If it wasn't for KISS, there would be no Guns N' Roses. Bands like that made Guns N' Roses. We were five guys with five personalities and five different influences. The stars were aligned for us.

Adler then briefly joined a local band known as Hollywood Rose which featured singer Axl Rose and guitarist Izzy Stradlin. Although Slash was also in attendance he did not join the band on stage stating that he did not want to encourage the notion of a Guns N' Roses reunion. He has an older brother Kenny and a younger half-brother Jamie.

During the 2000s Adler was the drummer and frontman of the band Adler's Appetite and since 2012 he has held the same positions in the band Adler. Steven Adler (born Michael Coletti; January 22 1965) is an American musician.