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Discography
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction [1987]
01 - Welcome To The Jungle
02 - It's So Easy
03 - Nightrain
04 - Out Ta Get Me
05 - Mr - Browstone
06 - Paradise City
07 - My Michelle
08 - Think About You
09 - Sweet Child O' Mine
10 - You're Crazy
11 - Anything Goes
12 - Rocket Queen
Guns N' Roses - Lies [1988]
01 - Reckless Life
02 - Nice Boys
03 - Move To The City
04 - Mama Kin
05 - Patience
06 - Used To Love Her
07 - You're Crazy
08 - One In A Million
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I [1991]
01 - Right Next Door To Hell
02 - Dust N' Bones
03 - Live And Let Die
04 - Don't Cry (Original)
05 - Perfect Crime
06 - You Ain't The First
07 - Bad Obsession
08 - Back Off Bitch
09 - Double Talkin Jive
10 - November Rain
11 - The Garden
12 - Garden Of Eden
13 - Don't Damn Me
14 - Bad Apples
15 - Dead Horse
16 - Coma
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II [1991]
01 - Civil War
02 - 14 Years
03 - Yesterdays
04 - Knockin On Heavens Door
05 - Get In The Ring
06 - Shotgun Blues
07 - Breakdown
08 - Pretty Tied Up
09 - Locomotive
10 - So Fine
11 - Estranged
12 - You Could Be Mine
13 - Don't Cry (Alt - Lyrics)
14 - My World
Guns N' Roses - The Spaghetti Incident [1993]
01 - Since I Don't Have You
02 - New Rose
03 - Down On The Farm
04 - Human Being
05 - Raw Power
06 - Ain't It Fun
07 - Buick Makane
08 - Hair Of The Dog
09 - Attitude
10 - Black Leather
11 - You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory
12 - I Don't Care About You
13 - Look At Your Game Girl
Guns N' Roses - Live Era 87-93 [1999]
01 - Nightrain
02 - Mr - Brownstone
03 - It's So Easy
04 - Welcome To The Jungle
05 - Dust N' Bones
06 - My Michelle
07 - You're Crazy
08 - Used To Love Her
09 - It's Alright
10 - November Rain
11 - Out Ta Get Me
12 - Pretty Tied Up
13 - Yesterdays
14 - Move To The City
15 - You Could Be Minev 16 - Rocket Queen
17 - Sweet Child O' Mine
18 - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
19 - Don't Cry
20 - Estranged
21 - Paradise City
Current members
Axl Rose - lead vocals (1985-present)
Dizzy Reed - keyboards (1990-present)
Tommy Stinson - bass guitar (1998-present)
Robin Finck - lead guitar (1998-present)
Chris Pitman - keyboards, programming (1998-present)
Brian "Brain" Mantia - drums (2000-present)
Richard Fortus - rhythm guitar (2002-present)
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal - lead guitar (2006-present)
Former members
Ole Beich - bass (1985)
Rob Gardner - drums (1985)
Tracii Guns - lead guitar (1985)
Steven Adler - drums (1985-1990)
Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar (1985-1991)
Gilby Clarke - rhythm guitar (1991-1994)
Slash - lead guitar (1985-1996)
Matt Sorum - drums (1990-1997)
Duff McKagan - bass (1985-1998)
Josh Freese - drums (1997-2000)
Paul Tobias - rhythm guitar (1994-2002)
Buckethead - lead guitar (2000-2004)
Touring members
Tracey Amos - backing vocals (1991-1993)
Teddy Andreadis - harmonica, keyboards, backing vocals (1991-1993)
Roberta Freeman - backing vocals (1991-1993)
Diane Jones - backing vocals (1991-1993)
Anne King - horns (1991-1993)
Lisa Maxwell - horns (1991-1993)
Cece Worrall - horns (1991-1993)
Touring substitutes
Fred Coury - drums (1987-1988 - eight performances)
Stephen Harris - bass (1988 - one performance)
Don Henley - drums (1989 - one performance)
Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar (1993 - five performances)
Frank Ferrer - drums (2006 - twenty-one performances)
Touring guests
Vince Neil - vocals (1988 - one performance)
Matt McKagan - horns (1989 - four performances)
Shannon Hoon - bongos, vocals (1991-1993 - nine performances)
Sebastian Bach - vocals (1991, 2006 - fifteen performances)
Lenny Kravitz - guitar, vocals (1992 - one performance)
Steven Tyler - vocals (1992 - one performance)
Joe Perry - guitar (1992 - one performance)
Brian May - guitar (1992-1993 - two performances)
Elton John - piano, vocals (1992 - two performances)
Ronnie Wood - guitar (1993 - two performances)
Tom Doyle - bongos (1993 - four performances)
Michael Monroe - vocals (1993 - one performance)
Blake Stanton - vocals (1993 - one performance)
Izzy Stradlin - guitar (2006 - seventeen performances)
Kid Rock - vocals (2006 - one performance)
When Tracii Guns and Rob Gardner could not appear at one of the first Guns N' Roses shows in Seattle, Rose called guitarist Slash and drummer Steven Adler, whom he had met recently, and asked if they would join the band on stage for the show. They agreed, and in early 1986 joined full-time, thus creating the band's most famous lineup: Axl Rose (lead vocals), Slash (lead guitar), Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitar), Duff McKagan (bass) and Steven Adler (drums) . On the way back to Los Angeles, Axl wrote the lyrics for "Welcome to the Jungle", which eventually became their signature song.
a Geffen Records executive witnessed a Guns n Roses show at the Troubadour, then falsely warned other scouts that they suck so he could have more time to sign them. Axl Rose demanded and received a $75,000 advance before revealing that he promised an A&R from Chrysalis that the band would sign with her if she walked naked down Sunset Boulevard. For three days Greffen Records watched for a naked A&R executive before he could close the deal. Alan Niven was hired as the bands manager,and then set out to record the bands fulllength album.
In 1986 they released there first album Live Like A Suicide?!.@* Only 10,000 vinyl copies of the album were produced and even though the tracks were re issued two years later as part of the GNR Lies EP, the original Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide has been a valuable and sought after collector's item among fans since the late 1980s.
Appetite for Destruction was released on July 21, 1987. In the US, Welcome to the Jungle was issued as its first single with an accompanying music video. Initially, the album and single did not perform well, but when Geffen Records founder David Geffen was asked to lend support to the band, he obliged by personally requesting MTV executives to add "Welcome to the Jungle" to their after hours rotation. Even though the video was played at inopportune times like 5am, rock fans took notice and began requesting the video and song
Sweet Child O Mine was the album's second US single. the song and its accompanying music video received heavy airplay on both radio and MTV, and became a hit during the summer of 1988. Welcome to the Jungle was then reissued as a single with new pressings of records and tapes and new artwork.
By the time Paradise City and its video reached the airwaves, the band's touring success and fame had catapulted the album to 1 on the Billboard charts. Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child O' Mine and Paradise City were each US top ten singles. To date Appetite For Destruction has sold over twenty million copies
Guns N' Roses began opening shows for major rock acts, but as their fame began to take hold, a world tour in support of Appetite for Destruction was scheduled. The band traveled across the United States, and in spring of 1988 were invited to the notorious Monsters of Rock Festival at Castle Donington, where they shared the stage with legendary groups like KISS and Iron Maiden. At the start of the Guns N' Roses set, the capacity crowd of over 100,000 began jumping and surging forward. Despite Axl's requests that the crowd move away from the stage, two fans were trampled to death. Without knowledge of the extent of fan injuries, the band continued playing, and was largely blamed by the media for the tragedy. Events such as these during the Appetite for Destruction tour earned the group their title of "world's most dangerous band".
In addition, the behavior of the band was also garnering negative attention from the media. McKagan, Slash and Adler were often seen intoxicated both on and off stage. Members of the crew at the time stated that Slash often had to be carried onstage by a group of people and would sometimes pass out after the concert ended.
Guns N' Roses' next release was the EP G N' R Lies in 1988, which reached #2 on the Billboard music charts. The album included the four Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide recordings one side, and four acoustic songs on the other. The song "One in a Million", which included the words niggers and faggots led to controversy in which critics accused both the band and Axl Rose of racism and homophobia. Rose responded by saying the claims are unfounded, particularly when considering Slash himself is half black and half Jewish. He also went on to explain that the song reflected racial and prejudicial problems of society, rather than promoting them. Rose also cited that he was a fan of homosexual singers like Freddie Mercury and Elton John. The band had played gigs alongside the all-black group Body Count, and lead singer Ice-T said in his book The Ice Opinion that Axl had been a victim of the press the same way I am.
In 1990, Guns N' Roses returned to the studio to begin recording their most ambitious undertaking yet. During recording sessions, drummer Steven Adler was unable to perform due to his struggles with cocaine and heroin addiction.
With enough music for a double album, the band instead chose to release Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II as two separate albums on September 17, 1991. The tactic paid off when the albums debuted as #2 and #1 respectively on the Billboard charts. Prior to the release of both albums, Guns N' Roses embarked on the twenty-eight month long Use Your Illusion World Tour to support them. It would become famous for both its financial success and the many controversial incidents that occurred at the shows.
The creative highlights of the tour includes a Slash guitar solo incorporating The Godfather theme, and a brilliant piano driven Axl Rose solo of "It's Alright" by Black Sabbath. An extended jam on the classic rock inspired "Move to the City" was where Rose showcased the ensemble of musicians assembled for the tour. While many of the band's older tunes were presented in a revised or extended fashion, most of the Use Your Illusion songs were performed flawlessly similar to their studio takes.
