STEVEN ADLER Reveals 'Secret Formula' To GUNS N' ROSES' Success

[Bill Bailey]

STEVEN ADLER Reveals 'Secret Formula' To GUNS N' ROSES' Success - Apr. 4, 2011

Gerry Gittelson of the North Hollywood - Toluca Lake Patch conducted an interview last week with former GUNS N' ROSES and current ADLER'S APPETITE drummer Steven Adler.

When asked what he thought the "secret formula" to GUNS N' ROSES success was, Adler replied, "GUNS N' ROSES' success, I believe, came from the fact that the five of us liked five different kinds of music. I always liked the '70s kind of pop, disco — I was really influenced by QUEEN. You've got Izzy Stradlin [guitar], who was influenced by the STOOGES, NEW YORK DOLLS, SEX PISTOLS. And you've got Duff [McKagan, bass], who was into BLACK FLAG... punk, real hardcore punk. And then you've got Axl [Rose, vocals]; he was into QUEEN, ELTON JOHN... bands like that. And Slash [guitar] was [into] AEROSMITH, LED ZEPPELIN... So it was [a mixture of] all of our different things. We all just meshed together really well. And believe me, it's so hard to find... Look, I'm going through it right now with my new band, ADLER'S APPETITE. It's the hardest thing in the world to find four or five guys that you can actually live with and work with and make magic with."

[ddm]

damn straight

[shadow]

For sure. Forming a great band is easier said than done. Hell, my band is still looking for a bassist. What makes mine work though is that my drummer is a total metal head and listens to stuff like Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Dying Fetus, etc while my singer listens to more modern music such as Avenged Sevenfold, Good Charlotte, All Time Low, etc whereas my rhythm guitarist listens to stuff like Black Sabbath, Rammstein, The Grateful Dead, etc and I listen to a lot of stuff like Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, etc. Put it all together and the end result is Crisis Cage.