Steven Adler

Steven Adler (Michael Coletti; born January 22, 1965 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American drummer, best known for his work with the popular American group Guns N& #39; Roses. With this band he recorded the album Appetite for Destruction , one of the best-selling albums in history (33 million copies) and G N & # 39; R Lies. He is ranked number 98 on the list of & # 34; the 100 best drummers in history & # 34;, prepared by Rolling Stone .

Biography

Beginnings

Steven Adler was born Michael Coletti in Cleveland, Ohio, on January 22, 1965, to an Italian-American father, Michael Coletti, and a Jewish-American mother, Deanna. her parents, she goes with her mother to Los Angeles. To respect the Jewish rule against naming children after their father, his mother names him Steven, and later takes the last name of his mother's new husband, Melvin Adler. He has an older brother, Kenny, and a younger sister, Jamie.Steven Adler grew up in the San Fernando Valley until the age of 13. He later lives with his grandparents in Hollywood. He meets the future lead guitarist for Guns N & # 39; Roses, Slash, at Bancroft Junior High. This happened one afternoon when Steven was riding a skateboard and after a fall, Slash approached him on his bike to see if he was okay. That same day —according to Slash in an interview— Steven showed him some chords on his old guitar and awakened Slash's love for the guitar.

Guns N' Roses

Together they formed a band called Road Crew, and when it broke up, Adler and Slash were called to join Guns N' Roses, as Tracii Guns and Rob Gardner went on to L.A. Guns. Steven Adler played drums on the albums Appetite for Destruction, G N' R Lies and on a mini LP on his own UZI Suicide record label, titled Live?!*@ Like a Suicide.

Drug problems within the gang worsened. Steven is unable to play the drums during rehearsals due to his strong addictions to heroin and cocaine. Despite being warned by his colleagues to stop his addiction, Steven continues to take drugs, which was the reason for his expulsion from the group in 1990. He was replaced by Matt Sorum, drummer who had also collaborated with The Cult. Adler continued to use drugs until he suffered a heart attack (which left scars in his speech) after using speedball.

In October 1991, Steven sued the band, arguing that he was not the only one who was taking drugs at the time he had been expelled and that the rest of the members were doing it too. He also claimed that he was one of the owners of the Guns N' Roses name, for which he was entitled to entry rights. A year later Steven wins the trial, whereupon the judge dictates that each member pay him a sum of money. Said sum would reach a total amount of two and a half million dollars. With this Steven would be totally out of the group.

Adler's Appetite

After nearly two decades of battling his heroin addiction, he formed the band Adler's Appetite. Later he wrote an autobiographical book with the help of his mother, which is called My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N & # 39; Roses. The book was released on July 27, 2010.

In March 2009, Adler announced that he would be playing on one of the songs on Slash, his friend Slash's first solo album. rock was released in March 2010. The song featuring Steven Adler is titled "Baby Can't Drive" and is played by Alice Cooper and Nicole Scherzinger with the collaboration of Flea. On November 22, 2009, Steven Adler performed the song "Paradise City" with Slash and Duff McKagan in Los Angeles. In September 2010 he announced a tour of Latin America that included countries like Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Brazil.

Adler with guitarist Gilby Clarke in 2012.

On April 14, 2012 Adler played alongside former bandmates Slash, Duff McKagan, Gilby Clarke and Matt Sorum during the Guns N' Roses to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They performed hits like "Paradise City", "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Mr. Brownstone". On July 6, 2016 in Cincinnati, during the Not in This Lifetime... Tour, Adler took the stage with Guns N' Roses for the first time since 1990. He performed the songs & # 34; Out Ta Get Me & # 34; and "My Michelle".

Adler

After disbanding Adler's Appetite, Steven formed a new band in March 2012, along with vocalist Jacob Bunton, guitarist Lonny Paul and bassist Johnny Martin. The group registers under the name Adler, and that same year they release their first studio album, Back from the Dead, featuring artist John 5 and Adler's former bandmate, Slash. With songs like "The One That You Hated" or "Back from the Dead", the album stands out for its contemporary and more distinguished sound than the drummer's previous works.

In 2018 he returned to the stage as “Steven Adler of GN'R", touring to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Appetite For Destruction with which he continues today.

Controversy

In 1998, he admitted no response to two charges of assaulting two different women in separate incidents of domestic violence. He was sentenced to 150 days in prison and three years probation, on the condition that he undergo a year of domestic violence counseling and a ban on using illegal drugs.

Discography

Guns N' Roses

• Appetite for Destruction (1987)
• G N' R Lies (1988)
• Use Your Illusion II (1991; drummer in the song "Civil War")

Adler's Appetite

• Adler's Appetite (2005)
• Alive (2012)

Adler

• Back from the Dead (2012)