Guns n Roses: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2012

Official Site: http://gunsnroses.com/


Rock Hall Bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/guns-n-roses/bio/


GnR formed in 1985. After solidifying the lineup, they played the club scene where they got noticed. They released the EP Live Like a Suicide in 1986. In 1987, they conquered with Appetite for Destruction.

Welcome to the Jungle (1987): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg

Sweet Child O Mine (1988): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4

Paradise City (1988): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbm6GXllBiw


They displayed a "hedonistic rebelliousness" missing in rock at the time. GnR is credited with reviving rock n roll in the hair metal era and appeared in Clint Eastwood’s The Dead Pool. MTV and radio did not want to play GnR, but fans kept requesting and demanding it.

Patience (1989): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErvgV4P6Fzc


Axl Rose kicked Steven Adler out of the band for drug use in 1990. Matt Sorum replaced Adler and they added Dizzy Reed for keyboards.

They released Use Your Illusion 1 and 2 in 1991. In short order, GnR became the biggest band in the universe, provided a song for Terminator 2, and riots quickly followed.

You Could Be Mine (1991): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vygQZ9hYqyE

Don’t Cry (1991): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRIbf6JqkNc

Live and Let Die (1991): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D9vAItORgE

November Rain (1992): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE


St Louis riot (1991): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FJHqfbAK44


They toured with Metallica. Another riot occurred in Montreal (1992):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k57_zRGPkvw

Civil War (1993): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1fHxPY3TJo

Estranged (1994): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpmAY059TTY

Since I Don’t Have You (1994): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYOYlqOitDA


GnR covered the Stones for Interview with a Vampire.

Sympathy for the Devil (1995): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAgT8FpJbPY


Then, they disappeared…disbanded….and Axl returned with a whole new band in 2008.

Chinese Democracy (2008): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faSBzYRnFdk








 

Guns n Roses: It's So Easy (1987)

Duff McKagan wrote "It's So Easy" when the band had little money, but a lot groupies. So, the band lived off the groupies and hangers on. Slash changed the song from a hippie ode to a hard rocker. The song helped define GnR when they broke back in '87.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUwW7RI3U0w&ob=av3n

Guns n Roses: November Rain (1992)

"November Rain" is the longest song to ever reach the top 10. Axl Rose began work on the epic in 1983 and actually released a version in 1985. Slash claims the band did an 18 minute version in 1986. Supposedly, Slash and Duff resisted recording the song preferring to stay away from symphonic ballads. The accompanying video is essentially a short film with a $1.5 million budget. The video is a mash up of various music video clichés, but is often considered one of the greatest ever made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE&ob=av2e