16 Facts About Gilby Clarke

Gilbert J "Gilby" Clarke was born on August 17,1962 and is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer.

Gilby Clarke started his musical career during the first half of the Eighties, replacing Candy's original guitarist, Geoff Siegel, who later played with the Nymphs.

Gilby Clarke eventually replaced the band's lead vocalist and penned several unreleased fan favorites including, "Dance America".

Gilby Clarke left them to form Kill for Thrills, a metal band which released the EP Commercial Suicide and the LP Dynamite from Nightmareland before eventually disbanding.

Gilby Clarke's first show with the band was December 5,1991 in Worcester, MA, USA.

Gilby Clarke's contract was not renewed and he was gone from the band by 1995.

Gilby Clarke mentioned that before the final show of the Use Your Illusion Tour, Rose came up to him and told him "Hey, enjoy your last show".

Gilby Clarke later sued the band over the use of his likeness in Guns N' Roses Pinball.

Gilby Clarke is featured on Guns N' Roses video releases Use Your Illusion I, Use Your Illusion II and Welcome to the Videos.

In 2002 Gilby Clarke worked with Nancy Sinatra on her album California Girl and a year later joined Heart on their national tour.

Gilby Clarke produced a cover of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" on Rock Star: Supernova runner-up Dilana Robichaux's 2007 album, released as a single on digital download websites.

In July 2008 Gilby Clarke played at the G-TARanaki Guitar Festival in New Zealand.

Gilby Clarke then toured North America as part of the Rock n' Roll Fantasy Camp.

Gilby Clarke reunited with Guns N' Roses members Slash, Steven Adler, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan, during the live performance, at the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction on April 14,2012.

Gilby Clarke himself was not inducted as part of the band.

In 2021 Gilby Clarke released his most successful album to date, The Gospel Truth on Golden Robot Records.