Guns N 'Roses (sometimes abbreviated as GN'R) is an American rock band. The band formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band, led by singer and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through various line-up changes and controversy since its formation; lineup currently consists of vocalist Rose, guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" thal, DJ Ashba and Richard Fortus, bassist Tommy Stinson drummer Frank Ferrer and keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman. The band released six studio albums, three EPs and one live album during his career.The band has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, including more than 46 million in the United States.The band's 1987 major label debut album Appetite for Destruction has sold more than 28 million copies worldwide and reached number one in the United States Billboard 200. In addition, the album charted three Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Sweet Child O 'Mine" which reached number one.The 1991 album Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II debuted on the two highest spots on the Billboard 200 and has sold 14 million copies combined in the United States alone and 35 million worldwide. After more than a decade of work, the band released a follow-up album, Chinese Democracy, in 2008.Mid-to-late eighties and early nineties years has been described by individuals in the music industry as a period where "they gave birth to a hedonistic rebellion and turn back the punk attitude-driven hard rock, reminiscent of the early Rolling Stones. "
Guns N 'Roses (sometimes abbreviated as GN'R) is an American rock band. The band formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band, led by singer and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through various line-up changes and controversy since its formation; lineup currently consists of vocalist Rose, guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" thal, DJ Ashba and Richard Fortus, bassist Tommy Stinson drummer Frank Ferrer and keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman. The band released six studio albums, three EPs and one live album during his career. The band has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, including more than 46 million in the United States.The band's 1987 major label debut album Appetite for Destruction has sold more than 28 million copies worldwide and reached number one in the United States Billboard 200. In addition, the album charted three Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Sweet Child O 'Mine" which reached number one.The 1991 album Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II debuted on the two highest spots on the Billboard 200 and has sold 14 million copies combined in the United States alone and 35 million worldwide. After more than a decade of work, the band released a follow-up album, Chinese Democracy, in 2008. Mid-to-late eighties and early nineties years has been described by individuals in the music industry as a period where "they gave birth to a hedonistic rebellion and turn back the punk attitude-driven hard rock, reminiscent of the early Rolling Stones. "
Formation (1985-1987)See also: Hollywood Rose and L. A. GunsThis group was formed in early 1985 by Hollywood Rose members Axl Rose (vocals) and Izzy Stradlin (guitar), and LA Guns members Tracii Guns (lead guitar), Ole Beich (bass) and Rob Gardner (drums). The band created the name by combining two of the members of the group name. Shortly thereafter, bassist Ole Beich fired, and replaced by Duff McKagan.Setelah a while Tracii Guns Tracii was replaced by Slash because it does not show up for practice. Slash has played with McKagan in the Road Crew and Stradlin during a short duty in Hollywood Rose. The new line-up came together quickly, but after deciding to do the "tour" from Sacramento, California to Duff's home town of Seattle, drummer Rob Gardner quit and was replaced by Slash's close friend Steven Adler.The band, which continues called Guns N 'Roses even after the departure of Tracii Guns, established stable first row above the so-called "Hell Tour". In an interview, Slash said, "That [trip to Seattle] is really what cemented the band" and established the chemical.Life! * @ Like a SuicideGeffen Records released an EP in late 1986 to keep the interest in live bands while resigning from the club scene to work in the studio. The four song EP Live! * @ Like a Suicide out in independent pretend "Uzi Suicide Records" label (which is actually a subsidiary of Geffen.) Only 10,000 copies of vinyl EP diproduksi.Pada Halloween night 1986 Guns N 'Roses performed at UCLA's Ackerman Ballroom as an opening to Thelonious Monster, The Dickies, and Red Hot Chili Peppers headlining.This entry billed as a live recording, although Rose will reveal, years later, that it is a simulation. EP consists of four songs from the band's demo tapes with overdubbed crowd noise. Its contents include Rose Tattoo's "Nice Boys" and Aerosmith's "Mama Kin", along with two original compositions: the punk song "Reckless Life" and the classic rock inspired "Move to the City", which both co-written by Hollywood Rose's founding member Chris Weber .Live original vinyl! * @ Like a Suicide EP has become a valuable and sought after collector's item, although the track was re-issued two years later on the album GN'R Lies.Lust Destruction, GN 'R Lies (1987-1989)Main article: Appetite for Destruction and GN 'R LiesThe band's first album, Appetite for Destruction was released on July 21, 1987. The album experienced a change after an original work of art that Robert Williams cover design (a surrealist