The Outpatience was an American hard rock group formed in California by the guitarist West Arkeen, who is best known for co-writing several Guns N' Roses songs, in 1995.
[1] The band released one album, Anxious Disease in 1996, but soon disbanded following Arkeen's death on May 30, 1997, in Los Angeles as a result of a drug overdose.
Following his success as a prominent rock songwriter, writing and co-writing several songs for Guns N' Roses, Brother Cane, Phantom Blue, Asphalt Ballet and Duff McKagan, Arkeen started his own project, The Outpatience, in 1995.
The group's line-up was rounded up by vocalist Mike Shotton of Von Groove, guitarist Joey Hunting of Billy Joel, David Lee Roth and Dear Mr. President/Flesh & Blood, bassist James Hunting of Eddie Money and David Lee Roth, drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. of Paul McCartney and keyboardist Gregg Buchwalter.
It was produced by Noel Golden, whose credits include Slash's Snakepit, Neurotic Outsiders and the Beth Hart Band, and co-produced by Arkeen.