Guns N' Roses Ex Guitarist Gilby Clarke On How He Got Fired & Izzy Stradlin

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[@zacharycollins6548]

Gilby is a class act. He came in, did his job, didn't start any shit, just a good dude. Couldn't image dealing with the shit he dealt with.

[@reignman0311]

Axl almost left these guys broke, he wasn't paying' em, the whole truth..

[@toddlavigne6441]

That band turned into a bunch idiot rock stars. Slash being a great singer is one messed up person.

[@scufflenutsfromthemodern-un9gi]

seen Gilby in a little place in lorain ohio back in a day, talked to him and he was an excellent person. I don't think axl would have even said hi!

[@justinstoreforyou]

@@scufflenutsfromthemodern-un9gi I am from the Akron area and remember he was doing some sort of show not too far away. (I know hes originally from Ohio) but I wasnt able to make it. Would have been cool to meet him!

[@scufflenutsfromthemodern-un9gi]

@@justinstoreforyou yeah,it was at a place called the fying machine. also got to meet l.a. guns and scott ian of anthrax. to bad that place closed.

[@aaronpolston1973]

Paychecks...This is my one issue with Axl; it's not really a band anymore if the band members are employees.

[@tieukhavu8832]

Gilbert's only GNR'S album was "Spaghetti incident".

[@whatyoumakeofit6635]

I agree but, gilby was just a hired gun

[@ronaldhickman9953]

I know some dark secrets of axles from way back in the day and how some guns n roses songs were acquired with hot shots of heroin killing the original writer and getting them out of the way..... Then waxl would just commandeer the song...

[@ronaldhickman9953]

I can guarantee you that tracii guns is thanking his lucky stars he got away from that stooge....

[@matthewneufer1758]

Hes did the Use Your Illiousion Tour . And made one album Spaghetti Incident

[@tieukhavu8832]

Merry Christmas and happy new year to all GNR'S fans all over the world. Rockin on!

[@AngelBCool]

Thank you very much. Merry Christmas to you too and keep on rocking!!

[@tieukhavu8832]

@@AngelBCool Thanks to you as well Angel.

[@justworkingfortheweekend8504]

Merry Christmas let's head bang to 2021

[@tieukhavu8832]

@@justworkingfortheweekend8504 I'm so glad that 2020 is coming to an end, Because it's worst than ever now.

[@archangel5627]

In my opinion Izzy is not only a criminally underrated guitar player and song writer but he was the real talent behind Guns N Roses. He was surprisingly more professional than the rest of the band and I’m sure he just got fed up with Axl’s Bullsh*t and the bands uncontrollable drug and alcohol abuse. He was no saint by any means. I’m sure Izzy had his own demons to contend with but the constant drama in the band and Axl’s attitude is what caused him to have several riffs and falling outs with the other members. I have a few of his solo albums and they are all good. In the end he made his money with GNR and now he plays music just for fun which I can’t blame him. As always this has been a great video and I look forward to seeing the next one!

[@houmandehdashtidmd9078]

Arch Angel well said. Exactly

[@stubkar]

Dah. His juju hounds work is just ok. He may have been the glue holding things focused and together, however.

[@cornstar1253]

@@stubkar I liked it better than GnR. To me, Axl sounded like tickle me Elmo

[@astrophenotypetao6682]

It’s slash’s rhythm and solos that brought the music to life. Sweet child of mind would have never been with out slash creating the opening tune. Axl and Izzy were already a band before slash. However, I say everyone in the original GNR were indispensable

[@mikemacdonald2032]

Gilby was great at the time, he was the right fit at the right time...and probably the most sober !!! But the real talent behind grr ??? That would be Axl Izzy Slash & duff. With Axl & Izzy being the main songwriters

[@jonesy2111]

They should have kept him in my opinion... even though I prefer the original guitarist Izzy I think he did a decent job and fit in. I think it would have given the band more credibility etc. Its total bullshit how they treated him. Riki is actually a very cool guy and I like his podcast...

[@aronhallam6449]

id like to see clarke and stradlin play together .

[@bobowrathsovine.]

