Former GUNS N' ROSES Drummer STEVEN ADLER Falls Ill During Live Performance
- Sep. 21, 2007
According to the Mexican newspaper El Universal, former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler fell ill during a live performance in Mexico City Wednesday night (September 19) and was treated by paramedics at the scene, a Red Cross spokeswoman told The Associated Press. The spokeswoman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Adler was not hospitalized after the Red Cross treated him. She didn't know why the drummer had gotten sick.
Adler was in Mexico with the band ADLER'S APPETITE on a tour commemorating the 20th anniversary of the GUNS N' ROSES album "Appetite for Destruction". Initial news reports saying Adler suffered from hypertension could not be confirmed. The general manager at Hard Rock Live, the venue where the concert took place, did not return phone calls from The Associated Press.
The other members of GUNS N' ROSES band threw Adler out in 1989, saying his drug use was harming his performance. In 1993, the band agreed to pay him $2.3 million to settle Adler's lawsuit claiming a 1990 agreement by which he gave up his interest in the band was read to him and signed without his attorney present.
Watch video footage of Steven Adler signing autographs in Lima, Peru on September 18, 2007:
Watch video footage of ADLER'S APPETITE performing the GUNS N' ROSES classic "Sweet Child O' Mine" in Lima, Peru on September 18, 2007:
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COMMENT | Damn posted by : I Was An Accident Of Birth At The Chemical Wedding 9/21/2007 6:07:13 AM
I hope he's okay.
COMMENT | posted by : Dee67 9/21/2007 6:22:38 AM
C'mon Steven, pull it together
COMMENT | Reason... posted by : Crumbs 9/21/2007 6:30:30 AM
Drugs maybe?!
COMMENT | ^^^ posted by : fatjimmorrison 9/21/2007 6:34:46 AM
probably, he's still high from the 80s.
COMMENT | he was in mexico posted by : cirkis 9/21/2007 7:22:02 AM
don't alot of americans get sick from drinking the water in mexico?
COMMENT | posted by : Big Rod Oh! 9/21/2007 7:32:42 AM
Filk The Plow
COMMENT | posted by : Belexes 9/21/2007 8:13:38 AM
wow that dude looks trashed on something even on the youtube videos of him signing autographs. I find it pretty pathetic even for GnR.
COMMENT | Dosage? posted by : Van5150 9/21/2007 8:37:49 AM
He propbaly thought- Hey back in the old days my body had no trouble with a few 8-balls, a few of these and a dosage of that. Sure I can handle that. And he wonders why he got tossed outa GnR.
COMMENT | Not surprised posted by : Kissfan77 9/21/2007 8:56:00 AM
GNR fired this guy 17 years ago for drug use...and look what kind of abuse GNR did...LOL
COMMENT | I was there posted by : ClarOscurO 9/21/2007 11:03:21 AM
and no.. it wasn´t the water... you know what caused it... I hope he reforms his way of life, anyway it was a very good concert the first 75%.
COMMENT | STEVEN posted by : North Nova 9/21/2007 12:04:37 PM
he swallowed too much of the bullshit he's been spewing lately!!!
COMMENT | GET HELP!!!!!!!!!!! posted by : SkyLoLow 9/21/2007 12:36:13 PM
This guy really needs some people around him to help him out.
I'm sure the reason he brings up GnR reunion in every interview is because he is getting low on dough. In all reality I think if GnR ever did reunite they'd do it with Matt Sorum before Adler. I also think the only reason they call Adler or stop in and see him is because they're more worried then anything about him.
COMMENT | Get well soon Steven posted by : RiotAct666 9/21/2007 12:39:25 PM
Hope he is gonna be alright.
COMMENT | posted by : marscom 9/21/2007 12:46:46 PM
COMMENT | yo. posted by : negative_creep 9/21/2007 12:49:30 PM
"wow that dude looks trashed on something even on the youtube videos of him signing autographs. I find it pretty pathetic even for GnR."
word.
i saw him making a guest appearance on some vh1 celebreality show...and he looked like hell. all emaciated and bobbing his head up and down...all fidgety like. not that coherent. it's really a shame.
COMMENT | It's hard to say.. posted by : destructivesounds 9/21/2007 2:00:51 PM
How do you know if he's high or if the effects of the stroke are still hurting him? The only thing we know is that he's changed band memebers a lot and former members have said that he's getting high.
I've seen Steven on TV talking about the damage of drugs on his life and how he hopes no one else would take drugs. I find it hard to believe that he would do anything beyond pot.
What does fall ill mean? Did he have a stomach problem? Was he exhausted? Drugs aren't something you DONT go to the hospital for. If he was in bad shape they would have to take him, no matter what.
COMMENT | ah. posted by : negative_creep 9/21/2007 4:08:57 PM
destructivesounds...i didn't realize that he had a stroke...but now that i do i see exactly what your saying. i would assume that a stroke would cause many similar effects that years of compounded drug use would. not to mention how devastating a combination of both could be.
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