scene in which a dagger-toothed monster attack vengefully robot rapist) spawned an album. [16] which has been revised is a cover design by Bill White, a tattoo artist, who originally designed for tattoo Rose has received the previous year. Featuring designs of each of the five band members' skulls in layers on the cross. Rose later insisted that the Gold and Platinum plaques issued by the RIAA set using the original cover. Cover artwork from the original can be found in the booklet of the CD release. In the United States, "Welcome to the Jungle" was issued as the first single, with accompanying music video. Initially, the album and single to survive for almost a year without performing well, but when Geffen Records founder David Geffen was asked to provide support for the band, he obliged by convincing MTV executives personally to play "Welcome to the Jungle" during their after hours rotation. Although the video was initially only played one time at 4 am on Sunday, and punk rock fans pay attention and soon began requesting the video and song en masse.In Japan, the entire EP entitled Live from the Jungle was issued, which contains the album version of "Sweet Child O 'Mine "along with a selection of the Marquee Club recordings."Sweet Child O 'Mine" is the second album the U.S. single co-written by Axl Rose as a poem for his girlfriend and future wife, Erin Everly. Due to the success of growing grass-roots band and cross-gender appeal of the song, the song and accompanying music video received heavy play on both radio and MTV, and became a huge success during the summer of 1988, reaching peak in the U.S. charts listed in VH1's Slash 100 Greatest songs from the 80's, "That's really my least favorite song we ever wrote ... I hate it, but it turned into songs of our greatest ever." "Welcome to the Jungle" was later reissued as one, with new pressings and cassette recordings and new artwork. It was a successful re-release, as the single reached # 7 in the United States supported the British re-release with an acoustic version of "You're Crazy", recorded much earlier than that shown on the GN 'R Lies EP.At the time of "Paradise City" and its video reached the airwaves and peaked at # 5 in the U.S., the band touring success and fame has thrown up the album # 1 on the Billboard charts. "Welcome to the Jungle", "Sweet Child O 'Mine" and "Paradise City" were all top ten singles in the U.S. To date, Appetite for Destruction has sold more than 28 million copies worldwide.It been certified as Platinum in USGuns N 18X 'Roses began opening shows for big acts, but as their fame began to take over, a world tour in support of Appetite for Destruction was scheduled. Travel bands throughout the United States, and in spring 1988 were invited to the famous Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England, where they shared the bill with groups like KISS and Iron Maiden. In the early Guns N 'Roses set, the capacity crowd of over 100,000 began jumping and surging forward. Although Rose's request that people stay away from the stage, two fans were trampled to death. Especially the media blame the band for the tragedy, and reported that the band continues to play even when there are dangerous crowd conditions. In fact, the final report on the Donington incident filed by the head of security at the site noted that the band has not yet realized the extent of fan injuries, had immediately set to stop them when requested to do so, and have been trying to menenangkankerumunan. [20] Nonetheless, events like this for Appetite for Destruction tour earned the title "the world's most dangerous band." In addition, the behavior of the band members also gathered negative attention from the media. Duff, Slash, Izzy and Adler often seen intoxicated both on and off stage.The band's next release was GN 'R Lies in 1988, which reached # 2 on the Billboard music charts. The album included the four Live?! * @ Like a Suicide recordings on one side and four acoustic songs on the other. The song "One in a Million", which includes the words "nigger" and "faggots" among the obscenities like others, caused controversy in which critics accused the band, and specifically Axl Rose, racism and homophobia.Rose respond (in a 1990 interview with MTV) by saying the claim was baseless, particularly considering Slash himself is half black. He went on to explain that the words are those which protagonist and not a personal statement, and that the lyrics reflect the racial problems and harm to the community rather than in promoting them. Rose also mentioned that he idolized gay / bisexual singers like Freddie Mercury and Elton John. The band has played gigs together with all the black metal band Body Count, Ice T and the singer wrote in his book, The Ice Opinion, that Axl had been "a victim of the press in the same way I am."Even after the release of GN'R Lies, Appetite for Destruction continued to be popular for the remainder of 1988 and 1989, which resulted in them winning both Favorite Heavy Metal Artist and Favorite Heavy Metal Album (Appetite for Destruction) on national television in 1990 American Music Awards, where Slash and McKagan appeared intoxicated and used profanities visible in the air. Members finally took steps to deal with their addictions after Rose threatened to end the band if they continued with their heavy drug abuse. He even spoke publicly about the situation, particularly heroin addiction, while opening for The Rolling Stones at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1989 by stating that if certain members of the band do not stop "dancing with Mr. Brownstone", Guns N 'Roses completed - particularly referring to Slash and Adler.
