10-10-2003, 11:33 PM
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Apocalypse Nerd
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Originally posted by 123123
OOH OOH LET ME....It was Dave Evans
Ok, my turn.
You know Axl Rose was part of the namesake of Guns 'N Roses.
Who was the other original namesake member of GNR & what band did he go on to form?
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Gee that would be Tracii Guns and the band was LA Guns
von http://www.laguns.net/
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Los Angeles, 1983. Guitarist Tracii Guns formed The LA Guns with singer Axl Rose, bassist Ole Beich, and drummer Rob Gardner. Axl later quit to form Hollywood Rose and was replaced by Michael Jagosz. The band demoed in 1984, but Tracii & Rob left to reform with Axl as Guns N’ Roses (after Tracii Guns & Axl Rose) and LA Guns broke up. Tracii left GNR because he didn’t like the direction of their music to re-form his own band. Guns N’ Roses replaced him with guitarist Slash and went on to sell millions of records. Faster Pussycat members, drummer Paul “Mars” Black (who switched to vocals) & guitarist Mick Cripps (who switched to bass) teamed up with drummer Nickey “Beat” Alexander and Tracii to form a third LA Guns, and were later joined by Dogs D’Amour guitarist Robert Stoddard. They demoed and giged in 1985 and 1986 until Paul was replaced because of drug problems by Phil Lewis of the British band, Girl (with Def Leppard’s Phil Collen). Mick switched to guitar after Robert left, and another former member of Faster Pussycat, Kelly Nickels was added on bass. The LA Guns then recorded their first album, released in 1988 on Vertigo Records, ‘LA Guns.’ Alexander was replaced by former WASP drummer Steve Riley for the tour and this lineup remained until 1992
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