1. DJ Ashba is best known as the lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses from 2009 to 2015, and as a founding member of Sixx:AM DJ Ashba is known for his work with Motley Crue, BulletBoys, Beautiful Creatures.
19 Facts About DJ Ashba
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DJ Ashba has worked with various artists including Drowning Pool, Marion Raven, Aimee Allen and Neil Diamond.
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DJ Ashba's mother was a classically trained pianist who began teaching him about music as a toddler.
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DJ Ashba performed in his first piano recital at the age of five, where he played Beethoven's "Ode to Joy".
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DJ Ashba built kits out of garbage cans and pots and pans, until he finally acquired a real set at the age of six.
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DJ Ashba would ride to his job in the corn fields on the bus with a guitarist from a local band, who would teach him a new chord each day on a fretboard that they had carved into the back of a bus seat with a pocket knife.
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In 1998, DJ Ashba joined BulletBoys as part of the band's new lineup.
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On February 13,2002, the band announced that DJ Ashba had left the group and the band found a replacement and continued on.
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Also in 2003, DJ Ashba was invited to participate in the group Brides of Destruction with Nikki Sixx and Tracii Guns but turned it down to focus on his solo project.
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On March 23,2009, DJ Ashba was announced as the new lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses replacing Robin Finck, who had left the band to rejoin Nine Inch Nails.
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When recounting his audition process with the band, DJ Ashba said that when Axl Rose saw he was interested, he informed Guns N' Roses management that "if he shows up, he has the job".
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DJ Ashba first toured with the band as part of the Chinese Democracy Tour where on December 11,2009, Guns N' Roses played in Taiwan, and continued with the band for the next five years.
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DJ Ashba has stated that Axl Rose has about 3 albums worth of stuff recorded that he's heard.
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In 2006 DJ Ashba had set up Funny Farms Studios with Nikki Sixx.
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In March 2007, Sixx penned "Reason I'm Alive" for Drowning Pool's new album Full Circle with both Sixx and DJ Ashba co-producing the track.
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DJ Ashba released the critically acclaimed album The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack after collaborating with Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx and producer James Michael under the name Sixx:AM in August, 2007 serving as a soundtrack to Sixx's autobiography The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star.
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DJ Ashba contributed to Motley Crue's 2008 album Saints of Los Angeles penning all tracks with the exception of "This Ain't a Love Song".
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DJ Ashba married Nathalia Henao on September 23,2013, after one year of dating.
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Since 2023, DJ Ashba has been in a relationship with Kerri Kasem.