Steven Adler (born
Michael Coletti; January 22, 1965) is an American musician. He is best known as the former drummer and co-songwriter of the
hard rock band
Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s. Adler was fired from Guns N' Roses over his heroin addiction in 1990, following which he reformed his old band
Road Crew and briefly joined
BulletBoys, which both proved unsuccessful. During the 2000s, Adler was the drummer of the band
Adler's Appetite, and since 2012, he has held the same position in the band
Adler. He appeared on the second and fifth seasons of the reality TV show
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, as well as on the first season of its spin-off
Sober House. He was inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Guns N' Roses.