Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich was responsible for him joining Guns N’ Roses.The sticksman, who also went to perform with members of the band in the supergroup Velvet Revolver, was part of the GN’R line-up from 1989 to 1997 following the departure of Steve Adler.
Sorum never rejoined the band.Recalling how he got the job on a recent on Instagram post, he wrote: “Happy Birthday to my pal of 31 years Lars Ulrich.
We met when the Cult opened the Justice For All tour and spent many nights on the road together living the life of Rock ‘N’ Roll.”“After that we remained close as Lars was the one that gave Slash my phone number to get in GN’R,” he continued. “Of course the Epic GN’R, Metallica Stadium tour was legendary.
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