Adler's Appetite
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Adler's Appetite, previously Suki Jones, is an American rock
band from Los Angeles
, California
, formed in 2003. As of 2011, the lineup consists of Patrick Stone (lead vocals), Michael Thomas (guitar), Lonnie Paul (guitar), Chip Z'nuff (bass) and Steven Adler
(drums, percussion). Along with original material, the band perform covers of Adler's former band Guns N' Roses
, primarily songs from the album Appetite for Destruction
.
Former Slash's Snakepit
guitarist Keri Kelli
first formed the band in 2003, with the original lineup consisting of Adler, Faster Pussycat
guitarist Brent Muscat
, former Ratt
bassist Robbie Crane
as well as then-Ratt singer Jizzy Pearl
, also formerly of Love/Hate
. The band toured the US and Europe, with a number of musicians filling in for band members due to other commitments. Following the departure of Muscat in 2004, they recorded and released the Adler's Appetite
EP in January 2005. The same year, Adler announced a new lineup of the band, adding singer Sheldon Tarsha, Enuff Z'nuff
bassist Chip Z'nuff, former Beautiful Creatures
and Tuff
guitarist Michael Thomas as well as Izzy Stradlin
guitarist JT Longoria in place of Pearl, Crane and Kelli.
Adler's Appetite toured before briefly going on hiatus in 2006. They returned in 2007, with Hollywood Roses singer Colby Veil replacing Tarsha, and Pretty Boy Floyd
guitarist Kristy Majors
replacing Longoria. The following year, Tarsha returned to the band, while Majors was replaced by former Quiet Riot
and Beautiful Creatures guitarist Alex Grossi
. Tarsha's return would be short-lived, once again departing the band with Ladyjack vocalist Rick Stitch
joining in his place. With this lineup, they released new material, for the first time since 2005, releasing the singles "Alive," "Stardog" and "Fading" in 2010. When Quiet Riot reformed the same year, Grossi departed Adler's Appetite in 2011, with Ladyjack guitarist Robo filling in for a European tour. However, following the tour, both Stitch and Robo departed the band, replaced by Aces 'N' Eights singer Patrick Stone as well as guitarist Lonnie Paul.
in 1990, drummer Steven Adler
worked on a number of projects, reforming pre-Guns N' Roses band Road Crew
, with members of Vain
, and briefly joining BulletBoys
, before joining a band, in 2003, formed by former Slash's Snakepit
guitarist Keri Kelli
, which also consisted of Faster Pussycat
guitarist Brent Muscat
, former Ratt
bassist Robbie Crane
as well as then-Ratt singer Jizzy Pearl
, also formerly of Love/Hate
. Choosing the name Suki Jones, the band toured the US, making their live debut in Kingman, Arizona in March of the same year. Their sets included songs from the Guns N' Roses albums Appetite for Destruction
, G N' R Lies
as well as the Live from the Jungle EP and songs by AC/DC
, Thin Lizzy
, Aerosmith
, Led Zeppelin
and Queen
. For a May tour of the East Coast, Suki Jones enlisted Warrant
guitarist Erik Turner
to fill in for Muscat, who had prior touring commitments with Faster Pussycat.
The following month, they renamed the band Adler's Appetite, after Adler and the Appetite for Destruction album that they performed material from regularly. The band briefly parted ways with singer Pearl, replaced by Sean Crosby, before he rejoined the band months later. Billed as Suki Jones, Adler's Appetite performed a show at the Key Club in Hollywood where they were joined onstage by Adler's former Guns N' Roses band mates, Slash
and Izzy Stradlin
, for renditions of "Mr. Brownstone
," "Paradise City
" and "Knockin' on Heaven's Door
". A tour of Europe and the US followed from January–February 2004, however, a number of the US shows were cancelled, after the promoter failed to pay for transport and the band for the shows they performed. Adler's Appetite began writing material for their debut album and signed with Shrapnel Records
for its release. A tour of Europe followed from June 25–July 10, preceded by two US shows in May, during which former Beautiful Creatures
and Tuff
guitarist Michael Thomas filled in for Kelli, who had joined Vince Neil
's solo band.
featured four original songs and two covers; "Hollywood" by Thin Lizzy
and "Draw the Line
" by Aerosmith
. A cover of Hanoi Rocks
song "Obscured" was to be included on the EP but was replaced with the Thin Lizzy cover. Adler's Appetite was completed and released, through the bands official website, in January 2005, and was followed by a tour of the US, UK and Europe. They were to support Hanoi Rocks for one show in the UK. However, they soon pulled out after Adler made disparaging comments about Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy
's wife during an interview. For a number of the headlining shows, guitarist Craig Bedford filled in for Kelli.
