| January 20th, 1994 - Axl appears at the induction of his musical inspiration, Elton John, into the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame. Later that night, Axl performs Come Together with Bruce Springsteen. This would be Axl's last public appearance until the arrest in Phoenix on February 11th, 1998. |
| January 26th, 1994 - "The Spaghetti Incident?" is certified Gold and Platinum by the RIAA. |
| March 5th, 1994 - Since I Don't Have You debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 at #82. |
| March 12th, 1994 - Up ten positions to #72 for Since I Don't Have You. |
| March 19th, 1994 - Since I don't Have You peaks at #69 on the Billboard Hot 100. |
| April 25th, 1994 - The home video called "The Making Of Estranged: Part IV Of The Trilogy" is released. |
| May 10th, 1994 - Duff is close to death when his pancreas explode. The health crisis was triggered by his intense and prolonged abuse of drugs and alcohol. Duff was treated by the son of the doctor who brought him into the world as Michael McKagan in 1964. The doctor ordered him to stop drinking, so Duff changed his lifestyle. |
| June, 1994 - Gilby is fired. |
| June, 1994 - Gilby Clarke's "Pawnshop Guitars" is released on Virgin Records. Featured on the album is amongst others Slash, Axl and Duff. |
| June 4th, 1994 - Since I Don't Have You, with You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory as the B-side, is the second single from "The Spaghetti Incident?". It peaks at #10 on the UK chart. |
| June 26th, 1994 - Slash plays at the Night Of 100 Guitars in London, England. Slash and Pride & Glory performs the Jimi Hendrix classic "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)". Slash also joins Paul Rodgers for a version of "The Hunter". |
| August, 1994 - Slash joins Paul Rodgers onstage at the Woodstock 94 festival. They perform "I Don't Live Today" (which they actually recorded in 1993 for the "Stone Free" Jimi Hendrix tribute album), "Bad Company", "The Hunter" and "Alright Now". |
| September 13th, 1994 - Use Your Illusion II is certified 5x Multi-Platinum in the USA. |
| October, 1994 - Slash's Snakepit finished recording their album during October and plan on releasing it in February 1995. |
| October 18th, 1994 - Use Your Illusion I is certified 5x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA in the USA. |
| December, 1994 - The Rolling Stones classic "Sympathy For The Devil" is released as a single. It's featured in the "Interview With A Vampire" movie. |
| December 31st, 1994 - Guns N' Roses cover of the Rolling Stones' classic Sympathy For The Devil enters the Billboard Hot 100 at #62. |
| January 7th, 1995 - Sympathy For The Devil peaks at #55 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week. |
| January 14th, 1995 - Guns N' Roses cover of Sympathy For The Devil is released in the UK where it peaks at #9 on the chart. The song is featured in the Interview With A Vampire movie. |
| February, 1995 - Slash's Snakepit releases "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere". Slash's Snakepit is a band that was put together by Slash and it features Slash, Gilby, Matt, Eric Dover (formerly of Jellyfish) and Mike Inez (Alice In Chains). |
| February 10th, 1995 - Appetite For Destruction is certified 13x Multi-Platinum by RIAA in the USA. |
| February 10th, 1995 - GN'R Lies is certified 5x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA in the USA. |
| February 10th, 1995 - Use Your Illusion I & II are both certified 6x Multi-Platinum. |
| March 10th, 1995 - Duff and Matt plays at the opening of the Hardrock Hotel in Las Vegas. They're in the house band with Ted Andreadis and they're called Wayne Neutron. Together they perform songs such as "Manic Depression", "Hey Joe" (both with Seal on vocals), "Rebel Yell", "Shakin' All Over" (both with Billy Idol on vocals), "Black Leather" (with Steve Jones) and "Raw Power" (with Iggy Pop and Steve Jones). Izzy Stradlin, BB King and Bo Diddley also performed songs with the band.
Other artists at the opening were Sheryl Crow, Weezer and Duran Duran (with John Taylor). This was the show where Neurotic Boy Outsiders were born. |
| August 25th, 1995 - Slash's Snakepit plays at the Monsters Of Rock at Castle Donington, England. This is the last show with this line-up. |
| September, 1995 - Slash joins Michael Jackson onstage at the MTV Video Music Awards |
| October 31st, 1995 - Shannon Hoon dies of an overdose in New Orleans. He was the lead singer of Blind Melon. Shannon sang on a couple of tracks on the "Use Your Illusion" albums. He can also be seen in the "Don't Cry" video. |
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