Timeline: Guns N' Roses | Timetoast

Jun 6, 1985

Band Formed

EW.com Guns N' Roses
Dec 6, 1986

Live !?*@ Like A Suicide EP is released

contained 4 live tracks.
Jul 21, 1987

Appetite For Destruction Is released

This was their Debut album, not much happened. until later in spetember 1988
Sep 24, 1988

Appetite For Desctruction Becomes #1

Appetite For Destruction became #1 on billboards album charts and stayed at #1 for 3 weeks.
Nov 29, 1988

Released GN'R Lies

Hit the top 5 a week after it was released
Apr 6, 1990

Steven Adler gets kicked out of the band

happened april 1990, specific date unknown
kicked out for drug abuse
Jun 6, 1990

Matt Sorum is hired to replace steve adler

1990
specific date unknown
Jun 6, 1990

Dizzy reed was hired by axl to play keyboard.

1990
specific date unknown
May 3, 1991

Hired New manager

Fired Alan Niven and Hired doug Goldstien
Jul 29, 1991

Use Your Illusion ablums were finished being mixed

Both albums had the same cover except Use your Illusion I was in Red and Use Your Illusion II was in Blue
Aug 31, 1991

Izzy's Last show with the band
Sep 17, 1991

Use Your Illusion albums debuted at #1 and #2
Dec 5, 1991

Gilby Clarke's first live show with the band

hired gilby to replace Izzy.
May 7, 1992

Tour with Metallica began

co-headlined
Jul 12, 1992

Axl Rose got arrested
Aug 8, 1992

James Hetfiled caught on fire

During a show on the tour with metallica James Hetfield of Metallica catches on fire mid-show, rushed to hospital
Sep 24, 1992

Slash collapsed and heart stopped for 8 minutes
Nov 14, 1992

Show

They started playing november rain and it began to rain as if cued.
Jul 17, 1993

Ended a tour in Europe
May 3, 1994

Duff had a near death experiance

pancreas almost exploded
Jun 3, 1996

Slash quit the band

happened in 1996, specific date unknown
Jun 9, 1997

Matt Sorum leaves the band

happened 1997 specific date unknown
Jun 9, 1997

Duff McKagen leaves Guns N' Roses

Specific date unknown - 1997