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As previously reported, ADLER, the band featuring former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler, have been forced to postpone their previously announced "Back From The Dead" summer tour due to Steven checking into rehab in order to continue working on his sobriety. Here is what Steven had to say about relapsing and returning to rehab:
"I picked up a bottle and drank. This occurred a few times and that is a few times too many. I knew that this had to permanently stop. That is the moment I picked up the phone, before it got out of hand, to get help.
"I had kicked hard drugs several years ago and now it is time to get rid of the urges of drinking alcohol.
"I am at a great facility and will stay here until I am comfortable to be home to work the program on my own.
"I love you all for understanding, being patient and supporting my decision.
"Like my peers, I will beat this too, so I can return to music and beat my drums!"
The band issued a statement saying: "We are truly sorry to all of the fans and promoters who were looking forward to seeing us on the road, but right now Steven's health is the most important thing. We hope to make it up to everyone when Steven recovers." The dates are being rescheduled to the fall.
Here is the list of affected tour dates:
5/16 - The Coach House - San Juan Capistrano, CA
5/17 - Count's Vamp'd - Las Vegas, NV
5/18 - Club Red - Tempe, AZ
5/30 - St. Rocke - Hermosa Beach, CA
5/31 - Whisky A Go Go - Hollywood, CA
6/20 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
6/21 - Diamondz - Jerome, ID
6/22 - Rock The Falls Festival - Idaho Falls, ID
6/23 - Jammin Joe's - Arvada, CO
6/24 - Outlaw Saloon - Cheyenne, WY
6/25 - Wonder Bar - Casper, WY
6/26 - TBA - Bismarck, ND
6/27 - Legacy Ballroom - Fargo, ND
6/28 - The Reverb - Waterloo, IA
6/29 - The Grove - Lincoln, NE
6/30 - Busters - Mankato, MN
7/1 - Station 4 - St. Paul, MN7/2 - Beale St. Live - Indianapolis, IN
7/3- The Summit Summer Concert Series - Whitesburg, KY
7/4 - The Back Bar - Janesville, WI
7/5 - Diesel Concert Theatre- Detroit, MI
7/6 - Montage Theater - Rochester, NY
7/7 - Shipwrecked Music Hall - Dennisport, MA
7/8 - Legendary Dobbs Concert Hall - Philladelphia, PA
7/9 - House Of Rock - White Marsh, MD
7/10 - Dead Horse Cantina - Mckees Rocks, PA
7/11 - Dingbatz - Clifton, NJ
7/12 - Revolution Music Hall - Amityville, NY
7/13 - The Rock Junction - West Greenwich, RI
7/14 - Lucky Dog Music Hall - Worcester, MA
7/15 - BB Kings - New York, NY
7/16 - Empire - West Sprinfield, VA
7/17 - Tink's Rock House - Marion, OH
7/18 - The Tap House - Akron, OH
7/19 - Pikel's B Inn - Home, PA
7/20 - Tailgators - Bolingbrook, IL
7/21 - The Firehouse - Richmond, IN7/23 - The Vanguard - Tulsa, OK
ADLER, the band feauturing former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler, have been forced to postpone their previously announced "Back From The Dead" summer tour due to Steven checking into rehab in order to continue working on his sobriety. A statement from the bands frontman Jacob Bunton follows:
"We are truly sorry to all of the fans and promoters who were looking forward to seeing us on the road, but right now Steven's health is the most important thing," states ADLER frontman Jacob Bunton. "We hope to make it up to everyone when Steven recovers."
U.S. dates are currently being rescheduled to early fall.
