What song got you into gnr / your first impression?

[Mikkamakka]

SCOM or WTTJ, I don't remember. The first song I've heard was Nightrain, I didn't know I like it or not, then I bought Lies to decide (it was the only GN'R recording in the nearest shop). I didn't really like it (I was 12 then). Later I heard SCOM and WTTJ on the radio and I fell in love with their music.

[Buddy J.B.]

Sweet child o' mine.

[February]

WTJ, a cousin of mine gived me a tape of AFD. love at first sight or listen. I never eared anything like it, i must of played it a 100 times that day, my mother was going crazy. Til this day is the only foreign band she knows the name and recognizes the music n  Axl Rose's photo any were.
I later did had a giant poster of him in my room. Mom hated them she blamed them for every stupid think i did in the last years of my adolescence.
But if i had to pic a favorite is estranged, whenever life pushes me down, i light a cigarrete n listen to it on repeat, i have heard it a lot lately.
February

[jimmythegent]

1988 , 11 years old- hearing SCOM on the radio and being blown away by the aching solos and that rough, uncompromising voice. Such character and feel. Next was PC, then Patience (which I couldn't believe was the same band at the time!), then finally a school friend lent me AFD and Lies on tape (which I dubbed) and that was the start of a musical obsession for me.

Kind of didnt listen to Guns from 95 - 02, it was Axls re-emergance in 02 and the internet that made me remember how great they were. History and time have been kind to Guns I feel - there was a period where they were terribly unfashionable, but I feel that has subsided and opinions have been reaccessed, and they rightfully are regarded as one of the great rock n roll bands

[Carlos_f_Rose]

I cant remember, but I think it was the final part of the video November Rain, when Axl is almost crying when it rains over the coffin of her wife.

On the other hand Argentinians were making a lot of noise cause Guns N Roses were in their country so it was kind of contagious even to a 8 year old kid back then... (me)

[misterbrownstone]

couple years ago (99?) i heard WTTJ and i'm like "dude, these guys suck.  sha-na-na-na knees?  come on!  i don't wanna hear some high voiced faggot saying MWAH, either!".  then in...err...2000 perhaps, i tried em again (SCOM?) and liked it!

[icpillusions]

Same here, WTTJ didn't connect with me. But the more you hear it, the better it gets. Now it is on my list of favs.  SCOM and November Rain started it.  Madagascar reintroduced the band to me at the 02 VMAs.  Good stuff

[The New Fiona Apple]

Yeah, I'm back FROM ANOTHER LONG ABSENCE, but anyway.


My first  GNR song was November Rain. It drew me to GNR because I loved the solos and the extravagent movie-like video which made me wanna see more.


P.S. I heard Welcome to the Jungle before, but it's hard to avoid that being played at sports and wrestling events.

[coldenim]

after growing up on Oasis, smashing pumpkins, and red hot chilli peppers, and Nirvana, and all of the music through the nineties, I began to thirst for something else.? Somthing with emotion, great song writing, and what I call today, real talent.? My first album that made me see the light of day or darkness if you will, was Black Sabbath's master of reality, and I told myself I will never listen to anything corperate ever again.?

I explored all the music of the 70's and was drawn to its beauty, and then I made a big jump over most of the eighties, until I stopped and listened to what my ears had been desiring.? Appetite for Destruction started to erupt on my stereo quite frequently,? wttj, was definately what started it all for me. The first track on the record, that welcomed everyone to what for me was the most dangerous and rebellious thing I had ever heard, then came scom and still to this day, I will get chill bunks when ever slash lays it down on that song.? I have never heard anything so pleasant, every song for me stands the test of time, and I can honestly say, I never get tired of them.? I know of no band that can draw me in and not let go, not even Pink floyd nor Zeppelin has done what Gnr did in my book.

