records|Geffen * Universal Music Group|UMG * UZI Suicide * Black Frog | spinoff_of = flatlist| * L.A. Guns * Hollywood Rose | spinoffs = flatlist| * Slash's Snakepit * Velvet Revolver | current_members = * Axl Rose * Duff McKagan * Slash (musician)|Slash * Dizzy Reed * Richard Fortus * Melissa Reese * Isaac Carpenter (drummer)|Isaac Carpenter | past_members = * Izzy Stradlin * Rob Gardner (musician)|Rob Gardner * Tracii Guns * Ole Beich * Steven Adler * Matt Sorum * Gilby Clarke * Paul Tobias * Robin Finck * Josh Freese * Tommy Stinson * Chris Pitman * Buckethead * Brain (musician)|Brain * Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal * Frank Ferrer * DJ Ashba | website = URL|gunsnroses.com ''Guns N' Roses''efn|Also stylized as ''Guns 'N' Roses'', and often abbreviated as ''GNR'' is an American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1985, as the result of a merger between local bands L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band's "classic" line-up consisted of vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash (musician)|Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Steven Adler. The current line-up consists of Rose, Slash, McKagan, guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Isaac Carpenter (drummer)|Isaac Carpenter, and keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Melissa Reese. Guns N' Roses heavily toured the West Coast of the United States|West Coast club circuit during their early years. Their debut album ''Appetite for Destruction'' (1987, supported by the Appetite for Destruction Tour|eponymous tour, failed to gain traction, debuting at number 182 on the Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200, until a year after its release when a grassroots campaign for the "Welcome to the Jungle" music video brought the band mainstream popularity. "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Paradise City" both became top 10 singles, with "Sweet Child o' Mine" becoming the band's only single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100. The album has sold approximately 30 million copies worldwide, including 18 million units in the United States, making it the country's best-selling debut album and List of best-selling albums in the United States|eleventh-best-selling album. With their stylistic mix of punk rock, blues rock and heavy metal music|heavy metal, the band helped move mainstream rock away from the glam metal era of the mid-late 1980s. In addition, they are credited with revitalizing power ballads in rock. Their next studio album, ''G N' R Lies'' (1988) combined an early EP, ''Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide'' (1986, with new acoustic songs and reached number two on the ''Billboard'' 200, sold ten million copies worldwide (including five million in the U.S., and included the top 5 hit "Patience (Guns N' Roses song)|Patience" and the controversial "One in a Million (Guns N' Roses song)|One in a Million". Adler was fired due to his drug addiction in 1990 and was replaced by Matt Sorum. The band's third and fourth albums, ''Use Your Illusion I'' and ''Use Your Illusion II'', recorded and released simultaneously in 1991, debuted at number two and number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 respectively and have sold a combined 35 million copies worldwide (including 14 million units in the U.S.). The ''Illusion'' albums included the lead single "You Could Be Mine", covers of "Live and Let Die (song)|Live and Let Die" and "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", and a trilogy of ballads ("Don't Cry", "November Rain", and "Estranged (song)|Estranged", which featured List of most expensive music videos|notably high-budget music videos. The records were supported by the Use Your Illusion Tour, a world tour that lasted from 1991 to 1993 and was amongst the List of most-attended concert tours|most-attended concert tours of all time. Stradlin abruptly left the band near the beginning of the tour in 1991, replaced by Gilby Clarke. The punk covers album ''"The Spaghetti Incident?"'' (1993) was the last studio album to feature Stradlin and Sorum, the only to feature Clarke, and the last for Slash and McKagan before their initial departure. While mostly well-received, it was the band's worst-selling studio album to date and was not supported by a tour. Work on a follow-up album stalled due to creative differences and personal conflicts between Rose and other members; Slash and McKagan left the band while Clarke and Sorum were fired. In 1998 Rose, Reed, guitarists Paul Tobias and Robin Finck, bassist Tommy Stinson, drummer Josh Freese and multi-instrumentalist Chris Pitman started writing and recording new songs, intending to record multiple albums. Guitarists Buckethead, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and Fortus, and drummers Brain (musician)|Brain and Frank Ferrer all contributed as the band's line-up changed over the following decade. Their upcoming sixth studio album, ''Chinese Democracy'' (2008, was promoted with the expansive Chinese Democracy Tour (2001–2011). With Rose failing to deliver the album on schedule, Geffen released ''Greatest Hits (Guns N' Roses album)|Greatest Hits'' (2004, which became the 8th Billboard 200#Most weeks on the chart|longest-charting album in the history of the ''Billboard'' 200, reaching 631 weeks by July 2023.Cite web |author1=Simon Young |author2=Merlin Alderslade March 3, 2023 Here are the 20 longest-charting albums in the history of the Billboard 200 https://www.loudersound.com/news/here-are-the-20-longest-charting-albums-in-the-history-of-the-billboard-200 loudersound September 8, 2023 September 8, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230908142529/https://www.loudersound.com/news/here-are-the-20-longest-charting-albums-in-the-history-of-the-billboard-200 live The long-awaited ''Chinese Democracy'' was released in November 2008, featuring the Chinese Democracy (song)|title track as the lead single. Featuring Industrial music|industrial and electronic music|electronic influences, the album had an estimated $14 million in production costs, making it the List of most expensive albums|most expensive rock album in history. It debuted at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200 with a generally positive critical reception but undersold industry expectations. After years of publicly feuding with Rose, Slash and McKagan rejoined the band in 2016 for the quasi-reunion Not in This Lifetime... Tour, which became one of the List of highest-grossing concert tours|highest-grossing concert tours of all time, grossing over $584 million by its conclusion in 2019. In their early years, the band's hedonism and rebelliousness drew comparisons to the early The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones and earned them the nickname "the most dangerous band in the world". Significant controversy followed the band due to late show starts and riots (notably the 1991 Riverport riot, lyrics perceived as problematic, Rose's outspoken persona, several other members' drug and alcohol abuse issues, lawsuits, and public feuds with other artists. Several members of the band are considered among the best in their fields, with Rose considered one of the best vocalists, Slash as one of the best guitarists and McKagan as one of the best bassists by various publications. The band, specifically Rose, Stradlin, McKagan, Slash, Adler, Sorum and Reed, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Guns N' Roses has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, including 45 million in the United States, making them one of the List of best-selling music artists|best-selling bands in history.