Izzy Stradlin was born on April 8, 1962 in Lafayette, Indiana, USA as Jeffrey Dean Isbell. Izzy was born in the same town as Axl Rose, and later joined the band, Guns and Roses. His notoriety as the rhythm guitarist and song writer for that band, got him a small role in the Dead Pool (1988) with Clint Eastwood and Liam Neeson. After Guns and Roses broke up, he started his own band, Izzy and the Ju Ju Hounds.
After Guns N Roses won Best Hard Rock video at the MTV Video Music
Awards on Sept 11, 1989, Izzy was sucker punched by Motley Crue
frontman Vince Neil. Suffered a cut lip from Vince's ring but was
otherwise unhurt.
Left Guns 'N Roses soon after a massive drug overdose in New York City
in 1991.
-Is the only member of Guns N Roses to have graduated High
School.
Is also a college graduate.
Just finished making an album with former Guns N Roses
bandmates Slash and Duff McKagan.
Axl isn't really 24, he's a million of years... he's seen
everything.
I knew deep inside that it didn't feel right. I didn't understand any
more what was happening or what direction it was taking. - On leaving
Guns N' Roses