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“My pickups melted!” Guns N’ Roses’ show in Saudi Arabia was so hot that Richard Fortus’ guitar pickups started to melt

The guitarist’s signature Gretsch was left feeling the heat, and it made for a grizzly sight

Guitar World · May 29, 2025

“I had a massive animosity towards those fans”: Soundgarden’s manager thought it would be a great idea for them to support Guns N’ Roses, the band disagreed

The grunge legends opened up for Axl & co. on the Use Your Illusion tour and came out of it with a lesson in how not to act on the road

Louder · Apr 19, 2025

“Chinese Democracy was a boring record. But calling it Guns N' Roses was not honest. It was totally a solo record”: GN’R’s ex manager takes aim at Axl Rose

He claims frontman made band “miserable” every day

MusicRadar · Apr 15, 2025

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Guns N’ Roses split with drummer Frank Ferrer after 19 years

The New York-born musician was the longest serving drummer in the band’s history

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025

Plan is in place for new Guns N' Roses music, says Duff McKagan

Guns N' Roses have been talking about a new album for some time – and now Duff tells fans to stay tuned

Metal Hammer · Oct 31, 2024

Exploring old Wallsend's backyard

Any 19th century Wallsend miner would not recognise the contours of his old suburb today

Newcastle Herald · Sep 29, 2024

“As a player, I like to get down on my knees, turn delay knobs and make a bunch of noise. That does not work for Guns N’ Roses”: Dave Navarro on the time he turned down joining Guns N’ Roses

After Jane's Addiction split in the early 1990s, Navarro's six-string services were on the market. At the same time, GNR were also looking for a replacement for the outgoing Izzy Stradlin

Guitar World · Aug 27, 2024

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"You have a right to a complete show. You paid for it. If they cut the power, be my guests, do what you want": Chaos, no-shows and bomb scares on Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion tour

Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion tour was one of the most volatile and mysterious to ever hit Europe. This is the full story

Metal Hammer · Jul 17, 2024

Slash on the chemistry he felt when he and Axl reunited Guns N' Roses: "I missed him."

Slash and Axl Rose got the old GNR gang back together in 2016 after putting years of animosity behind them

Metal Hammer · Jul 8, 2024

“2025 is all about Guns N’ Roses”: Slash plots course

Guns N' Roses are set for a busy 2025

MusicRadar · Jun 20, 2024

"A lot more fun than Chinese Democracy":Supergroup Velvet Revolver mostly live up to the hype on Contraband

Did Velvet Revolver produce an album to do the legacy of Guns N' Roses proud? Or was it just another under-achieving and short-lived side-project?

Louder · Jun 17, 2024

"Guns N' Roses are trying to make their own record and I'm working with them in that capacity": Slash reveals new material is underway

There is movement in the GNR camp, though don’t hold your breath

MusicRadar · May 21, 2024

Slash confirms Guns N' Roses are planning to make a new album

Guns N' Roses are "trying" to make the follow-up to 2008's Chinese Democracy

Metal Hammer · May 19, 2024

"Whether it has anything to do with being sober I don't know – but I needed a release": Slash tells the story of his star-studded debut solo album

Slash's band split. He was called a 'sell-out' and 'a cancer'. And through it all he emerged with the first great rock album of the last decade

Metal Hammer · May 3, 2024

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Metal Hammer · Apr 4, 2024

"We all did shots with him!" The Hollywood icon that left Guns N' Roses "very wobbly" while shooting one of their most famous videos

When one of rock's most chaotic bands hung out with a true Hollywood icon in the early 90s, things were never going to go quietly

Bored Panda · Mar 14, 2024

30 Times People Had Extremely Bizarre Encounters With Utter Strangers

Some of our experiences with strangers are so odd that they stick with us for years afterward, and we wonder if we simply dreamt it all. The post 30 Times People Had Extremely Bizarre Encounters With Utter Strangers first appeared on Bored Panda.

Metal Hammer · Feb 6, 2024

"The near-mythical aura that surrounds him was stripped away in that 40 minutes": What happened when Axl Rose gave his first TV interview in more than a decade

Presenter Eddie Trunk tells the story the time Guns N' Roses leader Axl Rose gave a rare interview on VH1's That Metal Show

Metal Hammer · Jan 10, 2024

"If we make this record and it sells, then if nothing else some of our heroes can get some royalties": The stories of the songs that powered Guns N' Roses' strangest and most understood album

Thirty years ago, Guns N’ Roses released The Spaghetti Incident?, an album of covers, and brought a load of mostly obscure, mostly punk-rock tracks to a wider audience

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Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2023

British man stabbed to death in woodland in Portugal

A 26-year-old also described as British has handed himself in to police and reportedly confessed to the killing

Metal Hammer · Aug 12, 2023

Watch Carrie Underwood cover Motorhead classic Ace of Spades

Country star Carrie Underwood reaffirms rock credentials with impressive cover of Motorhead's Ace of Spades

MusicRadar · Jul 21, 2023

Slash is planning a new solo album featuring Demi Lovato and an all-star cast of vocalists

The album is described as being a little like the Guns N’ Roses guitarist’s 2010 solo debut but “more blues-oriented”

Metal Hammer · Jul 17, 2023

The 50 greatest Guns N’ Roses songs ever, and the stories behind them

Guns N' Roses changed the shape of rock'n'roll when they emerged in the mid-eighties. Here's a half-century of their very best, and the stories behind them.

Metal Hammer · Jul 12, 2023

“We made a protective circle of candles around us”: how Michael Monroe ended up duetting with Axl Rose on a Guns N’ Roses cover of punk rock classic

Ex-Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe is the only guest to have appeared on two Guns N’ Roses songs

Metal Hammer · Jul 10, 2023

The man who designed the cross on the cover of Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite For Destruction has died

Billy White Jr, who drew the iconic cross that ended up on the cover of Appetite For Destruction, has passed away

Metal Hammer · Jun 5, 2023

Classic Rock magazine names the greatest Guns N' Roses song of all time

Readers, writers and rock icons united to name the 50 greatest Guns N' Roses songs ever for Classic Rock's latest issue - and this is what topped them all

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