Unfortunately, much of the tour's brilliant moments and accomplishments were equally matched and often overshadowed in the press by the riots, late starts, outspoken rantings by Rose that plagued it. While the band's previous drug and alcohol issues were seemingly under control, Axl was often agitated by lax security, sound problems, and unwanted filming or recording of the performances. He also used the banter inbetween songs to fire off political statements or retort against music critics or celebrity rivals.
During a July 2, 1991 concert at the recently built Riverport Arena in St. Louis, Missouri, Axl Rose jumped into the audience and tackled a fan that was recording the show with a video camera. After being pulled from the audience by his security team, Rose subsequently left the stage, ending the show early. The angry crowd began to riot, and dozens of people were injured. Rose was charged with having incited the riot, but police were unable to arrest him until almost a year later, as the band went overseas to continue the tour. Charges were filed against Rose, but a judge ruled that he did not directly incite the riot. In his defense, Rose stated that the Guns N' Roses personal security team had made four separate requests to the venue's security staff to remove the camera, all of which were ignored; that other members of the band had reported being hit by bottles from the audience; and that the venue's security had been lax, allowing weapons into the arena and refusing to enforce a drinking limit
In 1992, the band appeared at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, performing a two song set. Later in the year they went on a mini-tour with American heavy metal band Metallica. During a show in August 1992 at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, Metallica frontman James Hetfield suffered severe burns after stepping too close to a pyrotechnics blast. Metallica was forced to cancel the second hour of the show, but promised to return to the city for another show. After a long delay, during which the audience became increasingly restless, Guns N' Roses took the stage.
In May 1993, Gilby Clarke broke his wrist in a motorcycling accident and the band needed a replacement for some dates in Europe. Izzy Stradlin briefly returned for a string of five shows.
On November 23, 1993, Guns N' Roses released a collection of punk covers entitled The Spaghetti Incident?. Despite protests from Rose's bandmates, an unadvertised cover of the Charles Manson song Look at Your Game Girl was included on the album at his request. Years later, Rose said he would remove the song from new pressings of the album, citing that critics and the media had misinterpreted his interest in Manson. However, as of 2006, the song is still present on the album. The Spaghetti Incident? did not match the success of the Illusion albums and tensions increased within the band.
In 1994, Gilby Clarke was let go from the band as other members felt his songwriting skills were inadequate for their future projects. That same year, a cover version of The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" was recorded by the band for the movie Interview with the Vampire. The addition of Axl's childhood friend Paul Tobias in place of Clarke did not sit well with remaining band members. During the recording of "Sympathy for the Devil", Tobias played several solos in addition to solos that Slash had recorded. Slash was infuriated when he heard the song's final mix and that Tobias' solos were used in place of his.
Slash then drifted in and out of the band for the next year or so, beginning a side project called Slash's Snakepit before finally quitting in late 1996, citing musical differences with Rose. He was replaced by Robin Finck. The next year, drummer Sorum was fired from the group following a verbal dispute with Rose regarding negative comments Paul Tobias had made about Slash. In early 1998, McKagan opted out of his contract. This left Rose as the sole original member of the group.
Live Like A Suicide?!.@* (sold 10k)
AFD (15x platinum)
GNR Lies (5x platinum)
UYI I (7x platinum)
UYI II (7x platinum)
The Spaghetti Incident (Platinum)
UYI (About 431k Sold)
Live Era: 87-93' (Gold)
Greatest Hits (3x Platinum)
Awards
1988 - Best New Artist - MTV Video Music Awards
1989 - Favorite Pop/Rock Single - American Music Awards
1989 - Best Heavy Metal Video - MTV Video Music Awards
1990 - Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist - American Music Awards
1990 - Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Album - American Music Awards
1992 - Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist - American Music Awards
1992 - Video Vanguard - MTV Video Music Awards
1992 - Best Cinematography - MTV Video Music Awards
1993 - Best Selling Hard Rock Artist - World Music Awards
Televised performances
1988 - MTV at The Ritz
1988 - The Late Show
1988 - MTV Video Music Awards
1989 - American Music Awards
1990 - Farm Aid IV
1991 - Rock in Rio II
1991 - MTV Video Music Awards
1991 - MTV New Year's Eve
1992 - American Music Awards
1992 - Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992 - Use Your Illusion Tour
1992 - Use Your Illusion Tour
1992 - MTV Video Music Awards
1992 - Use Your Illusion Tour
1992 - Use Your Illusion Tour
1993 - Use Your Illusion Tour
2001 - Rock in Rio III
2002 - MTV Video Music Awards
2006 - Rock in Rio V
2006 - Download Festival
Godfather theme ----->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYTaQC9ZdvA
Garden Of Eden ------>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7SYtuHUP3s
Guns N' Roses performing 'Knocking On Heaven's Door' live at the Freddie Mercury tribute show, Wembley Stadium, 1992. ----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLOJpImH2UY
November Rain Music Video ------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPYkn82nz18 [/url]
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