Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Showing my age here.

13 years ago this week UYA was released. I waited for an hour to get it. Remember the exitement in the weeks before it was released?

I did, it was released at midnight. I bought two tapes... :hihi:

I recall that my mother had reservations about me purchasing them due to the explicit content sticker...The kicker was that she asked the employee if the albums were reallly that offensive, and the guy was like, "er uh, not at all."  Here's to Moms being naive suckers... ;D  Or perhaps loving enough to allow their sons and daughters to enjoy music they so obviously love...
     For my birthday that year, she bought me a birthday cake with the blood-drenched GNR logo from the center page on it...Ungrateful little shit I was; I can recall being pissed that she tore the center montage out of the booklet to bring to the baker....Awesome nonthelesss....Still got a photo of the cake too!!

Cheers,
Joe

I remember...

I skipped class to go to HMV. If you bought UY1 you got UY2 for free. It was a great deal, so I bought a copy of the tape and the copy of the CD. The only reason I got the tape was so that I could sit in the library all day back at school and listen to each album over and over again.

The funny thing was, due to the line-up being so long at HMV the news crew showed up and did a story on it. It was the first time ever that people of this magnitude lined up for a new album; however, that meant that my face was on the front page of the Entertainment section of the Herald! I had to keep it out of my parents reach for fear of being busted! Great memory!!!!

Just chatting with some friends last night about the release of CD. They asked if I would take off early from work to get it. I already have plans to take the entire day off, and am hoping for a midnight sale at HMV or A&B Sound. This new album WILL make history, trust me!!!

Aaron.

I remember waiting in line at midnight with my college roomate at The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.  Since he bought both Illusions on CD I bought Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tears which was also released that day.

I had it on reserve - it was sold out in 15 mins at Sam the Record Man I waltzed in at 9:30 and bought my copies - I also still have the "New Age Section" stickers

I remember sitting at school waiting for the Swedish class to end. Then when it did at 3, I went to the record store and got the LPs (this was before I had a CD player).

Then I went home and listened to the albums all the way through and I remember recognizing some of the tracks from the concert I saw a month before.




/jarmo

remember convincing my dad that it would not influence people to psycho stuff...

I bought the thing on mc, cd was new to me then...

A local radio station played UYI 1 AND 2 in their entirety and unedited the weekend before their release.  I think it was UYI 1 starting at 10p on Friday night and UYI 2 at 10p onj Saturday...I taped 'em both.  A little independent music store near me called me, told me to come in, and sold me the CDs on Monday morning, very quietly...the customer behind me asked the guy behind the counter (my buddy Todd) if he could get it, too...Todd looked a little freaked, but he said "Okay, but don't fucking tell ANYBODY" and the customer promised, so he bought 'em, too.
I never had to wait in line for 'em...loved that little store.  They also had a good selection of bootleg shows for $30 for a single disc, $60 for the 2-cd sets.  Most Guns shows were 2-disc.  God, I spent a lot of money!
/Mike

I was only 6 in 1991 when it was released.

I didn't buy the ILLusion Albums until around the last day of 2003.

I remember...

I do..  Man that was like x-mas, birthdays and summer vacation times 100 !!
I stayed in my room for 3 weeks, memorizing the lyrics, and learning all the songs...  The funny thing is, I kind of knew who of the songs that the mass would like, don't ask me how, it was just a feeling I got...  It was great times, and all the people in school could at least some of the songs, and you were cool if you could play some instrument..Fuck how I miss those days !! :'(

Yeah, I was eight so I was in the third grade playing basketball on the blacktop.  But I remember all of the older kids talking about it.  I didn't really know what it was but I knew it had to be something.

I remember it well.  I was in college and me and my roommates went to the music store at midnight to buy it.

I also remember that the Metallica album with Enter Sandman on it was released at the same exact date and time (I forget the name of the album).  So the long line had about 90% GNR fans and 10% Metallica fans.  It was fun because it almost came to blows a few times between the groups.

-TyRod-

spring semester of my sophmore year of college.

I bought it the next day and let my buddy in the dorm room next to stay up to midnight.

5th had a 8am. 5th needed his sleep.

It was really cool and everyone was talking about it. Good and Bad.

The whole tour thing in the summer and the hype was huge. I do not see Axl creating that much hype with CD. Not with this new band.


-Whiskey

Here in mexico it took more time to be released, I remember how everyday after school I just rushed to the phone to ask the guys in the radio every single day to play any song they could from the new albums. It was simply amazing when I finally got them. Somehow since the begining I always felt more atracted to Illusion II.  When Axl finally returns it will be just like when we finally got the Star Wars prequels, I hardly can wait.

I remember that I went to school that day and all I could think about wasgod  I hope my mom goes and picks them up like she said she would , when she picked me up sure enough should had . then spent the rest of the day blasting them from my room. thinks mom.

cool another mexican fan!

well i was like 9 years old back then i dont remember that time , but i do remember watching mtv with my brother and watching guns n roses videos , it was pretty cool , the album that i do remember was the spagueti incident , every one was talking about it .

i was 1 lol so no

anyone no what date it was released????

If only I had such a long memory?

As I recall I surely bought them last year last.

BTW Kudos to your great mums, Joe and Timothy. :headbanger:

Was UYI I and II released on September 14th, 1991? Cause September 14th is my birthday. (tomorrow!! :peace:)

September 16 & 17, 1991

http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/releases/use-your-illusion1/index.html


16th in Europe, 17th in North America


/jarmo

These 2 albums took GNR to the next level.

They showed them as more than a kick ass rock band. The world saw them as artists for the first time.

That is one of things that heightened the anticipation behind their release.

I did not get them at midnight, decided to wait till the next day. Was lucky to  get them. Ah the memories...

I was just 3 months out of high school getting ready to head down to Parris Island for basic.

I bought the albums in late 1992 or early 1993 when GN'R fever was at it's highest here in Australia,  due to them staging the biggest Oz concert ever at Sydney's Eastern Creek raceway in January 1993.
GN'R played with Skid Row and a reformed Rose Tattoo, and I'll never forgive myself for not attending that concert!

Those were some great times, everyone and I mean EVERYONE was into GN'R, and even those who weren't at least knew about them. Even my grandmother knew who GN'R were, they were that popular!

I remember the anticipation for TSI was pretty big too, but it died pretty quickly afterwards unlike with UYI.

For the last couple of years I have kept a couple vacation days free so when we do get the word CD is released I can put in my vacation notice.

I was in grade 11 (I think). I rushed to the record store and bought the tapes as they were being put out on the shelves then rushed home to listen to them.  I was so hyped about UYI because of Civil War being on them. I had heard it a long while before the release date on the radio but hadn't heard it at all since, so I put on UYI2 first. I remember, too, that people at school couldn't belive Axl would sing something like "Ain't that fresh" but i loved it!  To this day that song kicks ass!!!! (Civil War, SCOM and One in A million are my favorites). [I was so disappointed when they didn't play it in Toronto for the 2002 tour btw]. After Get in the Ring came on I think I listened to it about a million times!! playing it for my brothers and all my friends, It was hilarious.  :rofl: :rofl: you have to remember at that time there was really nothing like it (swearing) but now thats all you hear. ha ha good times! :hihi:

I don't even think I heard anything about the UYI albums until about a week before they were released though, I don't think CD will be much different.