For a March tour of Japan, Adler's Appetite enlisted Bang Tango
and Beautiful Creatures singer Joe Lesté to fill in for Pearl, who cited personal obligations for his absence. Following the tour, it was announced that they had parted ways with Pearl, though he left on good terms with singer Sheldon Tarsha brought in as his replacement. A three-date tour of Argentina followed, with the lineup consisting of Adler, Tarsha, Enuff Z'nuff
bassist Chip Z'nuff, former Beautiful Creatures guitarist Michael Thomas and Izzy Stradlin
guitarist JT Longoria. A number of US shows preceded the Argentina tour. Along with Brides of Destruction
and then-former L.A. Guns
guitarist Tracii Guns
, Adler's Appetite, with Kelli and Crane, were to tour Asia, in August, under the band name Guns N' Roses Revisited. However, the tour was soon cancelled when they were told, by Axl Rose
's lawyers, that they could not use the Guns N' Roses logo. Though Adler's Appetite announced a tour of the US, UK and Europe was, taking place from December 31, 2005–February 11, 2006, as well as plans to release a full-length album the same year, Adler announced that the lineup that toured Argentina would be the new lineup, in place of Kelli, Crane as well as Bedford.
Kelli, Crane and former singer Pearl threatened legal action, stating that none of them quit Adler's Appetite and that the "name and logo are registered trademarks owned by the partnership and its four partners [Kelli, Crane, Pearl and Adler]." They also revealed that no single member could hire or fire another without a majority vote from all four partners. Crane revealed that had Adler dealt with the situation properly, they would have given him the band name and partnership. Several shows into Adler's Appetite European tour, Adler reportedly fired the new lineup, hiring an Italian Guns N' Roses tribute band to replace them, with Z'nuff and Tarsha stating on stage, in Bochum, Germany, that it was Adler's Appetite last show. The lineup, with the exception of Thomas, returned at the Rock the Boat festival, travelling between Oslo, Norway and Fredrikshavn, Denmark, in April, with a tour of the US with Bang Tango and Faster Pussycat following in the summer.
guitarist Kristy Majors
replaced Longoria. They performed at Rocklahoma
and proceeded to tour the US from July 28–August 10, the same year. The band played a show at the Key Club in Hollywood on July 28, as part of their tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of Appetite for Destruction. During the show, Adler's Appetite were joing onstage by former Guns N' Roses members Izzy Stradlin and Duff McKagan
, with Slash
also attending the show. During a performance in Mexico City on the tour, Adler fell ill and was treated by paramedics, though he was not hospitalized. A European tour, that was to take place from November 21–December 15, was cancelled with Adler citing personal issues.
The following year, Adler's Appetite played the South Texas Rock Festival on July 12. In October of the same year, Adler and Z'nuff formed a supergroup
called Guns of Destruction, with L.A. Guns
and former Brides of Destruction
guitarist Tracii Guns
, making their debut on November 19. The band was short-lived with Adler's Appetite performing at the Key Club on January 17, 2009, with new guitarist Alex Grossi
, formerly of Quiet Riot
, Angry Salad
and Beautiful Creatuers, joining in place of Majors, while Tarsha rejoined the band in place of Veil. They embarked on their first full US tour that took place from February 21–March 20, 2009.
, with the band announcing more US shows, taking place from April 17–August 15, as well as dates in Brazil and Argentina. From June to July 5, former Quiet Riot bassist Chuck Wright
filled in for Z'nuff. Adler's Appetite also began recording new material in July, with hopes of releasing it by the end of 2009.
Adler's Appetite released their first new material, since 2005, with the single "Alive," released in conjunction with Adler's autobiography, My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N' Roses, on July 29, 2010, with a full version released later in the year. The song was later licensed for use on Speed TV's WindTunnel with Dave Despain
. Following a 50 date US tour, they began recording their debut album in November with Cinderella
drummer Fred Coury
producing. The following month they released two more singles entitled "Stardog" and "Fading", which was followed by a tour of Europe and the UK, during which Ladyjack guitarist Robo filled in for Grossi to rejoin Quiet Riot, taking place from February 10–28. During a show in London, Duff McKagan joined the band onstage for renditions of "My Michelle
" and "It's So Easy
." After the tour, both Stitch and Robo departed Adler's Appetite to focus on Ladyjack. In April, the band announced that Aces 'N' Eights singer Patrick Stone had replaced Stitch, while they also added guitarist Lonny Paul to the lineup while, the following month, Z'nuff announced the band had signed a new record deal, though he could not reveal the label's name. Adler's Appetite began recording new material on September 26, at NRG Recording Studios
. However, it was announced two days later that Z'nuff was no longer a member of the band, with Adler citing his forming a new band, with Thomas, Lonnie Johnson and an unnamed singer, as the reasons for his departure.
Former members
Touring musicians
Singles
Rock music
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band from Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, California
California
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, formed in 2003. As of 2011, the lineup consists of Patrick Stone (lead vocals), Michael Thomas (guitar), Lonnie Paul (guitar), Chip Z'nuff (bass) and Steven Adler
Steven Adler
Steven Adler is an American musician. He is best known as the former drummer of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s...
(drums, percussion). Along with original material, the band perform covers of Adler's former band Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...
