Guns N' Roses in general

I would like to tell you a story about a Rock Group called Guns n’ Roses ( You may have heard of them). The original line up, formed in 1985, consisted of Axl Rose ( Vocals ), Slash ( Lead Guitar ), Duff ( Bass Guitar ), Izzy ( Rhythm Guitar ), Steven Adler ( Drums). They started out their career playing clubs in Los Angeles and released their first EP “ Live?! 8@ Like a Suicide” ( copies of which are now like gold dust!), in 1986 with Geffen Records. The EP consisted of 4 live tracks; these were Aerosmith’s “ Mama Kin”, Rose Tattoo’s “ Nice Boys” and two of the bands own songs ...

Guns N' Roses are one of the most successful rock bands of the 80-90s. Changing from a "glorified garage band" to a highly successful artistic band, to a selection of hired hands and Axl Roses' ego Guns have gone through many transitions. Appetite for Destruction, one of their most popular and raw albums was released back in 1987. This album shot them to success, featuring famous singles such as "Sweet Child O' Mine", "Paradise City" and "Welcome to the Jungle". This album featured Axl Rose as the vocalist, Slash & Izzy on the guitars, Duff on the bass and Steven Adler as the drummer. The album shows the raw ...

Izzy Stradlin’ and the Ju Ju Hounds. When Guns N’ Roses finally made it big, Izzy Stradlin’ was too stoned to notice. Already heavily into drugs, he may have noticed he could suddenly afford more, but in his permanent narcotic induced stupor, the mania that was going on around him, passed him by. One minute he was in a band playing to small audiences in small clubs, then he finally cleaned up, and found himself on stage in front of hundreds of thousands of people, backing singers and a horn section. Izzy did the only sensible thing – he quit. While Guns N’ Roses never really recovered from the loss of such a large part of the ...