8TanCW U cool ))

se deberian juntar

se deberian juntar

yo creo que se deberian juntar

amo a gnr son la mejor banda del todo mm bueno que chinga le dan le aportan otro sentido a mi vida ^^

www.myspace.c om/ws lashrose

queremos o axl!!!!!!!heheheh cade ele????sumiu ……

I miss guns n roses so much, the old ones, damn robin fink and the new guns, they screw it up. Man, where did those rock days go today. They have to come back, guns n roses has to rise again, they have to show this world once again what music is made of. Just once more, god bless saul slash hudson, steven adler, william axl rose, izzy stradlin, and duff mkcagan. They already reached the top of the world, why don’t they do it once more?

el espiritu guns es solo axl.buckethead es mejor que slash.chinese democracy es el futuro.axl no nos defraudara

OS GUNS SÃO DEMAIS DOU PARABÉMS A ELES PELO VIGÉSIMO ANIVERSÁRIO,E POR VINTE ANOS DE MUSICAS INCRIVEIS,SÃO ESSAS MUSICAS QUE ESTAMOS PRECISANSO QUE VOLTE COM POTENCIA PARA OS ANOS 2000…
AMO ELES P/ KAÇETE,muito muito muito muito mesmo….
AXLAXLAXLAXL
GUNS!GUNS!GUNS !GUNS!GUNS!GUNS!…
BJAUM
xa uuu

O axl tem que ir!!!

O axl tem que ir!!!

Slash, Duff and Matt…please back to the Guns!!!!!!
Anybody has the Axl’ phone number?
“hello, Axl…You know Where you’re? You ‘re in the jungle baby…you gonna die!!!! if don’t release the Chinese Democracy album…”

Everybody wants the old Guns !!!!
Just Axl doesn’t look…

This Guns n’ Roses fuckers !!

I never had watched this…lot of commets ’bout Guns n’ Roses…in this situation…
very good.
This is Guns n’ Roses.

LA MEJOR BANDA DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS, HAN PASADO 20 AÑOS Y SEGUIMOS AQUI ESPERANDO. NECESITAMOS MAS MUSICA COMO ESA.
AXL ESTAMOS AQUI ESPERANDO.

LA MEJOR BANDA DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS, HAN PASADO 20 AÑOS Y SEGUIMOS AQUI ESPERANDO. NECESITAMOS MAS MUSICA COMO ESA.
AXL ESTAMOS AQUI ESPERANDO.

Can’t we all just get a
BONG?

Intensive Purposes? You suck. If Richard Legner is glad he doesn’t buy Rollig Stone anymore, he could make me glad by not posting here. Go away

To quote Rodney King, “Why can’t we all just get along?!” Izzy, Duff, Axl, Steven, Slash, you know what you are capable of. Put all the bull**** aside & start anew. We just wanna see you all play together again; the REAL GNR. If The Police can lay down their swords…Come on now!

To quote Rodney King, “Why can’t we all just get along?!” Izzy, Duzz, Axl, Steven, Slash, you know what you are capable of. Put all the bull**** aside & start anew. We just wanna see you all play together again; the REAL GNR. If The Police can lay down their swords…Come on now!

NAO SO A MELHOR BANDA DAS DECADAS DE 1980,90, COMO A MELHOR BANDA DE TODOS OS TEMPOS SEM SOMBRA DE DUVIDAS, BASTA OLHARMOS EM VARIOS RANKINGS A BANDA GUNS N ROSES LIDERA A MAIORIA DELES. DEPOIS QUE SURGIU ESTA REVOLUCIONARIA BANDA CHAMADA GUNS N ROSES ,NO MEIO DOS ANOS 80, O MUNDO DO ROCK AND ROLL NUNCA MAIS FOI O MESMO, O ROCK AND ROLL NO COMECO DOS ANOS 80, ANTES DE SURGIR O GÊNIO CHAMADO GUNS N ROSES ESTAVA BASTANTE DECADÊNTE, MESMO FAZENDO MAIS DE 10 ANOS QUE A BANDA ORIGINAL SE SEPAROU, A BANDA CONTINUA COM SEUS SUCESSOS NO AUGE ACIMA DE MILHARES DE BANDAS QUE SURGIRAM APOS DELA. AGRADECO TODOS OS DIAS POR ESTA BANDA CHAMADA GUNS N ROSES TER REVOLUCIONADO O MUNDO DO ROCK AND ROLL. OBRIGADO POR TUDO, AGUARDO A LENDARIA BANDA CHAMADA GUNS N ROSES AQUI NO BRASIL EM NOVEMBRO.

I disagree Will. I think Libertad is the best rock album in ages. I liek every damn song on there..

That is the REAL Guns.. Screw Axl and his bunch of wannabees.. They need to change the name of that band because it ISN’T Guns N Roses… It is a JOKE.

Chinese Democracy will NEVER come out. AND the current Guns N’ Roses lineup is worthless. They will NEVER be able to match the magic that was the original lineup. Oh and you people should stop worshipping Axl Rose, because he is a pompous asshole who doesn’t really give a shit about the fans. Showing up late for concerts because of a basketball game. What a dickhead. Sure he’s a great frontman, (or at least used to be), but he’s not a nice guy.

Too bad, Velvet Revolvers new music sucks too. They had a lot of promise, but there are only like two good songs on the new CD.

Thank You for bringing Gun n Roses back into my life…you will always be in my heart though thier music !! ” Sweet Child o Mine ” 143

I have been a Guns n Roses fan ever since the very first time I saw them perform on MTV…I still play thier music and my 20 year old daughter has thier songs on her ipod…Thank You RS, for recognizing a GREAT band !!

oh,oh,oh sweet child o’ mine
yeah

AXL E O MELHOR CANTOR DE TODOS OS TEMPOS
I STILL LOVE GUNS N ROSES
L HAVE 19 YEARS OLD AND MY FATHER LIKE GUNS N ROSES MY FAMILY ALL
THANKS FOR EXIST
AXL FOREVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRR

bien¡¡¡ por la mejor banda de la historia

Axl the best, we want Chinese Democracy tour in Colombia too. Please come soon.

It’s great to see the love for Axl Rose. So many idiots out there bash him. The reunion talk is so stupid. Axl, Izzy, and Duff are only 60% of the original GNR. I don’t see people pining away for Tracii or Ole. Slash and Steven joined later. Oh yeah, and by the way, FACT: Izzy, Slash, and Duff left GNR, they were not fired or forced out by Axl. They deserted Axl, not the other way around.

axl is God, you rock..GNR , best band ever, i hope you visit argentina again, !
GUNS AND FUCKING ROSEES!

Owwwwwwwww.. Axl Ruleezzzzzzzzzzzzz! Chinese democracy tour in BRAZILLLLLLLLLL 2007!! Yeahhhhhhhhh!!

Axl is the best lead singer of the rock n´roll history

I love AXL ROSE
I love GUNS N ROSES
O BRASIL TE ESPERA ESTE ANO DE 2007

I love AXL ROSE
I love GUNS N ROSES
O BRASIL TE ESPERA ESTE ANO DE 2007

oohh fuck
if you don´t like
guns n roses
just shut up
…

it´s so fuckin’ amazing !!
i really love guns n roses

Axl eh o melhor!!

la mejor banda d todas, lejos, uds yankees no saben nada jaja, o si?
no se, argentina es de los guns carajooooooooooooo

Like 20 years.

It’s been a while since RS had such a good cover…

GNR still ROCKIN’ The FUCKIN’world. You’ll see!!!They will reunion again!!Only AXL doesn’t want to show himself.He’s not coward.He’s just don’t have FAITH.

Guns N Roses and Velvet Revolver are wank names.
Th Libertines - Nirvana - The Clash.

Those are good band names.

If u dont like sth, dont buy it. Just stop whining. There is no such thing as “The best band/singer ever”. People have diferent tastes mostly based on their experiences. That’s probably why noone here said that The Beatles for example (or Elvis Presley etc)is the best band ever.

Ahh, a real rock band on the cover, its been a while

Steph’s comment kinda got me thinking: Music aside, Fall Out Boy is one of the dumbest band names I can think of. Guns n’ Roses is one of the all time great band names. Velvet Revolver is actually a pretty good name too.

PASARON 20 AÑOS DE APPEETITE FOR DESTRCUTON Y MAS DE 14 DE SU SEPARACION, ES INCREIBLE COMO GN’R SIGUE EN EL CORAZON DE LAS PERSNAS, Y EN MIO EN ESPECIAL, GN’R ( AXL, SLASH, IZZY, STEVEN, DUFF ) ARGENTINA TE ESPERA.

Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PASARON 20 AÑOS DE APPEETITE FOR DESTRCUTON Y MAS DE 14 DE SU SEPARACION, ES INCREIBLE COMO GN’R SIGUE EN EL CORAZON DE LAS PERSNAS, Y EN MIO EN ESPECIAL, GN’R ( AXL, SLASH, IZZY, STEVEN, DUFF ) ARGENTINA TE ESPERA.

Buenos Aires, Argentina.

clockworkHolden- whatever. you have to understand that times are changing and with every passing year there is going to be a new trend in music like GNR like FOB. Just because you dont like Fall Out Boy does not mean they make bad music. All their albums have amazing songs on them. You dont have to like them but you dont have to hate something you know nothing about.

Mike Patton, loved The Real Thing and Angel Dust. You have one of the great voices in music. The control you have over your voice is amazing.

The number of responses to this is proof enough of GN’R’s impact.

ALI, YOU NEED TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND LEARN TO BOW DOWN!

Maybe some people just enjoy debating, especially about music and the bands they love? GN’R was what woke me up to rock and roll.

Maybe Ali is retired or on summer vacation. And maybe Lee Majors really does think that GNR is pathetic. Both of them need an Ænima in the lateralus.

Hey “Lee Majors”. You’re a real class act, man. Insulting someone you don’t even know. People that make such ignorant insulting remarks are usually exactly that which they insult. If this topic is so pathetic, then why are you posting here?

Axl Rose is God!

I just wanted to post once since there are so many damn posts concerning this cover that one more post won’t matter.

btw, the tour isn’t such a success as indicated. Maine was cancelled, apparently an embarrassing turnout at an arena. There was a partition to make the place smaller to begin, even after that tons of empty seats. The festivals will sell out for sure…again, not an indication that the new album is good or bad, but its really not generating that much of a buzz beyond the hardcore fans.

Hey “Ali”! Get a fucking job, man! Do you have a life, bro?! Go do something like build a fucking tree-house! Make the world a better place.

….Girlfriend, perhaps?

….amazing that someone would spend so much time arguing about something so pathetic….

Axl is a genius. I love Slash and the other members, but Axl Rose is Guns N’ Roses. Slash, Duff, Izzy and Adler could do a reunion, but they won’t be GNR without Rose. AMEN. Love the NEW GNR and hope they will release Chinese Democracy (but I think Axl won’t do it).

I would wish the Axl Rose Band luck, & see if he can rely on the strengh of his new album, not with Buckethead playing SCOM. He would also play theaters under that band name, his hard core fans only showing…do you think Buckethead(I know he’s gone) or Stinson were ever GnR fans?! hardly, it was a nice paycheck. Slash’s solo done by these guys is a bummer. Leave SCOM alone, play your new stuff, maybe a couple of deeper cuts. Make it about the new band & album. Its GnR in name only.

“Patience” by GNR must have been Axl’s foreshadowing message to his fans. Then again, the higher the expectation, the steeper the drop and the harder the fall.

I simply find that funny - millions of fans cheering for the new GNR today. Of course until recently that’s like calling Sting as a solo artist with his back-up band The Police. As a solo artist he’ll occasionally play a Police song but that doesn’t mean he’s still with The Police because the ORIGINAL LINEUP ISN’T THERE. I’ve heard Robert Plant sing some Led Zeppelin tunes as a solo artist with Page playing guitar, but they don’t call themselves Led Zeppelin because the ORIGINAL LINEUP ISN’T THERE. He should call his new band the Alx Rose Band not GNR. Let’s get the band back together! Don’t those idiots realize how awesome that would be? Unfortunately huge egos are what destroy great bands.

It’s good to remember the old band. I love them! But I also like new gn’r!!!!

people are intrigue by what Axl’s up to these days, some younger less passionate fans might not care who’s in the band…and even if Chinese Dom. is great, its “the Axl Rose Project”. He should have respected that as well, made a great album & named it something else. But the GnR brand sells out those concerts. That same band under a different name would not sell out an arena. Do you disagree with that?…this long thread is evidence enough this band was a monster, inciting passion both for & against…VR is good, I’d like to see them on Rolling Stone, but it won’t sell as many magazines. It will take a new band, that is original & hungry, not a copy band, but the real deal. It will probably have to happen by accident, like Nirvana, cuz the record industry just wants more Mall Punk & Nickleback. Faceless bands.

so Axl was 41% of Guns according to Slash and the rest of the band…the rest of the 4 members equaled 14%…like i said Axl is Guns N Roses!

AFD sold 15 million
UYI - sold 7 million a piece

But to be honest, I don’t care what they sold. They’re incredible albums.

Dyers Eve…”GNR does not exist today” try explaining that to the millions of fans that the new Guns lineup has performed live for since 2001…

Una foto pasada de recuerdo. Deberian haber juntado a los sobrevivientes, muy mal gusto
para recordarlos.

Eran los llamados LED ZEPPELIN ochenteros

AFD is one of the greatest rock albums ever. I don’t care who wrote what, the fact is it takes the entire band to make that album come alive. The original GNR shown on the cover is the only GNR that counts. If Axl is ever going to release another album he should’t call it a GNR album no matter how spectacular it’s going to be. That’s like Plant and Page hiring a bass player and a drummer and calling themselves Led Zeppelin. It just wouldn’t be the same. Thankfully they had the common sense and integrity to not do that. There’s no doubt that GNR were great but that was 20-years ago. GNR does not exist today.

Snowjob,

“November Rain” is not considered by most as a pretentious over done song unless you consider yourself and/or some people you know as speaking for the general public. It is just a great song, period. A true masterpiece. If it wasn’t, a song that epic wouldn’t have had the effect it did on such a wide spectrum of people.

Duff was not the lead writer on “It’s So Easy” and “Paradise City”. ISE was co-written by Duff and West Arkeen and PC was co-written by Axl, Slash and Duff.

Axl was not GN’R by any means in and of himself, but by a songwriting credit formula for dividing up royalties that Slash came up with, Axl got 41% of the songwriting credit based off categories of lyrics, melodies, music and accompaniment/arrangement. No matter how you slice it 41% for one person out of five is huge.

Ali

Attention Richard Legner: “For all intensive purposes”?? You are yet another individual striving to sound intelligent while criticizing someone else’s work and talent. With that, I’ll inform you that the phrase is: “for all intents and purposes.”

All the comments on this thread are living proof that the fans take this band seriously. And on that note, seeing on how its the anniversary of AFD, anyone who would like to enjoy this anniversary to its fullest should listen to the outtakes from AFD on youtube.com, there is the orginal acustic November Rain, the original Don’t Cry, the original Sweet Child O’Mine and the original slowed down version of Jungle. These recordings are a delight to hear.

Pergy23 -

Are you out of your mind? Axl had to force the band t play & record all of their hits? With the exception of SCOM, the other 2 songs you name did not appear on AFD & patience is an Izzy Stradlin song, words & lyrics.

The reality is that Axl wanted to put both “Don’t Cry” & “November Rain” on AFD, but Tom Z talked him out of it which of course turned out to be the right call. While NR might have been a big pop hit it is to this day considered one of the most pretentious over done songs ever. AFD remains one of the greatest rock albums ever because it was a raw down in the gutter rock album. It was everything NR was not. There is a reason that AFD has sold 15 million copies & UYII 5.

As far as Axl being GNR. Notice Rs is celebrating AFD not the albums that the other 2 great hits you mention are on. Izzy wrote or co-wrote half of the songs on AFD with Brownstone being his entirely. Duff was the lead writer for It’s so easy & Paradise City, 2 of the most recognizable songs on the album. Slash wrote almost every lead guitar part of every song including your beloved SCOM. The most recognized intro to any song in rock history is WTTJ, that is Slash.

Axl was a great front man & brilliant lyricist, but the idea that he was GNR is absurd, & the songs you use to defend that notion is laughable.

Axl better get off his ass and put an album out or shut up about the album altogether. Any album that takes ten plus years to make will have enormous expectations that will be impossible to live up to. If Chinese Democracy is anything less than one of the greatest albums of all time, it will be a disappointment to most.

Axl should take a page out of Corgan’s book. Restart your band and put an album out within a couple years. This ten year bullshit is hurting the new band more than anything. By taking this long, lots of fans are starting to think of the new band as incompetent, especially when Axl keeps claiming that the Chinese release is just around the corner. He has been saying that for too long.

By the way, anyone who says that you can’t compare the new Smashing Pumpkins album to new GnR songs is being unrealistic. The Pumpkins released a good album in Zeitgeist (though not as good as their earlier stuff) and GnR, after 10-15 years of buildup, will release just that: a good album but not a great one. I’ve heard some of the leaked tracks off of Chinese and they sound pretty damn good by today’s standards but are nowhere near the band’s earlier stuff.

One more thing: Velvet Revolver has released TWO (2) of the best rock albums from this decade in the last four years. While these albums are not comparable to early GnR, I would be very surprised if Chinese Democracy is much better than Contraband or Libertad.

and on the whole Axl is a homophobe/racist/woman beater…Axl stated in interviews explaining the song One in a Million; he wasnt calling all gay people fa@@ots, jus the ones who spread AIDs…didnt he do tons of benefit concerts for Freddy Mercury!who was gay and died of aids?? didnt he induct his good friend Elton John into the Rock Hall of Fame, hmm isnt elton gay!!! As to him beating women; funny how Erin Everley divorced him in 1991, but never came public about physical abuse until 1994! HMMM interesting that was the height of GNR popularity and success

Axl is Guns N Roses! Period! funny how Axl is talentless, but Axl had to force the rest of the band to play and record most of their classic hits; Sweet Child, Patience, November Rain, etc..the rest of the band wanted nothing to do with these songs…Axl forced them to record these for the albums…Funny how people rip on Axl for doing nothing the last 15 years, but tell me what exactly has the rest of the band members done? Nothing but put out sh!tty music…Slash’s snakepit??? Velvet Revolver??? talk about a rip off…Scott Weiland is the most fake lead singer of all time. who does he sound like? Eddie Vedder! Who does he move like? Iggy Pop…talk about unoriginal wasted junkie…the only reason they sell records is because its 4/5ths of original GNR! Slash went to Axl’s house last year to claim how much of a fraud Weiland was…this is true and Slash admitted this! At least Axl has his integrity and wont sell out to sell some records…when Chinese Democracy is ready it will be released…i would rather wait 15 years for a great record, than get a sh!itty one ever few years!

I think this was a great landmark rock and roll album and deserves a RS cover. There are not too many bands that come out with an original sound that lasts forever, and the original GNR accomplished that. The original GNR lineup is the only one that counts in my opinion. I never like it when bands change band memebers and still call themselves by the original band name. The obvious exception would be if a band member dies and in a lot of cases if the person who dies is a creative force of the band, the original band disolves (The Who, Zeppelin, The Doors, Nirvana, etc…). How can Axl call his new projct GNR? If Axl was so damn talented how come it’s taking this long to release a new album? How about the original members of GNR swallowing their pride and getting back to gether for a REAL GNR album. If the Police can do it then GNR certainly can. What you see on the cover is GNR - anything else is just a weak substitute.

to seisace:
you are talking outta your ass, we want todays Guns N Roses on the front cover but not with regards to AFD but in general because they are deserving… and you ask what have the new GnR lineup done to prove the they deserve the respect? You are obviously not a true fan, true fans appreciate and accept the new lineup with open arms because we have our band back, and we have our music back, the only band that has a chance is bring rock back in this sad music industry of today.

Did anyone hear the rumors Axl banged the shit out of Lindsay Lohan? WOW E ZOW E!!!