, primarily songs from the album Appetite for Destruction
Appetite for Destruction
Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American rock band Guns N' Roses, released in July 1987 on Geffen Records. It was well-received by critics and topped the American Billboard 200 chart...
.
Former Slash's Snakepit
Slash's Snakepit
Slash's Snakepit were an American rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed by then-Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash in 1993. Though often described as a solo or side project, Slash stated that Snakepit was a band, with equal contributions by all members...
guitarist Keri Kelli
Keri Kelli
Keri Kelli is an American hard rock guitarist, until recently playing for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend Alice Cooper. He occasionally also plays with Skid Row. He played guitar and co-wrote songs on the 2008 Alice Cooper studio album, Along Came A Spider, released worldwide July 29...
first formed the band in 2003, with the original lineup consisting of Adler, Faster Pussycat
Faster Pussycat
Faster Pussycat is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1986. The group was most successful during the late 1980s with their self-titled debut album, their 1989 gold album Wake Me When It's Over and the 80,000 selling Whipped! in 1992.-The roots of Faster Pussycat...
guitarist Brent Muscat
Brent Muscat
Brent Muscat is a guitarist who has played in various bands, including Faster Pussycat, Sin City Sinners, Donner Party, L.A. Guns, the Liberators, Bubble, Superficial/Sinthetics, Adler's Appetite, Sin City All Stars, and The Underground Rebels. With L.A...
, former Ratt
Ratt
Ratt is an American heavy metal band that had significant commercial success in the 1980s. The band is best known for songs such as "Round and Round," "Wanted Man," "Lay It Down," "You're in Love", "Slip of the Lip", "Back For More", "Dance", "Body Talk", "I Want a Woman", and "Way Cool Jr." Ratt...
bassist Robbie Crane
Robbie Crane
Robert Crane is the current bassist of the band Ratt.He moved to the Fairfax District of Hollywood, California at the age of 9 were he attended Bancroft Junior High and Fairfax high school. For his 14th birthday his father bought him his first bass guitar from Fairfax Music School in Hollywood...
as well as then-Ratt singer Jizzy Pearl
Jizzy Pearl
Jizzy Pearl is an Irish-American vocalist born on March 17, 1958, in Chicago, Illinois. He first fronted the rock band Data Clan, which became Love/Hate, and has also sung for L.A...
, also formerly of Love/Hate
Love/Hate
Love/Hate is a Los Angeles, California based hard rock band who achieved their greatest fame in the early 90s.-1985-1988 unsigned:Love/Hate was formed in 1985 when Jizzy Pearl joined Jon E. Love, Skid Rose, and Joey Gold, in an '80s influenced electronica band called Dataclan, after their...
. The band toured the US and Europe, with a number of musicians filling in for band members due to other commitments. Following the departure of Muscat in 2004, they recorded and released the Adler's Appetite
Adler's Appetite (EP)
-Personnel:Adler's Appetite:*Jizzy Pearl – lead vocals*Keri Kelli – guitar*Robbie Crane – bass*Steven Adler – drumsProduction personnel* Adler's Appetite – production* Keri Kelli – recording, engineering...
EP in January 2005. The same year, Adler announced a new lineup of the band, adding singer Sheldon Tarsha, Enuff Z'nuff
Enuff Z'nuff
Enuff Z'Nuff, pronounced "enough's enough," is an American glam rock band from Blue Island, Illinois. Founded by singer Donnie Vie and bassist Chip Z'Nuff, this Chicago area band is best known for their charting singles "Fly High Michelle" and "New Thing." Enuff Z'Nuff has continually recorded and...
bassist Chip Z'nuff, former Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures (band)
Beautiful Creatures are a hard rock band formed in 1999 by guitarist DJ Ashba, formerly of BulletBoys, and singer Joe Lesté of Bang Tango. The group's current lineup is composed of Lesté , Delta Starr , Anthony Focx , Lance Eric and Justin Sandler...
and Tuff
Tuff (band)
Tuff is an American glam metal band formed in 1985 in Phoenix, Arizona, by guitarist Jorge DeSaint and bassist Todd Chase . The band was completed with the arrival of drummer Michael Lean and short-lived vocalist Terry Fox, who left the band shortly afterwards to pursue an ice skating career...
guitarist Michael Thomas as well as Izzy Stradlin
Izzy Stradlin
Jeffrey Dean Isbell , known by his stage name Izzy Stradlin, is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and former rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, which he left at the height of its fame in 1991. Following his departure, he led his own band Izzy...
guitarist JT Longoria in place of Pearl, Crane and Kelli.
