UNCOVERED: 2 | History Defined

"Y’know what I'm proud of? That they're all alive": Machine guns, snakes and missing millions – Alan Niven, the first manager of Guns N' Roses, looks back

When Guns N' Roses released Appetite For Destruction they were managed by Alan Niven. This is how he dealt with The Most Dangerous Band In The World

Louder · Jul 12, 2025

"The anxieties that Axl Rose generated were crushing him": Why Izzy Stradlin was the rock'n'roll heart of Guns N' Roses

Classic Rock presents the third in an exclusive series of excerpts from former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven’s forthcoming book Sound N’ Fury

Louder · Jul 11, 2025

“Gilby had left the band. Axl called me up and said, ‘Do you want to get together and jam?’” Zakk Wylde on the time he almost joined Slash and co in Guns N’ Roses

The GNR lineup – and their music – could have turned out very different had the experiment paid off

Guitar World · May 29, 2025

Guns N' Roses announce 2025 stadium tour

Guns N' Roses will play the Middle East, Europe and the UK as part of the 24-date jaunt.

BANG Premier · Dec 9, 2024

"I'm still not sure that I can tell you exactly what happened, and I was there": Slash, Duff McKagan, Steven Adler and more tell the epic story of Guns N’ Roses' Use Your Illusion

Use Your Illusion: Drugs, rifts, hirings, firings, and the sound of a band falling apart

Metal Hammer · Nov 7, 2024

“Slash and I could drink anyone under the table, but Arnold Schwarzenegger was a challenge. He was smoking and swearing all the time”: Duff McKagan’s wild tales of Iggy Pop, Aerosmith, Johnny Thunders and The Terminator

Boozing with Arnie, jamming with Iggy, ignoring Aerosmith’s phone calls – Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has done it all and more

Metal Hammer · Oct 19, 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

“Billy Gibbons pulls out this big-ass yellow 17-string bass and he’s like, ‘Okay, we’ll play it for a song, right?’” ZZ Top’s Elwood Francis on teching for Joe Perry, lying to Steve Vai – and the curse of playing that viral 17-string bass

The gear-trashing DIY enthusiast once had to choose between Vai and Joe Perry, before being fired and rehired by Guns N’ Roses –in a matter of days

Guitar World · Jul 24, 2024

“That’s what sets guitarists apart… how they attack the strings. Stevie Ray Vaughan was the master of that – and I think Slash is right there with him”: Guns N’ Roses producer Mike Clink on having a front-row seat to Slash’s most iconic guitar moments

Having reunited with Slash for Orgy Of The Damned, the producer of Appetite for Destruction recalls the magical sessions with Guns N' Roses

Guitar World · Jun 18, 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