w.

axl rose (vocals)

slash (lead guitars)
izzy stradlin (rhythm guitar)
duff mckagan (bass)
steven adler (drums
july 31, 1987 - "appetite for destruction" is released by geffen
april 11, 1988 - the band shoots the video for "sweet child o' mine" at ballroom,
huntington park, ca
july, 1991 - "you could be mine" was the first single from the forthcoming " use
your illusion" albums. it also appeared in the movie terminator 2 and arnold
schwarzenegger appeared in the video.

december 5, 1991 - february 1, 1992 - the second us leg of the tour. gn'r begins
to use background vocals and horns. the expanded 12-piece line-up looks like this:

w. axl rose (lead vocals, piano)

slash (lead guitar, backing vocals)
duff mckagan (bass, backing vocals)
gilby clarke (rhythm guitar, backing vocals)
dizzy reed (keyboards, percussion)
matt sorum (drums, backing vocals)

ted andreadis (keyboards, harmonica, background vocals)

diane jones (background vocals)
roberta freeman (background vocals)
tracy amos (background vocals)

976-horns:

lisa maxwell (horns)

cece worrall (horns)
anne king (horns)

november, 1993 - "the spaghetti incident?" is released. one of the songs is "look
at your game girl" which was written by charles manson. this causes some
controversy.
april, 1994 - the homevideo called "the making of estranged: part iv of the
trilogy" is released.

october 30, 1996 - slash leaves gn'r! axl sent a fax to mtv which said that slash
hadn't been a part of gn'r since 1995. here's the story from mtv and atn. despite
this there will be a new gn'r record.

july 31, 1997 - "appetite for destruction" was released ten years ago!

august, 1997 - duff quits gn'r.

august 1st, 1999 - robin finck leaves gn'r and rejoins his former group, nine inch
nails.

march, 2000 - josh freese leaves gn'r.