Adler's Appetite toured before briefly going on hiatus in 2006. They returned in 2007, with Hollywood Roses singer Colby Veil replacing Tarsha, and Pretty Boy Floyd
Pretty Boy Floyd (American band)
Pretty Boy Floyd is a glam metal band from Hollywood, California formed in 1987. They are most famous for their 1989 debut album Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz and the two singles from it; "Rock and Roll" and "I Wanna Be With You"...
guitarist Kristy Majors
Kristy Majors
Kristy "Krash" Majors is an American rock guitarist most famous for playing with the band Pretty Boy Floyd. He also has a solo project which he continues with currently.-Biography:...
replacing Longoria. The following year, Tarsha returned to the band, while Majors was replaced by former Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot is an American Heavy Metal band. They are best known for their hit singles "Metal Health" and "Cum On Feel the Noize". They were founded in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni, under the original name Mach 1, before changing the name to Little Women and finally Quiet...
and Beautiful Creatures guitarist Alex Grossi
Alex Grossi
Alex Grossi is an American guitarist, best known as the guitarist of heavy metal band Quiet Riot.-Early life and career:...
. Tarsha's return would be short-lived, once again departing the band with Ladyjack vocalist Rick Stitch
Rick Stitch
Rick Stitch is a Canadian singer-songwriter best known as the singer for both Ladyjack and Adler's Appetite.He has also played with First Born Unicorn, The Other Side of Morning and Steady Ground...
joining in his place. With this lineup, they released new material, for the first time since 2005, releasing the singles "Alive," "Stardog" and "Fading" in 2010. When Quiet Riot reformed the same year, Grossi departed Adler's Appetite in 2011, with Ladyjack guitarist Robo filling in for a European tour. However, following the tour, both Stitch and Robo departed the band, replaced by Aces 'N' Eights singer Patrick Stone as well as guitarist Lonnie Paul.
Early years and formation (2003–2004)
After being fired from Guns N' RosesGuns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...
in 1990, drummer Steven Adler
Steven Adler
Steven Adler is an American musician. He is best known as the former drummer of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s...
worked on a number of projects, reforming pre-Guns N' Roses band Road Crew
Road Crew
Road Crew were an American garage band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1984. The band was composed of future Guns N' Roses members Slash, Steven Adler and Duff McKagan. They auditioned a number of singers while writing material...
, with members of Vain
Vain (band)
Vain is an American heavy metal band from San Francisco Bay Area, California, formed in 1986. As of 2011, the lineup consists of Davy Vain , Jamie Scott , Danny West , Ashley Mitchell and Louie Senor ....
, and briefly joining BulletBoys
BulletBoys
BulletBoys is an American hard rock group formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1987. The group's original lineup was composed of former Ratt guitarist/King Kobra lead vocalist Marq Torien , former King Kobra guitarist Mick Sweda, Lonnie Vencent and Jimmy D'Anda...
, before joining a band, in 2003, formed by former Slash's Snakepit
Slash's Snakepit
Slash's Snakepit were an American rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed by then-Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash in 1993. Though often described as a solo or side project, Slash stated that Snakepit was a band, with equal contributions by all members...
guitarist Keri Kelli
Keri Kelli
Keri Kelli is an American hard rock guitarist, until recently playing for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend Alice Cooper. He occasionally also plays with Skid Row. He played guitar and co-wrote songs on the 2008 Alice Cooper studio album, Along Came A Spider, released worldwide July 29...
, which also consisted of Faster Pussycat
Faster Pussycat
Faster Pussycat is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1986. The group was most successful during the late 1980s with their self-titled debut album, their 1989 gold album Wake Me When It's Over and the 80,000 selling Whipped! in 1992.-The roots of Faster Pussycat...
guitarist Brent Muscat
Brent Muscat
Brent Muscat is a guitarist who has played in various bands, including Faster Pussycat, Sin City Sinners, Donner Party, L.A. Guns, the Liberators, Bubble, Superficial/Sinthetics, Adler's Appetite, Sin City All Stars, and The Underground Rebels. With L.A...
, former Ratt
Ratt
Ratt is an American heavy metal band that had significant commercial success in the 1980s. The band is best known for songs such as "Round and Round," "Wanted Man," "Lay It Down," "You're in Love", "Slip of the Lip", "Back For More", "Dance", "Body Talk", "I Want a Woman", and "Way Cool Jr." Ratt...
bassist Robbie Crane
Robbie Crane
Robert Crane is the current bassist of the band Ratt.He moved to the Fairfax District of Hollywood, California at the age of 9 were he attended Bancroft Junior High and Fairfax high school. For his 14th birthday his father bought him his first bass guitar from Fairfax Music School in Hollywood...
as well as then-Ratt singer Jizzy Pearl
Jizzy Pearl
Jizzy Pearl is an Irish-American vocalist born on March 17, 1958, in Chicago, Illinois. He first fronted the rock band Data Clan, which became Love/Hate, and has also sung for L.A...
, also formerly of Love/Hate
Love/Hate
Love/Hate is a Los Angeles, California based hard rock band who achieved their greatest fame in the early 90s.-1985-1988 unsigned:Love/Hate was formed in 1985 when Jizzy Pearl joined Jon E. Love, Skid Rose, and Joey Gold, in an '80s influenced electronica band called Dataclan, after their...
. Choosing the name Suki Jones, the band toured the US, making their live debut in Kingman, Arizona in March of the same year. Their sets included songs from the Guns N' Roses albums Appetite for Destruction
Appetite for Destruction
Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American rock band Guns N' Roses, released in July 1987 on Geffen Records. It was well-received by critics and topped the American Billboard 200 chart...
