Teddy 'Zig Zag' Andreadis is an American keyboardist, harmonica player and vocalist, who has worked with many popular musicians, including Carole King, Guns N' Roses, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Alice Cooper, Bruce Willis, and the Boxing Gandhis. In 1999 he was voted "Outstanding Keyboardist of the Year" by the L.A. Music Awards.[ citation needed ] He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Lisa Goich, an author (14 Days/Savio Republic, The Breakup Diary/Virtual Bookworm).
Andreadis performed vocals, organ, piano, synthesizer and harmonica on three albums with Carole King, and has appeared on her 1994 live album In Concert . [1] He has also played keyboards on the Boneshakers' latest release.
He has also contributed to the work of former Guns N' Roses members, including It's Five O'Clock Somewhere by Slash's Snakepit, and the 2001 album Rock & Roll Music, by the band Col. Parker, which features former Guns N' Roses member Gilby Clarke. [2]
In 2007, Andreadis appeared on the album Dopesnake, by Hollywood Roses, a Guns N' Roses tribute band, which includes such artists as Gilby Clarke, Mick Taylor, Pat Travers and Tracii Guns. [3]
In 2007 he also contributed keyboard work to Billy Bob Thornton's album Beautiful Door. [4]
Andreadis' video work includes: Michael Jackson's "Give In to Me"; Guns N' Roses' "November Rain", "Yesterdays", "Garden of Eden" and "Estranged"; Carole King's In Concert ; and Alice Cooper's "Brutal Planet" and "Dragontown".
Andreadis' work can also be heard on many film soundtracks, including... Keenen Ivory Wayans' I'm Gonna Git You Sucka , the United Artists release, Tapeheads , and the M.P.C.A. film Breakfast with Einstein.
He appeared on the soundtrack to "Me and Will" with Guns N' Roses' drummer, Matt Sorum, Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds' bassist, Jimmy Ashhurst, Mick Jagger's guitarist, Jimmy Ripp, and Wild Colonials' guitarist, score composer, Shark.
He played keyboard for Velvet Revolver and Ziggy Marley's cover of Pink Floyd's "Money", which they recorded for use on the soundtrack for the 2003 film Italian Job. [5]
His TV credits include a recurring role on Full House , Late Night with David Letterman , The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the MTV Video Music Awards with Guns N' Roses, and NBC's Three Sisters. He has done commercial voice-over work for McDonald's (with B.B. King), Kellogg's and Toyota. Andreadis also wrote and performed the theme song for the Disney Channel's The Z Games. He once appeared on an episode of Trading Spaces .
Over the past two decades, Andreadis has toured with The Guess Who, Slash, Walter Trout, Carole King, [1] Alice Cooper, Beth Hart, Bruce Willis, Peter Stormare, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, the Boxing Gandhis, Gilby Clarke, and Duff McKagan.
He toured with Guns N' Roses on their Use Your Illusion Tour between 1991 and 1993, [5] appearing on the Use Your Illusion I and II live videos filmed in Tokyo, Japan, in 1992.
In 1996, Andreadis joined Slash's band Blues Ball, touring live with them; in 1999, when Slash reformed his prior band Slash's Snakepit, Andreadis joined them as well, providing keyboard and harmonica work. [6] [7]
In 2008, he joined the tour of Billy Bob Thornton's band The Boxmasters, as keyboard player. [8]
He conducted a popular weekly jam session in Hollywood at the Baked Potato with his band The Screaming Cocktail Hour. The blues-based jam regularly attracted such names as Steve Winwood, Joe Sample, Patrick Moraz, Steve Lukather, Mike Landau, John Stamos, Matt Sorum, Gilby Clarke, Jason Bonham, Glenn Hughes, Carole King, Drew Barrymore, Keanu Reeves, Howard Leese, Joe Lynn Turner, Bob Daisley, Ace Frehley, Eric Singer, Randy Castillo and Mike Inez.
In February, 2015, Teddy was a "counselor" at Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp in Las Vegas, Nevada. [9] [10]
In 1996, Andreadis released a solo album, Innocent Loser . Among those featured on the album are Guns N' Roses band members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, drummers Greg Bissonette and Pat Torpey, guitarist Steve Lukather, and Carole King. The album includes the ballad "Ragman", and "Shotgun Shack", which focuses on social issues. The album also features guitarist, producer and writer, Lanny Cordola, arranging and playing an array of exotic instruments,
Andreadis says of his album, "We were going for a Little Feat vibe, New Orleans kind of stuff. You know, Dr. John, some Stones…Americana rock. But we're trying to keep it heavy, so that when you play it, it's something that hits you from the beginning and makes you want to stick around 'til the end."[ citation needed ]
Saul Hudson, known professionally as Slash, is a British-American musician who serves as the lead guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Slash has received critical acclaim and is considered one of the greatest guitarists in history.
Slash's Snakepit was an American rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed by Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash in 1994. Though often described as a solo or side project, Slash stated that Snakepit was a band with equal contributions by all members. The first lineup of the band consisted of Slash, two of his Guns N' Roses bandmates—drummer Matt Sorum and guitarist Gilby Clarke—as well as Alice in Chains bassist Mike Inez and former Jellyfish guitarist Eric Dover on lead vocals.
Velvet Revolver was an American hard rock supergroup consisting of Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner formerly of punk band Wasted Youth, and Scott Weiland formerly of Stone Temple Pilots. The band formed in 2002 and was active until 2008, when Weiland left the band abruptly to rejoin Stone Temple Pilots.
