Steven Adler
Steven Adler in a recent photo
Background information
Born	January 22, 1965 (1965-01-22) (age 42) Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Genre(s)	Hard rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Drums Guitar
Years active	1985 - Present
Label(s)	Geffen Records
Associated acts	Guns N' Roses Adler's Appetite
Website	www.adlersappetite.com

Steven Adler (born January 22, 1965 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American rock drummer. He is most famous for his tenure as a member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he performed and recorded from 1985 to 1990. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2016x3024, 1116 KB) Steven Adler Picture File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and psychedelic rock. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... See also: other events of 1985 Musical groups established in 1985 Record labels established in 1985 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 28 - Various artists, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry, Kenny Loggins, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny... The present is the time that is perceived directly, not as a recollection or a speculation. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ... Adlers Appetite are a rock band founded by ex-Guns N Roses drummer Steven Adler in 2003. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... A drummer in Action A drummer is a person who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and psychedelic rock. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ...

Biography

Adler was born on January 22, 1965 in Cleveland, Ohio, and moved to Los Angeles with his mother Deanna and older brother Kenny, as a young child. His mother re-married to Melvin Adler and had another child, Jamie. Steven's older brother also had a child, Steven's nephew, Max Adler.^[1] Steven was born into the Jewish faith ^[2] and has some Icelandic heritage. ^[3] January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination...

Guns N' Roses era

Adler met future GN'R guitarist Slash at the age of twelve at their school in California^[4] after Steven had a skateboarding accident.^[1] The two became fast friends, and as Slash took up guitar, Steven took up drums (he played guitar before meeting Slash) in order to form a band (albeit missing some components), Road Crew. The two placed an ad in a newspaper searching for a bassist, resulting in Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan, not only responding to the ad, but introducing the two to Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin, who were the only original members remaining from their band Guns N' Roses, with other original members, lead guitarist, Tracii Guns, bassist Ole Beich, and drummer Rob Gardner. the very definition of a guitarist is cody allen and taylor hines because of there un ending guitar skills and awsomnes. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... A skateboarder performing a frontside lipslide Skateboarding is the act of rolling on or performing tricks with a skateboard. ... The road crew (or roadies) are the technicians who travel on tour, usually in sleeper buses, with musicians and who handle every part of the production except actually playing the music. ... Duff McKagan (born Michael Andrew McKagan on February 5, 1964) is an American musician and bassist, who is best known for his thirteen-year tenure in the 1980s hard rock band Guns N Roses. ... W. Axl Rose[1] (born William Bruce Rose, Jr. ... Izzy Stradlin (born Jeffrey Dean Isbell on April 8, 1962 in Lafayette, Indiana) is an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N Roses from 1985 to 1991. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ... Tracii Guns (born January 20, 1966) is an iconic metal guitar slinger who has played with a number of well-known metal bands and solo artists over the years. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

The three joined Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin to create the most famous and "original" line-up of Guns N' Roses. Adler drummed on the first three GN'R albums: their 1986 EP Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide, the multi-platinum Appetite for Destruction and G N' R Lies. Adler's work also appeared on one song on Use Your Illusion II, the opening track "Civil War", although his drum track is said to be heavily edited. ^[5] W. Axl Rose[1] (born William Bruce Rose, Jr. ... Izzy Stradlin (born Jeffrey Dean Isbell on April 8, 1962 in Lafayette, Indiana) is an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N Roses from 1985 to 1991. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Alternate cover The original, banned cover of Appetite for Destruction. ... G N R Lies is the second studio album released by the hard rock band Guns N Roses in 1988 (see 1988 in music). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Civil War is a Guns N Roses song (written by Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan), originally appearing on the 1990 album Nobodys Child, a fundraising compilation for Romanian orphans. ...

At the 1989 American Music Awards, where Guns N' Roses performed their latest single, "Patience," Don Henley filled in for Adler on drums. Officially, the absence was attributed to a case of the flu; it was later revealed that Adler had actually been in a drug rehabilitation program at the time. The American Music Awards show is one of four annual major American music awards shows (the others being the Billboard Music Awards, the Grammy Awards, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony). ... Donald Hugh Don Henley (born July 22, 1947 in Gilmer, Texas) is an American rock musician who is the drummer and one of the lead singers and songwriters of the band Eagles. ...

Problems continued in 1990, as the band recorded "Civil War" for Nobody's Child, an album benefitting the Romanian Angel Appeal. Axl Rose has said in interviews that "Civil War was recorded a good 60 times" due to problems with Adler ^{[citation needed]} ; Slash, in another article, stated that the band had to edit the drum track to "Civil War" simply to be able to play along with it. ^[5] By Adler's own admission, he tried to play the song "20, maybe 30 times." ^[1] During the recording of "Civil War" Adler was still trying to stop using drugs.^[4]

Adler was briefly fired from the band, but was reinstated after signing a contract promising to stop using drugs. ^[6] In April 1990, he performed with Guns N' Roses at Farm Aid IV in Indiana. It would be his last appearance with the band. He was formally fired on July 11th, 1990[1], during the recording of the Use Your Illusion I & Use Your Illusion II albums, and replaced with Matt Sorum. The official reason for his departure, according to various members of the band, was his heavy substance abuse which impeded his ability to work. Geffen A&R rep Tom Zutaut, who worked with Guns N' Roses, corroborated this claim, stating in a 1999 interview, "Steven Adler would show up at the recording studio completely high. Recording sessions would abort for several days when he couldn't put it together." ^[7] Farm Aid started as a benefit concert on September 22, 1985, in Champaign, Illinois, held to raise money for family farmers in the United States. ... Use Your Illusion I is the third studio album by hard rock band Guns N Roses. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Matt Sorum (born Matthew Sorum, November 19, 1960, in Mission Viejo, California) is a hard rock drummer and percussionist. ...

