caption associated_acts years_active notable_instruments birth_place label article_title name background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
adler 2012 -lrb- left -rrb- with gilby clarke in july adler n ' roses , hollywood rose , road crew , , vain adler 's appetite , bulletboys , guns 1982 -- present rockett 1980 's & 90 's -rrb- drum works drums paiste cymbals pearl drums -lrb- cleveland , ohio , u.s. geffen , uzi suicide , shrapnel steven adler
 steven adler non_vocal_instrumentalist 22 january 1965 drums , percussion hard rock stevenadlermyleskennedy.jpg los angeles , california , u.s. michael coletti musician , songwriter
steven adler

steven adler -lrb- born michael coletti ; january 22 , 1965 -rrb- is an american musician .
he is best known as the former drummer and co-songwriter of the hard rock band guns n ' roses , with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s .
adler was fired from guns n ' roses over his heroin addiction in 1990 , following which he reformed his old band road crew and briefly joined bulletboys , which both proved unsuccessful .
during the 2000s , adler was the drummer of the band adler 's appetite , and since 2012 , he has held the same position in the band adler .
he appeared on the second and fifth seasons of the reality tv show `` celebrity rehab with dr. drew '' , as well as on the first season of its spin-off `` sober house '' .
he was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2012 as a member of guns n ' roses .
