Steven Adler joined Guns N' Roses in 1985. Photo / Getty Images
Steven Adler joined Guns N' Roses in 1985. Photo / Getty Images
Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adley has reportedly been hospitalised after a self-inflicted knife wound.
According to Variety, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that officers had responded to the musician's home in Studio City, California, after being told of a possible suicide attempt.
"Officers determinedthat there was no crime and the incident was being treated as a medical emergency," said the police spokesperson. Adler, 54, was taken to hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.
Guns N' Roses, left to right: Duff 'Rose' McKagan, Slash, Axl Rose, Steven Adler and Izzy Stradlin. Photo / Supplied
From Cleveland, Ohio, Adler joined Guns N' Roses in 1985 but was kicked out in 1990 because of his struggles with drug addiction.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 with other members of the band despite his exit two decades earlier.
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