I saw Gilby live in 1999 at the Mason Jar in Phoenix. He is a much better musician than I ever thought. Eric Singer was on drums and they all sang and played great.

[@duffrox1964]

bobowrath sovine Met Gilby & Eric Singer the previous night at a Mobil gas station in Flagstaff. They were both polite.

[@bobowrathsovine.]

@@duffrox1964 Oh yeah I forgot I actually went up to Eric and said if I had my Kiss Konfidential video tape I'd have him sign it about half an hour before the show.

[@duffrox1964]

bobowrath sovine Yeah. Got off work at 2am. I was getting gas at that Mobil station. White Chevy cargo van with California plates pulls up beside me. They get out....I recognized em right away. 👍

[@debratanner8519]

Gilby looks fantastic still healthy lucky man he's best looking actually

[@mikek8718]

Izzy is the man!!

[@videojockeysword]

Gilby is from my hometown, and I have known him longer than GnR (I have known Traci Gunns longer than any of the others). But in 1996, Axl told me a long story about Gilby wanting to be a "full member" of the band (as opposed to being a "sideman) and that was not offered. He sued the band, and Axl said "every time they came close to a settlement, Gilby would fire his lawyer, hire a new one, and start the process all over again". This was also during the time when the band was being sued over the Riot caused by Axl "jumping into the audience to stop someone shooting video", when the security failed to act, and walking off stage, not to return. I don't like being in the middle of stuff like this. I have not seen Gilby since he got hit by a car while on his motorcycle and broke both legs. All these guys are good people, battling the industry and their own demons. Axl comes out as the SANE person. Rikki is still living in the past. I haven't fallen out with any of them, love them all.

[@houmandehdashtidmd9078]

VJ SWORD thanks for the input ..

[@flyme2themoon720]

Appetite For Destruction is and was Guns and Roses..anything they tried to do after that couldnt even come close to that rock and roll masterpiece..its been a life long soap opera with this band and I keep my view of them in that time era..despite each individual talent only the chemistry of those original 5 members bring out the best and worst version of themselves..unfortunately due to the politics of a band of this size and caliber the drive and hunger that we heard on Appitite was never and will never be recreated..I listen to nothing done after that record cuz thats how I want to defy and recognize who and what Guns and Rose's was..

[@the_headless_horseman9682]

Well buddy you're missing out on a lot of great songs

[@jonesy2111]

@A Joseph Ha! That's for damn sure!

[@kylejohn7899]

So ... first of all, it was Izzy as the rhythm guitarist during that St. Louis show .. Second is that Gilbys accident you speak of is very inaccurate .. he didn’t break any legs, let alone two. He broke his wrist and his arm was in a sling. Meaning no guitar. Axl then said “f-it, let’s call Izzy” and Izzy joined temporarily for the tour in Europe. Know your facts first. Read a book!

[@aaronw8781]

So basically, GnR did to Gilby what Initech did to Milton in “Office Space”.

[@jazzcat1056]

Aaron W lmao

[@ADDIDASSSSSSSSSSSSSS]

Axl took Gilby's favorite stapler and wouldn't give him a piece of cake at the band party.

[@soul_libre]

Thanks for keeping it real about Riky Rachtman at the end of the video man. Lol. 👊

[@JDWorkshop-wn9tt]

Just subscribed. Good stuff on here

[@carpenoctem775]

Gilby seems like a good guy. I respect him for all the drama he endured. Still a solid man.

[@davidlalremruata]

Slash does not have a nice enough sound on his own, he needs Izzy Stradlin to play the rhythm guitar. Like I used to say whenever there's a contest between CC n Slash - CC had pedals n effects. Slash had Izzy.

[@marshallcope9608]

I have like 5 or 6 albums Gilby put out And at the time they came out, Especially the first on, I really dug them. The one that wasn’t a full album and live with Tracii Guns called, “99 Live”, I believe, Is the only one I grab of his outtA my box of like 800 Rock and Metal CD’s. Favorite song he did-Tijuana Jail He was a good fit, had that sleazy swagger of swinging his Les Paul down low and Rockin’ Out. I wish the best for him. I think Richard Fortus is just perfect for that spot in the band for the remainder of my time on this earth enjoying music. I said my time, not their time, after I die, I don’t give a fuck what happens.

