Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Guns N' Roses





Artist:  Guns N' Roses
Origin:  Los Angeles, California, USA.
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

Classic line-up:


Axl Rose:  Lead Vocals
Slash:  Lead Guitar
Izzy Stradlin:  Rhythm Guitar
Duff McKagan:  Bass
Steven Adler:  Drums

Guns N' Rose is an American Hard Rock Band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985.  The classic line-up consisted of Axl Rose (Vocals), Slash (Lead Guitar), Izzy Stradlin (Rhythm Guitar), Duff McKagan (Bass) and Steven Adler (Drums) and signed on Geffen Records.  Guns N' Rose's reputation and had earned the nickname "The Most Dangerous Band in The World", and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 2012.














Title:  Appetite For Destruction (1987)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Label:  Geffen
Rating:  *****

Tracks:


 1.  Welcome To The Jungle  (4:34)
 2.  It's So Easy  (3:23)
 3.  Nightrain  (4:29)
 4.  Out Ta Get Me  (4:25)
 5.  Mr. Brownstone  (3:49)
 6.  Paradise City  (6:46)
 7.  My Michelle  (3:40)
 8.  Think About You  (3:52)
 9.  Sweet Child O' Mine  (5:55)
10. You're Crazy  (3:17)
11. Anything Goes  (3:26)
12. Rocket Queen  (6:13)

Personnel:


Axl Rose:  Lead Vocals, Percussion
Slash:  Lead Guitar, Percussion
Izzy Stradlin:  Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals
Duff McKagan:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Steven Adler:  Drums

Appetite For Destruction is the debut album by Guns N' Roses, released in July 21, 1987 on Geffen Records.  This album was well received on Billboard Chart, and got Platinum by the RIAA and Worldwide Sales in excess of 28 million in 2008, and one of albums in book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
























The Original Cover Art for the album by Robert Williams' painting, and replacement with the album's current cover.























Title:  G N' R Lies  (1988)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Folk Rock, Blues Rock
Label:  Geffen
Rating:   ****

Tracks: 

 1.  Reckless Life  (3:20)
 2.  Nice Boys  (3:03)
 3.  Move To The City  (3:42)
 4.  Mama Kin  (3:57)
 5.  Patience  (5:56)
 6.  Used To Love Her  (3:13)
 7.  You're Crazy  (Acoustic Version) (4:10)
 8.  One In A Million  (6:10)

Personnel:

Axl Rose:  Lead Vocals
Slash:  Lead Guitar
Izzy Stradlin:  Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals
Duff McKagan:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Steven Adler:  Drums, Backing Vocals

G N' R Lies is the second album by Guns N' Roses, released in November 29, 1988 on Geffen Records, also well-know as Lies, and released single "Patience" got No. 4 on Billboard Chart.














Title:  Use Your Illusion I  (1991)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Label:  Geffen
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Right Next Door To Hell  (3:02)
 2.  Dust N' Bones  (4:58)
 3.  Live And Let Die  (3:04)
 4.  Don't Cry (feat. Shannon Hoon) (4:44)
 5.  Perfect Crime  (2:24)
 6.  You Ain't The First  (2:36)
 7.  Bad Obsession  (5:28)
 8.  Back Off Bitch  (5:04)
 9.  Double Talkin' Jive  (3:24)
10. November Rain (8:57)
11. The Garden (feat. Alice Cooper & Shannon Hoon) (5:22)
12. Garden Of Eden  (2:42)
13. Don't Damn Me  (5:19)
14. Bad Apples  (4:28)
15. Dead Horse  (4:18)
16. Coma  (10:13)

Personnel:

Axl Rose:  Lead Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards
Slash:  Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar, Dobro, Backing Vocals
Izzy Stradlin:  Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals, Percussion
Duff McKagan:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Dizzy Reed:  Keyboards, Piano, Tambourine
Matt Sorum:  Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals

Use Your Illusion is the third album by Guns N' Roses, released in September 17, 1991 on Geffen Records and it was the first of two albums and each albums have been certified Platinum by the RIAA.  It was nominated for Grammy Award in 1992.















