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Izzy Stradlin

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Izzy Stradlin (1962-present): a Musician from Lafayette, Indiana, USA.

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afayette, Indiana, USA born Izzy Stradlin (Real Name: Jeffrey Dean Isbell; born April 8, 1962) began his career with hometown friend Axl Rose in the huge hit heavy metal band Guns N' Roses in 1985 but due to differences the pair would become former pals, leaving Stradlin bandless until he formed Ju Ju Hounds.

In his own act, Ju Ju Hounds, Stradlin was free to call the shots and his first decree was to not to play the same glam metal style of heavy metal of his former act, and chose a more traditional hard rock sound instead much in the style of '70s hit acts Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones with Keith Richards and Ron Wood placed high on his influences roster.

In 1992 he stepped out on his own with his debut, Izzy Stradlin And The Ju Ju Hounds, an album that received a 53 US featuring himself on vocals and guitar, Rick Richards (ex-Georgia Satellites; guitar), Jimmy Ashhurst (ex-Broken Homes; bass; who replaced original member Mark Dutton (ex-Burning Tree)) and Charlie Quintana (drums; who replaced Doni Grey (ex-Burning Tree)) before filling in for Gilby on tour when he had broken his wrist. Stradlin would then return with what many consider his best work of 117 Degrees in 1998, an album that showed his fretting was well worthy of attention, the album receiving criticism only for its nostalgic feel. As before, Stradlin had little interest in promoting his music; he did few interviews and played no live performances. The album also turned out to be his last release on his long-time label 'Geffen' as a result of the merge between 'Geffen' and 'Interscope'; Stradlin was dropped from the roster.

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In December 1999, Stradlin's next solo album, Ride On, was released on the 'Universal Victor' label in Japan with the same membership as the previous.

With the addition of keyboardist Ian McLagan, the group recorded two more albums: River (2001) on 'Sanctuary', and a second Japan-only release, On Down the Road (2002) on 'JVC Victor'.

Stradlin was then asked by his former Guns N' Roses bandmates Duff McKagan, Slash and Matt Sorum to join the supergroup Velvet Revolver. Although he contributed to the songwriting process while the band was in its formative stage, Stradlin ultimately declined to join due to his aversion to life on the road and his unwillingness to work with a lead singer, although he offered to share vocal duties with McKagan.

Like a Dog (2005) with Rick Richards (guitars), Taz Bentley (drums) and JT Longoria (bass) followed.

In May 2006, thirteen years after his last performance with Guns N' Roses, Stradlin made a guest appearance at the band's show at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York; he played on Patience, Think About You and Nightrain. He then performed with Guns N' Roses for 13 shows during that band's summer European tour.

Miami (2007), released as digital, featured keyboardist Joey Huffman. Similarly, Concrete (2008), Smoke (2009) and Wave of Heat (2010) followed on digital.

In April 2012, Stradlin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a former member of Guns N' Roses.

In 2017, Stradlin played guitar on the song Grandview by John Mellencamp, on his album Sad Clowns & Hillbillies. Martina McBride was also featured on the song.

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Stradlin performing at a Guns N' Roses concert in 2012.
Photo by: Dineshraj Goomany
(CC BY-SA 2.0)

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