Guns N 'Roses (sometimes abbreviated as GN'R) is an American rock band. The band formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band, led by singer and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through various line-up changes and controversy since its formation; lineup currently consists of vocalist Rose, guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" thal, DJ Ashba and Richard Fortus, bassist Tommy Stinson drummer Frank Ferrer and keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman. The band released six studio albums, three EPs and one live album during his career. The band has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, including more than 46 million in the United States.The band's 1987 major label debut album Appetite for Destruction has sold more than 28 million copies worldwide and reached number one in the United States Billboard 200. In addition, the album charted three Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Sweet Child O 'Mine" which reached number one.The 1991 album Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II debuted on the two highest spots on the Billboard 200 and has sold 14 million copies combined in the United States alone and 35 million worldwide. After more than a decade of work, the band released a follow-up album, Chinese Democracy, in 2008. Mid-to-late eighties and early nineties years has been described by individuals in the music industry as a period where "they gave birth to a hedonistic rebellion and turn back the punk attitude-driven hard rock, reminiscent of the early Rolling Stones. "
Formation (1985-1987)See also: Hollywood Rose and L. A. GunsThis group was formed in early 1985 by Hollywood Rose members Axl Rose (vocals) and Izzy Stradlin (guitar), and LA Guns members Tracii Guns (lead guitar), Ole Beich (bass) and Rob Gardner (drums). The band created the name by combining two of the members of the group name. Shortly thereafter, bassist Ole Beich fired, and replaced by Duff McKagan.Setelah a while Tracii Guns Tracii was replaced by Slash because it does not show up for practice. Slash has played with McKagan in the Road Crew and Stradlin during a short duty in Hollywood Rose. The new line-up came together quickly, but after deciding to do the "tour" from Sacramento, California to Duff's home town of Seattle, drummer Rob Gardner quit and was replaced by Slash's close friend Steven Adler.The band, which continues called Guns N 'Roses even after the departure of Tracii Guns, established stable first row above the so-called "Hell Tour". In an interview, Slash said, "That [trip to Seattle] is really what cemented the band" and established the chemical.Life! * @ Like a SuicideGeffen Records released an EP in late 1986 to keep the interest in live bands while resigning from the club scene to work in the studio. The four song EP Live! * @ Like a Suicide out in independent pretend "Uzi Suicide Records" label (which is actually a subsidiary of Geffen.) Only 10,000 copies of vinyl EP diproduksi.Pada Halloween night 1986 Guns N 'Roses performed at UCLA's Ackerman Ballroom as an opening to Thelonious Monster, The Dickies, and Red Hot Chili Peppers headlining.This entry billed as a live recording, although Rose will reveal, years later, that it is a simulation. EP consists of four songs from the band's demo tapes with overdubbed crowd noise. Its contents include Rose Tattoo's "Nice Boys" and Aerosmith's "Mama Kin", along with two original compositions: the punk song "Reckless Life" and the classic rock inspired "Move to the City", which both co-written by Hollywood Rose's founding member Chris Weber .Live original vinyl! * @ Like a Suicide EP has become a valuable and sought after collector's item, although the track was re-issued two years later on the album GN'R Lies.Lust Destruction, GN 'R Lies (1987-1989)Main article: Appetite for Destruction and GN 'R LiesThe band's first album, Appetite for Destruction was released on July 21, 1987. The album experienced a change after an original work of art that Robert Williams cover design (a surrealist scene in which a dagger-toothed monster attack vengefully robot rapist) spawned an album. [16] which has been revised is a cover design by Bill White, a tattoo artist, who originally designed for tattoo Rose has received the previous year. Featuring designs of each of the five band members' skulls in layers on the cross. Rose later insisted that the Gold and Platinum plaques issued by the RIAA set using the original cover. Cover artwork from the original can be found in the booklet of the CD release. In the United States, "Welcome to the Jungle" was issued as the first single, with accompanying music video. Initially, the album and single to survive for almost a year without performing well, but when Geffen Records founder David Geffen was asked to provide support for the band, he obliged by