To anyone who actually thinks that the “NEW” G’ n’ R’ should be on the cover, you have some serious problems that need to be quickly sorted out. Did the “NEW” G’ n’ R’ release Appetite? Did the “NEW” G’ n’ R’ ever RELEASE an album, awful or not? No. You lose, you cannot prove that the “NEW” band is better than the old one because, have they yet to release an album? What songs are they playing at the shows they play live? Songs from the OLD band, which with most of them Axl did not write. They probably play about 2-3 new songs, so you cannot make any supporting facts to prove that the new band is better than the old one, when in fact they can’t write their own music, and still play songs that the OLD band made. You hear about the new article where a fan stated that he is going on a hunger strike until Chinese Democracy is released? Again, exactly with what happened when he ran of the stage because some guy was recording him on a video camera and the security wouldn’t do anything about it, he kills more people. You know what I have to say? Until Axl releases ANY new album, which there will not be… because he is too incompitent and doesn’t work with members well, there are no facts to base that “NEW” band is better than the OLD one. Point proven, all you “NEW” Rose fans lose. Game over.

to all of you idiots saying that the new guns n roses should be on the cover……..

did the new “guns n roses” make appetite for destruction? no.

have they done anything important over the last few years besides waste our time with story after story about an album that has taken over ten years to make with promise after promise of its release and done nothing by delay and delay and do nothing but dissapoint….. yes.

I’m sure there are some KISS fans who really love Songs from the Elders and think it’s an artistically superior album.

So yeah, there are nerdy loser fans of everyband. Chinese Democracy is a joke. Even Axl knows it. Those five guys on the cover — they did more in one week than Axl and Fake GNR have done in fifteen years.

Sorry, but it’s true.

to liberal america…..

ever hear of freedom of speech? Axl doesnt have to like anybody and is free to think anything he wants about anyone…

I agree, this is an insult. Steve Adler doesnt deserve this appreciation. Neither does Duff McKagan. And Guns N Roses that exists today that has more talent than any other band out there will never be on the cover because the band will never do another interview with Rollingstone ever again. RS trash talks Axl and Chinese Democracy too much for him to be forgiving and he is a very private person, not one to give an interview for RS to change and skew. Yeh, this is a nice cover picture, but the public cares more about Chinese Democracy than this. This is a good way to raise the hype even more I suppose. www.gnrdaily.com

This cover is an absolute insult to Guns N Roses and its fans. I don’t even like Velvet Revolver but you could have at least put them on the front cover and had a small cross section in reference to the aniversary of this landmark album. The fact is, Guns N Roses still exists with Axl, Fink, Fortus, Mantia/Ferrer, Bumblefoot, Reid, and Stinson and a huge fanbase that understands and likes the change in bandmembers because it was and is for “better”. For Guns N Roses to exist and then for RS to put the first incarnation of GnR on the front cover is an insult. When Chinese Democracy arrives, fans can only hope the current GnR lineup gets recognition where recognition is due. Chinese Democracy starts now!

I know the RS must have much hand-wringing about whether to continue doing cover stories on classics bands. I’m sure those issues sell better than issues featuring covers of current bands (I love them, I must admit) but it comes at the expense of developing a new following for the magazine. I’m 31 and I love RS when it caters to its primary audience, Rock n’ Roll lovers, but like me, the mag’s demographics must be getting a bit gray. Oh, well,

As for G n’ R. Come on people. Appetite is a balls to the wall rock album. Probably the best, most enduring hard rock album ever made. I can understand an argument for Zep or Back in Black, but start to finish, Appetite is startling and it sounds as good today as in ‘87. Big bombastic rock isn’t for everybody. Does it have to be? I love Roxy Music, The Smiths and Elvis Costello, but this band was a f*^%ing juggernaut and that album was as revolutionary anything the Sex Pistols or Nirvana were able to conjure. That’s just my opinion, though. It would be nice if everyone would quit assuming their opinion is the only one that matters. By the way, that hot chick sitting next to you isn’t impressed your indie-cred iPod playlist, so go make one that you’ll actually enjoy listening too. I recommend some Pyromania, some R.E.M., a little Dylan and a whole lotta Slash.

Ya era hora aver si sacan una edicion deluxe 20 Aniversario Appetite for Destruction

I didn’t “get” Guns & Roses until I went to a free Red Hot Chili Peppers show at Vassar College (I was still in high school - we sneaked on to campus) and “Welcome to the Jungle” came roaring out of the speakers prior to the show.

I wouldn’t say I’m a fan, though I give much respect to that album and think it deserves to be celebrated. I only wish they’d split up before recording another note, because it went off the rails pretty quickly.

this is what i have been waiting for, thank you jesus

The last issues or RollingStone were Police, (a thirty year old band) a 40 year anniversary special followed by a twenty year lookback on GNR. Nothing agains GNR and the Police, but this getting to be a joke. When will you do something current. Look at Velvet Revolver, Smashing Pumpkins, White Stripes. RS, get with it. This is why rock has become baby boomer. RS chooses not to grow up so the younger generation is stuck with Kayne and Fall Out Boy. We need RS to showcase the younger bands ala Strokes, the Killers and the Arctic Monkeys. This is the reason RS got so popular, showcasing new rock acts not this recycled look back at yesteryear.

im seeing alot of things here about afd not being a great enough album to deserve a tribute cover. so i think we should see what albums in the future deserve tributes. here’s my list.

1.nirvana-nevermind
2.public enemy (maybe)-forgot the name of the album, but still, pretty influential album
3.that or nwa-straight outta compton

thats pretty much it. though i want ten or blood sugar sex magik to get tributes, they won’t. say what you want about public enemy and nwa (and i’m not a big fan of rap), but they pretty much led to both alot of rap in the last 10 years and some political rock bands and albums (RATM, anyone?) what other albums since 1987 deserve tributes?

I made a comment because I love GNR and specially Axl. But I think the losers are the people that hate Axl and lost his time making comments about him. When in the cover of RS there are a band that I don’t like I dedicate my time making things more interesting that bashing those artist. Again Axl is the winner for many reasons, for example, for having so many people taking time talking about him.

In the middle of this admittedly gigantic series of posts, someone(I’m not going back to get the name) compared several Guns tracks w/ Pearl Jam tracks. The comparison made me realize all too well two things:
1. How different they really are from each other as bands(as both are equally different to Nirvana/Metallica/Zep/VH etc.)
2. That if it came down to a track by track discussion, I could not choose a winner here.

My question is: why do I have to choose a winner? All these albums in essence cancel each other out, yet I see numerous posts where everyone’s trying to one up the next fellow(or lady) down the line.

“”People,people, brothers & sisters, who’s fighting and what for? Why are we fighting?”
Mick Jagger, Altamont, 1969

Richard Legner | 7/25/2007, 1:30 pm EST

look that album is great, but it doesn’t deserve this sort of treatment.

Fact is, axl is a loser who doesn’t have enough talent to release another decent album. He realizes that just by delaying the release of Chinese Democracy, he can stay in the news because enough loser fans can’t get over a band that peaked 20 years ago and is now (for all intensive purposes)

I would hope that someone as intelligent as you think you are, would realize that you meant intents and purposes instead of “intensive purposes”!!!

Richard Fortus will be the next Guitar Phenomenon. If you miss Slash, soon you won’t anymore. Fortus is a genius.