Title:  Use Your Illusion II (1991)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Label:  Geffen
Rating:  *****

Tracks:


 1.  Civil War  (7:42)
 2.  14 Years  (4:21)
 3.  Yesterday  (3:16)
 4.  Knockin' On Heaven's Door  (5:36)
 5.  Get In The Ring  (5:41)
 6.  Shotgun Blues  (3:23)
 7.  Breaddown  (7:05)
 8.  Pretty Tied Up  (4:48)
 9.  Locomotive  (8:42)
10. So Fine  (4:06)
11. Estranged  (9:24)
12. You Could Be Mine  (5:43)
13. Don't Cry  (4:44)
14. My World   (1:24)

Personnel:

Axl Rose:  Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Synthesizer, Drum Machine
Slash:  Lead Guitar, Banjo
Izzy Stradlin:  Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals
Duff McKagan:  Bass, Backing Vocals, Percussion
Dizzy Reed:  Keyboards, Piano, Oragan
Matt Sorum:  Drums, Backing Vocals

Additional Personnel:

Steven Adler:  Drums on "Civil War"
Johann Langlie:  Drums, Keyboards and Sound Effects on "My World"
The Waters:  Backing Vocals on "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Howard Teman:  Piano on "So Fine"
Shannon Hoon:  Backing Vocals on "Don't Cry

Use Your Illusion II is the fourth album by Guns N' Roses, released in September 17, 1991 on Geffen Records and it was one of two albums, this album slightly more popular of the two albums that the first week at No. 1 on the U.S. Charts, also No. 1 on the U.K. Albums Chart, and released single "You Could Be Mine".














Title:  The Spaghetti Incident?  (1993)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Label:  Geffen
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

 1.  Since I Don't Have You  (4:20)
 2.  New Rose   (2:38)
 3.  Down On The Farm  (  3:29)
 4.  Human Being  (6:48)
 5.  Raw Power  (3:12)
 6.  Ain't It Fun (feat. Michael Monroe) (5:06)
 7.  Buick Mackane (Big Dumb Sex) (2:40)
 8.  Hair Of The Dog  (3:55)
 9.  Attitude  (1:27)
10. Black Leather  (4:09)
11. You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory (3:35)
12. I Don't Care About You  (2:07)
13. Look At Your Game, Girl  (2:34)

Personnel:

Axl Rose:  Lead Vocals, Keyboards, 
Slash:  Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Duff McKagan:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Dizzy Reed:  Keyboards, Piano, Backing Vocals
Matt Sorum:  Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Gilby Clarke:  Rhythm Guitar

Additional Personnel:

Michael Monroe:  Co-Lead Vocals on Track 6
Mike Staggs:  Additional Guitar on Track 6
Mike Fasano:  Percussion on Track 8
Richard Duguay:  Lead and Rhythm Guitar on Track 11
Eddie Huletz:  Backing Vocals on Track 11
Blake Stanton:  Backing Vocals on Track 12
Eric Mills:  Backing Vocals on Track 12
Rikki Rachtman:  Backing Vocals on Track 12
Stuart Bailey:  Backing Vocals on Track 12

The Spaghetti Incident? is the fifth album by Guns N' Roses, released in November 23, 1993 on Geffen Records.  It was the last Guns N' Roses album to feature Slash (Guitar), Duff McKagan (Bass) and Matt Sorum (Drums).