Here is the list of affected tour dates:
5/16 - The Coach House - San Juan Capistrano, CA
5/17 - Count's Vamp'd - Las Vegas, NV
5/18 - Club Red - Tempe, AZ
5/30 - St. Rocke - Hermosa Beach, CA
5/31 - Whisky A Go Go - Hollywood, CA
6/20 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
6/21 - Diamondz - Jerome, ID
6/22 - Rock The Falls Festival - Idaho Falls, ID
6/23 - Jammin Joe's - Arvada, CO
6/24 - Outlaw Saloon - Cheyenne, WY
6/25 - Wonder Bar - Casper, WY
6/26 - TBA - Bismarck, ND
6/27 - Legacy Ballroom - Fargo, ND
6/28 - The Reverb - Waterloo, IA
6/29 - The Grove - Lincoln, NE
6/30 - Busters - Mankato, MN
7/1 - Station 4 - St. Paul, MN7/2 - Beale St. Live - Indianapolis, IN
7/3- The Summit Summer Concert Series - Whitesburg, KY
7/4 - The Back Bar - Janesville, WI
7/5 - Diesel Concert Theatre- Detroit, MI
7/6 - Montage Theater - Rochester, NY
7/7 - Shipwrecked Music Hall - Dennisport, MA
7/8 - Legendary Dobbs Concert Hall - Philladelphia, PA
7/9 - House Of Rock - White Marsh, MD
7/10 - Dead Horse Cantina - Mckees Rocks, PA
7/11 - Dingbatz - Clifton, NJ
7/12 - Revolution Music Hall - Amityville, NY
7/13 - The Rock Junction - West Greenwich, RI
7/14 - Lucky Dog Music Hall - Worcester, MA
7/15 - BB Kings - New York, NY
7/16 - Empire - West Sprinfield, VA
7/17 - Tink's Rock House - Marion, OH
7/18 - The Tap House - Akron, OH
7/19 - Pikel's B Inn - Home, PA
7/20 - Tailgators - Bolingbrook, IL
7/21 - The Firehouse - Richmond, IN7/23 - The Vanguard - Tulsa, OK
ADLER, the NEW band led by former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler, will be releasing their NEW record 'Back From The Dead' today via New Ocean Media. The album is currently being streamed in it’s entirety at Rolling Stone.com at this location: http://www1.rollingstone.com/hearitnow/player/adler.html
Recorded in Los Angeles with producer Jeff Pilson (FOREIGNER, DOKKEN) and mixed by Jay Ruston (ANTHRAX, STONE SOUR), the CD consists of 11 tracks, ranging from adrenaline-pumping rockers ("Back From The Dead", "Own Worst Enemy", "Another Version Of The Truth") to arena-Rock anthems ("Good To Be Bad", "Blown Away") to powerful, heartfelt ballads ("Waterfall", "Just Don't Ask"). The album features guest appearances by Adler's former GUNS N' ROSES bandmate Slash and ROB ZOMBIE/ex-MARILYN MANSON guitarist John 5.
ADLER is comprised of Steven Adler, frontman Jacob Bunton (LYNAM, MARS ELECTRIC), guitarist Lonny Paul (ADLER'S APPETITE), and bassist Johnny Martin (CHELSEA SMILES).
"The process of making this record was incredible," states Bunton. "Our musical influences are all over the place and this record is a perfect reflection of everything that we love about Rock N' Roll."
"I'm so proud of this record," adds Adler. "This is the record I've been wanting to make for over 20 years and now I've finally found the band with the perfect chemistry to make it happen!"
'Back From The Dead' track listing:
01. Back From The Dead
02. Own Worst Enemy
03. Another Version Of The Truth
04. The One That You Hated
05. Good To Be Bad (featuring John 5)
06. Just Don't Ask (featuring Slash)
07. Blown Away
08. Waterfall
09. Habit
10. Your Diamonds
11. Dead Wrong
Here is an interview with conducted with the members of ADLER earlier this year:
Recently, 80s Rock icons GUNS N' ROSES were inducted into the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame. The ceremony took place on Saturday, April 14 in Cleveland, Ohio. As it was anticipated, singer Axl Rose wasn't part of the induction ceremony. GREEN DAY's Billie Joe Armstrong inducted the band into the Hall Of Fame!
