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A bassist , or bass player , is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass , bass guitar , keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone . Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments . Since the 1960s , the electric bass has been the standard bass instrument for funk , R & B , soul music , rock and roll , reggae , jazz fusion , heavy metal , country and pop music . The double bass is the standard bass instrument for classical music , bluegrass , rockabilly , and most genres of jazz . Low brass instruments such as the tuba or sousaphone are the standard bass instrument in Dixieland and New Orleans - style jazz bands . W . Axl Rose ( born William Bruce Rose Jr .; raised as William Bruce Bailey ; February ___MASK24___ , 1962 ) is an American singer , songwriter , record producer and musician . He is the lead vocalist of the hard rock band Guns N ' Roses , a position he has held since its inception in 1985 . In addition to Guns N ' Roses , he is also the current lead singer of AC / DC since 2016 . Due to his powerful and wide vocal range and energetic live performances , Rose has been named one of the greatest singers of all time by various media outlets , including " Rolling Stone " and " NME ". Bradford is in the Metropolitan Borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire , England , in the foothills of the Pennines west of Leeds , and northwest of Wakefield . Bradford became a municipal borough in ___MASK93___ , and received its charter as a city in 1897 . Following local government reform in 1974 , city status was bestowed upon the wider metropolitan borough . Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N ' Roses . It was released on July 21 , ___MASK35___ , by Geffen Records to massive commercial success . It topped the " Billboard " 200 and became the best - selling debut album as well as the 11th best - selling album in the United States . With about 30 million copies sold worldwide , it is also one of the best - selling records ever . Although critics were ambivalent toward the album when it was first released , " Appetite for Destruction " has since received retrospective acclaim and been viewed as one of the greatest albums of all time . Ian Robert Astbury ( born ___MASK17___ ) is an English singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist for the rock band The Cult . " She Sells Sanctuary " is a song by the British rock band The Cult . It is from their ___MASK34___ album " Love " and was released as a single in May of that year , peaking at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart . Michael Andrew " Duff " McKagan ( born February ___MASK71___ , ___MASK99___ ) is an American musician , singer , songwriter and author . He is best known for his twelve - year tenure as the bass guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N ' Roses , with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s . McKagan rejoined the band in 2016 , following their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . The Orb are an English electronic music group known for being the pioneers of ambient house . Founded in ___MASK29___ by Alex Paterson and The KLF member Jimmy Cauty , the Orb began as ambient and dub DJs in London . Their early performances were inspired by ambient and electronic artists of the 1970s and 1980s , most notably Brian Eno and Kraftwerk . Because of their trippy sound , the Orb developed a cult following among clubbers " coming down " from drug - induced highs . The Orb has maintained their drug - related and science fiction themes despite personnel changes , including the departure of Cauty and other Orb members Kris Weston , Andy Falconer , Simon Phillips , Nick Burton and Andy Hughes . Paterson has been the only permanent member , continuing to work as the Orb with the Swiss - German producer Thomas Fehlmann and , later , with Martin " Youth " Glover , bass player with Killing Joke . Steven Adler ( born Michael Coletti ; January ___MASK2___ , 1965 ) is an American musician . He is best known as the former drummer and co - songwriter of the hard rock band Guns N ' Roses , with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s . Adler was fired from Guns N ' Roses over his heroin addiction in ___MASK38___ , following which he reformed his old band Road Crew and briefly joined BulletBoys , which both proved unsuccessful . During the 2000s , Adler was the drummer of the band Adler ' s Appetite , and since 2012 , he has held the same position in the band Adler . He appeared on the second and fifth seasons of the reality TV show " Celebrity Rehab with Dr . Drew ", as well as on the first season of its spin - off " Sober House ". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Guns N ' Roses . Darren Arthur Reed ( born June ___MASK65___ , 1963 ), better known by his stage name Dizzy Reed , is an American musician and occasional actor . He is best known as the keyboardist for the rock band Guns N ' Roses , with whom he has played , toured , and recorded since 1990 . Flexipop ( stylized as Flexipop !) was a British pop music magazine that ran from ___MASK81___ to 1983 , which featured a flexidisc in each issue . The magazine was launched in ___MASK81___ by ex -" Record Mirror " journalists Barry Cain and Tim Lott . One of the most notable issues was the February 1981 disc featuring Adam and the Ants performing a version of the Village People hit " Y . M . C . A .", called " A . N . T . S .". Flexipop ' s last released flexidisc was " In The Mix " by Haysi Fantayzee in 1983 Frank Ferrer ( born March ___MASK89___ , ___MASK16___ ) is an American rock drummer . Ferrer is best known as the drummer for American rock band Guns N ' Roses , with whom he has played , toured , and recorded since 2006 . Ferrer was also a member of The Psychedelic Furs , Love Spit Love as well as The Beautiful . He has recorded and worked with several high profile musicians including Robi " Draco " Rosa , Tool , Gordon Gano , PJ Harvey , Tommy Stinson , Nena , Frank Black of The Pixies , Neil Young , Perry Farrell and Cheetah Chrome of The Dead Boys . A guitarist ( or a guitar player ) is a person who plays the guitar . Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars , acoustic guitars , electric guitars , and bass guitars . Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar by singing or playing the harmonica . " Love Removal Machine " is a song recorded by the British rock band The Cult . It was the first single to be released from the group ' s ___MASK35___ album " Electric ". First recorded during a radio session , it had a different arrangement , was recorded for the band ' s third album , " Peace ". When that album was scrapped , it was re - recorded for the replacement album , " Electric ". An extended remix was also created and released on a 12 " single . The song was named the 74th best hard rock song of all time by VH1 . William Henry " Billy " Duffy ( born ___MASK45___ ___MASK21___ , Hulme , Manchester ) is an English guitarist and songwriter , He is most well known as a guitarist for The Cult . James " Jimmy " Francis Cauty ( born ___MASK75___ ___MASK82___ ), also known as Rockman Rock , is an English artist and musician , best known as one half of the duo The KLF , co - founder of The Orb and as the man who burnt one million pounds . Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid - 1960s , with the garage , psychedelic and blues rock movements . It is typified by a heavy use of aggressive vocals , distorted electric guitars , bass guitar , drums , and often accompanied with pianos and keyboards . Guns N ' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles formed in ___MASK34___ . The lineup , when first signed to Geffen Records in 1986 , consisted of vocalist Axl Rose , lead guitarist Slash , rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin , bassist Duff McKagan , and drummer Steven Adler . The current lineup consists of Rose , Slash , McKagan , keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Melissa Reese , guitarist Richard Fortus and drummer Frank Ferrer . The band has released six studio albums , accumulating sales of more than 100 million records worldwide , including shipments of 45 million in the United States , making Guns N ' Roses one of the world ' s best - selling bands of all time . The piano is an acoustic , stringed musical instrument , in which the strings are struck by hammers . It is played using a keyboard , which is a row of keys ( small levers ) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings . Invented in about ___MASK59___ ( the exact year is uncertain ), the piano is widely employed in classical , jazz , traditional and popular music for solo and ensemble performances , accompaniment , and for composing , songwriting and rehearsals . Although the piano is very heavy and thus not portable and is expensive ( in comparison with other widely used accompaniment instruments , such as the acoustic guitar ), its musical versatility ( i . e ., its wide pitch range , ability to play chords with up to ___MASK18___ notes , louder or softer notes and two or more independent musical lines at the same time ), the large number of musicians and amateurs trained in playing it , and its wide availability in performance venues , schools and rehearsal spaces have made it one of the Western world ' s most familiar musical instruments . Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in ___MASK54___ . The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page , singer Robert Plant , bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones , and drummer John Bonham . The band ' s heavy , guitar - driven sound , rooted in blues and psychedelia on their early albums , has earned them recognition as one of the progenitors of heavy metal , though their unique style drew from a wide variety of influences , including folk music . Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction are a British hard rock group . Overview . The band is the brainchild of Mark Manning , a former graphic artist and art editor of the now defunct " flexipop " magazine . The magazine folded back in ___MASK80___ but the hedonistic lifestyle of the frequenting rock and pop stars to the magazine ' offices fueled his desire to experience the debauchery of life as a decadent rock star . He joined another music publication called " Metal Fury " as a graphic designer but would assume the alter ego " Zodiac Mindwarp " at night . Zodiac soon left Metal Fury and formed the Love Reaction in ___MASK34___ with Jimmy Cauty , who later formed The Orb , The JAMS ( Justified Ancients of Mu Mu ), and The KLF on guitar , Kid Chaos ( real name Stephen Harris ) on bass and Boom Boom Kaboomski on drums . The Doors were an American rock band formed in ___MASK30___ in Los Angeles , with vocalist Jim Morrison , keyboardist Ray Manzarek , guitarist Robby Krieger , and drummer John Densmore . The band got its name , at Morrison ' s suggestion from the title of Aldous Huxley ' s book " The Doors of Perception ", which itself was a reference to a quote made by William Blake , " If the doors of perception were cleansed , everything would appear to man as it is , infinite ." They were unique and among the most controversial and influential rock acts of the 1960s , mostly because of Morrison ' s lyrics and charismatic but unpredictable stage persona . After Morrison ' s death in ___MASK94___ at age 27 , the remaining members continued as a trio until disbanding in 1973 . The guitar is a musical instrument classified as a string instrument with anywhere from four to ___MASK65___ strings , usually having six . The sound is projected either acoustically , using a hollow wooden or plastic and wood box ( for an acoustic guitar ), or through electrical amplifier and a speaker ( for an electric guitar ). It is typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers , thumb and / or fingernails of the right hand or with a pick while fretting ( or pressing against the frets ) the strings with the fingers of the left hand . The guitar is a type of chordophone , traditionally constructed from wood and strung with either gut , nylon or steel strings and distinguished from other chordophones by its construction and tuning . The modern guitar was preceded by the gittern , the vihuela , the four - course Renaissance guitar , and the five - course baroque guitar , all of which contributed to the development of the modern six - string instrument . The Cult are a British rock band formed in ___MASK74___ . Before settling on their current moniker in ___MASK62___ , the band performed under the names Southern Death Cult and Death Cult . They gained a dedicated following in the UK in the mid - 1980s as a post - punk / gothic rock band , with singles such as " She Sells Sanctuary ", before breaking mainstream in the United States in the late 1980s as a hard rock band with singles such as " Love Removal Machine " and " Fire Woman ". The band fuse a " heavy metal revivalist " sound with the " pseudo - mysticism ... of the Doors [ and ] the guitar - orchestrations of Led Zeppelin ... while adding touches of post - punk goth rock ". Since their initial formation in Bradford during ___MASK36___ , the band have had various line - ups ; the longest - serving members are vocalist Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy , the band ' s two songwriters . Richard Fortus ( born November ___MASK8___ , ___MASK16___ ) is an American guitarist . He is best known as a member of the hard rock band Guns N ' Roses , with whom he has been a member since 2002 , and with whom he has recorded one studio album . Fortus has also collaborated extensively with The Psychedelic Furs frontman Richard Butler and fellow Guns N ' Roses bandmate Frank Ferrer . Jeffrey Dean Isbell ( born April ___MASK39___ , 1962 ), best known as Izzy Stradlin , is an American guitarist , singer and songwriter . He is best known as the co - founder and former rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N ' Roses , which he left at the height of their fame in ___MASK25___ , and with whom he recorded three studio albums . Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s . The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora . A ___MASK54___ single by Toots and the Maytals " Do the Reggay " was the first popular song to use the word " reggae ," effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience . While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music , the term " reggae " more properly denotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues , especially the New Orleans R & B practiced by Fats Domino and Allen Toussaint , and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady . Reggae usually relates news , social gossip , and political comment . Reggae spread into a commercialized jazz field , being known first as  Rudie Blues , then  Ska , later  Blue Beat , and  Rock Steady . It is instantly recognizable from the counterpoint between the bass and drum downbeat , and the offbeat rhythm section . The immediate origins of reggae were in ska and rock steady ; from the latter , reggae took over the use of the bass as a percussion instrument . Kid Chaos also known as Haggis ( born Stephen Harris ) is a British rock bassist and guitarist who played in incarnations of hard rock bands Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction , The Cult , and The Four Horsemen as well as guesting with Appetite for Destruction era Guns N ' Roses .