List of Guns N' Roses band members

Axl Rose

Active: March 1985–present

Regular instruments: lead vocals, piano

Occasional instruments: keyboards, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, choir, synthesizers, whistle, whistling, kazoo, percussion, tambourine, sound effects, drum machine, backing vocals

Release contributions: all Guns N' Roses releases

Dizzy Reed

Active: February 1990–present

Regular instruments: keyboards, piano, backing vocals

Occasional instruments: synthesizers, percussion, organ, clavinet, tambourine

Release contributions: all Guns N' Roses releases from Use Your Illusion I (1991)

Tommy Stinson

Active: March 1998–present

Regular instruments: bass, backing vocals

Occasional instruments: lead vocals

Release contributions: "Oh My God" (1999), Chinese Democracy (2008)

Chris Pitman

Active: May 1998–present

Regular instruments: keyboards, backing vocals

Occasional instruments: sub-bass, bass, synthesizers, programming, twelve-string guitar, mellotron, samples

Release contributions: "Oh My God" (1999), Chinese Democracy (2008)

Richard Fortus

Active: July 2002–present

Instruments: rhythm guitar

Occasional instruments: lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals

Release contributions: Chinese Democracy (2008)

Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal

Active: May 2006–present

Instruments: lead guitar

Occasional instruments: rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals

Release contributions: Chinese Democracy (2008)

Frank Ferrer

Active: October 2006–present

Instruments: drums

Release contributions: Chinese Democracy (2008) – "Chinese Democracy", "Better", "If the World", "There Was a Time" and "I.R.S." only

DJ Ashba

Active: February 2009–present

Instruments: lead guitar

Occasional instruments: backing vocals

Release contributions: none

Former members

Ole Beich

Active: March–May 1985

Instruments: bass

Release contributions: none

Rob Gardner

Active: March–May 1985

Instruments: drums

Release contributions: none

Tracii Guns

Active: March–May 1985

Instruments: lead guitar

Release contributions: none

Slash

Active: May 1985–August 1996

Regular instruments: lead guitar

Occasional instruments: rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, six-string bass, talkbox, banjo, dobro, co-lead vocals, backing vocals

Release contributions: all Guns N' Roses releases from Appetite for Destruction (1987) to "Sympathy for the Devil" (1994)

Steven Adler

Active: May 1985–July 1990

Regular instruments: drums

Occasional instruments: backing vocals

Release contributions: Appetite for Destruction (1987), G N' R Lies (1988), Use Your Illusion II (1991) – "Civil War" only

Izzy Stradlin

Active: March 1985–November 1991

Regular instruments: rhythm guitar, backing vocals

Occasional instruments: lead guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, lead vocals, sitar

Release contributions: all Guns N' Roses releases from Appetite for Destruction (1987) to Use Your Illusion II (1991)

Duff McKagan

Active: May 1985–August 1997

Regular instruments: bass, backing vocals

Occasional instruments: acoustic guitar, lead vocals, percussion, drum, drums, tambourine

Release contributions: all Guns N' Roses releases from Appetite for Destruction (1987) to "Sympathy for the Devil" (1994)

Matt Sorum

Active: July 1990–June 1997

Instruments: drums, backing vocals

Occasional instruments: percussion, choir

Release contributions: Use Your Illusion I (1991) to "Sympathy for the Devil" (1994)

Gilby Clarke

Active: November 1991–June 1994

Instruments: rhythm guitar, backing vocals

Release contributions: "The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993)

Josh Freese

Active: March 1998–August 1999

Regular instruments: drums

Release contributions: "Oh My God" (1999), Chinese Democracy (2008)

Paul Tobias

Active: October 1994–July 2002

Regular instruments: rhythm guitar, backing vocals

Occasional instruments: acoustic guitar, piano

Release contributions: "Sympathy for the Devil" (1994), "Oh My God" (1999), Chinese Democracy (2008)

Buckethead

Active: March 2000–March 2004

Regular instruments: lead guitar

Occasional instruments: rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar

Release contributions: Chinese Democracy (2008)

Robin Finck

Active: May 1997–August 1999, October 2000–April 2008

Regular instruments: lead guitar

Occasional instruments: rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, backing vocals

Release contributions: Chinese Democracy (2008)

Bryan Mantia

Active: October 2000–October 2006

Instruments: drums

Release contributions: Chinese Democracy (2008)