There is no question that without 'Appetite For Destruction' (released July 21, 1987 via Geffen Records), the record that helped the band to become a worldwide phenomena, GUNS N' ROSES would have probably never made it into the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame. After all, 'Appetite For Destruction' hit the top of the Billboard 200 album charts at number 1 in both 1988 and 1989.
What made 'Appetite For Destruction' such a great record was the overall quality that combined excellent musicianship, catchy lyrics, and top notch production. To this day, hit song such as "Welcome To The Jungle", "Sweet Child O' Mine" and of course "Paradise City", are constantly cranked at sports arenas, concert halls, television shows, and beyond.
Here are some vital stats about 'Appetite For Destruction':
Track listing:
1. "Welcome to the Jungle"
2. "It's So Easy"
3. "Nightrain"
4. "Out ta Get Me"
5. "Mr. Brownstone"
6. "Paradise City"
7. "My Michelle"
8. "Think About You"
9. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
10. "You're Crazy"
11. "Anything Goes"
12. "Rocket Queen"
Total length: 53:52
Personnel:
- Guns N' Roses
• W. Axl Rose – lead vocals, percussion on "Welcome to the Jungle", synthesizer and whistle on "Paradise City"
• Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, co-lead guitar on "Nightrain" and "Think About You", percussion on "Paradise City"
• Slash – lead guitar, co-rhythm guitar on "Nightrain" and "Think About You", acoustic guitar on "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Think About You", talkbox on "Anything Goes"
• Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals
• Steven Adler – drums
Additional personnel:
• Mike Clink – production
• Steve Thompson – mixing
• Michael Barbiero – mixing
• George Marino – mastering
• Victor Deyglio, Dave Reitzas, Micajah Ryan & Julian Stoll – engineering assistance
• Andy Udoff – engineering assistance
• Jeff Poe – engineering assistance
• Robert Williams – paintings
• Michael Hodgson – art direction, design
• Robert John – photography
• Jack Lue – photography
• Greg Freeman – photography
Original cover art work:
With the 25th anniversary of 'Appetite for Destruction', Noisecreep sat down with original GNR drummer Steven Adler to discuss the album. Here is what went down:
Once again, GUNS N' ROSES' frontman Axl Rose tripped and fell down while on tour with the current version of GNR. During the band's June 16 performance at the Hellfest festival in Clisson, France, Rose had a fall on stage while attempting to jump onto a platform. Video of the incident can be seen below.
Rose previously fell on May 20 while leaving the stage after performing the final song of the band's set in Liverpool, England. Axl was apparently walking backwards and waving the crowd goodbye after the group finished playing "Paradise City" at the Echo Arena and tripped on what appeared to be either a piece of equipment or a set of steps that led from the main floor to the drum-riser floor.
As previously reported, 80s Rock legends GUNS N' ROSES were inducted into
the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame. The ceremony took place on Saturday,
April 14 in Cleveland, Ohio. As it was anticipated, singer Axl Rose
wasn't part of the induction ceremony. GREEN DAY's Billie Joe Armstrong
inducted the band into the Hall Of Fame!
To: Cleveland, Ohio, Guns N’ Roses Fans and everyone who’s shown support for my decision regarding the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
I seriously didn’t plan on or expect the overwhelmingly positive response and public support for my decision regarding the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. With such a generous outpouring of solidarity from fans, media outlets, writers and other artists, I’m truly humbled, blown away and unbelievably relieved! To be honest, I thought it would go the other way and was just hoping to weather the storm. As I said, I sincerely didn’t want to disappoint anyone. It gets old being the outlaw even if “it’s only rock and roll”.
It took a lot of focus and soul searching to be sincere and informative while making a genuine effort to be somewhat diplomatic. We made, what I feel, are real efforts to learn about the Hall and the Board, spoke as I said with the president and various members, and though I inducted Elton John and Bernie Taupin in ’94 saying something to the effect of “I’m learning what the Hall’s about…”
I still don’t exactly know or understand what the Hall is or how or why it makes money, where the money goes, who chooses the voters and why anyone or this board decides who, out of all the artists in the world that have contributed to this genre, officially “rock” enough to be in the Hall?
