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Born in Independence, Missouri on February 25, 1976, Chris Pitman is a Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He studied at the Art Institute of Kansas City, as well as the University of Missouri-KC.

While it is unclear exactly when Chris Joined Guns N Roses, we do know that when GnR released Oh My God on the End of Days Soundtrack in Nov. '99 that Chris was not on the recording. Instead a man by the name of Stuart White was credited as the Sound Programmer.

On December 31, 2000, when Axl debuted the band in Las Vegas for the New Years show, Pitman was the guy on Synth in addition to sharing the Keyboard duties with Dizzy.

Outside of GNR, Chris was founder of LA based Art Coalition, 'Priory of the North' which focuses on Conceptual/Public Art. His installations have been commissioned in many place around the world, including Rio de Janiero, United Kingdom, USA. Aside from the bands above, Chris has also worked with others such as Medicine, Sirreal/XR4, Failure, Sony Panic, The Source of Uncertainty, SexTapesTM and Savvy Soviets.

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Robin Finck grew up in Marietta, Georgia and like most young teenagers played with several unsigned bands; in his case, primarily in the Atlanta area.

He joined Nine Inch Nails as part of their touring band in 1994-95 for their Self-Destruct and Further Down the Spiral tours. Finck appeared with Nine Inch Nails at Woodstock '94, and saw his first official release with them, the Closure video, come out in 1997. Once the tour was completed, he took a job playing for the circus troupe Cirque du Soleil in the original tour of Quidam.

In 1996 Robin was recruited by Guns N' Roses to work on their new album Chinese Democracy, signing a two-year contract. When the two years were up only one single had been released by GNR; Oh My God, featured on the End of Days Soundtrack.

Finck rejoined Nine Inch Nails as the band embarked on their Fragility v1.0 and Fragility v2.0 tours. These tours saw the release of another live album/DVD, And All That Could Have Been, Finck's second release with them.

Shortly after the tour ended in late 2000, he returned to Guns N' Roses and toured with them in Brazil, Asia, Europe and North America during 2001-2002. In the summer of 2006, Robin toured with Guns N' Roses throughout Europe playing in front of over 700,000 people. They finished up by touring North America for the remainder of the year. The following year, Guns N' Roses toured in Mexico, Australia and Japan.

As of April 4th 2008 Robin was announced to be rejoining Nine Inch Nails for touring purposes aswell as appearing on "The Slip". GNR responded to the news through GunsNRoses.com with the following:

On the 14th November 2008 Robin Fincks listing as a band member was removed from the Guns N Roses official myspace page. As of this date he is no longer considered to be a band member by GNR fans, though an official announcement has not been made.

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As a singer, guitarist and songwriter Gilby Clarke is an old-school mash-up of Keef, Johnny Thunders, and B.B. King.

See, the tousled guitar hero was but a 17 -year-old Cleveland punk when he split for the sparkly glit of Hollywood. A fresh-off-the-bus cliché? Nah, Clarke made it all his own.

He dived into the Tinseltown music scene headfirst and came up swinging in Candy. (whose lone 1984 Polygram album, Whatever Happened to Fun?, is referenced in the hippest of rock crit corners; copies fetch hefty coin on Ebay). When the criminally ignored Candy soured, Clarke fronted Kill for Thrills, a wonderfully strident, big riff quartet (for whom Clarke penned the lion's share of tunes).

From there, Clarke won Izzy's spot in the Guns N' Roses circus; private jets, football stadiums and diplomatic immunity followed. He spent three years on the massive Use Your Illusion world tour that began in the fall of '91. Clarke appeared on the GN'R albums' The Spaghetti Incident, Live Era '88 - '91 and Greatest Hits. While a member of the band he was a recipient of the MTV Video Vanguard Award. Oh yeah, let's not forget'¦ he has his picture on the GNR pinball machine too.

When the Guns machine imploded at the behest of W. Axl Rose, Clarke hit out on his own armed with a les paul and a handful of songs. (Note: Guns did not implode, Gilby was fired)

Hence his solo show, which kicked off in '94 with the critically gushed over Pawnshop Guitars (included the four-on-the-floor rock radio hits 'Cure Me...Or Kill Me,' and 'Tijuana Jail'), followed by '97's The Hangover (two cuts can be heard in the Bruce Willis vehicle The Story of Us), '98's Rubber, '99's 99 Live, and 2002's Swag.

In the meantime, the guitarist began sharpening his studio skills in his own Redrum recording facility. He's produced many, including LA Guns, Beat Angels and the aforementioned Rolling Stone Best New Artist pick The Bronx.

For kicks, Clarke launched a couple of jam nights in LA. His all-star Muddy Waters-inspired Blues Mafia gigs weekly at the world famous jazz club the Baked Potato. Another, The Starfuckers, rip the Sunset Boulevard porn-and-TV-star-studded den the Cat Club. Both nights continue to be standing-room-only.

Oh, yeah, Clarke and Stray Cat Slim Jim Phantom, formed a killer band called Col. Parker, whose rootsy, garage rock debut on V2, Rock N' Roll Music, came out in '02. That record made a few year-end key top-ten lists.

In '03 Gilby joined Heart for their national tour and TV appearances. He oversaw much of Nancy Sinatra's California Girl record, and played guitar in her touring band.

In 2006 Gilby starred on CBS's Rockstar:Supernova. Gilby, Tommy Lee and Jason Newstead started a new band and used the television show to pick a singer. They released a record for Epic and launched a world tour the following year. Gilby also played guitar for the VH1 Rock Honors tribute to Kiss with his new bandmate Tommy.

2007 saw the release of a self titled best of album.

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Darren Arthur "Dizzy" Reed was born on June 18, 1963 in Hindsdale, Illinois and raised in Colorado.  He learned to play the organ at a young age and formed small local bands before leaving elementary school.  At 15, Reed began playing keyboards to escape constant bullying at school.

In the 1980s, Reed moved to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career.  He was a founding member of The Wild and in 1985 met members of Guns N' Roses when the bands had neighbouring practise facilities.  In the latter part of the decade, Reed briefly joined the band Johnny Crash as a guitarist.  However, the band broke up shortly after he joined.

In 1990, Axl Rose invited Reed to join Guns N' Roses to play keyboard the Use Your Illusion albums.  The other members of the band did not initially accept him, but he was eventually considered a band member after they heard his contributions on the albums.  He toured the albums with the band and helped record "The Spaghetti Incident?". 

Outside of Guns N' Roses, Dizzy Reed has collaborated with Duff McKagan, Gilby Clarke, and Slash on their solo project albums.  He is a self-proclaimed fan of Christian rock musician Larry Norman and appeared on his 1998 album Copper Wires.  Reed also appeared on Tommy Stinson's Village Gorilla Head in 2004.  In 2006, Reed appeared on Court Jester's Strangeland.

In recent years, Reed has composed music for the film scores The Still Life and Celebrity Art Show.  He has also acted in the 2005 film Charlie's Death Wish.

Reed is currently the longest serving member (other than Axl Rose) of Guns N' Roses.  When not touring with Guns N' Roses, he tours with his hard rock cover band Hookers N' Blow, featuring a revolving door of musicians.  Here, he plays keyboard and occasionally sings lead vocals.