AFD was a really wonderful album and deserve all kind of tributes. However, now I focus more in the current lineup of GNR because I think it is wonderful. I hope to see soon a cover with a new photo of Axl. Besides for those who say Axl is a loser I think that he is a winner because he has done things in his way and he is still alive and rocking. He never has sold himself to nobody, neither journalist nor music industry. On the other hand, back in 1992 I love GNR and Nirvana, but I really think that Kurt Kobain is a loser for committing suicide. With the years I began to lose respect for Kurt Kobain. Conversely, I respect Axl more now.

Thanks, sauce. I am in agreement that Nirvana had an integrity of their own. About a Girl was almost as close to a ballad as they became, but that was a Beatlesque influence, rather than a metal influence.
Kurt wasn’t a poser. He certainly was for real, and that was his charm.

Kirk,
Nirvana embraced political correctness? That is absolutely the most absurd comment on this thread. Have you ever read/heard any of their lyrics?

Also, Nirvana was not contrived. Cobain didn’t just “play” a tortured artist. He committed suicide! That’s about as real as it gets.

That said, I do agree that Guns n Roses was a far more popular band than Nirvana. Their music was much more accessible and had a wider appeal to casual male and female fans alike because of their numerous ballads (November Rain, Don’t Cry, Patience). Nirvana didn’t have any ballads to attract a more mainstream audience.

It’s been 20 years already? What’s going on with my life?

Please put the White Stripes on instead.

Oh good idea. Put a band on the cover for NOT making a new album!

When does this issue come out anyway? I know we’ll all buy it!

axl is awesome
slash is awesome
izzy is awesome

Liberal america your the biggest cliche. You have no idea what ur talkin about. One of my best friends is gay and hes a huge GNR fan. You should try and know what your talkin about before you open your mouth.

Liberal America,

Here’s my response: YOU DON’T KNOW THE MAN. So stop judging him and acting like you do. I’m not saying he’s a good man, I’m just saying that none of us know him. Just because you listen to someone’s records and interviews that doesn’t mean you know them. The public only sees a small percentage of any celebrities actions, so to judge them off that small percentage is ludicrous. All of us could have some of our bad actions looked at and if they were all that were looked at we would appear to be unkind people too.

Ali

great album and deserves the cover

way to stay relevant rs. who cares?

Appetite for Destruction is an excellent album. It just doesn’t deserve a cover and article devoted to its anniversary.

Kirk,
…I worked for an underground music publication back in the 80’s. I was very much aware of bands like the Violent Femmes, which have now also become exploited commercially. I don’t want to get involved an argument about alt-rock, especially at a GNR BLOG, but at least we can both agree on one thing - that the rock music scene is indeed gasping.

Perhaps Axl had character flaws, but as a Gn’R fan, that’ not the point… I never liked them for their personalities. It’s really the music. The attitude. But I guess some of the personality helped to convey the music.

It’s not like they were infallible, perfect people. Just a kick ass rock band. The fact that they were less than perfect people is part of the mystique and the package.

my buddy saw them at rock in rio in about 1990. sloppiest drunk band EVER, period. damn that bass player looks like a chick.

By the way, Chinese Democracy is coming out in the fall of 1999. It’s gonna kick ass…

While I don’t agree with the characterization that the Pistols were a boy band, whether they were thrown together as a “boy band” or not, they were an enormous influence… perhaps even the first “boy band”! Well, maybe not, I guess that would be the Monkees!

I guess all RS does nowadays is self-promotion and celebrations of “important” anniversaries in music. I just can’t wait until the issue on the twentieth anniversary of one of Fall Out Boys’albums. You know, the one that shook the foundations of music itself. Wait a minute…

“boy band” in fact that their manager found four guys that looked the part an threw them together to sell a record (i would say records but they only had one) and i feel pretty comfortable in my circle the one that enjoys music not retards trying to play guitars

So what do you GNR fans say in response to Axl’s many character flaws? Namely that he is misogynstic, homophobic, racist, egomaniac asshole (albeit a very talented one)? What is your reponse to these allegations? Doesn’t Axl’s insistence of the inclusion of “One in a Million” to GNR Lies prove this theory? Please don’t spout the “he had a rough childhood” line. Alot of people have had harder time as children but that doesnt always make them hate mongers.

Also, to the people who have posted that the cover makes the members of GNR “look so cool” and “so badass”, don’t spout these homo erotic lines amongst your other GNR friends or your likely to get an ass kicking or possibly your 1st experience in “male bonding”

LOL @ someone saying Tool was ever a bigger band than GN’R. Just, LOL.

And… The demos on Chinese Democracy blow away anything in the current rock scene, imo. Rock needs Axl Rose back, and it’s fucking coming, people.

I agree with FinckFan… if nothing else, there’ been so much hype about Chinese Democracy that its gotta get a cover.

I’m happy to see GN’R on a cover again and all, but seriously RS, when Chinese D comes out, the new band or just Axl now, better get a fucking cover.

All I’m saying.

Thanks, Juicy Fruit.

Sex Pistols a “boy band”?

Mr. Brownstone, in some circles you would be moshed to death for that statement.
I believe you need to brush up on your rock n roll knowledge.

Your right it won’t be new info, but who gives a shit, it’s celebrating a great record by a great band… if it doesn’t interest you go but a nirvana record on and blow your f@#king brains out

pajman,

Right on. You speak the truth.

Most people do not know their rock n roll history these days thanks to
ipods and mp3s.

The Clash was a punk band the sex pistols was a boy band thrown together by a suit

Paul has a good point… What could this issue really say that hasn’t already been said?

Maybe some new info from the band members, I dunno… we’ll see.

The Sex Pistols turned the world onto punk, you ass. There would be no Gn’R if there were no Sex Pistols, b/c there would be no Duff - at the very least.

What’s for Rolling Stone to uncover about early GNR and Appetite that hasn’t already been repeated ad infinitum in other magazines and rock circles for years? Slash drank a lot of Jack, 3 of the guys did smack, Nightrain is about a cheap brand of wine, and Axl had sex with someone and recorded it for Rocket Queen. This isn’t “news.” It isn’t the “uncensored, behind the scenes” look they’re advertising it to be, because anyone who has bothered to dig already knows all this shit.

Yes, Metallica is another great, influential band. The difference, in my opinion is, that Metallica’s influence came over a period of time - the presented almost a whole new way to hard rock / metal.

I don’t think Metallica had “that one album” - maybe the Black Album, but probably not. I don’t envision a 20 year anniversary of the Black Album.

I keep seeing The Sex Pistols metioned up here, Can someone tell me WTF Sid Vicious ever did, except be a junkie that committed a murder suicide because the guy couldn’t even hold DUFF’S bass, The other so called punks in the band have said many times that he was a coat hanger they gave a bass

Metallica.

They were as popular, if not more so than GNR.

By the way holy shit! Look at all the comments. After all these years GNR still generates so much emotion………positive and negative (mostly positive). Oh yeah, I party all the time and bars still go nuts when the DJ mixes in Sweet Child and Paradise City. Oh yeah, I also hear Welcome To The Jungle all the time at crucial moments during sporting events.

