Hollywood Rose (the roots of guns n' roses)

[Axlfan982]

I was just wondering if anyone here has this CD, and what they thought about it?  I'm not real sure how I feel about it yet.  I think I need to listen to it a couple more times.

[Robman?]

Its cool to have, but I dont listen to it that much. Axl wasnt exactly the great vocalist that he would become.

[CaughtMeInaComa]

Love it! To hear Axl and Izzy from the early days is really Awsome. They are demos and should be taken as that. Some of those songs were unreleased. I feel fortunate to be able to have these songs in such high quality. Considering Axl didn't want this CD released makes having them even more special.

[pollyblue]

very raw stuff with a hyperactive drummer.

[oldgunsfan]

I was just wondering if anyone here has this CD, and what they thought about it?? I'm not real sure how I feel about it yet.? I think I need to listen to it a couple more times.

it does show if they kept that line-up they wouldn't have done anything

[Ali]

Its cool to have, but I dont listen to it that much. Axl wasnt exactly the great vocalist that he would become.

I disagree completely.  Axl was great even then.  The vocals were very, very good.  Raw and powerful.  He had been singing since he was a kid, so his voice was a pretty well-honed instrument by then.

Ali

[freedom78]

You don't get much for your money (each track appears 3 times as I different mix). That said, I like it very much. Rocker is GREAT!

Regarding the money issue, I traded for it used on lala.com, which was, I thought, a good way to get it without paying a lot for just five songs.

But I like it.  I can't honestly say I've done a super close comparison of all the mixes, but it's nice to have three tracks that aren't on any GNR release, as well as the different version or "Anything Goes." 

[gcluskey]

I love these recordings, all of them...the different mixes have nice variations, some emphasising Axl's voice the others the guitars and the originals are just great raw demos. This is the rock sound I grew up loving and is close to the type of sound coming through on Appetite. Of course Appetite sounds a hundred times better!!

[alejoyp]

I love this material... the sound of Hollywood Rose is different that early L.A. Guns n' Guns N' Roses because of the style of the guitars... H.R is metal, sounds like NWOBHM (kinda like Judas Priest)... after hearing this I understood why Axl rejected Slash the first time for sound "too bluesy": that's because the sound of HR was so different... with Slash the band turn more "bluesy" n' conevrt into a kick ass Hard Rock band... (also was importante the punk influence of Duff)

[qcmyoungwill]

HR's version of Anything Goes (My Way Your Way) is INSANE!