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Contents 1 Introduction 2 The Band 3 Terminology 4 Timeline 4.1 1985 4.2 1986 4.3 1987 4.4 1988 4.5 1989 4.6 1990 4.7 1991 4.8 1992 4.9 1993 4.10 1994 4.11 1996 4.12 1997 4.13 1999 4.14 2001 4.15 2002 4.16 2004 4.17 2005 4.18 2007 4.19 2008 5 Kerfluffles 5.1 Leaking music 6 Influential fanworks 6.1 Art 6.2 Fic 6.3 Vids 7 Fandom Members 8 Fandom Size 9 External Links 10 See also 11 Sources

[edit] Introduction

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[edit] The Band

Guns N Roses was formed in 1985 from the remains of Hollywood Rose and LA Guns. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Axl Rose, guitarists Izzy Stradlin and Slash, bassist Duff McKagen and drummer Steven Adler. In 1990 the band began to splinter apart, beginning with the firing of Adler for “excessive drug use”. Stradlin quit the band in 1991, with Slash leaving in 1996 and McKagen quitting in 1997, leaving Rose as the sole original member. Between 1986 and 1991 they released 3 studio albums, 2 EP's, 1 live album and 1 covers album. The fourth studio album, Chinese Democracy, has been in production since 1994.

[edit] Terminology

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[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.

[edit] 1985

• The original line up of Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagen and Steven Adler play together for the first time.
• The Hell Tour to Seattle takes place.

[edit] 1986

• Guns N Roses sign to Geffen Records.
• Live ?!'@ Like A Suicide released

[edit] 1987

• Guns N Roses make their European debut at the Marquee in London. The British press didn't take kindly to the band, going as far to call them worse than the Beastie Boys.
• Appetite for Destruction released with Welcome to the Jungle being released as the first single.

[edit] 1988

• First headlining tour.
• GNR Lies released
• Sweet Child O' Mine released as a single. This is the band's first chart #1.
• Appetite For Destruction reaches #1 in the Billboard chart for the first time.
• Tragedy at Monsters of Rock festival at Donington. During Guns N Roses set, fans surged forward, causing two people to be trampled to death beneath the crowds. Despite stopping the show three times, the band couldn't placate the crowd. The band were later informed of the deaths and, as a tribute, used the black and white footage that was shot during their set in the Paradise City video.

[edit] 1989

• Revolutionary Comics release the first in their unofficial Rock N' Roll Comics series. It profiles Guns N' Roses, something which caused their lawyer to send a cease and desist order. No lawsuit was brought against the company and that particular comic book went into multiple printings.[[1]] [[2]]

[edit] 1990

• Slash and Duff appear at the American Music Awards. Slash livens up their acceptance speech with a volley of four-letter words.
• Keyboardist Dizzy Reed joins the band.
• Guns N' Roses appear at the fourth Farm Aid in Indianapolis. This show includes the first performance of “Civil War”. It is also Steve Adler's last show with the band.
• Steven Adler is fired from the band. An agreement was made with him to get cleaned up of drugs. When this didn't work, he was fired.

[edit] 1991

• Drummer Matt Sorum makes his debut at the Rock in Rio 2 festival, Brazil.
• Guns N' Roses kick off their first ever world tour. The tour covered 192 dates, in 27 countries. Over seven million people see the band live.
• Izzy Stradlin's last show with the band was in front of 72,000 people at Wembley Stadium.
• Use Your Illusion I and II released. The album enters the Billboard chart at number one and number two. It marked the the first time a contemporary rock artist had released two albums on the same day.
• Steven Adler launched a lawsuit against the band claiming that they were responsible for his drug addiction.
• Izzy Stradlin officially leaves the band and is replaced by Gilby Clarke, formally of the band Kill For Thrills.
• Revolutionary Comics release the second unofficial Guns N Roses comic. [[3]]]]]

[edit] 1992

• Guns N Roses performed at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness. The band played two songs, “Paradise City” and “Knockin' on Heaven's Door”. Axl Rose joined Elton John for "Bohemian Rhapsody" and also performed “We Will Rock You” with Queen. Slash performed “Tie Your Mother Down” with Queen.
• The Use Your Illusion videos are released. It's a full length concert from Tokyo, Japan.
• Revolutionary Comics release a third unofficial Guns N Roses comic titled “Tales from the Tour”. [[4]]

[edit] 1993

• Izzy Stradlin is drafted in after Gilby Clarke breaks his wrist in a motorcycle accident.
• The Use Your Illusion tour finishes in July of 1993.
• The covers album Spaghetti Incident is released.

