GN'R Lies/Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses

GN'R Lies - Guns N' Roses, reserved seat amongst the rock Gods

Advantages: Excellent original songs, includes 'Patience'
Disadvantages: More or less a stop-gap from the record company

GN'R Lies was the short LP released by Geffen records after the debut 'Appetite For Destruction', used as a stop gap between records. It features several live covers such as Aerosmith's 'Mama Kin', delivered in that high-pitched snarl of Axl Rose. Despite the lack of original material, there are several highlights, which all happen to be new songs - 'Patience', 'Used To Love Her' and 'One In A Million'. It is at this point Guns N' Roses were reserved a places in the pantheon of rock gods, as these songs are by far the highlight of an otherwise classic-rock cover album. 'Patience' is a heart-wrenching ballad, co-written by Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin. It is of an acoustic arrangment, which gives Guns N' Roses a softer dimension that had never really been explored before. 'Used To Love Her' is perhaps the only Guns N' Roses song to ...

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Appetite For Destruction - Guns n Roses. Just awesome

Advantages: Just a wonderful album
Disadvantages: Some may be offended by the lyrics

In August of 1987, something seismic happened in the world of rock music and the cause was an album called Appetite For Destruction by the then unknown Los Angeles band Guns n Roses. Formed in a merger between groups Hollywood Rose and LA Guns, the band managed, in one fail swoop, to do what the likes of Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones had been doing for years - but do it so much better. In a time when pop music and electro were all the rage and hip-hop was the emerging new style, Appetite For Destruction put the rock genre back on the "cool for kids" map. Falling somewhere between the boundaries of metal, punk and glam-rock, the album struck a perfect balance of parent-shocking lyrics and well-written rock songs that were performed with no compromise in quality. From the first bar of the first track - the group's flagship song ...

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Apettite For Destuction by Guns N' Roses - '

Advantages: Iconic rock
Disadvantages: None

I have been a Guns N' Roses fan for a along time now. I even went to see the new line-up of the band on tour in the summer of 2006. I'm not sure what draws me to them. Perhaps it's the grandeur and eccentricity of it all. Or maybe it's because, once upon a time, sunset strip 1987, they really were the most dangerous band in the world. This album is the by-product of that and you can almost hear the memories screaming out, perfectly voiced by a young and angry Axl Rose. This is the debut with all the original line-up (Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Izzy Stradlin and Steven Adler). It's before Axl got hold of synth machines, Slash fell too far into alcohol and Steven Adler fell into the depths of coke addiction. But you always get the sense these things weren't far away, which does nothing but add to the edge of what is already a cutting ...

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