GNR is the best band for me, and Appetite is the best album. There are many great bands and albums, but these make the diference. Undoubtly the best of the last 20 years, don’t you think so? ummm well…

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should stop. Appetite is a great, great album. Nirvana? Great, great band. Speedballs? Great drug. You can’t recapture 20 years ago, so there’s no need to fight about what knocked hair metal off. Damn, just love music. Let’s hear it for Hanoi, Pistols, Explosions, Mogwai, Faster P., Mudhoney, Ramones, the Kinks, the Beach Boys, at least five hundred other bands I could name, from many different genres. Goddamn, let’s love pop music…all these bands, modern and defunct, are a testament to people who believe in what they do, have merit, and do what they do brilliantly. I’m an alt/indie guy who misses G’NR and had their album three days upon release. There’s room for all. Damn. Rock.

I don’t know which is funnier, watching people refer to those Seattle grunge bands as “talented musicians”, or seeing someone reference a Wikipedia article as though it’s a credible source of information. If your knowledge consists of only what you can find with a Google search, stay out of music discussions. Also, Skid Row was from Jersey, not L.A.

I can’t wait till next year when its the 10th anniverary of “GN’R Lies” - the most pivitol piece of music GN’R has ever contributed to rock n’ roll. The acoustic songs sum up the GN’R lifestyle to a tee. Also, let’s face it, it changed humanity as we know it.

Appetite for Destruction was the first compact disc I ever purchased. I fell in love with it immediately. When Nevermind came out, I loved it equally as much. Why is everyone so concerned with defending what they think is the “best” music, and criticizing everything else? Ignorance, maybe?

“Nirvanna didn’t single-handedly kill hair metal. They had great help from Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice and Chains”

How quickly you forget this little threesome of 1990-1991: Skid Row, Pantera and Metallica. Say what you will, but Skid Row’s “Slave to the Grind” was the first real metal CD to go to #1, and Pantera’s “Far Beyond Driven” was the first thrash record to go #1. Then the Black Album came along and Metallica blew up. Hair metal disappeared, and most fans either went with the new punk of Nirvana et. al. or the real metal of Pantera and Slayer. Too bad Skid Row didn’t follow the path they laid with “Slave to the Grind” - it’s a vastly underrated metal CD.

Well said Veronica. I too think GNR is the greatest band, and yet know there are better bands. It is indeed like it is.

GNR, at least to me, are the greatest band ever, i known theres better bands, but to me thats like it is, and well, i dont know exactly why theres a war between nirvanas fans and gnr s fans, mmm, but they are really fucking amazing bands, and im sure one of you will kill me for this, but i dont give a shit, also, if you dont know, duff and kurt talked in the plane to seattle, and there was no problem, acctually, duff could saved him, but he didint, so, jajaja

Deedee,
This is a BLOG where others are free to express their opinions about music topics.
Taking stabs at the music fans themselves is ignorance in itself.
You are not qualified to make that judgement call.
Get over it.

As much as I love Nirvana and some of the other grunge bands, enough with the Misery Rock. It’s old and played out. We’re living in a time where our leaders are pushing us all into annilation. Time to listen to good time Rock ‘N Roll again!!!

If I see another PJ fan making a fool out of him/herself spreading ignorance, I am not afraid to tell them to shut up. I can smell a ‘ten’ era wanna be PJ fan a mile a way. If you don’t know your PJ then shut the hell up.

GNR latest album, Libertad, is incredible. True GNR fans know that GNR made the right choice to go out and get a new lead singer!

Johny and Willard,
During the 80’s, GNR were part of that whole LA bar circuit scene, along with LA Guns, Poison, Cinderella, Ratt, Motley Crue, Skid Row, White Lion, etc. They were all hair-bands, GNR included. The only thing which separated GNR from the rest was that they became the most commercially successful band out of the bunch. Steven Adler was a really good drummer, who was with GNR at the peak of their career circa Appetite For Destruction days.

Johny and Willard,
During the 80’s, GNR were part of that whole LA bar cicuit scene, along with LA Guns, Poison, Cinderella, Ratt, Motley Crue, Skid Row, White Lion, etc. They were all hair-bands, GNR included. The only thing which separated GNR from the rest was that they became the most commercially successful band out of the bunch. Steven Adler was a really good drummer, who was with GNR at the peak of their career circa Appetite For Destruction days.

Basser, you just contradicted yourself by stating yourself that Nirvana had the first “big hit”.

