1. Tracii Guns was a founding member of Guns N' Roses.
17 Facts About Tracii Guns
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Tracii Guns was formed by Tracii Guns in 1983, initially with singer Mike Jagosz, bassist Ole Beich, and drummer Rob Gardner.
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Tracii Guns joined a newly reunited Hollywood Rose for a 1985 New Years show.
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Tracii Guns, recruiting former Dogs D'Amour singer Robert Stoddard to be the new guitarist with the group, which was rounded out by Nickey "Beat" Alexander on drums and Mick Cripps on bass.
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Tracii Guns recorded their eponymous first album that was released in 1988 on Vertigo Records, charting at number 50 on the Billboard 200.
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Tracii Guns set out on the reunion tour in October 1999 and recorded a live album in their hometown of Hollywood, enlisting Gilby Clarke as producer.
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Tracii Guns was announced as one of the acts of the second Rocklahoma festival.
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Tracii Guns signed a deal with Alexis Records and began working on material for a new album with producer Steve Thompson.
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When it came time to choose a vocalist, Tracii Guns turned to Stryper's Michael Sweet, whom Tracii Guns told Burke he had befriended years earlier during a shared tour stopover in Massachusetts.
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Tracii Guns album Shrinking Violet in the same year, as part of his solo band with the performance being released the same year as 99 Live.
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In 2002, Tracii Guns contributed guitars on the Clarke's solo album Swag, with some of these tracks appearing on the 2007 compilation album Gilby Clarke.
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Also in 1999, Tracii Guns released his debut album Killing Machine, which was later re-released in 2004 with the new title of All Eyes are Watchin.
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Tracii Guns joined Quiet Riot in December 2005, a move that was to be short lived; he left less than a month later.
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In 2004, Tracii Guns featured on the album The Roots of Tracii Guns N' Roses, the album featuring the original demos by Hollywood Rose, on tracks remixed by Gilby Clarke.
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In October 2008, Steven Adler had formed a new supergroup with Tracii Guns called Tracii Guns of Destruction.
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In 2012, Tracii Guns worked with Italian producer Pietro Foresti on the song "America Dreaming" with Italian band J27.
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In 2013, Tracii Guns joined the band of the production Raiding the Rock Vault at the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino.