Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Last show in Japan.

July 21st.

20 years since Appetite For Destruction was released.

I don't see any special release coming from the record company.

Do you think there's any chance of getting anything?

P.S.: Don't start shit with negative comments.

I don't think we'll get anything special either.

AA is playing a show at the Key Club on the 28th though, in commemoration of the anniversary.

Nothing special planned here in L.A. though, I just might throw a party instead.

I would expect the 25 year anniversy to be big.  Plus, that will be their first year eligible for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame.

For me a special Appetite for Destruction edition celebrating the 20th anniversary (just like all normal bands do) would be more than enough. But I wouldn?t be surprised if we didn?t get anything at all. It?s the price we pay for being GN?R fans lol... :no:

I made a thread similar to this yesterday.

Interesting... I see where you are aiming at...

Would be a amazing move to anounce something.? :peace:

That would be the perfect date for some kind of announcement, but I doubt it.
I didn't really start getting into GnR untill the spring of 88, but it doesn't seem like 20 years.

no wont get anything

I don?t think we get anything special, I?m sure they?ll play their show and that?s all.

Probaly not.... But its my b-day!!!   :beer:

ill be drunk that night


not b/c it's the 20th aniversary since AFD's release...just because it's a saturday night, what else is there to do?

Axl might mention something about feeling old, maybe...lol.

I hope that something really special happen that day, for all of us is already special, nobody have said nothing :(

i hope nothing happens its the only show i dont have tix for in japan.

maybe the original line up will all meet up somewhere and give a speech on how great it was or something.

Guns should play the entire AFD live, like Metallica did with Master Of Puppets.

After ''Rocket Queen'', Axl should tell us the release date of Chinese Democracy  :hihi:

considering NO ONE even knew about the album till 1988, i doubt it will be a big deal.  Summer of 88 the thing took off big time

This sounds good to me!   : ok:

that sounds great to me to.
hope it happens

I predict, and 100% expect, same set list and nothing special.

actually, the record company wanted to do something special for the A4D-aniversary. they thought about a special-release or the release of CD. at first CD was on track, but axl didn't get his shit together again, and then it was too late for an A4D-special edition/rerelease thing.

but hey, that ain't surprising?

Source?

well, someone who works at a record company. but noone with "inside" info tho.

As usual it's Axl's fault with no proof.

I said keep the shit out of here.

Hell, why not Christos!! I always like to look on the positive side! Looks like a great date to announce something!!

Mike

regarding the setlists they are somehow doing the AFD-anniversary tour for some years allready so it wouldnt be a big change adding "crazy" and "anything goes" (when also playing "think about you" and "rocket queen" the same night) to play the whole album. some sad they couldnt release cd last year cause now -without cd but with a cd release date this year probably- it doesnt make much sense promoting the old line up allover with special releases like AFD DVD-Audio, demos, unreleased tracks from AFD era and/or maybe even some old band video release. it could have worked with cd release last year though i think. but hey, sometimes they still can surprise the fans with specials, special acoustic gigs again so there is always some hope.
question: wasnt there some interview/information ~2 years ago old stuff was giving to some professionals for high quality digital transfers?

c'mon, christos. my post wasn't an axl-bash whatsoever. i was just stating a fact, if you like it or not, i don't care. and just because i don't want to give a source, doesn't make it bullshit.

oh, well...

get laid!...there's a thought!  i live in the country, and drinking and fucking is the only thing to do!  how bout everyone have sex that night to appetite

C'mon... Why to believe you? You are claiming obviously BS and don't want to name the source. It's hardly a fact then. Oh, well...

Fixed for ya! :)

If that's not an Axl bash, I don't know what is.  If you're gonna CLAIM something like that, demeaning the man's integrity.  You better be prepared to provide a source and some serious proof.  Slash himself said Axl probably wanted to do something for the anniversary but the RECORD COMPANY screwed it up.  Stop spewing lies and rumors if you can't back it up.

I'm surprised a record company that wanted to release Greatest Hits and get some $$ isn't going to do something to celebrate the 20 year anniversary.

My best guess would be a coincidence.

and by then we may have the new album out, perfect timing

Yeah, Axl could perform without the cornrows and wear a bandana.

: : Vicente : :

Dude, not to be rude but your post seems kind of those ones in which the info comes from someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who cleans the toilet of the chairman of the record company :P . We?ve had a lot of this bullshit for a long time so you shouldn?t be surprised that people ask for sources and that they don?t believe you ;)

Not that I don't believe you, but where did Slash say that?  Can you provide a link or something?


Ali

I don't see it possible to get anything. And if we get it, I don't think it'll be well promoted.

Acording to what I see, the band's aim today is not to look at the past and head straight to the release of the record, so maybe something happens, but not very big.

It's a shame, but it is like it is  :-[

Not that I don't believe you, but where did Slash say that?  Can you provide a link or something?


Ali

I think I read it in the VR section a few months ago.

july 21st, my birthday 8)
that day brought two amazing things into this world! ;D

appetite and what more?

oh my god, after spending a lot of my time these last years on this board, it's really funny, how people respond here. why do some of you feel personally attacked if you don't like what i posted?

@faldor: demeaning axls integrity? don't you know the concept of being a fan, but still being able to deal with some not-so-positive events. so what? axl not perfect, god or whatever phrase you wanna think of.
i should stop lies and rumours? why do you accuse me of doing multiple things, although you can't even back up a single one?

I just don't believe what you say is true about Axl being the reason for Appetite not being re-issued or what have you.  Slash himself stated that he's sure Axl would've wanted something to happen for the 20th anniversary but the record company screwed it up.  I accuse you of spreading lies and rumors because you have NO FACTS to back it up.  You're stating an opinion, you're entitled to that but don't speak as if you know the whole truth, because I'm quite certain you don't.

I don't know if I can provide a link, I can quote it verbatum though.  I just read it last night.  It was in the Classic Rock magazine from July.

Q: This year is the 20th anniversary of Appetite for Destruction.  Any comment?

Slash: It's something that the record company's not recognized.  There's no special release.

Q: How do you feel about that?

Slash: That's record companies.  Fuck'em.  I care, but what are we going to do?  I don't deal with those people any more.  I'm sure Axl wanted to do somthing, but nothing came out of it.

Thanks.  I think I remember that now.

Ali

No problem.  Wasn't Axl NOT in favor of releasing the Greatest Hits album either?  But the record company did anyway.  So why would the record company NOT re-release Appetite if Axl said he didn't want it to happen, THIS time around?  Excuse me if I'm incorrect here, I may not have the facts straight.  But that's what I thought at least.

I'm choosing to believe Slash on this one that the RECORD COMPANY screwed it up.  If he truly felt Axl was at fault I don't think he would've brought his name up at all.

AFD needs to be remastered but if you think about it, re-releasing it now would be a disaster from a moving foward perspective.  The press would be all over Axl and bashing him for not releasing CD.  So hopefully CD is released this year and we get a remastered AFD by the 25th anniversary!  5 years will fly by in GN'R time.

READ CAREFULLY:

IF YOU DON'T HAVE PROOF OR GIVE A VALID SOURCE, YOUR POST WILL BE CONSIDERED AS PURE SHIT.

NOTHING MORE.

STOP POSTING SHIT NOW.

hey, maybe izzy will show up???

wow, since when is slash a credible source, when it comes to newgnr? he is sure, that axl wanted to do something? I'm surprised. remember when slash said, that CD will come out in march (2006)? so i guess his comments are pure shit too.
btw, i don't have a link right now, but i'm sure you'll find one if you search a bit.

well, wanna know a funny thing? i really thought, that the info in my first post was common knowledge. and that the people who have psoted so far just didn't know that. oh, well... if you treat everyone like you treated me, no wonder a lot of poeple think not that good about the board and some of its members. some years ago it was really better. oh, well...

