5 Gilby Clarke Tracks YOU NEED To Hear
Best known as the replacement guitarist for Guns N' Roses founding member Izzy Stradlin; Gilby Clarke joined "the most dangerous band in the world" in May 1991 - just ten days shy of a sold out performance in New York's Madison Square Garden. A talented guitarist in his own right he toured with the band for the entirety of their mammoth 'Use Your Illusion' World Tour as well as contributing his talents to Guns N' Roses 1993 album 'The Spaghetti Incident' In 1994 Clarke launched his own solo album through Virgin Records entitled 'Pawnshop Guitars', arguably getting such big label interest for his first solo record because of the exposure earned in GNR, which also came to an abrupt end in the same year when he was fired from the band. Guns N' Roses suffered their own internal, and well documented, implosions while Clarke remained on good terms with Slash and Duff McKagan, contributing to the former's 1995 Slash's Snakepit solo release. Since going solo Clarke has released 7 full length studio albums and worked with artists as diverse as Tracii Guns, Nancy Sinatra and Tommy Lee. On this list we'd like to pay tribute to the guitarist's talents by giving you a selection of five numbers you may have never heard before - but by the end of which you'll never be able to get out of your head again.