, G N' R Lies
G N' R Lies
-Personnel:*W. Axl Rose - lead vocals, whistle on "Patience"*Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar, rhythm acoustic guitar on tracks 5-8, backing vocals*Slash - lead guitar, lead acoustic guitar on tracks 5-8...
as well as the Live from the Jungle EP and songs by AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...
, Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...
, Aerosmith
Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
, Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
and Queen
Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...
. For a May tour of the East Coast, Suki Jones enlisted Warrant
Warrant (American band)
Warrant is an American heavy metal band from Hollywood, California, that experienced success from 1989-1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million. The band first came into the national spotlight with their debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich, and one of its...
guitarist Erik Turner
Erik Turner
Erik Turner is best known as the rhythm guitarist in American glam metal band Warrant. Turner co-founded Warrant in Los Angeles, California in July 1984 with bassist Jerry Dixon....
to fill in for Muscat, who had prior touring commitments with Faster Pussycat.
The following month, they renamed the band Adler's Appetite, after Adler and the Appetite for Destruction album that they performed material from regularly. The band briefly parted ways with singer Pearl, replaced by Sean Crosby, before he rejoined the band months later. Billed as Suki Jones, Adler's Appetite performed a show at the Key Club in Hollywood where they were joined onstage by Adler's former Guns N' Roses band mates, Slash
Slash (musician)
Saul Hudson , known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with Guns N'...
and Izzy Stradlin
Izzy Stradlin
Jeffrey Dean Isbell , known by his stage name Izzy Stradlin, is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and former rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, which he left at the height of its fame in 1991. Following his departure, he led his own band Izzy...
, for renditions of "Mr. Brownstone
Mr. Brownstone
"Mr. Brownstone" is a song written by American rock band Guns N' Roses. It appears on their 1987 album Appetite for Destruction. Slash relates that the song was written by him and Izzy Stradlin while they were at Izzy and his girlfriend Desi's apartment...
," "Paradise City
Paradise City
-Personnel:* Axl Rose - lead vocals, synthesizer, whistle* Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar, backing vocals, percussion* Slash - lead guitar, backing vocals* Duff McKagan - bass, backing vocals* Steven Adler - drums-Live:...
" and "Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. It reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.-Story line and song structure:...
". A tour of Europe and the US followed from January–February 2004, however, a number of the US shows were cancelled, after the promoter failed to pay for transport and the band for the shows they performed. Adler's Appetite began writing material for their debut album and signed with Shrapnel Records
Shrapnel Records
Shrapnel Records is a guitar-oriented record label started in 1980 by record producer Mike Varney. Guitarist Marty Friedman , one of the label's most successful artists, first appeared on the album Unsung Guitar Heroes II in 1980 with the band Vixen. Vixen would later change their name to Hawaii...
for its release. A tour of Europe followed from June 25–July 10, preceded by two US shows in May, during which former Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures (band)
Beautiful Creatures are a hard rock band formed in 1999 by guitarist DJ Ashba, formerly of BulletBoys, and singer Joe Lesté of Bang Tango. The group's current lineup is composed of Lesté , Delta Starr , Anthony Focx , Lance Eric and Justin Sandler...
and Tuff
Tuff (band)
Tuff is an American glam metal band formed in 1985 in Phoenix, Arizona, by guitarist Jorge DeSaint and bassist Todd Chase . The band was completed with the arrival of drummer Michael Lean and short-lived vocalist Terry Fox, who left the band shortly afterwards to pursue an ice skating career...
guitarist Michael Thomas filled in for Kelli, who had joined Vince Neil
Vince Neil
Vincent Neil Wharton is an American vocalist and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Mötley Crüe.-Early life:Neil was born in Hollywood, California to Odie and Shirley Wharton...
's solo band.
Adler's Appetite EP and lineup changes (2004–2006)
Adler's Appetite began pre-production on their new album in September, with recording of an EP beginning in November. However, prior to recording, guitarist Muscat departed Adler's Appetite. Self-produced, they recorded the album at Dinky Music Recording Studios, in Corona, California, and Vibeville, in Irvine, California. The EP entitled Adler's AppetiteAdler's Appetite (EP)
-Personnel:Adler's Appetite:*Jizzy Pearl – lead vocals*Keri Kelli – guitar*Robbie Crane – bass*Steven Adler – drumsProduction personnel* Adler's Appetite – production* Keri Kelli – recording, engineering...
featured four original songs and two covers; "Hollywood" by Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...
and "Draw the Line
Draw the Line (song)
"Draw the Line" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, and was released in 1977 as the first single from the album Draw the Line. It peaked at #42 on the Billboard Hot 100...
