AFD Voted #1 Rock Album Of All Time By Kerrang

[King Axl]

I bought my first copy of 'Appetite For Destruction' on October 10, 1987. It was literally a day that changed the life of a then-16 year old teen. Because I was the first person I knew who had this album, I felt as if I were a GN'R messiah, trying to spread the word about this landmark recording to my fellow friends and high school students. The album helped teach me that life outside my small town wasn't always pretty, and that it was ok to fight authority figures if you believed in what you were fighting for.

It is unquestionably the best album of all time, in my humble opinion.

[Tyson]

Some one please scan the Kerrang article!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  OR post a link

[Refused]

Some one please scan the Kerrang article!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!? OR post a link

I've been looking for the article online, but no luck so far.
The price of the magazine is extortinate, so haven't actually purchased it myself! If I can get hold of a copy I shall scan it.

[GNRfan2008]

Actually, Led Zeppelin II is just as good as IV. AFD is the best straight hard rock album since Led Zeppelin II in my opinion. Led Zeppelin IV is a great combination of Led Zeppelin I, II, and III (but not really a straight up hard rock album due to "The Battle of Evermore," "Going To California, and "Stairway to Heaven" being more ballad-type songs). I definitely would have AFD in my top 5 of rock albums, but probably not #1.

[polluxlm]

AFD, Zeppelin I and IV, and Exile On Main Street are all on the #1 spot. It all depends on mood.

After that it gets a little cloudy. Back In Black, Album Of The Year, Let It Bleed, Zeppelin II, Physical Grafitti, Beggars Banquet, A Night At The Opera. Many great ones.

[AXL 20]

fuck zeppelin fuck bob dylan fuck black sabbath

appetite is number 1

[GNRfan2008]

fuck zeppelin fuck bob dylan fuck black sabbath

appetite is number 1

GN'R would have never been what they were without the likes of Zeppelin and Sabbath. So with that in mind, I say, "Fuck you."

[GeraldFord]

you guys are crazy calling AFD the best rock album of all time.? I would say it's in the top 20 or so, but definately not the best ever.? You can't even compare AFD to albums like the beatles' white album, abbey road, and sgt. sepper's, Dylan's Blood on the Tracks or Highway 61 revisited, etc. (the list goes on).? AFD is a fucking great album but definately isn't in the league that these other albums are in, as far as what they did for changing music etc.? AFD has a lot of great songs but didn't really change the way people approach pop music.

Falcon, is that you?

[GeraldFord]

AFD, UYI > Dylan, Nirvana....IMHO.

[crow316]

AFD is definatly the greatest DEBUT album ever.  And arguably the greatest hard rock album. But when you start throwing in Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, etc, it gets harder to determine.

[GNRfan2008]

AFD is definatly the greatest DEBUT album ever.  And arguably the greatest hard rock album. But when you start throwing in Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, etc, it gets harder to determine.

Yep, it's the best debut for sure. I don't think it's a better hard rock album than Led Zeppelin II, however. They're on the same level pretty much in my book.

[crow316]

Actually Zeppelin II gets my vote also

[audjon]

you guys are crazy calling AFD the best rock album of all time.? I would say it's in the top 20 or so, but definately not the best ever.? You can't even compare AFD to albums like the beatles' white album, abbey road, and sgt. sepper's, Dylan's Blood on the Tracks or Highway 61 revisited, etc. (the list goes on).? AFD is a fucking great album but definately isn't in the league that these other albums are in, as far as what they did for changing music etc.? AFD has a lot of great songs but didn't really change the way people approach pop music.

AFD was voted the best rock album of all time, not the best album of all time, nor the most influential album of all time.

And even though tremendously influential, those album you mention had a lot of crappy songs and filler tracks, hell the beatles even let Ringo sing lead on some of the tracks! That's just like letting Duff sing lead or something, how stupid would that be...

[crow316]

hey dont knock Octopus's Garden.

[micfac]

i  got appetite in 1988 at the perfect time in my life- i was 14 and had just started buying lp's instead of taping the charts as i had done before - i thinks its true that everyone looks back on the era they discover music as the greatest period of music  there is. just ask anyone brought up the sixties no one will ever touch the beatles ,stones or led zep in their opinion. i look back on the late eighties and see metallica u2 maiden all in their prime and thats my era -i even loved bon jovi and def leppard back then . nearly twenties year on  i have a slighty different view on some of that stuff but one undiminishing fact remains to this day appetite was mind blowingly good back then and it still is today so "take that one to heart".

[savedsol]

I'm going to date myself but NOBODY cared about AFD when it came out. It didn't really get going until 88-89.

[25]

i thinks its true that everyone looks back on the era they discover music as the greatest period of music  there is. just ask anyone brought up the sixties no one will ever touch the beatles ,stones or led zep in their opinion. i look back on the late eighties and see metallica u2 maiden all in their prime and thats my era -i even loved bon jovi and def leppard back then .

Whatever music you were into when you first started getting laid is the best music ever made. It's an incontrovertible law of nature.

[25]

I'm going to date myself but NOBODY cared about AFD when it came out.

Now come on, there were at least five people who had a great deal of interest in it. Sadly, I think five sales are all that's needed to debut at #185.

[hbkthepromking]

you guys are crazy calling AFD the best rock album of all time.? I would say it's in the top 20 or so, but definately not the best ever.? You can't even compare AFD to albums like the beatles' white album, abbey road, and sgt. sepper's, Dylan's Blood on the Tracks or Highway 61 revisited, etc. (the list goes on).? AFD is a fucking great album but definately isn't in the league that these other albums are in, as far as what they did for changing music etc.? AFD has a lot of great songs but didn't really change the way people approach pop music.

Realize that this is Kerrang....so it should really say 'Hard Rock'.  So the Beatles and Dylan aren't in the discussion.  I would disagree that 'it didn't really change the way people approach pop music'.  I would agree with most that Grunge officially killed the glam scene which was dominating the late 80's, but Appetite paved the way for it all.  GNR bridged the gap between the two genres and Appetite was the main reason.

[axleu]

I hate Led zep (I just can't fuckin' stand this band, that's all), the Beatles annoy me, and the list goes on...

So yeah, I think Appetite for destruction is the best rock album of all time (even though I'll always have a soft spot for the Use you illusion!!!!).