Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' Roses)

Izzy Stradlin (b. Jeffrey Dean Isbell in Lafayette, April 8, 1962 - ) – singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Growing up as a teenage friend and fellow music enthusiast with William Bailey (Axl Rose), Stradlin left Lafayette before Rose, and the two of them united again in Guns N’ Roses, with which Stradlin was the rhythm guitarist and principal songwriter from 1985 to 1991. For the next couple years and regarded and toured internationally with his new band Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds. Since his departure from Guns N' Roses, he has recorded seven solo albums. In the same time frame, he has made re-joined Guns N' Roses temporarily on three occasions.