convincing MTV executives personally to play "Welcome to the Jungle" during their after hours rotation. Although the video was initially only played one time at 4 am on Sunday, and punk rock fans pay attention and soon began requesting the video and song en masse.In Japan, the entire EP entitled Live from the Jungle was issued, which contains the album version of "Sweet Child O 'Mine "along with a selection of the Marquee Club recordings."Sweet Child O 'Mine" is the second album the U.S. single co-written by Axl Rose as a poem for his girlfriend and future wife, Erin Everly. Due to the success of growing grass-roots band and cross-gender appeal of the song, the song and accompanying music video received heavy play on both radio and MTV, and became a huge success during the summer of 1988, reaching peak in the U.S. charts listed in VH1's Slash 100 Greatest songs from the 80's, "That's really my least favorite song we ever wrote ... I hate it, but it turned into songs of our greatest ever." "Welcome to the Jungle" was later reissued as one, with new pressings and cassette recordings and new artwork. It was a successful re-release, as the single reached # 7 in the United States supported the British re-release with an acoustic version of "You're Crazy", recorded much earlier than that shown on the GN 'R Lies EP.At the time of "Paradise City" and its video reached the airwaves and peaked at # 5 in the U.S., the band touring success and fame has thrown up the album # 1 on the Billboard charts. "Welcome to the Jungle", "Sweet Child O 'Mine" and "Paradise City" were all top ten singles in the U.S. To date, Appetite for Destruction has sold more than 28 million copies worldwide.It been certified as Platinum in USGuns N 18X 'Roses began opening shows for big acts, but as their fame began to take over, a world tour in support of Appetite for Destruction was scheduled. Travel bands throughout the United States, and in spring 1988 were invited to the famous Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England, where they shared the bill with groups like KISS and Iron Maiden. In the early Guns N 'Roses set, the capacity crowd of over 100,000 began jumping and surging forward. Although Rose's request that people stay away from the stage, two fans were trampled to death. Especially the media blame the band for the tragedy, and reported that the band continues to play even when there are dangerous crowd conditions. In fact, the final report on the Donington incident filed by the head of security at the site noted that the band has not yet realized the extent of fan injuries, had immediately set to stop them when requested to do so, and have been trying to menenangkankerumunan. [20] Nonetheless, events like this for Appetite for Destruction tour earned the title "the world's most dangerous band." In addition, the behavior of the band members also gathered negative attention from the media. Duff, Slash, Izzy and Adler often seen intoxicated both on and off stage.The band's next release was GN 'R Lies in 1988, which reached # 2 on the Billboard music charts. The album included the four Live?! * @ Like a Suicide recordings on one side and four acoustic songs on the other. The song "One in a Million", which includes the words "nigger" and "faggots" among the obscenities like others, caused controversy in which critics accused the band, and specifically Axl Rose, racism and homophobia.Rose respond (in a 1990 interview with MTV) by saying the claim was baseless, particularly considering Slash himself is half black. He went on to explain that the words are those which protagonist and not a personal statement, and that the lyrics reflect the racial problems and harm to the community rather than in promoting them. Rose also mentioned that he idolized gay / bisexual singers like Freddie Mercury and Elton John. The band has played gigs together with all the black metal band Body Count, Ice T and the singer wrote in his book, The Ice Opinion, that Axl had been "a victim of the press in the same way I am."Even after the release of GN'R Lies, Appetite for Destruction continued to be popular for the remainder of 1988 and 1989, which resulted in them winning both Favorite Heavy Metal Artist and Favorite Heavy Metal Album (Appetite for Destruction) on national television in 1990 American Music Awards, where Slash and McKagan appeared intoxicated and used profanities visible in the air. Members finally took steps to deal with their addictions after Rose threatened to end the band if they continued with their heavy drug abuse. He even spoke publicly about the situation, particularly heroin addiction, while opening for The Rolling Stones at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1989 by stating that if certain members of the band do not stop "dancing with Mr. Brownstone", Guns N 'Roses completed - particularly referring to Slash and Adler.