This isn’t an attack. These are genuine issues I don’t have enough verified information on to have more than rough ideas. Certainly not enough information to make any judgments about.
I would like to apologize to Cleveland, Ohio for not apologizing to them beforehand for not attending [the ceremony] in their city. I think they know how much I genuinely love performing there. Cleveland does in fact Rock!!
Now that the smoke’s cleared a little, any desperate, misguided attacks have been just that, a pathetic stab at gossip, some lame vindictiveness, the usual entitlement crap, he’s obsessed, crazy, volatile, a hater. I once bought a homeless woman a slice of pizza who yelled at me she wanted soup. We got her the soup. You can get your own.
Again: HUGE thanks to the fans and to everyone for the incredible public support. My congratulations to the other artists inducted. And my apologies to the city and people of Cleveland, Ohio. I hope you’ll forgive me and we hope to see you again soon!
Keep Rockin’,
Axl
Unlike my open letter to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Guns N’ Roses Fans and Whom It May Concern this was written for GNR’s official website, Facebook account and my personal twitter account and not intended as a press release. If anyone does choose to pick this up as has been done previously I’d appreciate if you’d run in full including this paragraph so as not to give a partial picture, have things taken out of context or to imply or inadvertently give the impression this was intended for other outlets.
This past weekend, 80s Rock legends GUNS N' ROSES were inducted into the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame. The ceremony took place on Saturday, April 14 in Cleveland, Ohio. As it was anticipated, singer Axl Rose wasn't part of the induction ceremony. GREEN DAY's Billie Joe Armstrong inducted the band into the Hall Of Fame!
"The first time I saw GUNS N' ROSES on MTV, I thought, 'One of these guys could end up dead or in jail,'" He raved about "Appetite For Destruction", calling it "the best debut album in the history of Rock and Roll. Every song hits hard. It takes you a trip to the seedy world of Los Angeles. The thing that set them apart from everyone else was guts. They never lost their edge for one second." Billie Joe also praised each of the GN'R members, before saying, "Let's see, who am I missing?" to a round of boos. He then referred to Rose as "one of the best frontmen to ever touch a microphone," and added, "And you're fucking crazy. Most singers in bands are, I can vouch for that."
During the ceremony, former GNR members Slash, Duff McKagan, Steven Adler, Matt Sorum and Gilby Clarke performed three "Appetite For Destruction" songs with Myles Kennedy on vocals. Kennedy, who handles lead vocals in Slash's solo band and ALTER BRIDGE, sang "Mr. Brownstone", "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Paradise City", with "Use Your Illusion"-era member Sorum sitting behind the drum kit on "Brownstone" and the man he replaced in GN'R, Adler, pounding the skins for the other two songs.
"I am overwhelmed," McKagan said of the honor. He also addressed singer Axl Rose's absence during his acceptance speech, saying, "I don't know if it matters who's here tonight because it's about the music that band created."
Slash said, "We have new fans who have never seen the original lineup and they're pulling for us."
Adler quoted QUEEN's "We Are the Champions": "You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it, and I thank you all."
This past Wednesday April 11th, America’s only Hard Rock and Heavy Metal award show took over downtown Los Angeles! The fourth annual REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARD SHOW presented by Epiphone® rocked out at Club Nokia in Downtown Los Angeles. For the first time ever, the event was broadcast live in its entirety on Xbox LIVE, as well as on the Xbox and Revolver Facebook pages.
Prior to the kick off of the awards show, we had the chance to chat with Steven Adler (ex-Guns N' Roses) about GNR's induction into the Rock N' Roll hall of fame. We also asked band mates to tell us all about ADLER's NEW album. Here is our interview with members of ADLER at the 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards.
