Your GN'R highlights?

[guns of war]

Although im too young to go to any GNR concerts, i will always remember watching the freddie tribute concert, at the beging of Knocking on heavens door, when Axl put the mic stand above his head and started swaying, it look so amazing.

[slashisvr]

im only a baby (18) but my highlights are...

- finding my mums appetite for destruction tape, and playing it, straight away i was drawn in by paradise city!!

- buying the ritz88' dvd, seeing rocket queen sent shivers through my spine

- 1st time i saw slash live (on a dvd) was speechless

[nygiants82]

When I was around 6 years old, I woke up in the middle of the night, walked in the living room, where my dad was. He was watching Live at the Ritz when it premired on MTV. I asked him who was that. He said go back to bed, you can watch it in the morning. (He was taping it). I watched it that next day, and my life has NEVER been the same since.

Waiting and waiting for the premire of the video of You Could Be Mine. It was well worth the wait.

I got Appetite, Lies, and the Illusions by getting a copy made from my uncles cds. The day that the Spaghetti Incident came out, I had my dad take me to the local record store. I finally got my own copy of a GNR cd, not a copy of my uncles.

2002 VMAs. I get goose bumps still because the world missed Axl, just like they will this summer.

[MarioGunner]

well when izzy left that was pretty good.....um.........well even steven...then when? ...um.....slash left that was probably it.....

i didn?t get it, is that you in the pic..... very beautiful girl 

[MJRoses23]

When I was 12 I went jogging with my dad and we saw a CD layin on the ground so i picked it up and it was GNR Lies...I asked my dad who GNR was and he looked at the CD and said "oh you gotta know one song on there"(he was talking about patience...So i went home put it in and was absolutely blown away.  I had heard GNR songs before but was to young to really realize just what i was hearing.  I had all the released CDs by that weeks end. 


Oh...and going to see them in 02' in Cleveland.  It was absolutely amazing...That was one night i will never forget

[Solidius]

Closest thing for me would be seing Velvet Revover play It's So Easy live in Vancouver.

*Dodges tomatoes*

[Takemedown]

Missed the Ritz show in NY but then went to Giants Stadium for GNR, Deep Purple and Aerosmith! Had suck job seats. My bud and I decided we were getting on the floor, this dude jumped and two cops grabbed him, he put up a struggle and we went over! ended up about 20 feet in front of the stage, center. Ended up being part of the Paradise City video footage. Awesome! 

Then in '91, couldn't get tix for the MSG shows, so me and this other dude went to scalp, ended up getting in 2 of the 3 shows! We just ran around the main level walkway, hung in spots for 2-3 songs, and moved on again. Everyone was way cool and man did they rock!!!! You can feel the place shake like crazy, like on a pogo stick, when you get the right band at the top of their game in there!!!! 

Flippin' sweeet!

-B

[ROSE22]

Although im too young to go to any GNR concerts, i will always remember watching the freddie tribute concert, at the beging of Knocking on heavens door, when Axl put the mic stand above his head and started swaying, it look so amazing.

too young to go to a concert ? but the freddie concert was 14 years ago. but i also love that moment. for me the better moment was when axl came runnin' out with the meanmachine shirt and black kilt and nailed the shit out of bohemian rhapsody !

[gunnnerrr]

They are good, aren't they?

[MarioGunner]

so damn good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sagolik]

first time i heard Sweet Child O' Mine 

[cyllan]

1) Listening to AFD for the first time.  Axl's voice was (and still is) unbelievable.  Then, hearing his interview with Del James on the Patience CD and wondering how someone who could sing such high notes could have such a deep, sexy speaking voice.   
2) Hearing Estranged for the first time at a show in Germany in Aug 91 and getting goosebumps.
3) The what seemed like endless wait for UYI to be released and then being on holiday in California when it did come out.  Frantically trying to find a record shop, buying a tape and playing it to death on my walkman whilst travelling around the west coast.