Matthew William Sorum is an American drummer. He is best known as both a former member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he recorded three studio albums, and as a member of the supergroup Velvet Revolver. Sorum is currently on tour with Billy Gibbons, with whom he also records, is a member of the touring project Kings of Chaos, and is a former member of both The Cult and Y Kant Tori Read. Sorum was also a member of Guns N' Roses side projects, Slash's Snakepit and Neurotic Outsiders, and has released two solo albums, Hollywood Zen (2004) and Stratosphere (2014). He was the touring drummer for the supergroup Hollywood Vampires from 2015 to 2017. His latest project is Deadland Ritual, featuring Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler, Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens, and Apocalyptica vocalist Franky Perez.
Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan is an American musician. He was the bassist of hard rock band Guns N' Roses for twelve years, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. McKagan rejoined the band in 2016, following their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Use Your Illusion Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Guns N' Roses which ran from January 20, 1991, to July 17, 1993. It was not only the band's longest tour, but one of the longest concert tours in rock history, consisting of 194 shows in 27 countries. It was also a source of much infamy for the band, due to riots, late starts, cancellations and outspoken rantings by Axl Rose.
Gilbert J.Clarke is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer. He had a three-year tenure as the rhythm guitarist of Guns N' Roses, replacing Izzy Stradlin in 1991 during the Use Your Illusion Tour, and also featured on "The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993). Following this, Clarke went on to forge a solo career as well playing guitar with Slash's Snakepit, Kat Men, Heart, Nancy Sinatra, Kathy Valentine, MC5 and forming his own group Rock Star Supernova with members of Metallica and Mötley Crüe.
Tracy Irving Richard Ulrich, known professionally as Tracii Guns, is an American guitarist best known as the co-founder of glam metal group L.A. Guns, as well as the supergroups Brides of Destruction and Contraband. He was also a founding member of Guns N' Roses, but left shortly afterwards and was replaced by guitarist Slash.
Live Era '87–'93 is a double live album by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was released on November 23, 1999. The record was the first official Guns N' Roses release since "The Spaghetti Incident?" released on the same day 6 years prior in 1993. Guitarist Slash notes that the album is "not pretty and there are a lot of mistakes, but this is Guns N' Roses, not the fucking Mahavishnu Orchestra. It's as honest as it gets."
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Slash's Snakepit, released in February 1995. The album was a moderate commercial success, reaching number 70 on the American Billboard 200 album chart and selling over a million copies worldwide. The songs "Beggars & Hangers-On" and "Good to Be Alive" were released as singles and promo videos were made for each track.
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in March 1985 when local bands Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns merged. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band's "classic lineup" consisted of vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Steven Adler. The current lineup consists of Rose, Slash, McKagan, guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Frank Ferrer and keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Melissa Reese.
Ryan Roxie is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter best known as a solo artist and for playing guitar with Alice Cooper, Casablanca, Gilby Clarke, and Slash's Snakepit. Roxie is the primary founder of the System-12 Guitar Method and also hosts the weekly In the Trenches with Ryan Roxie podcast.
Use Your Illusion World Tour – 1992 in Tokyo II is a live VHS/DVD by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. Filmed live at the Tokyo Dome, Japan, on February 22, 1992, during the Japanese leg of the Use Your Illusion Tour, this recording features the second half of the concert, the first half appearing on sister volume Use Your Illusion I. Both VHS titles were distributed by Geffen Home Video in 1992.
Use Your Illusion World Tour – 1992 in Tokyo I is a live VHS/DVD by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. Filmed live at Tokyo Dome, Japan, on February 22, 1992, during the Japanese leg of the Use Your Illusion tour, this recording features the first half of the concert, the second half appearing on sister volume Use Your Illusion II. The VHS titles were distributed by Geffen Home Video in 1992.
Slash's Blues Ball was an American blues rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1996. The band members comprised lead guitarist Slash, lead vocalist Teddy "Big Bag Zig Zag" Andreadis, bassist Johnny Griparic, drummer Alvino Bennet, rhythm guitarist Bobby Schneck and saxophonist Dave McLaurin.
Believe in Me is Duff McKagan's first solo album, released on September 28, 1993. It peaked at number 137 on the Billboard 200 and is believed to have sold about 100,000 copies worldwide.
Pawnshop Guitars is the debut solo album by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke, released in 1994 via Virgin Records. The album was produced by session guitarist Waddy Wachtel, and along with most of the then-current or former members of Guns N' Roses, it features contributions from Pixies vocalist Frank Black, guitarist Ryan Roxie and then-Skid Row drummer Rob Affuso among others.
Kings of Chaos is a hard rock supergroup with international membership featuring a core lineup of drummer Matt Sorum, bassist Duff McKagan, and guitarist Gilby Clarke, as well as a revolving appearances from members of Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Aerosmith and more. The group plays songs from all of these bands, and other classic rock covers. To date, they have only recorded and released one song, "Never Before", on the Deep Purple tribute, Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head.
The World on Fire World Tour is the third concert tour by lead guitarist Slash as a solo artist, which started in July 2014 and was scheduled to resume in late 2015, in support of Slash's third solo album World on Fire. The tour features the same backing band that performed with Slash during his two last tours, billed as "Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators", featuring Myles Kennedy handling lead vocal, bassist Todd Kerns, drummer Brent Fitz and rhythm guitarist Frank Sidoris.
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