10 Reasons Guns N' Roses Broke Up

1. Their Own Success

It might seem cliche, but Guns N' Roses really were victims of their own success. And the excess that came with it. In Pretty Tied Up, Guns once wrote "once there was this rock n' roll band rollin, on the streets. Time went by and it became a joke. We just needed more and more fulfilling. Time went by and it all went up in smoke." That's pretty much Guns N' Roses summed up. Their excess allowed a bunch of kids in a rock band to have almost unlimited fame, power, and money at a time when they weren't ready for it. The money paid for the drugs, the money the band brought in as a whole meant the people around them simply wanted to ensure the train kept on rolling and the money kept on coming in. In reality, there was no one reason for the breakup of Guns N' Roses classic era lineup: it was simply a combination of some or all of the factors mentioned. Most of which were allowed to fester as a result of the band's success. Add your thoughts on the band and its history below!