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Guns 'n' Roses
"Appetite For destruction"
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1987
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Welcome To The Jungle
It's So Easy
Nightrain
Out Ta Get Me
Mr. Brownstone
Paradise City
My Michelle
Think About You
Sweet Child O' Mine
You're Crazy
Anything Goes
Rocket Queen
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Arguably one of the greatest hard rock albums of all
time, GN'R's debut is a brutally graphic account of
life on the edge. Ranging from the wild debauchery
of "It's So Easy" to the aching balladry of "Sweet
Child Of Mine," it sparkles with honesty and depth.
Its original cover, a Robert Williams painting
depicting a ravaged woman, a robot and an attacking
monster, was eventually replaced by a less
controversial illustration of the group's faces
drawn as skulls.
Guns 'N' Roses burst onto the music scene like a
hurricane with the release of Appetite For
Destruction. The band members were in constant
turmoil with one another and it's this combustible
atmosphere that help create some of the most
aggressive, angry, unapologetic music ever made.
With it's driving guitar riff and pounding drums,
"Welcome To The Jungle" opens the album and sets the
overall tone. "Nightrain" & "Mr. Brownstone" deal
with the band's alcohol and drug addictions. "Out Ta
Get Me" deals with their paranoia and "My Michelle",
"Rocket Queen" & "You're Crazy" sum up their
feelings toward women. "Sweet Child O' Mine" and
"Paradise City" are my two favourites on the album
and they show glimpses of the band's softer side.
The former is surprisingly a beautiful ode to the
love of a woman and the latter is a about going to a
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