Matt Sorum
Pull a thread
The Guns N' Roses drum chair: seven occupants, forty years, one honest autobiography
Frank Ferrer left in March 2025 after nineteen years behind Guns N’ Roses. Line up everyone who held that stool before him and you get a clearer account of what this band has been than any interview Axl Rose has ever given.
The first one left before there was anything to leave
In March 1985, a drummer named Rob Gardner joined a new Los Angeles band. He played a handful of shows, cut an unreleased demo, and quit in May. He was gone before Appetite for Destruction existed, before the songs on it existed, before there was a reason to stay. The guy who replaced him was a childhood friend of the guitarist.