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Ole Beich
Ole Beich
Danish musician
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L.A. Guns
L.A. Guns
American hard rock band
2
Steven Adler
Steven Adler
American musician
3
Tracii Guns
Tracii Guns
American musician
4
Izzy Stradlin
Izzy Stradlin
American guitarist and member of Guns N' Roses
5
Axl Rose
Axl Rose
American singer and songwriter
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Gilby Clarke
Gilby Clarke
Rock guitarist
7
Duff McKagan
Duff McKagan
American rock musician
8
Slash's Snakepit
Slash's Snakepit
band
9
Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver
American hard rock heavy metal supergroup
10
Slash
Slash
British-American musician
11
Dave Kushner
Dave Kushner
Rhythm guitarist for Velvet Revolver
12
Guns N’ Roses
Guns N’ Roses
American hard rock band
13
Matt Sorum
Matt Sorum
Rock drummer, percussionist, most notably with Guns N' Roses
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London
London
American heavy metal band formed in Hollywood, California in 1978
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West Arkeen
West Arkeen
American singer-songwriter
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Brides of Destruction
Brides of Destruction
band
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The Outpatience
The Outpatience
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Super Heroines
Super Heroines
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BulletBoys
BulletBoys
American hard rock group
20
Paul Tobias
Paul Tobias
American guitarist
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Vain
Vain
US heavy metal group of the 80s
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Ian Astbury
Ian Astbury
Rock musician; lead singer for The Cult
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Dizzy Reed
Dizzy Reed
American musician
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Michael Monroe
Michael Monroe
Finnish musician
25
Richard Fortus
Richard Fortus
American musician
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Adam Bomb
Adam Bomb
American guitarist and singer
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Faster Pussycat
Faster Pussycat
American heavy metal band
Hollywood Rose
american rock band

Hollywood Rose

Intro
american rock band
Record Labels
Members, past and present

Hollywood Rose was an American glam metal group formed in 1983. They are best known as the precursor for what would eventually become Guns N' Roses. The group was founded by Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin and Chris Weber, while they were aided during live shows by Rick Mars, Johnny Kreis, Steve Darrow and Andre Troxx. Rose, Stradlin and Weber, along with Kreis, recorded a five-song demo in 1984. However, after a number of lineup changes, which includes Weber and Kreis being replaced by Slash and Steven Adler (both then of Road Crew) as well the departure of Stradlin, the group disbanded the same year.

Hollywood Rose reunited for a New Year's Eve show in 1985 with Rose, Stradlin, and Darrow returning and adding former L.A. Guns drummer Rob Gardner to the group. L.A. Guns founder Tracii Guns replaced Weber for the reunion gig. In March 1985, they merged with L.A Guns to become Guns N' Roses.

The five-song demo, recorded in 1984, was released in 2004 with the title The Roots of Guns N' Roses. A number of Hollywood Rose songs were included on the Guns N' Roses albums Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide (1986), Appetite for Destruction (1987), Live from the Jungle (1987), and G N' R Lies (1988).