It was viewed on MTV by massive audiences. That’s exactly why Nirvana was the very first to break down the barriers into “mainstream” during the grunge era. Most significantly, it also helped open the doors for other music artists.

Basser, you just contradicted yourself by stating yourself that Nirvana had the first “big hit”.

It was viewed on MTV by massive audiences. That’s exactly why Nirvana was the very first to break down the barriers into “mainstream” during the grunge era. Most significantly, it opened a the doors.

Nirvanna didn’t single-handedly kill hair metal. They had great help from Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice and Chains. (Pearl Jam made the cover of Time magazine, not Nirvanna, so please, Cobain fans, quit rewriting history. Nirvanna wasn’t the sole reason for the grunge explosion. The first to have a big hit, yes, but not the only important one.
Also, you had the likes of Mariah Carey and Garth Brooks helping pull listeners away from hair metal, too, some 15 years ago. Let’s keep the facts straight and stop overrating Nirvanna.

Nirvanna didn’t single-handedly kill hair metal. They had great help from Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice and Chains. (Pearl Jam made the cover of Time magazine, not Nirvanna, so please, Cobain fans, quit rewriting history. Nirvanna wasn’t the sole reason for the grunge explosion. The first to have a big hit, yes, but not the only important one.
Also, you had the likes of Mariah Carey and Garth Brooks helping pull listeners away from hair metal, too, some 15 years ago. Let’s keep the facts straight and stop overrating Nirvanna.

theUnderground, explain what Adler was doing playing that hair metal gig? Simple, Adler had a drug induced coma in the mid 90s, suffered serious permanent damage, and nowadays will take any gig. He was kicked out of GNR in 1990/91. Adler playing that Rocklahoma gig has nothing to do with GNR being hair metal clown.

theUnderground, if you think the majority of knowledgeable people in the music business consider GNR a “hair band” you’re misguided. You’re in the wrong here. Poison, Cinderella, Whitesnake, Twisted Sister, etc were hair bands. Def Leapard may be a little on the bubble (they’re hair metal imo) but not GNR.

Dear kdh2,
Grunge attracted both alternative music listeners and metal listeners. For that reason, it was a sound and style unique unto itself. And that’s probably where the lines of distinction get blurred, because it also drew from punk and non-mainstream alt-rock influences. Despite the fact that Soundgarden toured with GNR, it was actually Nirvana which broke into the mainstream firstly with Nevermind, paving the way for Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and AIC. Nirvana did not tour with GNR.
Cameron Crowe may have also had something to do with the exposure of the Seattle music scene of the time, with his film Singles. He happened to be in Seattle shooting the movie during that time period, just before the whole grunge movement broke through. Soundgarden and AIC performed music in some of the scenes, and Eddie Vedder played a small role in the film as well.

In a way gnr did kind of help pave the way for grunge because it changed the direction music was going. Plus a lot of fans of gnr are also fans of grunge too. Like how soundgarden opened or toured [can’t remember which] with gnr. But it doesn’t matter people like what they like and think what they think regardless of what comments are posted on a rolling stone website.

Why are GNR fans so defensive on this post? Genre names differentiate between “styles” of music and eras in pop-culture. Nothing more, nothing less. Nobody mentioned anything negative about the music itself.

Kurt Cobain was once quoted as saying:
“We’re so trendy we can’t even escape ourselves.”

To all of you who are in denial that GNR is a hair-metal band…
If Guns ‘N Roses really isn’t a “hair-metal” band, as many of you claim at this post,
then perhaps some of you can explain what original GNR drummer Steven Adler was doing playing at the “The Rocklahoma: Four Days of ’80s Hair-Metal Mania” festival?

Check out the Rolling Stone “Rock Report” article, featured on the RS web site homepage. GNR is mentioned numemerous times in that article and by GNR fans commenting at that post.

BTW…by Nirvana’s debut I mean “commercial” debut. As first seen on MTV by mainstream audiences.

Re: to Chris,
Split the difference. We are talking about 2 different genres and musical styles altogether, which not everybody will agree upon. At best, music is subjective, and everyone will have their own tastes and preferences. Nirvana was an alternative rock band which did not expect to so quicky achieve the commercial level of success it achieved. Its debut, Nevermind, knocked Michael Jackson right out of number 1 position on the sales charts, which was completely unheard of, back in those days.
GNR did enjoy the success they achieved. No question, they were huge in their heyday, and developed their own following of fans to this day, which nobody is arguing, and nobody it taking away from. But so did other genres and sub-genres of music. GNR went into hiatus because of conflicts between bandmembers. So be it. Grunge and alternative rock music became popular in the 90’s only because it was new, different, innovative, edgy and unique when it was first introduced to “mainstream” audiences. It snuck up from the underground, and took everyone by surprise.

