Steven Adler

Steven Adler
Adler (left) with Gilby Clarke in July 2012
Background information
Birth name	Michael Coletti
Born	(1965-01-22) January 22, 1965 (age 51) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Drums, percussion
Years active	1982–present
Labels	Geffen, UZI Suicide, Shrapnel
Associated acts	Adler, Adler's Appetite, BulletBoys, Guns N' Roses, Hollywood Rose, Road Crew, Vain
Notable instruments
Rockett Drum Works drums Soultone cymbals Paiste cymbals Pearl drums (1980's & 90's)

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.

Adler was born as Michael Coletti in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of an Italian-American father, Michael Coletti, and a Jewish American mother, Deanna. After his father left the family, his mother moved with her children to Los Angeles, California. Originally named after his father, he was then renamed Steven in adherence of Jewish naming convention, which forbids children from being named after living people, and he later took on the surname Adler from his mother's marriage to Melvin Adler. He has an older brother, Kenny, and a younger half-brother, Jamie. Adler grew up in the San Fernando Valley until the age of 13, when he was sent to live with his grandparents in Hollywood due to his bad behavior. At Bancroft Junior High, Adler befriended Saul Hudson, later known as Slash; they met when Adler had a skateboarding accident and Slash stopped to help him. After ninth grade, Adler returned to his parents' house in the Valley for the remainder of high school, during which time he learned to play drums.