Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses (GNR) adalah kelompok musik hard rock dari Amerika Serikat yang berdiri pada tahun 1984 dan resmi pada Maret tahun 1985 . Anggota pendiri GNR adalah Axl Rose yang merupakan eks vokalis Hollywood Rose dan Tracii Guns yang juga eks gitaris L.A Guns. Grup yang didirikan di Los Angeles, Amerika Serikat ini sempat berganti-ganti personel bahkan gitaris sekaligus pendiri GNR Tracii Guns pun hengkang dari grup ini. Bermula Pada tahun 1983, ketika itu setelah gagal bergabung dengan Poison bersama teman masa kecilnya, Steven Adler, mereka bersama membentuk Road Crew. Slash menempatkan iklan di sehelai koran untuk pemain bass, dan setelah itu ia menerima jawaban dari Duff McKagan. Ketika Road Crew bubar, Slash bergabung dengan band lokal, Black Sheep. Diketuai oleh Willie Bass, band ini kemudian saling berbagi seorang agen dengan band lainnya, yang dikenal sebagai Hollywood Rose.
Seni dan budaya Los Angeles
In the 1960s the Sunset Strip became a breeding ground for bands like The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and The Doors. Randy Newman also started his career during this time, and the Beach Boys were founded in nearby Hawthorne during this same decade as well. Much hard rock has come out of Los Angeles, including hard rockers Van Halen from nearby Pasadena, "hair bands" like Mötley Crüe, Ratt, W.A.S.P., and Guns N' Roses, thrash metal acts like Megadeth, Metallica (who later relocated to San Francisco) and Slayer (from Huntington Park), and also 90s rock bands such as Jane's Addiction, Korn and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Softer rock acts also flourished, as evidenced by the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt during the 1970s. There was a sizeable punk rock movement which spawned the hardcore punk movement featuring bands like X, Black Flag and Wasted Youth. In the 1980s, the Paisley Underground movement was native to Los Angeles. In the 1990s, Los Angeles' contribution to rock music continued with acclaimed artists such as Beck, Sublime of Long Beach, Tool, System of a Down and Rage Against the Machine. Other notable rock acts formed in Los Angeles during this decade include Linkin Park, Thirty Seconds to Mars, and No Doubt. In addition, the gangsta rap of N.W.A, and later the solo careers of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, 2Pac and Snoop Dogg, among related acts, reestablished Los Angeles (particularly the communities of Long Beach and Compton) as a center of African-American musical development and G-funk as one of hip-hop's major living styles. The 2000s saw a further flourishing of the Los Angeles rock scene with acclaimed acts such as Maroon 5 and a resurgence in West Coast hip hop in the form of rappers such as The Game. The Black Eyed Peas gained even greater popularity during this decade, and Disney stars such as Hilary Duff, Ashley Tisdale, and Miley Cyrus also anchored their singing careers in the Los Angeles area as well.