" by Aerosmith
Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
. A cover of Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. The band broke up in 1985 after the death of their drummer, Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley...
song "Obscured" was to be included on the EP but was replaced with the Thin Lizzy cover. Adler's Appetite was completed and released, through the bands official website, in January 2005, and was followed by a tour of the US, UK and Europe. They were to support Hanoi Rocks for one show in the UK. However, they soon pulled out after Adler made disparaging comments about Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy
Andy McCoy
Antti Hulkko , better known as Andy McCoy, is a Finnish musician. He is most famous for his role as the lead guitarist and main songwriter of Hanoi Rocks, but has also played with Iggy Pop....
's wife during an interview. For a number of the headlining shows, guitarist Craig Bedford filled in for Kelli.
For a March tour of Japan, Adler's Appetite enlisted Bang Tango
Bang Tango
Bang Tango is an American funk-infused hard rock and glam metal band.-Biography:The band formed in 1987 in Los Angeles, California and were signed to MCA Records that same year. The band's line-up has fluctuated since its inception, with the one mainstay of the group being frontman Joe Lesté...
and Beautiful Creatures singer Joe Lesté to fill in for Pearl, who cited personal obligations for his absence. Following the tour, it was announced that they had parted ways with Pearl, though he left on good terms with singer Sheldon Tarsha brought in as his replacement. A three-date tour of Argentina followed, with the lineup consisting of Adler, Tarsha, Enuff Z'nuff
Enuff Z'nuff
Enuff Z'Nuff, pronounced "enough's enough," is an American glam rock band from Blue Island, Illinois. Founded by singer Donnie Vie and bassist Chip Z'Nuff, this Chicago area band is best known for their charting singles "Fly High Michelle" and "New Thing." Enuff Z'Nuff has continually recorded and...
bassist Chip Z'nuff, former Beautiful Creatures guitarist Michael Thomas and Izzy Stradlin
Izzy Stradlin
Jeffrey Dean Isbell , known by his stage name Izzy Stradlin, is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and former rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, which he left at the height of its fame in 1991. Following his departure, he led his own band Izzy...
guitarist JT Longoria. A number of US shows preceded the Argentina tour. Along with Brides of Destruction
Brides of Destruction
Brides of Destruction were an American hard rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2002. The band's last lineup consisted of singer London LeGrand , Tracii Guns and Scot Coogan...
and then-former L.A. Guns
L.A. Guns
L.A. Guns is the name of a hard rock group formed in Los Angeles, California, of which two rival incarnations currently exist due to numerous line-up changes. The first incarnation of the group was formed, by Tracii Guns, in 1983 but disbanded in 1985 following its merger with fellow Los Angeles...
guitarist Tracii Guns
Tracii Guns
Tracii Guns is an American guitarist best known as the founder of glam metal group L.A. Guns as well as the supergroups Brides of Destruction and Contraband. He was also involved in the formation of the first lineup of Guns N' Roses but eventually left the group and was replaced by guitarist...
, Adler's Appetite, with Kelli and Crane, were to tour Asia, in August, under the band name Guns N' Roses Revisited. However, the tour was soon cancelled when they were told, by Axl Rose
Axl Rose
W. Axl Rose is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist and only remaining original member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he enjoyed great success and recognition in the late 1980s and early 1990s, before disappearing from the public eye for several years...
's lawyers, that they could not use the Guns N' Roses logo. Though Adler's Appetite announced a tour of the US, UK and Europe was, taking place from December 31, 2005–February 11, 2006, as well as plans to release a full-length album the same year, Adler announced that the lineup that toured Argentina would be the new lineup, in place of Kelli, Crane as well as Bedford.
Kelli, Crane and former singer Pearl threatened legal action, stating that none of them quit Adler's Appetite and that the "name and logo are registered trademarks owned by the partnership and its four partners [Kelli, Crane, Pearl and Adler]." They also revealed that no single member could hire or fire another without a majority vote from all four partners. Crane revealed that had Adler dealt with the situation properly, they would have given him the band name and partnership. Several shows into Adler's Appetite European tour, Adler reportedly fired the new lineup, hiring an Italian Guns N' Roses tribute band to replace them, with Z'nuff and Tarsha stating on stage, in Bochum, Germany, that it was Adler's Appetite last show. The lineup, with the exception of Thomas, returned at the Rock the Boat festival, travelling between Oslo, Norway and Fredrikshavn, Denmark, in April, with a tour of the US with Bang Tango and Faster Pussycat following in the summer.