[edit] 1994

• Duff is admitted to hospital after his pancreas explodes following prolonged alcohol abuse. He is close to death and, after treatment, is advised never to drink again. As a result, he changes his whole lifestyle.
• Gilby Clarke is fired.

[edit] 1996

• Slash leaves Guns N' Roses. A fax received by MTV, said that Slash hadn't been a part of GN'R since 1995. He was the third member of the original line-up to leave.

[edit] 1997

• 1997 marked the 10 year anniversary of Appetite for Destruction.
• Duff leaves Guns N' Roses, leaving Axl Rose as the sole original member.

[edit] 1999

• The song “Oh My God” is used on the End of Days soundtrack. It is the last official release from Guns N' Roses. [[5]]
• Live Era '87 – '93 is released.
• Big FD, GN'R's management company sue Slash and Duff for what they say is money owed to them.

[edit] 2001

• On November 28, 2001, the mailing list 80s_metal_fanfic was created. It was dedicated to fan fiction from the following bands: Poison, Warrant, Motley Crue, Guns N Roses, Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Skid Row, and Great White. [6]

[edit] 2002

• On August 30, 2002, the Guns N Roses LiveJournal community guns_n_roses was created. [7]

[edit] 2004

• On June 15, 2004, the MySpace group GunsNRoses was created. [8]
• On June 20, 2004, the MySpace group gnr was created. [9]
• On June 25, 2004, the MySpace group GnFnRs was created. [10]

[edit] 2005

• On January 17, 2005, the Guns N Roses mailing list GunsnRosesfanfiction was created. [11]
• On November 16, 2005, the MySpace group gunsnfanroses was created. [12]
• On November 27, 2005, the MySpace group slashaholicsanonymous was created. [13]

[edit] 2007

• On March 30, 2007, the MySpace group GunsNRosesreunion was created. [14]

[edit] 2008

• On March 3, 2008, the Guns N Roses LiveJournal community the_hell_house was created.[15]
• In August 2008, a blogger was jailed for leaking nine Guns N Roses song. [16]

[edit] Kerfluffles

[edit] Leaking music

In June 2008, Kevin Skwerl leaked nine Guns N Roses songs from their upcoming disc, Chinese Democracy. [17][18] Axl Rose was not happy about this. [19] "Upon returning to work from lunch, a team of FBI agents “ambushed” the Web scribe and forced him to pull the unauthorized music." [20]

On August 27, 2008, the blogger Kevin Skwerl was arrested for leaking nine Guns N Roses songs on-line. [21] [22] The blogger was arriagned later that say.

In the end, the Judge ruled that his bail be in the form of a signature bond at $10,000. What that means is that [[Kevin Skwerl|Skwerl] has to remain within the Central District of California until his next court date or someone has to cough up that 10k. So for now, he’s home… Stay tuned.

Moving forward, a preliminary hearing has been scheduled for September 17th at 4:30 PM and the arraignment for September 22nd at 8:30 AM. Both will be at the U.S. District Court Building, and the address is 255 East Temple Street, Third Floor, in Downtown Los Angeles. [[23]]

[edit] Influential fanworks

[edit] Art

• Izu [24]

[edit] Fic

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[edit] Vids

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[edit] Fandom Members

• BendersBreakfast [25]
• Claudia [26]
• Sabine [27]
• SmockingRoses [28]
• Xx_Angel_Of_Death_xX [29]

[edit] Fandom Size

As of May 4, 2008 there are 241 Guns N Roses stories posted at Rockfic and 53 stories posted at Ficwad[30]. There are registered 8370 members at Here Today Gone To Hell [31] and 29,962 registered members at My GNR Forum [32].

[edit] External Links

• Guns N Roses Official Site
• Guns N Roses @ Myspace
• Here Today Gone To Hell Unofficial Fan Site
• My GNR Unofficial Fan Site
• Guns N Roses @ FicWad
• Guns N Filth @ Live Journal
• Tiny Gunners @ Live Journal

[edit] See also

• Guns N Roses fanzines

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