Not trying to down the bands that came before, which had most likely given Gnr there inspiration, yet I feel Gnr just capitalized on that, and made a monster that could not be stopped, sadley, it crumbled from the inside.  I just wait for a day when Axl can redeem what once was lost, and bring forth again something that will turn the tides, and we can all enjoy some more years with our favorite band, Gnr.

p.s.  Its great to know Gnr has touched so many lives with music and not trying to get all emotional and soft, because I wouldnt want to dampen my street cred, lol, but its incredible to find people just like me, that inspite of our obsession, and yes (whether you like the thought of that or not, it being true),  we can come together and talk about a band that has undoubtedly effected us as fans, in a big way.  Our support for the band, although daunting, has been a great ride, and I feel in my heart the train will one day stop and we all will get off board, feeling a since of sadness, or relief for others, maybe a mixture of both.  But we are some of the most hardcore fans..... I think we should give our selves a round of applause for duking it out for this long, and supporting this band, which at times was hard, we are what makes the wheels turn.....

all right, time to wipe the tears away, group hug, and good night
peace out from one eccentric fan to another, till freedom rings

[disease51883]

I think I've told my basic GNR story a few times. I just hope none of them were in this thread. I'm too lazy to check. I'll admit it. Well, anyway, I was pop-punk-liking nerd during my senior year of high school, and the fascist Indiana system led to me being expelled right before graduation. So I became a bit of a hermit. I spent a good portion of that time online or listening to CDs in my bedroom. Due to finding their major hits so catchy over the years, I decided to burn a GNR mix CD. My mom and friends had always listened to GNR, but I dismissed their music as ?just hair metal?. Well, I don?t know if it was my age, my state of mind at the time, or some other random factor, but for whatever reason, it blew me away this time. In particular, ?Estranged? made me think ?This band is so much more than I thought they were?? Zoom ahead a few years. I?m on a message board at 5am, telling my story to people who are just as fanatical as I am. Who would have guessed.

[Megaguns]

a friend of mine was into gnr back in 1992 or so, we were very young but we liked it because of the swearing, they had this thing called the "cd at 3" so we would stay up until 3am to hear it, they would play a whole cd and gnr wasnt rare... Get in the ring was a favourite, Fuck those times make me sad now, i remember the first time i smoked weed, listening to coma i think, great memories....

[Sakib]

the YCBM drum role @ start sed it all 4 me

[daubs]

mine is kind of weird, 'i dont care about you' from TSI? haha. i remember i wasl ike 8 and my cousin was playing it and we all loved it because of the swearing...we were 8. anyways i startedl istening after that. i remember liking (and still do) down on the farm alot.

[Apollon]

Well I got into GnR by listening to November Rain... I cleary remember the situation: It was the day a girl, I am sharing feelings with told me that she didn't want a relationship with me... Well I was heavily depressed and sat the whole day (a rainy october one) in front of the PC listening to shuffeled music. After November Rain was played, I immedeiately fall in love with that song and played it for the rest of the day... Perhaps about 20times...  Just to mention: The girl nevertheless became my girlfriend and still is!
After that particular day, I discovered bit by bit the GnR world. First November Rain, then Don't Cry, then Patience, and so on... But with buying AfD i recognized the harder side of GnR... Hell, what an experience! The whole Cd is imo near to perfection... Songs like WTTJ, PC; Nightrain, SCOM are so... 
 

[mrbrownstone8797]

I was at a New England Patriots game and they kept playing thos guitar riff. I really liked it, but that was the only part of the song I heard. About 6 months later I stumbled upon somethign and found out that riff was a song called "Welcome to the Jungle." Downloaded it. Loved it. Looked up their hits and downloaded a few more. Loved them all. Then I started buying all their CD's and fell in love. Turns out I had heard a few of the songs before (SCOM, PC) but didn't know what band it was or anything until then.

[mustaine]

Mr. Brownstone... It wasn't the first GN'R song I heard but it's the one that got me hooked and it will always be my favorite

[Vegar]

Actually, it was Yesterday and Knockin on heavens door..
I liked it..

[Edrose]

my friends used to talk about GN'R and Slash a fair bit so i thought id give them a go...

i was on a school trip to belgium and we were given some time to wander round the town.
I wandered into a record shop and i bought the cheapest GN'R album i could find which happened to be AFD
as soon as i got that album into my diskman and turned on the music i was blown away
it made every other album i owned irrelevant


GO GN'R ?

[gandra]

1991 paradise city

my friend from childhood (she is girl),gave me a casette mix,and i heard paradise city and was impresed by energyin that song

after couple days i gor apetite and afterthat began a gnr fan

[Saboteur Cyb. Punk]

YCBM