Live dates that stick in my mind:
Wembley Stadium 91 and 92 - just 'cos it's Wembley and my 'home' venue. 
Freddie Mercury Tribute Show - Had a job interview when tickets went on sale and had to sell my camera to get the money to buy a ticket from a tout.  Cost me ?90 - which seemed a lot back then!  It was worth it though as the atmosphere at the show was wonderful and pretty emotional too.
Gateshead in June 1992 - Axl wore those shorter than short red lycra shorts - 'nuff said   
Leeds Festival 02 - Seeing the great reaction and hearing the positive comments from people who weren't spefically fans of the band.

Hopefully, in a month's time I'll be able to add NY to the list above too.   

[Rob]

Yesterday damn sure was one of my GN'R highlights.  Getting my ticket for Friday May 12th at Hammerstein, and then driving home with Appettite cranked on my car stereo.

[becky]

i'm 20 and i only started listening to GNR last year...before i knew who they were but thought they sucked. 
 i was at this sort of open aired pub and the owner put don't cry on... i remember asking my friend (who's 6 years older than me) who played that song he told me it was GNR...2 weeks after this i got hold of all their cds..but still haven't had the chance to see them live..and probably won't  be able to see them even this year although they're playing in italy.. 
second highlight would be this xmas when my aunt bought 3 GNR dvds for me  ...first time i saw them on stage..and still think they're amazing!!

becky

[MarioGunner]

i'm 20 and i only started listening to GNR last year...before i knew who they were but thought they sucked.?
 i was at this sort of open aired pub and the owner put don't cry on... i remember asking my friend (who's 6 years older than me) who played that song he told me it was GNR...2 weeks after this i got hold of all their cds..but still haven't had the chance to see them live..and probably won't? be able to see them even this year although they're playing in italy..?
second highlight would be this xmas when my aunt bought 3 GNR dvds for me? ...first time i saw them on stage..and still think they're amazing!!

becky

welcome to the guns n roses fan community, believe me, it?s a band that you will get to love pretty fast. They?re great!!
Now you?re getting to know the new guns n roses, which many of us don?t think of them as such, but still might be somethign nice to see, wether it?s live or with a new cd, cause axl it?s still in and kicking it. 

[becky]

thx mariogunner..very nice of u..
unfortunately i already learned that new gnr aren't half as good as the old ones but thry might surprise us all with the new cd..i really hope so..

becky

[russtcb]

thx mariogunner..very nice of u..
unfortunately i already learned that new gnr aren't half as good as the old ones but thry might surprise us all with the new cd..i really hope so..

becky

One of my best highlights was hearing "The Blues" for the first time and realizing that I think the new band might just be everybit as good as the old one, maybe even better.

[becky]

do u really think so?
i would love to go to the concert here in italy in june to check them out...but even if i've only listened to gnr for 1 year or so i truly miss duff slash izzy and steven.. 
but maybe you're right..they might be good...and maybe people saying they're not are just missing the good ol' times..

becky

[russtcb]

do u really think so?
i would love to go to the concert here in italy in june to check them out...but even if i've only listened to gnr for 1 year or so i truly miss duff slash izzy and steven.. 
but maybe you're right..they might be good...and maybe people saying they're not are just missing the good ol' times..

becky

Yeah, it's very understandable and I felt the same way for a long time. Tracks like "Madagascar" and "The Blues" really started to change my mind but the leaks really cemented it. In my opinion, the demo version of "Better" is superior to anything the former members of GnR having done.

[comaknight]

I got into them early.  Seriously.  3rd grade.  My mom brought me to Record Town (remember that place?) and said I could get one tape.  Yes, you read that right - a cassette tape.  I had AFD in one hand, Lies in the other, and looked up and said "Mom, I don't know which one to get."  She let me get them both.  Been a fan ever since.  I'm now 26.  When the UYI's came out, my dad (who was also really into them) got copies of the tapes from a friend and let me dub my own copies (I was around 10).  I guess my parents are kinda cool.  Kinda...

And, of course, my only GnR concert experience so far (before the upcoming 12th & 17th shows), MSG 2002 in a luxury suite for free, thanks to a great friend of mine.