“I wish I’d been treated more fairly by the record execs, but I was part of the creation of one of the biggest bands of all time. That’s a nice legacy”: How LA guitarist Chris Weber laid the foundations for Guns N’ Roses in a single studio session

Chris Weber.

Before there was Guns N’ Roses there was Hollywood Rose. And before there was Slash, there was Chris Weber, a teenage riffmeister with a love for sleaze-meets-glam guitar.

He joined Hollywood Rose after meeting Izzy Stradlin through Tracii Guns, and he can’t forget how Axl Rose’s voice made him feel: “At times it sent shivers up my spine.”