G'n'R - Lies - Guns n' Roses

In December 1986 Guns N' Roses released the EP 'Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide' on their own label UZI Suicide. Only 25000 copies of the EP were made and it contained just four songs, two of which were covers. When the band became successful following the release of the multi platinum 'Appetite For Destruction' the EP became a collectors item and was selling for anything from $50 - $100. The band wanted something to put out between the first album and the second (which would eventually turn out to be two albums released simultaneously - ...  Read the complete review

"G N' R Lies" came in 1988 as the follow-up to Guns N' Roses' classic debut album "Appetite For Destruction". This short release finds the Hard Rock band moving things on fairly significantly from their last release with them tackling social issues and trying out new approaches in the actual style of the music too. 1. "Reckless Life" They get things underway with this one as you find that they power through with what sounds essentially like an extension of the sort of material that was found on the album prior to this one with some intense material that will hype you up and get you ready for what is to come through the ...  Read the complete review

I believe that this was the first EP released by Guns 'n' Roses and came out before their classic debut album, Appetite For Destruction. Of course, Guns 'n' Roses new album, Chinese Democracy is officialy released next week and I'm sure we're going to see another classick rock group hit number one in the UK album charts! I'm also sure that the release of Chinese Democracy is going to boost sales in these older releases. The cover of the G'n'R Lies EP is quite entertaining, made up of a series of stories in the format of a newspaper. I think they saw this as more of a joke than anything, as they claim about one of their track that features, Used To Love Her. ...  Read the complete review

Guns and Roses were more than a band to me. They represented a state of mind. They happened at a time in my life, which was full of the usual teenage angst, the whirling hormones and a feverish love of rock music combined to make them, to me at least, the most important thing on the planet at that time 88-91. After the sublime and amazingly successful Appetite for Destruction they released G?NR Lies. A collection of old and new recordings which quenched the thirst for new material while the band squabbled and fought about going into the studio to record the second album which turned out to be the ultimately disappointing Use your Illusion compilations. ...  Read the complete review

Aah, a wander down the lane that we call memory, how nice to see that little changes and some music will always be as exciting and as great to listen to as always. I have to admit it - I loved, I still love and will continue to love Guns 'n' Roses for quite a while to come. Their Rock 'n' Roll lifestyle, the hippy looking guitarist "Slash" and the foul-mouthed Axl Rose (yes, we all know it's an anagram - don't we.....?) on vocals were the epitome of what I thought a great life would be (I've since grown out of that, thank God!) and back in my teens I was something of an avid fan. Lies is one of G'N'R's ...  Read the complete review