GNR was not an 80s glam band. They were a hard rock band that saved rock from the bloated glam metal scene and ruled from 1988-1994 until they broke up (the only hint of glam was Axl’s teased hair in the Jungle video). The grunge scened did not mark the end of GNR. In fact, GNR outsold Nirvana from 1991-1994 when Cobain left the planet and GNR split up. GNR was the last great american rock band and the last band out of the Led Zeplin/Rolling Stones/Aerosmith mold. GNR marked the end of glam and would have still been huge during the grunge movement if GNR didn’t break up. GNR broke up, they weren’t pushed aside by grunge.

Re: To Deedee,
Other Pearl Jam fans might be prompted to question “your” loyalty and knowledge as a true and original Pearl Jam fan. Nirvana paved the way for other alternative artists to break into mainstream, wiping out hair-band music styles from the popular mainstream music scene. That credit, as you proclaim, does not go to GNR, because GNR was never an alternative rock or grunge band to begin with. GNR had nothing at all to do with the underground Seattle music scene during the early 90’s.

Shame on DeeDee for being a self-proclaimed loyal PJ fan and dissing another PJ fan under the same breath. What sounds “fresh” to one person might sound old to somebody else, and vice-versa.

I found a track from the 86-88 years, both live and in the studio, called “Shadow of Your Love” It rocks to high hell, go find it people.

Lansdale,
Grunge “is” a form of alternative rock, inspired by heavy metal, indie rock and punk. The reason why PJ, Soundgarden and AIC became big arena concert acts is because they became commercially successful. Alternative lost its original meaning after it broke into mainstream during the 90’s (aka commercial success). Alternative is now a misused term, used as a brand in the mainstream. Bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam, on the contrary, were in fact concerned about “selling out”. Back in the 90’s they were uncomfortable with their commercial success, just to add to more confusion. You are right about Matt Cameron - thanks for clearing that up. All the original bandmembers of PJ are indeed still intact.

hey FakeHelmet, if Guns n’ Roses isn’t hair metal, I don’t know what is….ever seen Axl’s hair in the “Welcome to the Jungle” video? It’s teased more than the bass player for Poison!!

As a major GNR and pearl jam fan I must say that even though PJ still playing to sell out small crowds and it has a loyal fan base (including myself) I must give it to GNR too because at times PJ’s music hasn’t aged that well over the years. If you play ‘Ten’ it sounds like it was made in the 90’s. But if you play ‘Appetite for destruction’ now, it sounds so dated and fresh.
GNR IS hard rock, and they wiped out the hair metal scene. This was commented on ‘The history of Metal’ documentary by experts that even Ozzy Osbourne agreed.
Shame on the PJ fan here. Please don’t embarrass the rest of us.

To add to all the confusion, let’s say this…

FakeHelmet — Pearl Jam’s original drummer WAS NOT Dave Abbrusezzee. Their early demos were recorded with Matt Cameron; “Ten” featured Dave Krusen; dates on the “Ten” tour featured Matt Chamberlin. Abbrusezzee came on board for Vs. and Vitalogy. Rumor has it he was kicked out of the band for being too much of a “rock star.”

There isn’t much correlation between GNR and the grunge movement, except that Duff MacKagan is an old Seattle homeboy who played in the scene up here. He’s around the same age as all the PJ dudes as well and played in some old Seattle punk bands (yes punk — dig in the videos, he’s wearing a TSOL shirt).

Alt rock vs. grunge? Pearl Jam/Soundgarden/Alice in Chains are HUGE STADIUM ROCK ACTS who were concerned with success. Mother Love Bone — PJ’s precursor, sounds A LOT like GNR. And they were a Seattle hair-metal group basically.

But speaking of hair metal and the age old debate of “Were GNR hair metal?” Who cares. Really. Who cares? They’re not even metal. They’re hard rock, with definite doses of glam, and anyone who tries to claim their doo’s weren’t teased and styled in the “Jungle” video would be insane.

Still, they slayed Ratt, Poison and their ilk. Appetite was big, mean, ugly, offensive and rocked with abandon.

Somebody call a therapist.
FakeHelmet is in serious hair-metal denial. And GNR’s influence had abolutely zero to do with
…oh, nevermind.

OnthePlainz..

“Hair metal was a term used to describe glam metal bands, and GNR were classified under the glam metal genre”…

…Do me a favor! Take you head out your dictionary and listen to the music. GnR are not Glam or Hair metal, they just emerged during that era.

Dear FakeHelmet and Amanda,
Zig and Buzzz are correct. Hair metal was a term used to describe glam metal bands, and GNR were classified under the glam metal genre. Google and research it yourselves: Glam Metal (as well as its subgenre, Sleaze Rock). Seattle grunge during the early 90’s wiped out “glam metal”.

FakeHelmet and Amanda,
Please take the time to read the following article, and “then” post your well-researched comments:

http://en.wikiped ia.org/wiki/Glam_metal

Dear FakeHelmet and Amanda,

You might want to do some “homework” yourselves:

“The term hair metal was popularized by MTV in the 1990s and derives from the tendency amongst some bands to style their long hair in a teased-up fashion. During its heyday, the genre was often referred to as heavy metal or simply metal.”

“In the early 1990s glam metal’s popularity rapidly declined after over a decade of success. Several music writers and musicians began to deride glam metal acts as “hair farmers,” hinting at the soon to be popularized term hair metal. Several factors played a role in the decline; blame is often placed squarely at the door of grunge music from Seattle.”

Check it out one of many reference articles at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w iki/Glam_metal

Zig - If GnR were a hair metal band, why weren’t the likes of Poison, Ratt or Crue in the charts or selling records in the early 90’s like GnR? Oh, and who said GnR were a Metal band? Hard Rock band maybe, but not Metal and definately not Hair Metal. Loser.

Whoever says Guns N Roses wasn’t a hair band back in the day is an idiot.They were there with the others-Ratt,Motley Crue,Poison,etc.etc.
If they can’t tell the difference between a hair band and a metal band,they shouldn’t comment on here.

Dear “TheBuzz”

You need to research your music history…

Appetite for Destruction is what killed hair metal and paved a way for grunge to reach the mainsteam. GnR were hard rock with attitude (this is the difference) who’s live shows were based purely on the music and not the “show” of makeup, lightshows, pyrotechnics or cheezy love rock. In a musical sense they rebelled against the mainstream rock of that time - which is exactly what Nirvana did with Nevermind.

You should also realize that Use your Illusion 1 & 2 sold a combined 30m records, mostly in 91,92,93 & 94 during their world tour, this was during the grunge explosion of Soundgarden, Alice In Chains and Pearl Jam - Who by the way, do not still have their original lineup (Dave Abbruzzese was the original drummer).

So your wrong, GnR built a bridge for the mainstream to move away from hair metal and into grunge and eventually the nu metal era.

Whoever calls GNR an 80’s hair band is an idiot and knows nothing about music. Listen to Ratt, Poison, Great White, and Whitesnake and then listen to Appetite for Destruction. If you don’t hear a difference, you shouldn’t be commenting on this board.

AFD was a great album - not a classic - but still very good.

Other eras are allowed to have their favourites (Dark Side, Sgt Peppers, Thriller, Soft Bulletin, Pet Sounds, Rumours, Transformer et al), so why not this one ?

So dust off the vinyl/CD, plug in the headphones, enjoy the nostalgia and move on. It’s part of musical history now.

In response again to “Rob” who claims that Appetite for Destruction was what made Nirvana’s “Nevermind” and Pearl Jam’s “Ten” possible:

Let’s not forget that Guns ‘n Roses were an 80’s hair-band which were completely wiped out in popularity during the early 90’s when alternative rock bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam broke through into the mainstream.

The hair-bands of the 80’s declined in popularity because alternative music offered something new, fresh, edgy, insightful and innovative to the music scene.

And despite the fact that grunge/alt-rock also faded in popularity in the “mainstream” music scene, alternative music never intended to go “mainstream” and corporate in the first place. It’s success was a surprise. The big corporate record labels wanted to capitalize on its sudden popularity.

And in contrast to Guns ‘N Roses, Pearl Jam is still intact to this day with its “original” band members, has its own loyal following of fans, has been consistently producing new music, and touring successfully. Not to mention the fact that they happen to be one of the best live bands in concert, then and now.

blah blah blah - yeah the album is great - it’s the big “lets remember when bands rocked” tribute. Now we just get super harmonized choruses and BS American Idol crap - woe is music these days - woe is music. Come on Michael Jackson, come out with the heaviest rockin alubum ever to silence the world - lol

RE: in reply to “Rob” who claims that Appetite for Destruction was what made Nirvana’s Nevermind and Pearl Jam’s “Ten” possible.