[@xray606]

Holy shit, we used to hang at Casa all the time back then, and all those guys from that era were always in there. Friend of mine was drunk one night and went up to a table with them, Tommy Lee and Pamela, and started saying all kinds of things about how hot he thought Pam was, but in Spanish. I was watching this go down from across the room, thinking... What the hell is he doing? Tommy and the rest of them had this look on their faces, like... WTF is this guy saying? lol Good times. You can't even find places like that anymore. Now everything is hipster bullshit and juice bars.

[@davidlalremruata]

I like the story wherein the GnR roadies placed a huge sign that said, do you have what it takes to fill it up?, where Izzy Stradlin's rigs used to be😊

He is a creative guy and a good guitar player, he ougth to be in GN'R nowadays.

[@sombergirl2886]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to everyone have a great but safe holiday

[@showmegod5376]

The Strong Shall Survive...The Weak Shall Perish and take a knee

[@jorgemartinbg]

No one liked Ricky back in the day, no one knew how he got an mtv gig then we found out it was because of Axl

[@andymacdougal]

WHO CLICKS THUMBS DOWN??? Ricki, get off this page

[@andymacdougal]

You do a good job, bub

[@msstarlight4770]

Wait, you have another channel???

[@cc_1983]

Gilby said he went with songs and axl wasn’t keen , so he and slash went and did snakepit it was meant to be snakepit but the record company wanted slash name to sell records. So a lot of snakepit ms first was gilby

[@genaroayala8100]

Lol, what does your beef with Rickii have to do with the title of the video.

[@astrophenotypetao6682]

Wasn’t Gilby also the pianist on all those Use Your Illusion II songs? If you ask me, it was the piano that put the nail in the coffin for GNR and subsequently Rock n roll. GnR was rock’s last hope

[@jasonmorgan1543]

No that was Dizzy Reed that played keyboards and piano on the illusion albums and live

[@astrophenotypetao6682]

Jason Morgan thx

[@jasonmorgan1543]

@@astrophenotypetao6682 No prob bud

[@dalewaterhouse6329]

Axl Rose owes me $100,000

[@houmandehdashtidmd9078]

Never cared for him anyway ..sucha huge loss when Izzy left and beginning of downfall

[@wolfgangrittner6637]

Gilby was alright just not Izzy Stradlin.

[@MrMllx]

Gilby is awesome. Izzy went his own way

[@Cole_Douglas]

Gilby is the family dollar version of Izzy.

[@justfine77777]

G.U.M that’s unfortunately the truest statement I’ve ever heard. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jamlemon]

Never liked Gilby when I was a kid. Maybe it’s because he wasn’t Izzy.

[@BillMcGirr]

Jamie Ralph I hear ya... I never really cared much either way about Gilby... And I DID NOT know he was friends with Izzy prior to G&R... But I like a lot of people had a lot of love and respect for Izzy... And hated that he wasn’t in the band anymore. He wasn’t really replaceable.😊👍

[@MrMojoRisin]

Jamie Ralph Totally agree. He walked into an established band.

[@houmandehdashtidmd9078]

Jamie Ralph just wrote the same thing ..absolutely

[@vdLeo-je6os]

The guy is great. You dont dislike someone because he replaced a band member who left the band ( for good reasons). Izzy wad pished off with Axl behaviour and the drinking problems of the rest of the members. Izzy and Gilby were the coolest members of the band and should have made a band together.

[@jamlemon]

@@vdLeo-je6os Like I say in my message I was a kid. I don’t know him and they never really did anything after Izzy left (Spaghetti Incident doesn’t count as it was all covers), Izzy was an original member and one of the main songwriters so him leaving did have a significant impact. GNR was never the same so forgive me for being an immature teenager at the time.

[@JR-es1sb]

So he got the Milton Wadams treatment?

