Posted by Zenae Zukowski on May 30, 2018
The Wall Street Journal recently reflected on Izzy Stradlin’s absence on the Guns N’ Roses Not in This Lifetime tour by contacting the former guitarist directly. Stradlin was asked about his lack of involvement, and said that it was financially motivated: “The current GNR tour has been a great success for the guys. My nonparticipation […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 15, 2018
Social Distortion drummer Charlie ‘Chalo’ Quintana passed away in Mexico this past Tuesday (13th). The 56-year-old drummer was with Social Distortion from 2000-2009. He also worked on Izzy Stradlin’s first solo album back in 1992’s Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds, as well as working with an assortment of artists such as Bob Dylan, […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 13, 2016
As we saw in Billboard‘s boxscore recap last week, the Guns N’ Roses reunion was lucrative for everyone involved. Of course they weren’t going to get back together to not get paid. Steven Adler even got up and played at a handful of shows. Ultimately, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin was the only holdout, and while conventional wisdom […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on April 1, 2016
Rumors began to circulate earlier this week that Guns N’ Roses would be playing a surprise show somewhere in Hollywood tonight. While the famed Whiskey A Go Go was quickly ruled out, it’s now been confirmed that GN’R will indeed be performing at the Troubadour tonight, marking the first time Axl Rose, Slash and Duff […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on March 22, 2016
Since the announcement of Guns N’ Roses’ reunion shows a few months ago, everyone has been going crazy trying to figure out who’s going to be part of it aside from Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan. The last thing we knew was that the other roles were going to be filled by current Guns […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on March 16, 2016
At this point, we know more about who IS NOT partaking in Guns N’ Roses’ upcoming reunion. Well, there’s been a lot of speculation as to who else will be joining Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan onstage starting this April, but no official announcement. But thanks to an autographed drum head being auctioned off […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 1, 2016
Ever since Guns N’ Roses ended 2015 by confirming that that Slash would be rejoining the band, after the initial thrill wore off, many wondered who else would be joining the band. Adter bassist Duff McKagan signed on, thoughts turned to the other two original members, Izzy Stradlin and Steven Adler. There’s no word on whether […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 22, 2016
2016 is already the year of Guns N’ Roses, given that they announced that they’d be playing this year with Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan for the first time in years. And while they’ve only announced dates at Coachella, Las Vegas dates Mexico City so far, there’s likely more on the horizon, or at least an […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on January 6, 2016
We’re getting information about the Guns N’ Roses reunion in bite sized chunks. After the bulk of last year was filled with conjecture and rumor, the band finally ramped things up by jazzing up their website and playing a brief trailer before Star Wars. Then when it was finally announced that Axl, Slash and Duff were […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on January 5, 2016
After months of rumors and speculation, it was confirmed last night that Guns N’ Roses would headline this year’s Coachella festival. However, now we know for sure that Axl Rose will indeed be joined by Slash and Duff McKagan onstage. Granted, both Slash and McKagan pretty much confirmed this with (not so) subtle posts on […]