Firstly, Nirvana and Pearl Jam, during the early 90’s, were part of an entirely different music scene than Guns ‘N Roses were. The Seattle underground music scene.

Nirvana’s influences and initial supporters were The Melvins. Nirvana recorded their first demos with Sub Pop records on a limited budget. In 1990, their demos were circulating amongst major labels,
thus creating a buzz for “themselves.

Pearl Jam also reached success on their own merit, talent and previous background. Prior to Pearl Jam forming together as a band, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament played in the bands Green River and Mother Lovebone, which were the grunge pioneers of the Seattle music scene. They then formed together with Mike McCready and started to build up song material and demos. One of the demos was handed over to Eddie Vedder by “Red Hot Chili Peppers’” drummer, Jack Irons. Eddie Vedder
was then asked to audition for Mookie Blayock, later known to become “Pearl Jam”. Just prior to Pearl Jam forming together as a group, their members collaborated together with Chris Cornell and Soundgarden’s drummer, Matt Cameron, on the Temple of the Dog project, all creating their own “buzz” and vibe within the Seattle music scene at the time. Perry Farrell’s non-corporate-sponsored travelling Lollapalooza festivals also supported Pearl Jam and Soundgarden’s mounting fan bases.

So then I reiterate, what does the success of Nirvana and Pearl Jam
have anything to do with Guns and Roses? Give credit where it is due, to the talented music artists themselves who created their “own buzz”, and the fans themselves who loved their music, supported them, and bought their cd’s.

http://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v =j3JOo2dSNOY This is an audio clip of Guns N Roses performing the legendary song “Don’t Cry” last night, after the concert was officially over. This is the first time Axl has performed the song in 15 years, since the death of Shannon Hoon. Maybe this will shut the critics up.

rod you are a fucking genious

Mmm, just so you know, Rolling Stone, Tracii Guns was also in GNR. Where do you think the “guns” part of the name comes from? You’re a music magazine?

The new Velvet Revolver record is amazing…. 10 times better than their last one..

Guns visiting Japan is a legendary “Nippon Budokan” performance now on Wednesday.

Appetite was overrated?

1. Appetite single handedly changed the face of rock in the late 80’s. Anyone that doesn’t get the fact that Appetite is the album that made albums like Nirvana’s Nevermind, or Pearl Jam’s Ten, possible, is a ignorant jackass who needs to go back in time to see what rock was like before GnR, and what it was like after… Poison would have still been huge going into the mid 90’s!

2. GnR does NOT have a reputation built on 1 album, if the Use Your Illusion albums weren’t so big, people wouldn’t have been wanting a 3rd album of original material well into the late 90’s, in fact serious interest in a new GnR album didn’t begin to disappear until between 1998 and 2001, when everyone began to find out that Axl was the only REAL member left.

3. Greatness has NOTHING to do with longevity, nor does the number of albums a band puts out… I dare the ass that made that statement to say Kiss is greater than Jimi Hendrix. For the record.

4. For the record, between 1987 and 1993, GnR only had time to release the albums they did, because they were on the road performing most of that time.

5.Metallica are fucking sellouts… There are only 2 bigger dicks, in rock, than Axl Rose, and they are James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.

Appetite For Destruction is the best rock album of the last 25 years, and if not #1, definately top 5… So all the haters can suck my asshole

Break out the celebratory botox!

Axl Rose is GOD!!!!

jjj

Guns N Roses are the most OVER-RATED band of all time.

How you like them fucking apples?

HEY ROLLINGSTONE!!! You guys did a cover story on the 10th birthday of NEVERMIND….What about a cover story on the 20th anniversary of APPETITE!!!!!

The Pistols only sold 1 million of their record yet 2 million musicians claim to be inspired by it. Appetite sold 15 million. Appetite is one of the records that started a revolution!!! The pistols are only great in people’s minds!!

If the sex pistols were so important to Rock and Roll then why has their only album sold about 1 million copies…..Funny since about 2 million musicians claim to be inspired by that album.

metallica and guns n roses are different types of bands don’t bring them into this and chinese democracy cant be as good as appetite without slash, and how many years has it been since axl began promising that album?

Guns N Roses.
Greatest Band of the Late 20th Century.
Appetite for Destruction.
Greatest album of the last 20th century.
Izzy Stradlin just came out with a new album Miami, you can buy on ITunes.
Velvet Revolver just came out with a new cd called Libertad.
Steve Adler has a speech impedement due to shooting a speedball, and lives of his AFD royalties.
Chinese Democracy starts tomorrow night in Japan, sold out show, long live Guns N F’kin Roses.

love the band, love the the album

…and meanwhile Axl get his hair extensions at the same salon that Britney does. Brilliant…

wow, i can’t believe its been 20 years!