Slash is just as credible as the new band members when it comes to information about the new album. I guess even Axl doesn't know when CD will be ready anymore.

Has he ever  ::)

Boo fuckin hoo.

Guess what. We don't like people who post stuff without a source. That's called a rumor on this board, and we don't like rumors, especially those that make the band or any of its members look shit for no particular reason...


Answers like this, justify my behaviour towards people like you. Since when whatever some random poster posts, qualifies as a fact? If you don't WANT to give a source then KNOW that spreading rumours, cause that's what this is to me, is not appreciated on this board.

This "a friend of a friend of a friend of my aunt's 3rd cousin that works in a record shop heard that..." thing is not welcome here.

You're losing more and more credibility (if you ever had any to begin with) when you throw such a statement out there and give NO EVIDENCE to back it up.  Especially since you seem to have no support on this issue whatsoever.  You say that you thought this was common knowledge.  Apparently not, nobody on this board believes you, and why should they?

No, I'm sure Slash isn't the best source for information about Axl.  I never said he was.  I made it clear that Slash THOUGHT Axl wanted something to happen for the 20th anniversary.  I didn't say he had 100% confirmation of that.  He does seem to be quite certain that it was the record company's fault that nothing happened though, he makes that pretty clear.

One aspect of the written word is that one can't recognize inflections in the voice of the one that is quoted. "sure"(sic) could mean think.

geez, no wonder why christos is one of the most hated posters of the board along with mothergooseluv.

Geeze, your not wrong their...
Its Ironic when one of us swears on here , who isn't a "moderator" , an we Get bad Karma quicker then you can say "htgth"
but when A moderator goes off their "nut" and swears and carrys on,
it just escalates the situation even further,
causing more anger/bitterness/tension on this board...

Im a regular poster on this board and Chinesedemocracy.com, but considering how the mod/s on this board are,
is it any wonder why people have such disrespect for this forum,
considering the Moderator cant even control himself,
and its a website for god sake,
not the end of the world?


At the end of the day people will choose to believe what they want to believe, and having a source will improve a persons
chance at beleiving the material, but If someone surely believes what they are saying has a source and he/she cant find it,
then They are verbally attacked for no reason......

Gotta Love life.......

If you can't see the difference between a FACT and a RUMOR, then I don't care if you hate me...

So, tell me, how many times did you see me swearing here... Count them. And what exactly did I say.



I'm 29 and I've been here since 2002. I know very well how to control myself.

However...

This website, is not just any website. The forum has more than 8.000 registered active members, Jarmo deletes the non-active ones (ones who haven't visited for a long time), and the main site has almost 20 Million visitors. Which means that lots of people read this site (and forum, as unregistered visitors) and re-post news or rumors on other sites.

So, if some poster posts that Axl fucked it up and didn't help the record company in celebrating the 20th anniversary for AFD, and visitors copy-paste this on other sites, we'll have many sites reporting the same shit, WITHOUT A FUCKIN SOURCE... Another rumor...

It's always been like that with GN'R... Rumors, rumors, rumors. What's even worse is that people who have no idea about this band, believe these shitty rumors, and guess what...

Axl will always be the bad guy, even though noone has real proof of whatever they're accusing him for.

Well, in case you haven't noticed, that's what we're trying to avoid here. Rumors without a source (sometimes even with a source...) that are basically lies about the band we love.

If you don't like it, I'm sorry. But here's the good news.

You have a choice.  : ok:

P.S.: I'll take a wild guess. I'm guessing that most of you who "hate" me (even though you have no idea who the fuck I am in real life) will only read my last line... The rest of the text won't matter...

i for one am happy, that there are people like jarmo and christos moderating this board... i don`t happen to want to wade through negative bullshit like it`s the case on cd.com and mygnr.com.

it`s annoying to read people making shit up about gnr and especially axl as often as they can., ron being pinned to the wall by a security guard backstage (who happened to be tom mayhue shaking his hand anyways..) was a good example of that...

this is true.  afd was out for almost a year before anyone outside of la even cared about it.  and having some kind of commemoration just doesn't seem like something axl would want to do.  he seems to shun the media and avoid awards shows and the like, so this seems too out of character for him, and i'm sure he would have some say so in the matter.  and what's the point of re issuing afd?  doesn't everyone on the face of the earth with the means to play music already own it?

what about these thoughts:

no promoted AFD-releases to come any soon this year but the small tour break right now is for practising all AFD songs perfectly to an extreme so it can be played complete for one and only time @

07.21.07 Osaka? Japan INTEX Osaka

to celebrate the 20years anniversary AFD release from 7.21.1987 ??

no source just pure speculation....but probably not too bad....could be the last time to get the heavily AFD setlist we are to enjoy since 01.01.01 before cd hits our homes? ?: ok:

if I'm not wrong, this was the concert with the highest number of AFD songs ever.

08.03.91 - Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA

Mr. Brownstone, It's So Easy, My Michelle, Nightrain, Welcome To The Jungle, Rocket Queen, You're Crazy [w/ Sebastian Bach], Sweet Child O' Mine, Out Ta Get Me and Paradise City (10)

EDIT: and Vegas 01.01.01, right:

Welcome To The Jungle, It's So Easy, Mr. Brownstone, My Michelle, Think About You, Sweet Child O' Mine, Out Ta Get Me, Rocket Queen, Nightrain, Paradise City (10 also)

Since 02 they've played 10 from appetite many times...

probably because they played uyi's during that tour so much......now it is afd turn.... maybe when cd comes they start playing uyi.

Anyone knows if there will be live updates or, perhaps, live streaming from this show?

: : Vicente : :

Imagine Appetite played from 1 to 12 ! Would be badass! With You could be mine and Back of Bitch as encore :D

Im sure Axl atleast will mention it  :peace:

i would expect some kind of special mention about it, but you never know. its axl rose people! nobody knows but him. i could picture them playing AFD from start to end, all 12 songs.

You're right, people are free to believe what they want to believe.  And if "thelostrose" wants to believe that Axl f'ed up any chance of celebrating AFD's 20 year anniversary, that's completely within his rights.  But you can't expect everyone to agree with that, especially since he has no factual evidence as such.  Do you believe everything you hear?  How about this one?  I heard Axl kicked a dog in the streets of Japan yesterday.  I heard it from a Japanese concert promoter, but I'm not sure what his name is.  I have no link, but trust me, it happened.  A little ridiculous, don't you think?

Its not even a subject to discuss.. Who fuckin knows..?
From what we know, they may be planing something special. Or they wont even mention it.

so....if they were planning something special in Japan....i would be extremely excited...i hope they do something different, and perhaps completely unexpected....

if they aren't...so what...?
i'm just glad Axl is out and about....good to hear him every now and again, good to see pics of him every so often...people are quick to forget the "silent years" and all the nonsense that came with it....

the discussions haven't changed too much since then in terms of speculation, but at least now we have some solid gigs to discuss and talk about, which is a major plus point in my books...

I am also glad to see AFD still being regarded as one of the best rock albums of all time, 20 yrs down the line....

Yeah I wouldn't exactly EXPECT anything special to happen at the concert that night.  But if something does, then fantastic.  The language barrier may hinder Axl from discussing the anniversary at any length, from what I recall he didn't talk too much on the UYI DVD's from Japan.

Did anything happen 10 years ago? I cant remember if there was any special release or anything.


 :peace:

Who woulda thought after 20 years of following this band, they'd only have AFD and UYI I & II as full length studio albums

Nope. Nuttin'.

The only remaster or re-release of AFD so far has been the version Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs put out years ago. It sounded INCREDIBLE but it is well out of print now... :(

i never said, that axl f'ed up a celebrating release, i just stated (and i don't have any reason not to believe that person, but ok, nevermind), that it was considered, but it didn't happen. no need to twist my words or interpret my words in a negative way.
and i don't expect, that everyone agrees with my post, but after being here for a long time, i don't think i need to get bashed. i never posted bullshit, lies or that axl is a cunt or whatever.
and again, i thought that my post was more or less common knowledge, but anyways... gonna think about posting things a second time in here. but at least i know that some people in here are just rude a'holes, somebody should ignore.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/13/guns-n-roses-past-and-present-plan-appetite-anniversary-celebrations/

Rolling Stone has a mention of the 20th anniversary on their site now.

Guns N? Roses Past and Present Plan Appetite Anniversary Celebrations

Looking for a way to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Guns N? Roses classic Appetite for Destruction? So are the rest of the current lineup and an assortment of former members. Onetime Gun Steven Adler plus former L.A. Gun Tracii Guns will play a show on July 28 at Hollywood?s Key Club with their own bands, Adler?s Appetite and L.A. Guns, to ?pay tribute? to the 1987 release. The ?new? GN?R will be performing on the actual date of Appetite?s release, July 21, in Osaka, Japan. And of course you could start lining up two weeks early for Velvet Revolver?s August 6 tour date at Verona, New York?s Turning Stone Resort Casino. And if you want to know what Gilby Clarke, Josh Freese, Paul Tobias or Buckethead are doing to commemorate this special anniversary, you?re on your own.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/13/guns-n-roses-past-and-present-plan-appetite-anniversary-celebrations/

Looking for a way to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Guns N? Roses classic Appetite for Destruction? So are the rest of the current lineup and an assortment of former members. Onetime Gun Steven Adler plus former L.A. Gun Tracii Guns will play a show on July 28 at Hollywood?s Key Club with their own bands, Adler?s Appetite and L.A. Guns, to ?pay tribute? to the 1987 release. The ?new? GN?R will be performing on the actual date of Appetite?s release, July 21, in Osaka, Japan. And of course you could start lining up two weeks early for Velvet Revolver?s August 6 tour date at Verona, New York?s Turning Stone Resort Casino. And if you want to know what Gilby Clarke, Josh Freese, Paul Tobias or Buckethead are doing to commemorate this special anniversary, you?re on your own.

Okay, the Adler thing I get, but Tracii Guns?

 

well he was in GNR in 1985..but paying tribute to an album by a band you used to be in that you didnt have anything to do with, that was made after you left is kinda funny :hihi:

and its kinda sad for Adler paying Tribute to a band he was in!!

I heard somewhere (don't know where, or if it's true) that Tracii wrote some of the songs/riffs that wound up on AFD. I would love to hear any demos he may have of his stint with GN'R, or Axl in LA Guns.

Songs like WTTJ and "No Mercy" are cut from the same cloth.

 :hihi: yeah   traci said that.........

I'm having a nice little AFD-party at my home next saturday   : ok:

(http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9262/picture1gz2.jpg)

well obviously buckethead will be cowering behind 11 delicious herbs and spices

Good one! ;)

Thankz You.

HBK *

A remastered AFD w/bonus songs would be nice.

who says "oh my god" at  the start of wttj???

Misleading headline and a total non-story; another great example of what passes for news in the world of the music press these days.   ::)

That would be sweet. Hope those Japanese folk have got their video cams ready just in case.

I'm having one too, GN'R blasting non stop out my stereo all night, and if anyone complains they know what they can do! ;D

As long as it is the same release everywhere. Thats one thing that pisses me of with the record companies, they release an album, six months later they release a bonus edition, then they tour and release a special tour edition, and you have some that release different versions in Europe/UK and America. I have seen some artists that have up to six versions of the one album, and the album is only a couple of years old? ::)

Yep they are pretty sweet those MFSL discs, would be awesome if they redid it on SACD and while they are at it they could redo the Illusions aswell they would sound awesome in SACD.

Sony owns the rights to SACD so I'm sure Universal won't license GNR to the format. BUT there could be a different HD or higher grade format that a remaster could be done on.

Rolling Stone says...

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/13/guns-n-roses-past-and-present-plan-appetite-anniversary-celebrations/

YES!!!!!  :yes:

Nevermind... i just saw there is another thread about this.

How is that exciting?

THE TITLE IS VERY MISLEADING >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(



:rant:

I can't believe it's been 20 years since that album was released! God, I'm getting old!!

Pretty sure that's Axl.

Happy Birthday Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction :beer:

This is the soundtrack of my life, 20 years ago I thought I knew it all rocking out in front of the mirror as a blonde haired blue eyed 7 year old boy, to Slippery When Wet. Bon Jovi were the fucking shit, the baddest fuckers I had ever encountered in music.

My big brother & his pal came in and said, "Boy, you need help, check this shit out..."

In went a cassette into my first ever sound system, a wee 2 deck casssette ghetto blaster, I got for a birthday- it was portable, but you needed to plug it into the wall, yeah!! You do the maths, thank you mum & dad 8)

The tape went in and that was it - Guns N' Roses music gave me shivers, scared me (what if my mum came in and heard Axl shouting " I'VE GOT SOMETHING I'VE BEEN BUILDING UP INSIDE...FOR SO FUUUCKING LONNNNNG!!!!!!"
Their music made me cooler than anyone in my class at school cause I took the tape in on walkman and played the swear words to my wee freinds, nobody had ever heard anything like it, nobody had ever sounded like Axl Rose, and the riffs that Slash came out with? :drool: - that was just unbeleivable - those riffs, that music, the vocals everything about it became the benchmark for the rest of my life.
Undoubtably I never really "got it" the way an adult would, but the actually quality of the music meant that it did not matter, I could blast this music and find musical pleasure and enjoyment, singing along to words I did not understand. Me and my big brother used to get pots and pans out and fucking tennis rackets and pretend we were GN'R -Mr Brownstone we used to perform in the sitting room in front of mum and dad, they didnt know what to do.

I remember waking up one sunday morning and my folks telling us they had taped something off the telly for us the night before, we stuck in the old betamax tape in and it was GN'R live - it was only the legendary Ritz performance, brilliant, still to this day one of the most considerate things they have done.

I remember watching it and Paradise City came on and my Dad was like, "Oh for gods sake, I think we know this song.."

It was my brothers favourite and he had a sixty minute tape with nothing but Paradise City on repeatedly, which he had been playing to death for months and months driving everybody up the wall.

Happy days :'(

Have a good day everyone : ok:

*Its also the first anniversary of GNR playing Scotland for the first time - So Happy, 21st July 2006 SECC Glasgow Anniversary Scottish Gunners :beer:

Happy birthday AFD  : ok:

Well, today's the day...

Let's see what we'll get from Japan... Just another show? Or a special show with the entire album played live...

Yeah, I wouldn't EXPECT anything too special.  But it'll be interesting to see if Axl at least makes mention of it.  Possibly not since the current band really has nothing to do with AFD.

Happy anniversary Guns N' Roses with Appetite!!!



 :D

Appetite For Destruction RE-STARTS NOW  ;D  :smoking:  :beer:  :drool:

Wow 20 years eh! Seems a fucking long time now, but i can remember the day I went to buy it. It had only been out about a week and my mate who was a bit older than me, 14 maybe said I had to get this album by a band called Guns N Roses because it was just so cool! So off I trotted with my bus fare and some money from my savings account. I got it from the Oxford branch of WH Smith. Came straight out and popped it into my walkman. Fucking Hell!! Suffice to say the rest is history, I was in awe and hooked straight away, even as an 11 year old kid! My mates who were all older liked Bon Jovi, Motley Crue & Poison so thats all they listened to and I really was never that impressed. Then this freight train played into my ears on a bus on the way home from Oxford 20 years ago!! It's been an awesome ride being a guns fan!!

Mike

 

wow...how time flies!

Happy Birthday Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
The music of my life. Thanks for all !!!

