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Year Albums Lineup Style
1985
  Tracy Richard Irving Ulrich - lead guitars
Michael Andrew McKagan - bass, vocals
Jeffrey Dean Isbell - rhythm guitars, vocals
Michael Coletti - drums
Saul Hudson - guitars
William Bruce Rose - vocals, piano
Hard rock
1986
Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide [EP] Michael Andrew McKagan - bass, vocals
Jeffrey Dean Isbell - rhythm guitars, vocals
Michael Coletti - drums
Saul Hudson - guitars
William Bruce Rose - vocals, piano
1987
Appetite For Destruction
1988
G N' R Lies
1989
 
1990
  Michael Andrew McKagan - bass, vocals
Jeffrey Dean Isbell - rhythm guitars, vocals
Saul Hudson - guitars
William Bruce Rose - vocals, piano
Darren Arthur Reed - keyboards, backing vocals
Matthew William "Matt" Sorum - drums
1991
Use Your Illusion I William Bruce ''Axl'' Rose - vocals, keyboards, synths, piano, acoustic guitar
Jeffrey Dean "Izzy Stradlin" Isbell - rhythm guitar, vocals, percussion
Saul "Slash" Hudson - lead guitar, 6 string bass, backing vocals, voice box
Darren Arthur "Dizzy" Reed - keyboards, piano, organ, backing vocals, clarinet
Matt Sorum - drums, percussion, backing vocals
Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan - bass, vocals, acoustic guitar

Additional musicians:
Vincent "Alice Cooper" Furnier - vocals
Michael Monroe - harmonica, saxophone
Johann Langlie - synths, sound effects
Shannon Hoon - vocals
Tim Doyle - tamborine
West Arkeen - acoustic guitar
Mike Clink - nutcracker
Bruce Foster - sound effects

Horns on Live And Let Die - Matthew McKagan, Rachel West, Robert Clark, Jon Trautwein.

Choir on November Rain - Axl, Matt, Izzy, Duff, Dizzy, Shannon Hoon, Stuart Bailey, Reba Shaw.

Voices on Coma - Susanne Filkins, Patricia Fuenzalida, Rose Mann, Monica Zierhut-Soto, Michelle Loiselle, Diane Mitchell.
Use Your Illusion II
1992
  Michael Andrew McKagan - bass, vocals
Saul Hudson - guitars
William Bruce Rose - vocals, piano
Darren Arthur Reed - keyboards, backing vocals
Matthew William "Matt" Sorum - drums
Gilby Clarke - rhythm guitars
1993
"The Spaghetti Incident?"
1994
  Michael Andrew McKagan - bass, vocals
Saul Hudson - guitars
William Bruce Rose - vocals, piano
Darren Arthur Reed - keyboards, backing vocals
Matthew William "Matt" Sorum - drums
Paul Tobias - rhythm guitars
1995
 
1996
 
1997
  Michael Andrew McKagan - bass, vocals
William Bruce Rose - vocals, piano
Darren Arthur Reed - keyboards, backing vocals
Paul Tobias - rhythm guitars
Robin Finck - guitars
Josh Freese - drums
1998
  William Bruce Rose - vocals, piano
Darren Arthur Reed - keyboards, backing vocals
Paul Tobias - rhythm guitars
Robin Finck - guitars
Josh Freese - drums
Chris Pitman - keyboards, programming
Tommy Stinson - bass
1999
 
2000
  William Bruce Rose - vocals, piano
Darren Arthur Reed - keyboards, backing vocals
Paul Tobias - rhythm guitars
Robin Finck - guitars
Chris Pitman - keyboards, programming
Tommy Stinson - bass
Brian Patrick Carroll - lead guitars
Bryan Mantia - drums
2001
 
2002
  William Bruce Rose - vocals, piano
Darren Arthur Reed - keyboards, backing vocals
Paul Tobias - rhythm guitars
Robin Finck - guitars
Chris Pitman - keyboards, programming
Tommy Stinson - bass
Brian Patrick Carroll - lead guitars
Bryan Mantia - drums
Richard Fortus - guitars, backing vocals
2003
  William Bruce Rose - vocals, piano
Darren Arthur Reed - keyboards, backing vocals
Robin Finck - guitars
Chris Pitman - keyboards, programming
Tommy Stinson - bass
Brian Patrick Carroll - lead guitars
Bryan Mantia - drums
Richard Fortus - guitars, backing vocals
2004
 
2005
  William Bruce Rose - vocals, piano
Darren Arthur Reed - keyboards, backing vocals
Robin Finck - guitars
Chris Pitman - keyboards, programming
Tommy Stinson - bass
Bryan Mantia - drums
Richard Fortus - guitars, backing vocals
2006
  William Bruce Rose - vocals, piano
Darren Arthur Reed - keyboards, backing vocals
Robin Finck - guitars
Chris Pitman - keyboards, programming
Tommy Stinson - bass
Richard Fortus - guitars, backing vocals
Frank Ferrer - drums
Ron Thal - guitars
2007
 
2008
Chinese Democracy William Bruce ''Axl'' Rose - vocals, keyboards, guitars, synths, piano, samples
Paul Tobias - guitars, piano
Robin Finck - guitars, keyboards
Ron Thal - guitars
Brian Patrick ''Albert'' ''Buckethead'' Carroll - guitars
Richard Fortus - guitars
Tommy Stinson - bass, backing vocals
Frank Ferrer - drums
Bryan "Brain" Mantia - drums, programming
Chris Pitman - keyboards, synths, sub-bass, 12 string guitar, bass, backing vocals, programming, mellotron
Darren Arthur "Dizzy" Reed - keyboards, piano, synths, backing vocals

Additional musicians:
Sebastian "Bach" Philip Bierk, backing vocals
Eric Caudieux - programming
Caram Costanzo - programming
Paul Buckmaster - orchestra conductor, orchestration
Marco Beltrami - orchestration
Suzy Katayama, choir, French horns
Pete Scaturro - keyboards
Patti Hood - harp
2009
  William Bruce Rose - vocals, piano
Darren Arthur Reed - keyboards, backing vocals
Chris Pitman - keyboards, programming
Tommy Stinson - bass
Richard Fortus - guitars, backing vocals
Frank Ferrer - drums
Ron Thal - guitars
Daren Jay Ashba - guitars
2010
 
2011
 
2012
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
  William Bruce Rose - vocals, piano
Darren Arthur Reed - keyboards, backing vocals
Tommy Stinson - bass
Richard Fortus - guitars, backing vocals
Frank Ferrer - drums
Melissa Reese - keyboards, backing vocals
2017
  William Bruce Rose - vocals, piano
Darren Arthur Reed - keyboards, backing vocals
Richard Fortus - guitars, backing vocals
Frank Ferrer - drums
Melissa Reese - keyboards, backing vocals
2018
 
2019
 
2020
 
2021
 
2022
Hard Skool [EP]
2023
 
2024