Dizzy Reed

Dizzy Reed is one of rock's most underrated loyalists — the guy has been behind the keys for Guns N' Roses since 1990, and outside of Axl Rose himself, nobody in that band has the seniority he does. Think about that: he survived every lineup implosion, every years-long hiatus, the entire Chinese Democracy saga, and came out the other side to play the epic "Not in This Lifetime" reunion tour with Slash and Duff back in the fold. He's not a frontman, he doesn't get the magazine covers, but those keyboards on tracks like "November Rain" and "Estranged" are load-bearing walls of some of the biggest rock records ever made. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Hinsdale, Illinois kid made good — Dizzy Reed is the definition of ride-or-die.

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Name (English)

Dizzy Reed

Name (Japanese)

ディジー・リード

Reading

でぃじー・りーど

Born

June 18, 1963 (age 63)

Origin

Hinsdale, Illinois, United States

Occupation

pianist / musician / songwriter / backing vocalist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit

High school

Fairview High School

Awards & achievements

• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

• Official sitehttps://www.gunsnroses.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizzy%20Reed
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313502

Tags

• Illinois
• pianist
• musician
• songwriter

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.