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- astrosdude91
Origins: Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre(s): Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Years Active: 1985-present
Label(s): Geffen, UZI Suicide
Poll : GTP Music Cool Wall - Guns n' RosesMusic
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Origins: Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre(s): Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Years Active: 1985-present
Label(s): Geffen, UZI Suicide
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- a6m5zero
I also would like to vote my Appetite for Destruction t-shirt into the hall of fame. It's my favorite shirt, and I happened to be wearing it when I saw the thread. 
Seriously though, Sweet Child of Mine alone was a great accomplishment IMO. One of the best songs from the decade. 👍
Seriously though, Sweet Child of Mine alone was a great accomplishment IMO. One of the best songs from the decade. 👍
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- England
- GTP_Owen
November Rain solo is so good as well.
I really love this band, all rock should sound like this IMO.
(Bonus tracks: They are one of the few bands which can really do a half decent cover in their own style IMO)
Live and Let Die
Sympathy for the Devil
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- Marin County, C
Never liked them... and that will probably never change. Honestly, the best part of the 80's metal scene was in the first couple years. A high majority of the rest of it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. GNR, Aerosmith, Poison, Motley Crue, Cinderella.. etc.. etc.. Not my cup of tea, and imo highly overrated.
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- astrosdude91
Ok, I'll have to admit. I do not like Guns n' Roses. I've listened to a good bit of their stuff, but never really liked most of what I've heard. I suppose I like a few of their songs; Sweet Child comes to mind. I guess they're good, I'll admit that Slash is a very good guitarist. But I've never been a fan of their music.
For what it's worth, I do like Velvet Revolver. But that may be because I like Scott Weiland and Stone Temple Pilots.
For what it's worth, I do like Velvet Revolver. But that may be because I like Scott Weiland and Stone Temple Pilots.
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- SRV2NV
Instant HoF for me. It was a sad day in music when Axel was left holding the mic alone (even though it was his own fault, but thats for another discussion).
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- GTP_DAN_
Athough I'm a big fan and voted for HoF, I must confess they actually are a bit overrated. They're more than just Good, and less than instant Hall of Famers.
However, some great successes and a hefty dose of attitude catapults them to the HoF.
However, some great successes and a hefty dose of attitude catapults them to the HoF.
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- GTP_Diego
I don't really listen to them much and to be honest I only enjoyed Appetite for Destruction when it came out and until around 1990, but what they did for hard rock/metal is priceless and that alone merits HoF status. I also enjoy listening a bit of Rocket Queen every now and then.
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Hall of Fame.
I have learned to play the opening guitar verse to Sweet Child O' Mine. It's a bit tough to keep switching fingerings for the continuous eight notes.
I have learned to play the opening guitar verse to Sweet Child O' Mine. It's a bit tough to keep switching fingerings for the continuous eight notes.
Haha, n00b! As for G'n'R one song alone is HoF for me. Estranged.
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The electric opening for Sweet Child is like the finger-plucked acoustic intro to Stairway... every metalhead has to learn it at some point or another. 
Remember that "Wayne's World" skit where they had a sign stating: "No Stairway" in the guitar store? They should have one stating "No Sweet Child O' Mine", too.
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Over-rated? Maybe. But they were rock n' roll for a good portion of that decade. Perfect vocals, perfect instrumentals. Melodic with a tinge of grunge. Instant HoF.
Remember that "Wayne's World" skit where they had a sign stating: "No Stairway" in the guitar store? They should have one stating "No Sweet Child O' Mine", too.
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Over-rated? Maybe. But they were rock n' roll for a good portion of that decade. Perfect vocals, perfect instrumentals. Melodic with a tinge of grunge. Instant HoF.
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That's why I emphasized hard rock as well. Maybe GnR isn't metal nowadays, but mainly because metal has hardened (no pun intended) through time. Listen to early Iron Maiden or Black Sabbath.. that music was the hardest form of metal when it came out, nowadays even Creed plays harder stuff.
When Appetite for Destruction came out, it was intense shredding metal. But it also had some nice melodies, thus made it appealing to a lot of people who previously wouldn't have listened to it, and that's GnR's greatest contribution: making metal available, popular and appealing to the masses. They didn't do it alone, but they were a stepping stone to it.
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I always thought of them as sleeze rock, kinda like the dirty, don't bring home to mom kinda rock.
Basically rocks dirty little tramp that out drinks you at the bar and takes you to the bathroom for a quickie before leaving you.
Basically rocks dirty little tramp that out drinks you at the bar and takes you to the bathroom for a quickie before leaving you.
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- Marin County, C
The difference is that Sabbath and Maiden for the most part sung about stuff that makes up metal. Its more then just how they play but what they play about. The problem with GNR being 'metal' is that they sing about love. That just isn't metal. I've talked to plenty of people that were metal heads at the time and didn't like it.
GNR are a good maybe great band, I just simply don't like them.
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- jpfctf
- jpfctf
I'm too much of a fan of Guns to be speaking about them.
It's the band that made me like music in a whole different way (when I was 12) and it's the band that made me buy a guitar (at 14).
Even when I was older and was even more into music (I then "moved on" to more extreme stuff and actually played in a band), I never stopped listening to Guns. I loved learning/playing the guitar over their songs.
For me, and even today, it's the greatest band in the world. And yes, Slash is the greatest/coolest guitar player ever.
Oh, and I'm talking about the mid-80's to early 90's era. Forget the modern Guns. I never actually listened to Chinese Democracy. In fact, anybody knows if it's out yet?
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It's the band that made me like music in a whole different way (when I was 12) and it's the band that made me buy a guitar (at 14).
Even when I was older and was even more into music (I then "moved on" to more extreme stuff and actually played in a band), I never stopped listening to Guns. I loved learning/playing the guitar over their songs.
For me, and even today, it's the greatest band in the world. And yes, Slash is the greatest/coolest guitar player ever.
Oh, and I'm talking about the mid-80's to early 90's era. Forget the modern Guns. I never actually listened to Chinese Democracy. In fact, anybody knows if it's out yet?
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Metal, Schmetal... in my days, young 'un, we called it Rock N' Roll.
Maybe the more hardcore nowadays don't consider it heavy... but that's probably because like Metallica, they added a pop sensibility to it.
Like most of the great bands, GnR lent their songs a melodic turn that went beyond their genre... which is what makes their classics timeless pieces.
Whatever you consider them... they've left their mark on music history... that much is undeniable.
Maybe the more hardcore nowadays don't consider it heavy... but that's probably because like Metallica, they added a pop sensibility to it.
Like most of the great bands, GnR lent their songs a melodic turn that went beyond their genre... which is what makes their classics timeless pieces.
Whatever you consider them... they've left their mark on music history... that much is undeniable.
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HoF, but keep Axl away from it
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