AFD 20th birthday        : ok:  :peace:  :drool:

Today i plan on wearing my appetitefor destruction t- shirt , blasting the album and thinking about some great gnr memories  :beer:

APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Marks Its 20th Year

As the modern incarnation of Guns N? Roses currently storms across Japan on a successful concert tour highlighted by an appearance in front of a packed house at the world-renowned Budokan Hall, today marks the twentieth anniversary of a rock album that has had a most profound impact on American culture. ?Appetite For Destruction? is the second-largest selling debut record in history, having sold 15 million records in the United States alone and 25 million across the globe.

When ?Appetite? hit the shelves in record stores across the US on June 21st, 1987, the buzz on the Gunners was building slowly. Most rock listeners had little idea exactly what kind of rock n? roll hellride was in store for them. Having brought a new level of rock n roll excess to Hollywood?s famed Sunset Strip, the ?most dangerous band in the world? was now ready to take on the world with charismatic frontman W. Axl Rose leading the classic lineup, rounded out by guitarists Izzy Stradlin? and Slash, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steven Adler. Guns N? Roses combined traditional rock sounds with punk rock and blues on ?Appetite? to form a rock sound that reflected the gritty realities of street life. The band?s emergence on the national scene signaled the end of the safe and calculated style of hair metal and re-ignited the entire rock genre.

Primed for controversy, the young, streetwise band was so edgy and out of control, it was necessary for label Geffen Records to censor the record?s original ?pornographic? album cover as well as bury the band?s bondage-laced first video clip, the anarchic UK single. ?It?s So Easy.? Named after the Robert Williams painting that adorned the censored album cover, ?Appetite? ushered in a new era of rock music with imaginative songwriting and intense performances.
The uncensored record cover, based upon a tattoo on the forearm of singer Rose, is an instantly recognizable image of the individual band member?s skulls upon a colorful cross.

?Appetite For Destruction? was produced by Mike Clink and recorded at three studios, Rumbo, Take One and Can Am. Three tracks from the album were released as singles in the US, ?Welcome To The Jungle,? ?Sweet Child O? Mine? and ?Paradise City,? all of which receive substantial airplay on rock radio to this day. The track ?Mr. Brownstone,? although never released as a proper single, also enjoys plenty of attention from radio stations. By the end of its first year of release, the record had been certified Gold by the RIAA. ?Sweet Child O? Mine,? the record?s second single was the song that established GN?R as an international rock sensation. Since then, it?s become one of the best-loved songs in the entire history of rock music.

Over the years, high praise has been bestowed upon the album by prominent media outlets, scoring a five star rating from both Rolling Stone and All Music Guide. Kerrang! called ?Appetite? the #1 album of all time. The record has scored impressively amongst dozens of best album polls.

A landmark in the history of rock music, ?Appetite For Destruction? is a bona fide rock phenomenon that?s left an indelible mark upon millions.

Guns N? Roses wraps up its Japanese tour this evening with an appearance in Osaka, Japan.


Date: 2007-07-21
As Reported by: Erin Fox

http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/172/9460/Guns-N-Roses.html

Happy 20th to my favorite album. :)

It's almost old enough to drink legally. Awww. : ok:

(HOLY SHIT 1,000TH POST, ONLY THE SECOND TIME I'VE DONE THAT)

Can't believe its been 20 years.  First CD I ever bought.

Appetite for Destruction will always be my favorite album of all time.  It is simply the best straight up rock n roll album of all time.  It was the first album I ever got and will be the last!!

Happy Birthday to the album that defined my youth., and thanks to Axl, Izzy, Slash, Duff and Steven for creating it. Whatever happened to those guys?  :hihi:

 Yes, I think it would be cool for the original band members to do a reunion they need to
do one I think? To get the band back on stage like it was, it is a pitty them guys couldn't reunite together once again and tour once again that a be cool and frick all the old shit and move on! Cindy S.

great 1000th post :hihi: