We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.
This is a fiction/fan codex: entries describe an in-universe canon. Our audits check canon and internal consistency — external fact-checking does not apply the way it does on real-subject codexes.
Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-24 · 30 entries checked · 14 flagged · 25 issues confirmed · 14 corrected · 11 still open
Duff McKagan — The classic lineup debuted at The Troubadour on June 6 after months of rehearsal. This is incorrect; the classic lineup's first show was at the Troubadour on June 6, 1985, but they had only been together for a few weeks, not months.
Izzy Stradlin — The entry states Stradlin detoxed in Los Angeles, but he actually detoxed in Indiana.
Izzy Stradlin — The entry claims Stradlin cited Axl Rose's chronic lateness as a breaking point, but this is not well-documented; his primary stated reasons were the contract dispute and band's chaotic lifestyle.
DJ Ashba — Ashba's tenure with Guns N' Roses was from March 2009 to July 2015, which is six years, not five as stated in the 'LORE' section.
Dizzy Reed — Reed met the classic Guns N' Roses lineup in 1985 while his club band, The Wild, rehearsed in a neighboring studio. This is incorrect; at that time his band was called 'The Eyes' or similar, and the claim about 'The Wild' rehearsing in a neighboring studio is
Dizzy Reed — Reed's writing credits for Chinese Democracy are overstated; 'Oh My God' is not part of the Chinese Democracy album, so listing it as a co-write for that album is misleading.
Axl Rose — The entry states Rose's biological father was murdered, but his death was ruled a homicide, which is technically correct, but the phrasing is not a factual error; however, the entry incorrectly says he smoked cigarettes for $8 an hour in a UCLA study, when it
Axl Rose — The entry claims Appetite for Destruction is the best-selling U.S. debut of all time, but it is not; that record belongs to Boston's debut album or others depending on metric.
Steven Adler Band — Adler was born Michael Coletti and renamed Steven by his mother because Jewish naming conventions forbid naming children after living relatives — this is a factual error: Adler's mother renamed him after a TV show character, not due to Jewish naming convention
Steven Adler Band — Road Crew was formed in 1983, but Duff McKagan was not the original bassist; the band had other bassists before Duff joined later, and the riff for 'Rocket Queen' is not clearly documented as a Road Crew creation.
Slash — Slash is left-handed but plays right-handed guitars.
Steven Adler — The entry incorrectly states that the story of Adler being born Michael Coletti and renamed by his mother is a myth; the widely known canon is that he was born Michael Coletti and his mother later changed his name to Steven Adler.
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