STEVEN ADLER: 'Nobody Knows' The Name Of The Current GUNS N' ROSES Drummer

ADLER, the band led by former GUNS N’ ROSES drummer Steven Adler, was interviewed by Perú21 prior to its July 23 concert in Lima, Peru. You can now watch the chat below.

Asked how he feels about the fact that most people remember him as the “one and only” drummer of GUNS N’ ROSES, Adler replied: [It’s] ’cause I am.” He added: “Do you know the name of the drummer who’s in GUNS N’ ROSES now? See, neither do I. Nobody knows. I only found out [fellow former GUNS N’ ROSES drummer] Matt Sorum‘s name last week, ’cause he called me up. [Laughs] I’m kidding. I love you, Matt.”

Adler also spoke about GUNS N’ ROSES‘ reputation as a hard-partying band which fully embraced the “sex, drugs and rock and roll” clichés of the 1980s. He said: “It was a lifestyle. Because when we were growing up, the bands that we looked up to and that we loved, that’s what they did. They didn’t have ‘Behind The Music’ [television specials], like they have now, where you hear the musicians that we grew up with saying how they missed shows, how they were sick, [about] all the rehabs they had to go in. It was kind of something that, ‘Hey, if you wanna be a rock star, that’s what you do.’ But it was a complete misconception, because rock and roll is so much more fun and exciting when you’re all there [points to his head]. But, at first, when you’re young, you’re a teenager, you’re shy, you’re trying to find yourself and figure out who you are as a person, and you wanna fit in, and you have a couple of drinks, and, all of a sudden, you can talk to girls. But that’s where it gets you. At first, it’s, like, ‘Oh, I can talk to girls. I can be sociable.’ But then it gets ahold of you and it completely takes over your life and it’s just a waste of time. I wasted twenty years doing that, and I wish I could get that time back, but I can’t. The only thing I can do is live for today the best that I can.”

In a recent interview with “The Trap Set”, Adler stated about the possibility of a reunion of the classic GUNS N’ ROSES lineup: “If we do ever do a reunion — a reunion show or a tour — I would be very excited, ’cause I love those guys. I just hope nobody would hate anybody. Time is supposed to heal all wounds. And it’s been 25 years… It’s been 27 years… Shit… C’mon! Let’s move on! Let’s do something for the people!”

Asked what is keeping the reunion of the classic lineup of GUNS N’ ROSES from happening, Adler responded: “I think Axl [Rose, vocals] has his grudge, I think, with [guitarist] Slash, and I wish he would just move on. ‘Cause Slash is a wonderful person, and Axl is a wonderful person. And they’re both so talented, and together they’re just so great.”

GUNS N’ ROSES was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2012. Slash, bassist Duff McKagan and Adler attended the ceremony, while Axl and founding guitarist Izzy Stradlin stayed home.