Matt Sorum reveals who really wrote Guns N’ Roses (Use Your Illusion) Albums | Inspiration Podcast

It was izzy without a shadow of doubt and you can literally see him performing with GNR at the Rio, Indiana and St. Louis (in '91) where they played tons of UYU 1 and 2 stuff including coma

Mostly half of the songs are or Izzy’s or “co-written” by him. 6 songs are 100% Izzy’s, Dust N’ Bones, You Ain’t the First, Bad Obsession, Double Talkin’ Jive, 14 Years and Pretty Tied Up, he appears as if he had co-written two of this songs (Dust N’ Bones and 14 Years) only because other members contributed with some minor things to them. 3 songs are a collaboration between Izzy and Axl, been Right Next Door to Hell mostly Axl’s and Don’t Cry, and You Could Be Mine mostly Izzy’s. 1 song (Perfect Crime) was a collab between those two but with some Slash’ input and finally Izzy had some minor input on Bad Apples. This adds up to a total of 12 songs of 30 because Don’t Cry appears twice. For the other songs, 8 where 100% Axl’s, 7 a collab between Axl and Slash, 2 covers and 1 from Duff’s, so Matt isn’ wrong in this video.

And that’s why we have that saying “where’s izzy?” Because he contributed to more than some fans realize. Hell, axl even went looking for izzy when he left Indiana

When was this ever questioned? The booklets for UYI I and II credit every musician and writer for every individual song. Not to mention all the photos in the booklets. There's only Izzy. There is and would be no mention of Gilby until The Spaghetti Incident. Gilby was in most of the music videos because Izzy left shortly after the albums came out is all.

Izzy is GnR brains…. He not just playing, he is composser…

He was on the album and on a portion of that tour

Izzy stradlin is the most underrated rhythm guitar player ever he deserves more

He meant co-wrote

Izzy should of sang more in gnr

Izzy was GnR. Got fed up with axles shit and they never recovered.

Izzy was a big part of GnR.

Most of izzy guitars are almost impossible to be heard on UYI

Que mala pregunta

Is this why the records aren’t as good without me straddlin

Pretty uninformed interviewer tbh! 😬