According to Adler, his departure from the band was based on other reasons. In a 2005 interview he stated, "Doug Goldstein called me into the office about two weeks later. He wanted me to sign some contracts. I was told that every time I did heroin, the band would fine me $2,000. There was a whole stack of papers, with coloured paper clips everywhere for my signatures. What these contracts actually said was that the band were paying me $2,000 to leave. They were taking my royalties, all my writing credits. They didn't like me anymore and just wanted me gone. That's why I filed the lawsuit - to get all those things back.". ^[1]

Post-Guns N´ Roses era

In 1991, Adler formed a new version of his old band, Road Crew. However, the project was unsuccessful. When ex-Guns N' Roses members Slash and Duff McKagan began creating Velvet Revolver in 2002, Adler expressed hope that history would repeat itself and that once again he would be in a band with them. Velvet Revolver was created with Adler's replacement, Matt Sorum, instead, due largely to the fact that it was Sorum who had initiated the new band. Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... The road crew (or roadies) are the technicians who travel on tour, usually in sleeper buses, with musicians and who handle every part of the production except actually playing the music. ... Velvet Revolver (abbreviated to VR) is a hard rock supergroup with three former members of Guns N Roses — Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum (who also played with rock bands Hawk and The Cult) — plus Scott Weiland, the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots, and Dave Kushner of the 80s... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Adler's lawsuit against his former Guns N' Roses bandmates was settled in 1997. He earned a back-payment check of $ 2,250,000 USD and was granted 15% of the royalities for everything he recorded prior to his departure.^[8]

In 2003, he started the band Suki Jones, which would later be renamed Adler's Appetite, and released an EP, Adler's Appetite. The band still performs live sporadically, performing sets heavy with Guns N' Roses covers. He was recently featured on an episode of VHI's The Surreal Life: Fame Games as a judge for a hotel crashing challenge. Adlers Appetite are a rock band founded by ex-Guns N Roses drummer Steven Adler in 2003. ... Adlers Appetite is the debut release of the band of the same name. ...

Adler appears to have repaired his relationships with most of his former Guns N' Roses bandmates. In 2005, he played a one-off show with Izzy and Slash at the Key Club in Los Angeles. In September 2006 Adler attended a Guns N' Roses show in Las Vegas and spoke to Axl Rose for the first time in over a decade. ^[9][10] On July 28, 2007, Adler's Appetite played the Key Club again to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Appetite for Destruction. The evening featured Tracii Guns' band LA Guns opening for Adler's Appetite. Former members Izzy Stradlin and Duff McKagan joined Adler's band on stage for several songs. Slash was also in attendance, but did not get up to play. When asked why he remained offstage in a radio interview afterwards, he explained he didn't want to encourage the notion of a reunion, so stepped back.^[11] While Adler touted the event to the press as a "reunion," ^[12] the show was not advertised as such, ^[13] and was not considered as such by the other original members. ^[14] Key Club International is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... Tracii Guns (born January 20, 1966) is an iconic metal guitar slinger who has played with a number of well-known metal bands and solo artists over the years. ... is a rock band that was formed in 1983 by bassist Ole Beich, drummer Rob Gardner, guitarist Tracii Guns, and singer Axl Rose (replaced by Michael Jagosz, who was himself replaced by Paul Black). ... Izzy Stradlin (born Jeffrey Dean Isbell on April 8, 1962 in Lafayette, Indiana) is an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N Roses from 1985 to 1991. ... Duff McKagan (born Michael Andrew McKagan on February 5, 1964) is an American musician and bassist, who is best known for his thirteen-year tenure in the 1980s hard rock band Guns N Roses. ...

While Adler has claimed that there has been talk and encouragement for a reunion among the other original members, this appears to be unfounded: in a 2007 interview with Guitar Edge magazine, for instance, Slash stated "I’ve obviously moved on and have a lot to do with Velvet Revolver, so that’s where my head is. Obviously it’s not an idea that I’m entertaining in any way, shape, or form at this point. I think the more time that passes, the less likely it will happen—and it was pretty unlikely five years ago." ^[15]

Personal life

Adler's substance abuse issues continued after he was fired from Guns N' Roses.^[10] In interviews as recent as 2006, he has stated that he has, at times, used $300 worth of drugs in one night.^[8] In 1996, Adler suffered a stroke after taking a particularly potent speedball, a cocktail of heroin and cocaine used intravenously.^[16] He survived, but now lives with a speech impediment as a result. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In 1997, Adler was convicted on a domestic violence charge for attacking a woman with whom he had been living, and was sentenced to four days in jail, three years of probation and mandatory drug counseling. A year later, he pleaded no contest to attacks on two other women and was sentenced to a 150-day term in prison and a year of domestic violence counseling. ^[17] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In criminal trials in some common law jurisdictions, a plea of nolo contendere means that the defendant neither admits nor disputes the charge, and is an alternative to pleading guilty or not guilty. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The word counseling or counselling comes from the Middle English counseil, from Old French conseil, from Latin cōnsilium; akin to cōnsulere, to take counsel, consult. ...

Adler currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

References

Books

1. Wall, Mick (1992). Guns N' Roses; the Most Dangerous Band in the World. Hyperion. ISBN 1-56282-951-3. 
2. Sugerman, Danny (1991). Appetite for Destruction: The Days of Guns N' Roses. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-07634-7. 

Footnotes

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Links

• Steven Adler Official Fansite
• Steven Adler Jan. 2006 Interview III with Metal Sludge
• Steven Adler Jan. 2006 Interview I with Metal Sludge
• Steven Adler Jan. 2006 Interview I with Metal Sludge
• Steven Adler, April 2005 with Classic Rock
• Steven Adler Information, News and Photos.