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Former Guns N' Roses drummer's plea to rejoin band

Steven Adler wants to hook up with the band after going to rehab

November 17, 2008 | 5 Comments
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Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler has pleaded no contest to a charge of heroin possession, indicating his desire to go to drug rehab instead of a jail sentence - and then rejoin his old band.

Adler entered the plea at the Lose Angeles Superior Court on Friday (November 14), reports Reuters, hoping that his indication to get clean would spare him jail.

The drummer's lawyer, Barry Gerald, claimed, "When he gets sober they'll (Guns N' Roses) accept him into the band and then they'll do a comeback album and a world tour - that's the dream of Steven Adler."

Adler was sacked from the band in 1990 because of his drug problems. He is scheduled to appear in court again on December 12 to find out whether his attempt to avoid jail will be successful.

The star was arrested in Los Angeles on July 18 after being accused of causing a disturbance.

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flumphert

Nov 17, 2008

You gotta give this guy a pat on the back. He got fired nearly 20 years and yet he still thinks he going to be taken back to drum with GNR. I mean the whole drug issue was one reason why he was fired. The simple fact that he was also shite was another!

theeggster

Nov 17, 2008

God that comment made me piss myself.Love it Flumphert!

wellduhobviously

Nov 17, 2008

He's been on a show called Celebrity Rehab over here in Yankland, and he's certainly a tragic figure. He can barely speak due to his strokes, let alone drum... and he's totally delusional about the idea of a Guns reformation. Matt Sorum is more likely to be called back than him.

drgonzo2012

Nov 18, 2008

I wonder if there's a sacked GnR tribute act drummer out there somewhere going through the same thing right now.

sergejg

Nov 20, 2008

There probably is drgonzo2012, and also a GnR tribute act singer who fired everyone in the band and is going to take 17 years to play GnR covers again.