- Born
- Birth nameJeffrey Dean Isbell
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Blogmonstermike
- Long black hair
- Frequently wears a cap on-stage
- 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
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