Just by virtue of the fact that there are sooo many posts here, GNR have left an indelible mark on rock history. Period. Not only were they huge, they were massively influential. Even their peers (Faster Pussycat, LA Guns) cover their songs and make tributes.

Every so often an album comes out that changes and impacts music and our youth: Sex Pistols, Appetite, Nevermind - i’m not talking about “big” albums, I am talking about albums that shifted the whole scene. It doesn’t matter that Gn’R circa ‘88 is not around anymore, I could easily envision a 30 year anniversary of the Sex Pistols, or Nevermind.

The thing about Gn’R is that either you love ‘em, or hate ‘em. That was their whole thing that made Appetite great. I, personally, love ‘em. There was, and is nothing like that album - there’s different / awesome stuff out there, but nothing like that.

Are we discussing music, or a bands media hype. Bon Jovi was nearly as big back in the MTV days, but that does not make me a Bon Jovi fan.

Bones,
Respectively, Nirvana also didn’t expect the success they achieved and so quickly. And it was probably never alternative rock’s intention to go corporate mainstream anyway. For that reason alone, “alternative” has lost its original meaning entirely. Nirvana was an alternative rock band. They got their first breaks with the Sub Pop label on a limited budget, from what I have read. But they also helped to open the doors for other alt-rock bands. The big corporate labels all suddenly wanted a big piece of the alt-rock pie, which eventually became exploited.

Tool is a good band but won’t be on any covers in 20 years. When GNR ruled from 1988 to 1994, they were to music all around the world what the Backstreet Boys were to boy bands. Back then hip hop hadn’t taken over yet and GNR were everywhere. They became ridiculously mainstream and huge despite their “sleasy” image. They were a miracle.

yeah Tool is a good example….of showing me how right I am….Tool?? that is the best you can up with? Tool might sell out their shows but the next time they DOMINATE PLANET EARTH the way GNR did let me know…..

Shoot the moon sre u kidding me? There is no fukin way that tool are as big as gnr were back in their day. The only two bands that are comparable in size are the stones and u2. Gnr were massive, everyone had an opinion on them, they were like the size of led zeppelin. And i dont think theres been a rock band since gnr thats been as big. Its just sad what happened to them, uv got shitty VR and Axls shitty newgnr, its sad, because gnr were once so great.

Yes. TOOL is a good example.
The TOOL album “Undertow” is a much
better rock album than AFD.
It is just that not many people are aware of early TOOL.

Bob, we all have our passions and one of mine is GN’R. I get pissed when people make ignorant statements about GN’R and their members and when people talk about celebrities as if they know them.

smoke and beers, again, Axl Rose was never even charged with a crime for the things you are referring to. Stop trying to pass off hearsay and unsubstantiated claims as fact.

If you can’t hear the punk influences in “It’s So Easy” then you need to listen again more closely.

Whats your thoughts on Velvet Revolvers: Libertad? To me the music is great but Scott Weiland just does not fit with rest of the band. As I was listening to Mary Mary all I kept thinking was “How bad ass a tune would this be if Axl were singing it?”, it sounds like it couldve been on Appetite but instead it get pussied down be Weilands’ weak vocals. Spay reminds me of a Nirvana: Bleach era song, weird…

Appetite is deserving of the cover yes. “Out ta get me” is in my opinion, the best song on the Album and it wasnt even one of the songs that made this album definitive…UN FUCKING BELIEVABLE!!!

selling out a tour does not make a band a phenomenom. Tool is good, an example of a band trying to do it right. They may sell out their concerts, to their large & loyal following, like Radiohead, but its not a tidal wave that GnR was. It was like KiSS in the 70’s, or VH in late 70’s. And I’m not a KiSS fan, but acknowledge its hugeness. (though more juvenile).

GNR? Should have been Ryan Adams. That guy has more talent than all of GNR combined!

I hope they show a pic of Axl in those sweet white lycra cycling shorts he used wear.

There ya go Dr. Cox! Right on. Damn there are a lot of posts about this cover. Axl lives……..

Spock-

Nirvana from the underground? That is hysterical!! I worked at a college radio station & the bands you named were mainstreme by 88. We did not play U2, nor should we have. The violent Femmes were college radio, The Butthole surfers, Patti Smith,ect.

Nirvana broke because of MTV period. It was the video for “Teen Spirit” that broke Nirvana, end of story. Not college radio. In fact the truth is that Cobain while he played the role of tortured rock star in public, behind the scenes he as demanding that MTV play his videos more. According to multiple MTV sources Cobain would call MTV execs at all hours pleading for more air time. Nirvana also never missed an chance to be on MTV: interviews, awards shows, unplugged, ect. Nirvana was in fact the most contrived band of the last 20 years. Bitch & moan about fame while ensuring you do everything to achieve it.

Axl Rose on the other hand could write a book on how to fuck up a great career. How to do everything that will guarentee no one wants you to succeed. Piss on everyone that can help you & than dissapear for 10 years. Axl was truly mental & therefore the least contrived musician in years. He might be an world class asshole, but it was all real.

Also, no band in for everyone, but it does not change how big GNR was. Anything else is revionist history written by people who are offended by GNRs lack of tact.

Spock, absolutely they weren’t for everyone, they were what was wrong with music in the eyes of the Alt Rockers. But with all due respect, that’s not the point. The point is they are on the Cover of RStone 20 years later, a band that is defunct. (spare me the Chinese Democracy argument). I can respect 80’s U2, some other Alt rock, but the point is this band took over the world…and the void is still not filled, as far as Rock/Hard Rock is concerned. Nirvana did make it despite not getting label backing. No one expected GnR to explode like that either. After they did, everyone had to have their look…NO ONE played Les Pauls in the Hard Rock world in the 80’s til Slash. Then everyone did. he stopped the EVH tapping trend. He slowed it down, & everyone followed, made it bluesy again. I think if you do your homework, the fashion trends were started by GnR, the rougher edge & the Nirvana’s took it further. Alice in Chains had the whole hair metal look but didn’t make it til it was dead…I’m losing the point…I loved GnR, but Juice Fruit is right, RStone & rock are gasping for air.

“No other band since GNR has been as big?”

How about the band TOOL.
They sell-out every venue they play.

the reason that Guns N Roses are legends is the simple fact that 10 years from not Rolling Stone will run a 30 year anniversay issue for Appetite and there still will not have been a record to have come out by any artist that can equal it…just like today…..Appetite is the last great hard rock record besides Use Your Illusion

There’s a lot of great, legendary bands out there. What GNR did was phenomenal, and they have their spot in rock history. They are probably not the greatest ever, but who is? Give credit where it’s due - Appetite is a classic, and it deserves the cover… so do others.

