2001 ■ January 1st The new GNR (with The Cold War guitarist ­Buckethead) debuts at the House After Slash left GNR, fans had a long wait for of Blues in Las Vegas. the feud to thaw. Eventually, their patience paid off They play three songs that will appear on 2008's Chinese ­Democracy. Fame, his final public performance of any kind for six years. 2002 ■ December 13th Guns cover “Sym- ■ December pathy for the Devil” Rose’s repeated in- for the Interview ability to show up for With the Vampire concerts forces the soundtrack; Slash band to cancel its first At the Rock and calls it “what a band North American tour Roll Hall of Fame sounds like when it’s in nearly a decade. (sans Rose), 2012 Manson breaking up.” Fans riot at several shows. room. Izzy Strad- ■ October 14th up of guitarists DJ Roses, leading to in- lin guests on the last McKagan joins Guns Ashba and Bumble- creased speculation night; it’s the first time N’ Roses for a few foot, along with Stin- that the original Guns 1996 Rose has played with songs in London. son and drummer will get back together. 1993 any original members Chris Pitman. ■ October 30th since 1993. ■ August ■ July 17th A year after releasing Slash tells a journalist The Use Your an LP with his band, 2012 that he’s communicat- Illusion tour ends Slash’s Snakepit, Slash 2015 ing with Rose again. in Buenos Aires. leaves GNR. Rose 2008 ■ April 14th tells the public via a Guns N’ Roses are in- ■ July ■ November 23rd fax to MTV News. ■ November 23rd ducted into the Rock DJ Ashba and Bum- Guns release punk- “It was all about Axl Chinese ­Democracy and Roll Hall of Fame. blefoot announce 2016 covers collection “The wanting control to the comes out to mixed Rose doesn’t attend they have left Guns N’ Spaghetti Incident?” point where the rest reviews and poor the induction, saying, ■ January which features of us felt strangled,” 2004 sales. A few months “Let lying dogs sleep.” After months of ru- a song written by Slash later wrote of later Rose says of mors, the group con- Charles Manson. the band. ■ March Slash, “I consider him firms plans for a re- The group cancels an a cancer.” union with Slash and appearance at Rock in 2014 McKagan. Shows are Rio Lisboa after Buck- 1994 ethead quits; months ■ April 6th later, the debut LP by 2010 With bassist ■ Slash January 20th in 1995 Slash’s new band Vel- Tommy Stinson Axl Rose sings vet Revolver goes ■ January 13th forced to miss with Bruce double platinum. Axl and Co. begin a shows be- Springsteen at from the new line- tour that will last for cause of the the Rock and up, and Rose tells more than four years. Replace- Roll Hall of 1997 1999 MTV News the group ments re- is working on a new 2006 union, McK- Brad Pitt in ■ August ■ November 9th album called Chinese agan temporarily Interview Duff McKagan The song “Oh My Democracy. “Axl has ■ May rejoins the band for a polished; With the quits, calls GNR God” is released on almost completed re- Guns play their first South American tour. Steven Adler sits Vampire “a dictatorship.” the soundtrack to the cording music for the shows in four years in for two dates, and Rose is now the Arnold Schwarzeneg- disc, expected early with a four-night ■ June Rose and Slash even only original ger film End of Days. next year,” reads a stand at New York’s GNR end a Las Vegas seem to be having a member. It’s the first material ­ report. Hammerstein Ball- residency with a line- good time.

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