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TIL Guns N Roses was originally formed by Traci Guns, merging his band LA Guns with new comers Hollywood Rose (Axl Rose's band). Axl and Traci fought bitterly, so Guns left re-forming his old band LA Guns. They would go on to a achieve just a fraction of the commercial success enjoyed by GnR

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