Title:  Chinese Democracy  (2008)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Label:  Geffen
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

 1.  Chinese Democracy  (4:43)
 2.  Shackler's Revenge  (3:37)
 3.  Better  (4:58)
 4.  Street Of Dreams  (4:46)
 5.  If The World  (4:54)
 6.  There Was A Time  (6:41)
 7.  Cathcher In The Rye  (5:53)
 8.  Scraped  (3:30)
 9.  Riad N' The Bedouins  (4:10)
10. Sorry  (6:14)
11. I.R.S.  (4:28)
12. Mdagascar  (5:38)
13. This I Love  (5:34)
14. Prostitute  (6:15)

Personnel:

Axl Rose:  Lead Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals
Dizzy Reed:  Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals
Tommy Stinson:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Chris Pitman: Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Mellotron  on "There Was A Time","Madagascar", "If The World"
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal:   Rhythm & Lead Guitar
Richard Fortus:  Rhythm Guitar
Frank Ferrer:  Drums on "Chinese Democracy", "Better", "If The World", There Was A Time" and "I.R.S.'

Buckethead:  Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar on "If The World"
Robin Finck:  Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar on "Sorry", Keyboards on "Better" and "If The World"
Paul Tobias:  Rhythm Guitar, Piano on "There Was a Time"
Bryan Mantia:  Drums on Tracks, 2 to 4
Josh Freese:  Drums on Tracks, 4, 6, 9 and 14

Session Musicians:

Sebastian Bach:  Background Vocals on "Sorry"
Pete Scaturro:  Keyboards on "Sorry"
Suzy Katayama:  French Horns on "Madagascar"
Patti Hood:  Harp on "This I Love"

Chinese Democracy is the sixth album by Guns N' Roses, released in November 23, 2008 on Geffen Records.  The album achieved international success and has sold over one million copies in Europe.














Title:  Live Era '87-'93  (1999)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Label:   Geffen
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1

 1.  Nightrain  (5:18)
 2.  Mr. Brownstone  (5:42)
 3.  It's So Easy  (  3:28)
 4.  Jungle  (5:09)
 5.  Dust N' bones  (5:05)
 6.  My Michelle  (3:53)
 7.  You're Cracy   (4:45)
 8.  Used To Love Her  (4:17)
 9.  Patience  (6:42)
10. It's Alright  (3:07)
11. November Rain  (12:29)

Disc 2

 1.  Out Ta Get Me  (4:33)
 2.  Pretty Tied Up  (5:25)
 3.  Yesterdays  (3:52)
 4.  Move To The City  (8:00)
 5.  You Could Be Mine  (6:02)
 6.  Rocket Queen  (8:27)
 7.  Sweet Child O' Mine (7:25)
 8.  Knockin' On Heaven's Door  (7:27)
 9.  Don't Cry  (4:44)
10. Estranged  (9:52)
11. Paradise City  (7:21)

Bonus Track:

12. Coma  (10:48)

Band Members:

Axl Rose:  Lead Vocals, Piano
Slash:  Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Izzy Stradlin: Rhythm Guitar, Backing  Vocals
Duff McKagan:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Steve Adler:  Drums
Dizzy Reed:  Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer, Percussion, Backing Vocals

Additional Musicians:

Matt Sorum:  Drums, Backing Vocals
Gilby Clarke:  Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals

Backing Musicians:

Teddy Andreadis:  Backing Vocals, Harmonica, Percussion, Keyboards
Roberta Freeman:  Backing Vocals
Tracy Amos:   Backing  Vocals
Cece Worrall:  Horns
Anne King:  Horns
Lisa Maxwell:  Horns

Live Era '87-'93 is a double live album by Guns N' Roses, released in November 23, 1999 on Geffen Records.














Title:  Greatest Hits  (2004)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Label:  Geffen
Rating:  ****

Tracks:

 1.  Welcome To The Jungle  (4:32)
 2.  Sweet Child O' Mine  (5:55)
 3.  Patience  (5:56)
 4.  Paradise City  (6:47)
 5.  Knockin' On Heaven's Door  (5:36)
 6.  Civil War  (7:42)
 7.  You Could Be Mine  (5:44)
 8.  Don't Cry  (4:51)
 9.  November Rain  (8:57)
10. Live And Let Die  (3:02)
11. Yesterdays  (3:18)
12. Ain't It Fun  (5:10)
13. Since I Don't Have You  (4:18)
14. Devil  (7:36)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Guns N' Roses, released in March 23, 2004 on Geffen Records.








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