Guns n Roses

Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses in 2006. From left to right: Robin Finck, Tommy Stinson, Axl Rose, Richard Fortus
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre(s)	Hard rock
Years active	1985–present
Label(s)	Geffen, UZI Suicide
Associated acts	Hollywood Rose, L.A. Guns, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver
Website	www.gunsnroses.com
Members
Axl Rose Dizzy Reed Robin Finck Tommy Stinson Chris Pitman Bryan Mantia Richard Fortus Bumblefoot Frank Ferrer
Former members
See: List of Guns N' Roses band members

Guns N' Roses is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band, led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through numerous line-up changes and controversies since their formation. The band has released six studio albums, two EPs and one live album during their career.

Guns N' Roses has sold an estimated 100 million albums worldwide, including over 42 million in the United States. The band's 1987 major label debut album Appetite for Destruction has sold in excess of 28 million copies and reached number one on the United States Billboard 200. In addition, the album charted three Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Sweet Child O' Mine" which reached number one. The 1991 albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II debuted on the two highest spots on the Billboard 200 and have sold a combined 14 million copies in the United States alone. After over a decade of work, the band released their follow-up album, Chinese Democracy, in 2008.