[@jaym4958]

I'm a huge Izzy fan,I would say the people that guy's holding down the groove 4/2 do his magic nobody nobody understood what I said he should have stayed in the band butt 😂China cut any deals and be peaceful with Axl Rose most likely would be extremely difficult or impossible I could say a lot more but I'm going to stop now great vids really like your channel wish more people would subscribe peace out 👍🙏❤️

[@castielvargastv7931]

I never knew this guy exists. I was a big gnr fan but i only knew izzy

[@Shadowbannddiscourse]

Thanks for the 411 about Ricky rachman

[@sixstringsensei6673]

Rikki Ratchman is a really great.

[@trqster]

Bring back Gilby!!

[@slow-mo_moonbuggy]

Ricky Wrackman had major plastic surgery to shorten a certain appendage length on his face. It didn't work Ricky. Everyone knows.

[@purebloodheretic4682]

The Tribe of the "Chosen C*nts" Every Time!! 🙋🏼‍♂️\O 👍

[@blootje]

He was fired!!! Not re-hired

[@6955beniegn]

F Ricki Rachman

[@felipegomabrockmann2740]

Please more storys about poison

[@kommissar.murphy]

Rock N Roll True Stories Destroys Rick Rachman Wil Facts Ans Logic.

[@fabreezethefaintinggoat5484]

Ricky heistman

[@ronaldolobatofernandes1730]

Brazil

[@nesta8518]

Gunners are slash and axl. Neither can do anything decent without the other. Unfortunately whoever else is in the band doesn’t matter as much

[@mfrost228]

I think I played guitar for gnr at one point, I lost track of who was in the band after a time, and lost interest in their music, axle being a bitch all the time didn’t help either.

[@reignman0311]

Agreed,Axl always on his own trip..

[@ronaldhickman9953]

definitely not a fan of Riki rachtman he was actually known as a poser back in the late eighties and early nineties .....any serious band with some tenure knew this and avoided his rock reporter ass.....

[@FreeDominion1776]

Thank god you don’t need millions to offer music to people anymore-

[@galaxie8000]

Riki Rachtman is lame. When "alternative" came around.. all the sudden he wasn't wearing Cinderella shirts and the dumb cowboy hats..., all the sudden he cut his hair and was wearing Rancid shirts. Such an opportunist.

[@chriscameron6608]

93 washed up - fractured...finished.)

[@HorseWaterDrink]

Ricky always been a dork

[@sam4667]

I have no idea what Gilby is like as a guitar player. Saw them live, watched a ton of footage. They literally turned the guy's amp off on stage. What's the point?

[@reignman0311]

Oh so he didn't want you to pick up his dogs shiz huh, lmaooo

[@ougigaming8710]

Axl firing slash. funny....slash is waaaay more important than beetle Bailey

[@janewollington458]

Axl did not fire slash. Slash said he was done and was leaving.

[@scottdurst6701]

Gilby has a bad attitude and is not a nice guy... Maybe that's why huh?

[@okayestmusician]

You serious? Probably the nicest guy that was in the band.

[@scottdurst6701]

@@okayestmusician I've worked with him. total dick.

[@tieukhavu8832]

@@scottdurst6701 No way. Really? I've never seen a Video, where his behavior was 100 Procent extremely bad.

[@scottdurst6701]

@@tieukhavu8832 Yeah because he always acts normal on stage, right?

[@thorpenator9148]

Ohio boy.

[@prodigal71]

RR is a joke...my opinion and I'm allowed to have it...he's just a sad, sad human being

[@timearll266]

Does anybody really care about this band anymore?

[@andrewdog-gonewaylon5915]

Guns N'Roses was the first band I've ever listened to when I was around 11, I didn't know any other bands back then other than Bon Jovi. Then later I heard of Metallica and Megadeth, that's when I stopped listening to GN'R😂

[@IAm-qf2xb]

No.

[@danielblake1537]

Hell yeah man Metallica are my favorite band!!

[@tieukhavu8832]

Always will takin care of them

[@buvabu]

Most people don't, maybe. But I'd expect that people in a channel called GNR Central do care about them for better or worse.

[@MrJackal43]

Because he has tens times the talent of Axle, who sucks now.

[@jackblack4593]

LOL

[@alexjones57]

Probably one of the worst guitar players of all times.