For many Guns N'Roses is the biggest rock band that emerged in the 80s, exaggerated or not, these North Americans were an essential part to revitalize a genre that in the middle of that decade was going through difficult times, competing to the downside with genres like new wave or pop rock.
In 1991 and after publishing huge albums that were an unprecedented success "Appetite For Destruction" and "GN´ R Lies", (between the two they have sold more than fifty million copies), they publish the first volume of several double albums titled "Use Your Illusion".
In this first installment the band preserves the best essence, the most visceral and forceful of the best Guns N´Roses, with excellent compositions such as the two ballads "Don´t Cry" and "November Rain", the heiress Stone "Bad Obsession" and the fantastic "Coma".
In the visceral part are "Right Next Door" and "Don´t Damn Me" that made up a superb Guns album and a hard rock masterpiece.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Guns N´Roses-Appetite For Destruction (1987)
There are records that marked history and will be remembered forever, one of those albums is this Appetite for destruction, becoming the best selling debut album worldwide, bursting sales lists exceeding 27 million copies (15 million in the United States alone ), exciting the staff with their barren of pure and genuine direct hard rock, these guys did something very big in 1987. Well the Appetite for destruction is the debut album of the American quintet Guns N 'Roses whose name comes from two known groups LA Guns and Hollywood Rose, with which a historical alignment is formed. It was released to the market by the Geffen Records label on July 21, 1987. Generally speaking, the album is full of sex, alcohol, drugs, violent and turbulent past, which are the most suitable ingredients to give birth to a very large disc .
The influences are quite clear, sound inspired by groups such as Aerosmith, Motley Crue, The Ramones and the Rolling Stones flowed in all the senses of the group, but its sound is very own, without equal and unmistakable. The characteristic voice of Axl, well his screams, the movements on stage and not be said of the guitarist, the man in the top hat and long curly hair, dark glasses, I think he is one of the best known guitarists and one of those They better play the instrument, Slash.
Among all the themes, some stand out that would become the band's anthems such as "Welcome to the jungle", "Nightrain" or "Paradise City" without forgetting the romantic vein with "Sweet child o'mine".
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Guns´N´Roses-Your Illusion II (1991)
In 1991, Guns N' Roses made the unusual decision to release two double albums simultaneously, titled "User Your Illusion I & II", which astonished the world with their eclectic and visceral hard rock. With the same lineup as their previous albums, except for original drummer Steve Adler, who was replaced here by Matt Sorum, the rest of the band consisted of vocalist Axl Rose, guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan, and keyboardist Dizzy Reed. On this second volume, highlights include the inspired "Civil War", one of Guns N' Roses' classic tracks, the epic cover of Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", the punk anthem "Shotgun Blues", the grandiose "Breakdown", the heartfelt ballad "Don't Cry" (in a different version than the one on the first volume), and the powerful rock anthem "You Could Be Mine". The subsequent commercial reception of both works resulted in much higher sales for "Use Your Illusion I", figures that currently approach thirty million, compared to the approximately twenty million of "Use Your Illusion II", but it would be the latter that reached the number one spot on both sides of the Atlantic in the charts, while volume one would not go beyond second place.
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