- 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)
