Guns N' Roses

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Los Angeles, United States (1985 – present)

Guns N’ Roses are an influential American hard rock band founded in Los Angeles in 1985. They are often credited with bringing rock n’ roll back into the mainstream during the late 1980s, resurrecting the styles of bands such as Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones during a time when hair metal and glam rock had been dominating the airwaves.

The band was often referred to as “the world’s most dangerous band” due to their volatile live shows. Stemming from the LA rock & roll underground in 1986, the band signified a shift in rock from slick hair-metal back to gritty, dirty, street-smart rock & roll. The ugly lyrics matched the sleaze of the music—driven by heavy blues licks—covering misogyny, violence, city life, sex, liquor, and hard drugs. They also, however, had a tendency to show sensitivity and a desire to break free from the city. Subsequent albums revealed an influence from bands in the vein of The Rolling Stones and Queen.

Their 1987 breakthrough, Appetite for Destruction, (which is the second highest-selling debut album of all-time) 15 times platinum, coupled with the success of the hit single “

Sweet Child o’ Mine” in 1988, took the world by storm. “Appetite” was full of raunchy hard rock with blistering anthemic guitar riffs and snarling vocals. It was unlike anything before, it was raw and real with no flaw at all.

A follow up EP was made in 1988. “GNR Lies” contained 4 songs from their debut EP Live Like A Suicide, 3 new acoustic songs, and an acoustic version of You’re Crazy. The album sold well and got into the top 10 alongside Appetite For Destruction. By 1991 they were one of the most popular bands in the world.

1	Welcome to the Jungle full track	10,283
2	Sweet Child o' Mine full track	8,508
3	Paradise City full track	8,486
4	November Rain full track	7,852
5	Patience full track	4,687
6	Knockin' on Heaven's Door full track	4,613
7	Civil War	4,107
8	You Could Be Mine full track	3,851
9	Don't Cry full track	3,838
10	Live and Let Die full track	3,786
11	Nightrain full track	3,127
12	Yesterdays full track	3,089
13	Mr. Brownstone full track	2,943
14	It's So Easy full track	2,885
15	My Michelle full track	2,677

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Appetite for Destruction
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Use Your Illusion I
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Use Your Illusion II
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Greatest Hits
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malchickiwick wrote:
2 hours ago

isnt he trying to say slash is god

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Deekayone wrote:
6 hours ago

Haha, you spell gay wrong.

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alivenkicking00 wrote:
11 hours ago

slash is g'd

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averivera wrote:
yesterday afternoon

I saw them live in Wembley 92' ... the best concert i've ever been in my life!!! GNR!!!

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averivera wrote:
yesterday afternoon

i hope the new album will be as good as Appetite... but i dont think so :(

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nexu1 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

:) Can never get enough of Guns N' Roses :P Favorite band, best song is "Coma"

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malchickiwick wrote:
yesterday evening

i dont think GregaKoco2 knows where the fuck he is

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Deekayone wrote:
yesterday evening

@ leon5612: you're right, but the name is Axl, for Devil's Sake.

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leon5612 wrote:
yesterday evening

there is no difference between Axel "LIFE" and on RECORD

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Deekayone wrote:
yesterday evening

@ Passoca_com_s: Fuck yourself !!! You look like a hobbit, go back to middle earth.

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thomasgwarrior wrote:
yesterday evening

If you listen to this band, then Chinese Democracy will come out next Friday... http://www.last.fm/music/Vestigial+Blackness

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mr-andrek wrote:
Saturday afternoon

Hey, you are the one who listens to 'Indie' shit, so you're the definition of Gayness... I'd like to dedicate "Double Talkin' Jive" to you, are you happy now? /motherfucker../

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GregaKoco2 wrote:
Saturday afternoon

hahahahahahha gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

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malcriado wrote:
Saturday morning

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shaw0000000000 wrote:
Saturday morning

say hello

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Passoca_com_s wrote:
Saturday morning

new guns n' roses sux

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malchickiwick wrote:
Saturday morning

this shout is for GregaKoco2: I SEE YOU STANDING UP, YOU THINK YOURE SOO COOOLL. WHY DONT YOU JUST, FUCK OFFFF

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Peacebug69 wrote:
Friday evening

Does any one know if PUNK ASS LITTLE BITCHES who complains about GUNS_N_ROSES are bullet poof!!!!!!!!! I got a foot 4 your ass!!!!

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omgitsamber wrote:
Friday evening

When I first got into GN'R, I listened to a few songs without really paying attention to the band themselves, and I was totally and utterly convinced for a month they had at least two singers, that's how awesome Axl's voice is. Slash, Duff, Izzy and Steven were awesome, (And Matt, who I also like) and were totally a key part of the sound. But I really hope Axl does well with the new album, even if he can't replicate the old sound. Think of it this way: there are hundreds of good bands in the world which don't have Izzy or Slash or whatever either and they still manage to sound good. So I see no reason why this new band is doomed failure just because it lacks the original members, especially when no one has even heard the final studio tracks. (Demos almost invariably suck. People really should *not* be assuming they know anything about the album on those, for all those people saying "I've heard it").

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viniivodka wrote:
Friday afternoon

tendência!

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