I cant help but laugh when i read some of the posts on this board….calling gnr “overated” and their music “dated”…are you kidding me…they are the last GREAT american rock band…nevermind american rock band they are the last great rock band period…there has not been 1 band to come out since GNR that has been as big as they were….and not to mention they still sell a ton of records and tshirts 16 years since their last record came out….LEGENDARY band…..

this album deserves the cover more than any album period

Another over rated “Pop Culture” throwback cover due to the stagnant
and dying music scene.

Kirk,
I was also in my early 20’s when GNR were huge. But it didn’t mean that everybody liked them. Number of albums sold does not equate being a bigger or a better band. Perhaps only in the eyes and ears of mainstream listeners. I was listening to college radio at the time, and my preferences during the 80’s were bands like REM and U2, as well as punk rock. Nirvana came from the underground. They were the ones who turned mainstream rock on its head because they introduced punk rock influences and a different attitude to the mainstream music scene. A different band with a different purpose altogether.

Capt Kirk states it perfectly…and the PC point is very true. I’m not bashing Nirvana either, good stuff. Pull up GnR at the Ritz, ‘88, on Youtube. Sloppy, rough, but killer. Out of control. Stomping Hairmetal dead. Axl was still hungry, not bloated. Like the music or not, they were giants, very exciting. The thread example, poignant!

Guns N’ Roses forever!!!

All you need to know about Guns N Roses is the number of responses to this thread. The fact that so many people take the time to come to a message board to post their disdain for a band that hasn’t released an album in 16 years is all you need to know about how imortant & how big they were.

Despite what anyone says or thinks about GNR today, & most of the negatives are opinions formed based on GNR post 1990, in 1988 Guns N Roses were the biggest band in the world. A band that turned rock on it’s ass. I was 23 & remember very well how big & different they were. They were a real rock band in an era of pop & gloss.

For the Kurt Cobain lovers here. Cobain was a very talented artist, but he was a pop star. Cobain used a formula that would make Bon Jovi envious. Hard, soft , hard , soft, repeat. The big difference between GNR & Nirvana was that Cobain embraced the culture of political correctness, while Axl was an offender of all things PC. Cobain was the sensitive poet to Axl’s angry burnout. Both were on the outside looking in & reacted to the in crowd with there own venom.

Bottom line, GNR is in reality a bigger band than Nirvana. The only ones who did not get the message are the politicaly correct media.

other bands should be on the cover. GnR’s day is gone, agreed. But putting say Coldplay as you said, or Whitestripes on the cover, Wolfmother, its not going to sell magazines. I’m not behind RS at all. Just commentary on a sad music scene. The band to take over the world is probably out there, but the Clive Davis’ of the world want the next Nickleback. 3 Doors down. ZZZ.

Hey Mr. Brownstone,
Axl Rose is older than me.
Coldplay?…

Hey Ass Kickers,
Never “bragged about being ahead of the times”. Simply did not care for
AFD.
“I prevent the advancement of mankind”? You sure give me a lot of credit. I imagine an individual using the name “Ass Kickers” is an improvement to our society.

“I was looking for something a lot heavier, yet melodic at the same time. Something different from heavy metal, a different attitude.”
~ Kurt Cobain

jajaja
LIVING MEMORIES………
their last album is…., 15 years ago!!
20 Year Anniversary of doing nothing.
Other bands that sell albums, sold out stadiums and they are alive for many years without stopping, Other bands deserve the cover.

No disrespect, but I think 99% of GnR’s loyal following think of the new version of the band as the “Axl Rose Project”. It should be that. Even if the music is great…GnR ‘88 created a stir that very few bands in history have. They were Monsters, people could not get enough. It was more than the music, it was the volitile chemistry, the personalities, as a whole it turned the music biz on its ass. I’d like to see a rock band today save rock, cuz I’m a rock fan. There are some solid bands here & there, but no one that is collectively originals, the real deal, knocking everyone over. Its a weak rock scene today. I think concert sales is evidence enough.

IZZY STRADLIN IS THE BADDEST MOTHERFUCKER ALIVE!!!!

jea the real guns n roses

Jim,
It’s all about the different “attitude” and message.
And besides, Nirvana was heavily influenced by punk rock, which was all about a certain “attitude”.
GNR couldn’t be any further from punk. We’re talking about 2 different bands which were light years apart from eachother, in terms of style and message. Nirvana represented the very opposite of what GNR was.

This cover is an absolute insult to Guns N Roses and its fans. I don’t even like Velvet Revolver but you could have at least put them on the front cover and had a small cross section in reference to the aniversary of this landmark album. The fact is, Guns N Roses still exists with Axl, Fink, Fortus, Mantia/Ferrer, Bumblefoot, Reid, and Stinson and a huge fanbase that understands and likes the change in bandmembers because it was and is for “better”. For Guns N Roses to exist and then for RS to put the first incarnation of GnR on the front cover is an insult. When Chinese Democracy arrives, fans can only hope the current GnR lineup gets recognition where recognition is due. Chinese Democracy starts now!

Come on guys, I’m the biggest Nirvana and LP fan but I have to give credit where credit is due. Appetite has to be in the top 3 rock albums of all time. Back in Black, Appetite, Darkside of the Moon.

guns n roses suck & so does rolling stone magazine.

Yo Rich “rock to different and far more interesting levels” Different level, hmm if it wasn’t done before doesn’t it fit the definition of NEW? But that is kind of a contradiction since they went BACK to simple chords.

Jesus, Ali. How long have you spent on your computer defending G’n'R? I give you props for that but come on….

Maybe these new “rock bands” will take a lesson from a real rock band like GnR. Maybe they will put more than one good song on a cd. 80% of AFD is still being played on the radio.

These guys aren’t GNR. GNR is Axl, Tommy, Finck, Dizzy, Pitman, Bumblefoot, Fortus, Frank, Brain, Buckethead, Freese, Navaro, Paul Huge/Tobias, Del James, Beta, and Yoda.

Hey Jim, where did mention “new level” in my post? I hope your knowledge of rock history is better than your ability to read.

Ali,

Stephanie Seymour also left him due to similar incidents.

GNR laughable? lol yeah right. Nirvana/Pixies took rock to a new level? By new level you mean how they used the same chord over and over in their songs. hahaha. I could train a monkey to play a Nirvana song. lol I would love to have seen Nirvana try to play Estranged or November Rain.

GNR? How laughable! They barely separated themselves from the pretentious hair bands of the time. It was bands like Nirvana/Pixies and other styles that pushed rock to different and far more interesting levels. Appetite should have been merely mentioned as a footnote (period).

smoke and beers,

A civil lawsuit does not translate to criminal charges being filed. No charges were ever filed, period.

Ali

G’N'R give me a fucking break. I
thought we were trying to forget
the 80’s. G’n'R were for little kids then and they’re for little kids now, no true music lover could
ever confuse these assholes for
classic rock.

Ali,

Axl Rose married Erin Everly in 1990. They separated a month later.
The marriage was annulled in January 1991.