Hiatus and return to touring (2006–2009)
An unreleased song entitled "Sadder Days," featuring original members Kelli and Crane as well as Tarsha on lead vocals, was posted online in April 2007. When Adler's Appetite returned to touring in 2007, Tarsha declined to rejoin, and was later replaced, in July, by Colby Veil of Guns N' Roses cover band Hollywood Roses. Thomas returned to the band while Pretty Boy FloydPretty Boy Floyd (American band)
Pretty Boy Floyd is a glam metal band from Hollywood, California formed in 1987. They are most famous for their 1989 debut album Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz and the two singles from it; "Rock and Roll" and "I Wanna Be With You"...
guitarist Kristy Majors
Kristy Majors
Kristy "Krash" Majors is an American rock guitarist most famous for playing with the band Pretty Boy Floyd. He also has a solo project which he continues with currently.-Biography:...
replaced Longoria. They performed at Rocklahoma
Rocklahoma
Rocklahoma is an annual hard rock music festival held in Pryor, Oklahoma...
and proceeded to tour the US from July 28–August 10, the same year. The band played a show at the Key Club in Hollywood on July 28, as part of their tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of Appetite for Destruction. During the show, Adler's Appetite were joing onstage by former Guns N' Roses members Izzy Stradlin and Duff McKagan
Duff McKagan
Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan is an American musician and writer. He is best known for his twelve-year tenure as the bassist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
, with Slash
Slash (musician)
Saul Hudson , known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with Guns N'...
also attending the show. During a performance in Mexico City on the tour, Adler fell ill and was treated by paramedics, though he was not hospitalized. A European tour, that was to take place from November 21–December 15, was cancelled with Adler citing personal issues.
The following year, Adler's Appetite played the South Texas Rock Festival on July 12. In October of the same year, Adler and Z'nuff formed a supergroup
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
called Guns of Destruction, with L.A. Guns
L.A. Guns
L.A. Guns is the name of a hard rock group formed in Los Angeles, California, of which two rival incarnations currently exist due to numerous line-up changes. The first incarnation of the group was formed, by Tracii Guns, in 1983 but disbanded in 1985 following its merger with fellow Los Angeles...
and former Brides of Destruction
Brides of Destruction
Brides of Destruction were an American hard rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2002. The band's last lineup consisted of singer London LeGrand , Tracii Guns and Scot Coogan...
guitarist Tracii Guns
Tracii Guns
Tracii Guns is an American guitarist best known as the founder of glam metal group L.A. Guns as well as the supergroups Brides of Destruction and Contraband. He was also involved in the formation of the first lineup of Guns N' Roses but eventually left the group and was replaced by guitarist...
, making their debut on November 19. The band was short-lived with Adler's Appetite performing at the Key Club on January 17, 2009, with new guitarist Alex Grossi
Alex Grossi
Alex Grossi is an American guitarist, best known as the guitarist of heavy metal band Quiet Riot.-Early life and career:...
, formerly of Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot is an American Heavy Metal band. They are best known for their hit singles "Metal Health" and "Cum On Feel the Noize". They were founded in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni, under the original name Mach 1, before changing the name to Little Women and finally Quiet...
, Angry Salad
Angry Salad
Angry Salad was an alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. The band formed at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island in 1991.Before their major label deal, they had 1 full length CD Bizarre Gardening Accident and 1 EP The Guinea Pig EP. Angry Salad had an enthusiastic New England...
and Beautiful Creatuers, joining in place of Majors, while Tarsha rejoined the band in place of Veil. They embarked on their first full US tour that took place from February 21–March 20, 2009.
Lineup changes and new material (2009–present)
Following Adler's Appetite's US tour, Tarsha departed the band, in April, to concentrate on his original band. He was subsequently replaced by Ladyjack singer Rick StitchRick Stitch
Rick Stitch is a Canadian singer-songwriter best known as the singer for both Ladyjack and Adler's Appetite.He has also played with First Born Unicorn, The Other Side of Morning and Steady Ground...
, with the band announcing more US shows, taking place from April 17–August 15, as well as dates in Brazil and Argentina. From June to July 5, former Quiet Riot bassist Chuck Wright
Chuck Wright
Chuck Wright is an American bassist, best known as the bassist of heavy metal band Quiet Riot. He originally joined Quiet Riot in 1982, performing bass on several tracks for their hit album, Metal Health, as well as contributing backing vocals. He left and rejoined Quiet Riot multiple times,...
filled in for Z'nuff. Adler's Appetite also began recording new material in July, with hopes of releasing it by the end of 2009.
Adler's Appetite released their first new material, since 2005, with the single "Alive," released in conjunction with Adler's autobiography, My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N' Roses, on July 29, 2010, with a full version released later in the year. The song was later licensed for use on Speed TV's WindTunnel with Dave Despain
WindTunnel with Dave Despain
WindTunnel with Dave Despain is a live viewer call-in show exclusively for auto racing fans that debuted on Speed Channel on February 22, 2003...
. Following a 50 date US tour, they began recording their debut album in November with Cinderella
Cinderella (band)
Cinderella is an American heavy metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They emerged in the mid-1980s with a series of multi-platinum albums and hit singles whose music videos received heavy MTV rotation. They were famous for being a glam metal band, but then shifted over towards a more hard...
drummer Fred Coury
Fred Coury
Fred Coury is best known as the drummer for the glam metal band Cinderella. Coury lists Neil Peart, Peter Criss, Bobby Blotzer, Eric Carr, Tommy Lee and Tommy Aldridge as his drumming inspirations....
producing. The following month they released two more singles entitled "Stardog" and "Fading", which was followed by a tour of Europe and the UK, during which Ladyjack guitarist Robo filled in for Grossi to rejoin Quiet Riot, taking place from February 10–28. During a show in London, Duff McKagan joined the band onstage for renditions of "My Michelle
My Michelle
"My Michelle" is a song written by Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin of Guns N' Roses and released on the band's 1987 debut album Appetite for Destruction....
