Matt Sorum tells how he joined Guns N’ Roses, standing in front of a photo of the band at the Morrison Hotel Gallery for Rock Hall’s Snapshot series. Matt Sorum was drumming in The Cult when Appetite for Destruction took off. Matt Sorum remembers hearing the record and not quite connecting the band in the photos with how good the playing was. Matt Sorum also explains where the Guns N’ Roses sound came from: Axl Rose’s love of Nazareth, which led to Guns N’ Roses covering “Hair of the Dog,” Duff McKagan’s Seattle punk background, Izzy Stradlin’s devotion to The Rolling Stones, and Slash growing up on Jimmy Page and Joe Perry, with Steven Adler on drums. The story of
