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FORMED: 1985

At a time when pop was dominated by dance music and pop metal, Guns N' Roses brought raw, ugly rock & roll crashing back into the charts. They were not nice boys; nice boys don't play rock & roll. They were ugly, misogynist, violent; they were also funny, vulnerable, and occasionally sensitive, as their breakthrough hit "Sweet Child O' Mine" showed. While Slash and Izzy Stradlin ferociously spit out dueling guitar riffs worthy of Aerosmith or the Stones, Axl Rose screeched out his tales of sex, drugs, and apathy in the big city; bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steven Adler were a limber rhythm section that kept the music loose and powerful. Guns N' Roses' music was basic and gritty, with a solid hard, bluesy base; they were dark, sleazy, dirty, and honest -- everything that good hard rock and heavy metal should be.

Guns N' Roses released their first EP in in 1986, which led to a contract with Geffen; the following year, the band released their debut album, Appetite for Destruction. They started to build a following with their numerous live shows, but the album didn't start selling until almost a year later, when MTV started playing "Sweet Child o' Mine." Soon, the album shot to number one and Guns N' Roses became one of the biggest bands in the world. By the end of 1988, they released G N' R Lies, which paired four new, acoustic-based songs with their first EP.

Guns N' Roses began to work on the follow-up to Appetite at the end of 1990. In October of that year, the band fired Adler, claiming that his drug dependency caused him to play poorly; he was replaced by Matt Sorum from the Cult. During recording, the band added Dizzy Reed on keyboards. By the time the sessions were finished, the new album had become two new albums. After being delayed for nearly a year, the albums, Use Your Illusion I and II, were released in the fall of 1991. The Illusions showcased a more ambitious band; while there were still a fair number of full-throttle guitar rockers, there were stabs at Elton John-style balladry, acoustic blues, horn sections, female backup singers, ten-minute songs with several different sections, and a good number of introspective, soul-searching lyrics. In short, they were now making art; amazingly, they were successful at it.

While the albums sold very well initially, the band soon fell out of favor. Stradlin left the band by the end of 1991 and with his departure the band lost their best songwriter. Once Nirvana's Nevermind hit the top of the charts in early 1992, there was a distinct division between what was cool in hard rock and what wasn't; Guns N' Roses -- with all of their pretensions, impressionistic videos, models, and rock star excesses -- were very uncool. The band didn't fully grasp the change until 1993, when they released their album of punk songs, The Spaghetti Incident?; it received some good reviews, but the band failed to capture the reckless spirit of not only the original versions, but their own Appetite for Destruction. By the middle of 1994, there were rumors flying that the band was about to break up, since Rose wanted to pursue a new, more industrial direction and Slash wanted to stick with their blues-inflected hard rock.

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REUNION | Reviewer: Sid | 7/14/2008

i wish that Steven(drums), Slash(lead) , W. Axl .ROSE (vocals), Duff(bass), Izzy(rhythm) reunite again to rock the world so that i can witness them in front of my eyes!! cause GN'R is my best band in the world and the thing that i wanna witness them in front of my eyes is that when i was young old members had split up!!! and this is the sad part for me.

Long live Guns N' Roses | Reviewer: TheAlchemist | 7/8/2008

I'm currently in a melodic metal band. One of my greatest influences is and always will be the musical genius of Guns N' Roses. From my point of view, GNR don't exist at this point in time, not without key players like Slash, Sorum, Stradlin and Duff teamed up with Axl. Stop acting like bitches and bring back the real GNR!! We need real rock, and Velvet Revolver's Contraband gave me some high hopes, but they screwed it up with Libertad. The undeniable fact is that no band could ever replicate or better the masterpieces created by GNR. I wish that guys like Slash and Axl would read these reviews, so they can see the craving for some more of their magic. The kind if magic they can't create without each other. I don't need to say this, because GNR will stand the test of time, but here it goes...."Long live Guns N' Roses, the true gods of rock!"

GNR | Reviewer: one of the fan of GNR | 7/7/2008

since the age of 10 i listen to GNR and i fucking love this band NOVEMBER RAIN is just fuckin' Great.My wish is just that they decide to come back again make a new album which will be sell all over the world.
GNR forever sorry i mean GUNS N' ROSES FOREVER such great band should have some respect na!

slash n xl only can give real taste of music | Reviewer: pranay | 4/15/2008

i m great fan of gnr i couldnt sleep with out hearing song NOVEMVER RAIN. i like their all songs.. xl could flow his voice with slashs.s guitars freet.. wat de fuck happened to them...
their songs will last till this fuckin world lasts....

G N R | Reviewer: andrew | 4/11/2008

you know what we need???we need G N R 2 come back so they can kick the ass out of those new gay, "cool" bands like the emos of AFI and the gaywads of Moderrato.those bands wouldnt of done nothing if it werent for G N R.

GNR 4 EVER

gnr | Reviewer: joseey | 4/5/2008

duudess seriously i think that guns n roses are the best band in these planet well they were fukkin axel hade to kill it wen he brought out hes new gay band ttryieng to be like the old guns n roses but axel back to reality slash is the only guitarist that will make that hapen axel ur just greety i love ur style tho!!

Who The Hell Cares | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/29/2008

Man wtf guns n roses is the best motha fukin band of all time.. even my kids listen to them... i think they should go out with a big bang and play one last show in winnipeg :):)

man there fukin gods

amen brothers gnr 4 life

I agree with Jrod2390 | Reviewer: Zack | 3/28/2008

I do agree with that Jrod guy, But even if Axl put away his differences, Slash would not go back into GNR because of the simple fact that Axl was a complete boob with the band no offense to Axl. Slash right now is making it big time, he is doing what he is passionate about, Making the type of music what he likes, thats where I get my inspiration from when I do my guitaring and lyric writing for my band. But if I did have a wish it would be for all of them to put away their differences and become one again... Let Guns N Roses rest in peice.

Guns N Roses | Reviewer: Brittany | 3/8/2008

Guns N roses is the best rock band ever and they will always be. I wish they will bring back the kind of rock of back then when they had good rock music. Now we listen to stupid shit about sex, drugs mostly all of that shit. It would be cool if they came back. I love there song SWEET CHILD O' MINE and the best of all NOVEMBER RAIN. They are the best hard rock band ever and will always be.

GNR | Reviewer: CHR15 | 2/27/2008

I agree with yall, i wish that i ve been born in the 80s so i could ve enjoy the GUNS N ROSES era, but for me theyr are the best of the best, i just hope that they come back and Axl stops being so selfish and a cryn baby, oh Guns N Roses please come back im only 14 and im already sick of this shit music!!!!!!!!!!!!!, shit music!!!!!! from nowadays, we need bands like GNR to kick those trash bands asses, i love singles like sweet child o mine, welcome to the jungle, paradise city,
Mr. Brownstone, Youre Crazy, ALL APETITE FOR DESTRUCTION, and others like Dont Cry, Patience, Civil War, ESTRANGED!, Garden of Eden, Knocking on Heavens Door, and the best song ive heard in all my life NOVEMBER RAIN!!!!!!!!!, GUNS N ROSES ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4EVER

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