After 20 years, I think it holds up extremely well. Just on the basis of this album, G n’ R ranks aa one of the three greatest L.A. bands ever (along with the Doors and X).

iZZY RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of the most beautifully and magnificently sleaze infested albums of all time. I had to take a shower after listening to ‘Appetite’ for the first time. Now that’s Rock N’ Roll Baby!!!!

Re: Zombie

The Sex Pistols only RELEASED one album (plus a live record). And it was way more influential than anything else released since then. Well, maybe that’s no true, but still. I mean, GNR is straight up derivative of The Pistols.

this year also makes the 10th anniversary of the beginnig of Chinese Democracy.

they can celebrate that

Guns n roses = spares

SUX who give a turtle fart in hell

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Chinese Democracy will be superior to Appetite for Destruction. Mark mah words.

Metallica made better albums than Appetite !

I doubt their reunion would be bigger than Zeppelin’s.

That is so hard to believe it has been 20 years since Appetite for Destruction. Wow. I agree that most of their best work was on this album with the exceptions of those songs previously mentioned “Don’t Cry”, “November Rain” and “Civil War”. I may be forgeting something, like maybe “Patience”, but anyway put all these together with everything from Appetite for Destruction and you have The Best of GnR.

Look, it’s a really good album don’t get me wrong, but it certainly is somewhat over rated…

Axl obviously has no talent left in him…if he did Chinese Democracy would have been ten years and 5 albums ago. I guess he is waitning for there to actually BE democracy in China before he releases it. The guy knows the album will never come out, but he promises it will to stay relevant.

To all you die-hard GNR fans…the album happened 20 YEARS AGO. They aren’t the world’s greatest band, nor were they ever. Greatness is based partly on longevity (at the very least on numerous great albums). GNR feature niether.

At Axl’s current album production rate, the 20 year deluxe edition of Appetitie will come out around the 40 year anniversary.

A full-fledged GNR reunion would be the biggest thing going. Bigger than a Led Zeppelin reunion. They could charge $100 a ticket and people would pay it.

most bands best work is in their first release. Pure expression of their life style, thought process, and experiences. Money and corporate influence excluded!
So is the case with gnr.
AFD: GNRS BEST!

Rocket queen: what a song

most bands best work is in their first release. Pure expression of their life style, thought process, and experiences. Money and corporate influence excluded!
So is the case with gnr.
AFD: GNRS BEST!

Rocket queen: what a song

Just like the Sex Pistols … one album and a lifetime of notoriety.

It’s the greatest rock album ever made!

New GNR should play the whole AFD, then announce the release date for Chinese Democracy.

Appetite didn’t have any b-sides or extra songs left over. It’s perfect the way it is.

My god…there are juniors in college that weren’t born when that came out.

I remember that ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ went no where on initial release….then it was re-released and everything took off.

If you take the best songs from Illusion 1&2 it would have been a great follow up but they went over the top and it became less ‘raw’ and more overkill.

Oh well.

If they wanted to do something special, and make a fuckin boatload of money, the line-up from this album would just bury the hatchet (I’m talking to you Axl and Slash) and tour and play the album in full from front to back. Encore with a few songs from G’N'R Lies, Civil War and Don’t Cry. Second encore with Live and Let Die, then Close the show with Estranged and/or November Rain on alternating nights.
Or just re-release it as a double album with a bunch of bullshit demos and B-Sides on the second disc, like Universal does with every goddamn album they call classic. (More likely)

Appetite rules! I got a great idea for a celebration, build a time machine and hit the strip back in 86 and get drunk with the boys

Why don’t the release ‘Appetite for Destruction : Deluxe Edition’ with Demos, Live & B-Sides ???????

Nothing will ever beat ‘APPETITE’.
It is the the most vicious and dangerous album of all time. It’s ashame Axl feels he can’t step out of the shadow of the record.

really has it been that long..no way…someone quick tellme if my hairline is receding

Bring back the original line up or Don’t do a thing. Steven Adler. The guy can’t even speak anymore

who cares?
i’m sure Axle Nimrod is bumped out of his mind somewhere right now…

whoop-de-frikkin’-dooo…. 1 good album and 20 years of reputation based on that 1 good album. Just like Boston!

20 years… wow.