Studio recording was a 6.5x14 Black Beauty from what I remember.
If that's the case, no wonder it sounds good!!
As for his rehab stuff...it's a shame. He was re-arrested recently for failing to finish some community service or some such thing, but at least it wasn't for drugs again.
He seems like a pretty good dude, but drugs always ruin everything for people.
Here's the info if interested:
http://www.metalsludge.tv/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1745&Itemid=42
Just to really see how huge GNR was/is, regardless if you like them or not...the guy had MILLIONS (which were pissed away, spent, stolen etc..) and he was only on ONE album.
actually he played on the first 2 records, appetite and gnr lies. he gets royalties from all the stuff they did while he was in the band.
He was on a few tracks from UYI also from what I remember. I know "Civil War" is him and some others I think.
I think I'm in the minority here! I love the album, truly enjoy Adlers playing on the album, but hate the snare! It is overprodruced, and sounds more like a gunshot in a cement hallway than a snare. I feel the same way about Banali's snare sound on metal health. I know it is a supra (my all-time favorite), but the studio put so much crap in the mix that it is hard to really hear the beauty of the drum.
He was on a few tracks from UYI also from what I remember. I know "Civil War" is him and some others I think.
Is that farm aid performance available? I read about that in Slash's book, i want to see it.
Only Civil War and barely at that. They had to splice and tape old school tape together in order to get decent sounding drum tracks. I am a walking Guns N' Roses encyclopedia! Probably the biggest GNR fan on the planet. Steven was too far out there during the rehearsals and pre-production for the Use Your Illusion albums. Mike Clink and the other folks literally had to stay awake 24+ hours in order to cut the old 2" tape reels to piece together a decent drum track for Civil War. The final straw was the infamous "Farm Aid" performance, in which Steven runs onto the stage, falls and proceeds to have an awful sloppy show. It was after that night, he was kicked out of the band.
Matt Sorum is on every single track except for Civil War.