Gilby Clarke

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Image:Gilby Clarke.jpg Gilby Clarke is a guitarist, born in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 17, 1962. He spent his childhood playing with musical instruments and neglecting school. In the early 1980's, he was part of a pop band called Candy, which released one album, Whatever Happened To Fun, before he moved on to the mainstream metal band Kill For Thrills.

He is best known for a 3-year tenure as the rhythm guitarist of Guns N' Roses. He joined Guns N' Roses in November of 1991, replacing Izzy Stradlin, who quit the band in the middle of a 28-month world tour.

In 1994, he released his debut solo album Pawnshop Guitars which featured contributions from several of his friends including all the then members of Guns N' Roses. That same year, he was fired from Guns N' Roses by lead singer Axl Rose.

Since then, he has released another three solo albums, The Hangover, Rubber and 2002's Swag as well as the live album 99 Live. Gilby also featured on Slash's Snakepit's It's Five O'Clock Somewhere, contributing rhythm guitar parts, the song "Monkey Chow" and appearing in Slash's touring band. In addition, he made a guest appearance on the L.A. Guns album Shrinking Violet, which he also produced.

Clarke is currently in the band The Starf*ckers and played with the reformed MC5 on their 2005 European tour.

1 Guns N' Roses
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums and EPs
3 External links

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Guns N' Roses

Clarke joined Guns N' Roses in November 1991 following the departure of original rhythm guitarist, Izzy Stradlin.

He toured extensively with the band on their huge Use Your Illusion Tour between 1991 and 1993 and appeared on Guns covers album The Spaghetti Incident?.

Shortly before the band recorded a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" for the film Interview with the Vampire, Clarke was fired and replaced by lead singer Axl Rose's long-time friend Paul Tobias.

In a bizarre twist Clarke contributed with guitarist Tracii Guns on the album The Roots of Guns N' Roses. Issued in 2004, the album featured demo recordings of future Guns N' Roses songs such as "Reckless Life" and "Anything Goes" recorded by Axl's pre-GNR band, Hollywood Rose, in the mid-eighties.

In 2006, Clarke confirmed that he would be appearing across a string of dates in America and Europe, those confirmed include:

Apr. 21 - Vaxjo, SWE @ Folkets Park
Apr. 22 - Lubeck, GER @ Riders Café
Apr. 23 - Zurich, SWI @ Rock City
Apr. 24 - Budapest, HUN @ A38
Apr. 26 - Salzburg, AUT @ Rockhouse
Apr. 27 - Noordwijkerhout, NETH @ Vandergeest
Apr. 29 - Oslo, NOR @ Rock The Boat Festival
May 01 - Glasgow, SCO @ The Cathouse
May 03 - Milton Keynes, UK @ Woughton Theater
May 04 - Bradford, UK @ Bradford Rio
May 06 – IRE @ The Village, Dublin
May 07 - IRE @ Rosetta Bar, Belfast
May 08 - Dudley, UK @ JB's
May 09 - London, UK @ The Underworld
May 10 - Milan, ITA @ Indian Saloon
Jun. 09 - Long Beach, CA @ Blue Cafe

Clarke also confirmed that he would be joining former Metallica bassist Jason Newstead and Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee in the band Supernova, which would be auditioning for a lead signer in 2006 before hitting the road with a new album in 2007. It is the closest music history has ever been to joining together these three bands, which all share a number of fans.

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