In 1994, Everly filed a civil lawsuit against Rose, alleging various incidents of physical abuse and domestic violence.
The suit was settled out of court.
- SPIN Magazine 1999

If G’n'R get a Rolling Stone cover for “Appetite”’s 20th anniversary, then so should The Clash get one for the 30th anniversary of their debut album, and so should Radiohead’s “OK Computer” for it’s 10th anniversary. Sure “AFD” is great album, but it’s not as relevant to the other two records I have mentioned.

I saw Guns n Roses in concert in 2006 they are great the wait for Chinese Democracy will be worth it cause it will bring back rock. HAPPY ANIV AFD my favorite album of all time slash, duff, steven, izzy, Axl congradulations on making it on the cover. now in about 4 months we will have the chinese democracy edition cover.

Drop D,

Come off it with the Axl apologist crap. I’m telling the people here the same things I tell you. Yours and anyone else’s acceptance of the new band will not change the fact that they are Guns N’ Roses.

If you really paid attention to my posts here, you would recognize that I’m defending Appetite and it’s relevance with the exception of one post related to the new GN’R.

Sam Adams,

Axl was never accused of any crime. No charges were ever filed. So, all you’re doing is just regurgitating hearsay.

Ali

so, wait all of you who are saying, ‘they deserve the cover because of how many CDs they have sold, and other bands that have sold less shouldnt deserve it.’ so, the more popular bands, panic at the disco, fall out boy, and all that other crap that has sold a ton more than any other band today, really, deserve the cover more than the raconteurs, the white stripes, ryan adams, etc. etc. etc.

so if thats the reason why they deserve the cover more then dont go bitching about how panic at the disco got on the cover, rolling stone is just using your judgement.

What makes you think that somebody who isn’t a big GNR fan is some kind of “clueless” idiot who listens to Lincoln Park? Do you know anybody at these comment BLOGS personally to be able to make that bold assumption and judgement call?

Sweet.

Say whatever you want about GN’R.. I just don’t fuckin’ care! Guns N’ Roses forever!

God damn it’s cool to see GNR on the cover of Rolling Stone! Chinese Democracy is going to kick serious ass. The best things in life come to those who wait. Axl is an artist and like any true artist doesn’t make art for money. He could have cranked out mediocre album after mediocre album year after year, but no…He’s Axl Rose and he’s the greatest rock front man alive today! CD in ‘07 YESSS!

I love the G ‘n R haters. they are so clueless. Just keep you mouths shut about one of the greatest rock bands ever and stick your linkin park cd back into your stereo and pretend it rocks.

How many bands can you think of that have hundreds of sell-out shows without an album for 10 years? There’s only one - Guns ‘n’f'n’ Roses.

great rock band

To all those bad mouthing Kurt Cobain should know that your “god” Axl Rose even thought that Nirvana was tremendous and Cobain was a really talented songwriter. Axl bad mouths Kurt now because he was spurned in his many attempts at friendship (in addition to asking Nirvana to open for GNR and be rebuffed). Cobain wanted nothing to do with Axl & GNR because he thought they were racist & homophobic (justified or not).

I am a fan of both bands, eventhough what each band stands for is contradictory. GNR fan or not, Appetite is one of the best rock albums ever made. Hopefully Chinese Democracy will be out soon and will be somewhat good (some of the leaks sound great-some sound horrible). I’d be more interested in a Rolling Stone cover for the nu-GNR when/if Chinese Democracy is released.

It’s too bad that the cover wasn’t VR, who have released 2 new cd’s during the last few years.
At least they “doing something” and making a greater effort to produce new music with a frontman whose vocals are much easier on the ears.
GNR fans have been waiting at least a decade for this so-called Chinese Democracy album. How much longer are they willing to wait?

To Justyn… Get a clue bro..you heard the leaked tracks. You did not hear “Chinese Democracy”. Who knows if it will ever be released… Axl is touring to make money off the past and your probably one of the suckers who pays his house payment.

GnR deserve an RS cover…in 1987.

Chinese Democracy will make this album look like Shit. AFD was a great traditional rock album, but its reign will fall when Axl returns. Trust me i’ve heard the whole fuckin’ thing and it kicks ass. Sorry, Chinese Democracy, Better, and Madagasscar all will be better.

P.S. For those of you who think GN’R was metal {your retarded}, they were raw rock n’ roll. Oh and fuck Slash Bumblefoot kicks his ass with a guitar and Scott Weiland is a crybaby who needs to shoot himself like Mr. Cobain did. Then the rock world would be perfect again.

Sorry to break the news to you, but…

“At the height of her solo career in 1974, Elliot performed two sold-out concerts at the London Palladium. She telephoned Michelle Phillips after the final concert, utterly elated that she had received standing ovations each night. She then retired for the evening, and died in her sleep of a heart attack. The New York Times reported, “Dr. Keith Simpson, a British pathologist, and Gavin Thurston, a London coroner, issued a report yesterday that ruled out the theory that “Mama” Cass Elliot choked to death on a ham sandwich.”

In Maynard we trust.

How can anyone compare bands such as
Bob Dylan, Sex Pistols, Aerosmith or Tom Petty to Guns & Roses.

Yes, musicians have their influnces.
Guns & Roses are a glam band from
the 1980’s era “butt-metal” days.
They hardly can be compared to classic rock bands.
In other words, they are nt as good as the bands who inspired them.

Comparing Axl Rose to someone like Sid Vicious is a joke.
Axl is a poser. This is not an album that should be celebrated on a cover of any magazine.

How can anyone compare bands such as
Bob Dylan, Sex Pistols, Aerosmith or Tom Petty to Guns & Roses.

Yes, musicians have their influnces.
Guns & Roses are a glam band from
the 1980’s era “butt-metal” days.
They hardly can be compared to classic rock bands.
In other words, they are nt as good as the bands who inspired them.

Comparing Axl Rose to someone like Sid Vicious is a joke.
Axl is a poser. This is not an album that should be celebrated on a cover of any magazine.

90 million albums sold. Period. Argument over. Appetite, I’ve read from 16 million to 30 million, and some above. Motley Crue sold 35 million albums total. The Illusions beat that. Appetite sold more than DSOTM and all Zeppelin albums. Why does Appetite have an average rating of 5 on iTunes with over 200 ratings when almost no other album does? Explain that. Jungle, Sweet Child, Paradise City vs. any other 3 songs kick the shit out of them. Only contender is Black Dog, Rock and Roll, and Stairway. Idiotic people who think Pearl Jam can touch GN’Rs success…

awesome album and it should be remembered forever

Yeah!!!!!!!!:)

suck

great guitarists
great vocalist
great band

Interpol should have made the cover!!! WTF, why the reissues?! Rollingstone running out of ideas?

Interpol should have made the cover!!! WTF, why the reissues?! Rollingstone running out of ideas?

No! dont eat those sandwiches. They are ham and everyone knows that ham sandwiches are easy to choke on!

you’re welcome sam…chew and digest it very very slowly.

THIS IS THE YEAR

WHY!?

Thanks Maynard.

Good food, excellent band.