" and "It's So Easy
It's So Easy
-Personnel:* Axl Rose - lead vocals* Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar, backing vocals* Slash - lead guitar* Duff McKagan - bass, backing vocals* Steven Adler - drums-Cover versions:...
." After the tour, both Stitch and Robo departed Adler's Appetite to focus on Ladyjack. In April, the band announced that Aces 'N' Eights singer Patrick Stone had replaced Stitch, while they also added guitarist Lonny Paul to the lineup while, the following month, Z'nuff announced the band had signed a new record deal, though he could not reveal the label's name. Adler's Appetite began recording new material on September 26, at NRG Recording Studios
NRG Recording Studios
NRG Recording Studios is a recording facility located in North Hollywood, California that was created by producer and mixer Jay Baumgardner in 1992.- Facilities :*Studio A console: custom vintage Neve 8068 built by Pat Schneider...
. However, it was announced two days later that Z'nuff was no longer a member of the band, with Adler citing his forming a new band, with Thomas, Lonnie Johnson and an unnamed singer, as the reasons for his departure.
Band members
- Patrick Stone – lead vocals (2011–present)
- Lonnie Paul – guitar (2011–present)
- Michael Thomas – guitar (2004 (touring), 2005–2006, 2007–present)
- Steven AdlerSteven AdlerSteven Adler is an American musician. He is best known as the former drummer of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s...
– drums, percussion (2003–2006, 2007–present)
Former members
- Keri KelliKeri KelliKeri Kelli is an American hard rock guitarist, until recently playing for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend Alice Cooper. He occasionally also plays with Skid Row. He played guitar and co-wrote songs on the 2008 Alice Cooper studio album, Along Came A Spider, released worldwide July 29...
– guitar (2003–2005) - Jizzy PearlJizzy PearlJizzy Pearl is an Irish-American vocalist born on March 17, 1958, in Chicago, Illinois. He first fronted the rock band Data Clan, which became Love/Hate, and has also sung for L.A...
– lead vocals (2003–2005) - Robbie CraneRobbie CraneRobert Crane is the current bassist of the band Ratt.He moved to the Fairfax District of Hollywood, California at the age of 9 were he attended Bancroft Junior High and Fairfax high school. For his 14th birthday his father bought him his first bass guitar from Fairfax Music School in Hollywood...
– bass (2003–2005) - Brent MuscatBrent MuscatBrent Muscat is a guitarist who has played in various bands, including Faster Pussycat, Sin City Sinners, Donner Party, L.A. Guns, the Liberators, Bubble, Superficial/Sinthetics, Adler's Appetite, Sin City All Stars, and The Underground Rebels. With L.A...
– guitar (2003–2004) - Sean Crosby – lead vocals (2003)
- Chip Z'nuff – bass (2005–2006, 2007–2011)
- Sheldon Tarsha – lead vocals (2005–2006, 2008–2009)
- JT Longoria – guitar (2005)
- Colby Veil – lead vocals (2007–2008)
- Kristy MajorsKristy MajorsKristy "Krash" Majors is an American rock guitarist most famous for playing with the band Pretty Boy Floyd. He also has a solo project which he continues with currently.-Biography:...
– guitar (2007–2008) - Alex GrossiAlex GrossiAlex Grossi is an American guitarist, best known as the guitarist of heavy metal band Quiet Riot.-Early life and career:...
– guitar (2008–2011) - Rick StitchRick StitchRick Stitch is a Canadian singer-songwriter best known as the singer for both Ladyjack and Adler's Appetite.He has also played with First Born Unicorn, The Other Side of Morning and Steady Ground...
– lead vocals (2009–2011)
Touring musicians
- Erik TurnerErik TurnerErik Turner is best known as the rhythm guitarist in American glam metal band Warrant. Turner co-founded Warrant in Los Angeles, California in July 1984 with bassist Jerry Dixon....
– guitar (2003) - Joe Lesté – lead vocals (2005)
- Craig Bedford – guitar (2005)
- Chuck WrightChuck WrightChuck Wright is an American bassist, best known as the bassist of heavy metal band Quiet Riot. He originally joined Quiet Riot in 1982, performing bass on several tracks for their hit album, Metal Health, as well as contributing backing vocals. He left and rejoined Quiet Riot multiple times,...
– bass (2009) - Robo – guitar (2011)
Discography
EPs- Adler's AppetiteAdler's Appetite (EP)-Personnel:Adler's Appetite:*Jizzy Pearl – lead vocals*Keri Kelli – guitar*Robbie Crane – bass*Steven Adler – drumsProduction personnel* Adler's Appetite – production* Keri Kelli – recording, engineering...
(2005)
Singles
- "Alive" (2010)
- "Stardog" (2010)
- "Fading" (2010)