GUNS N' ROSES 20th Anniversary

Key Club Welcomes GUNS N' ROSES Alumni For 20th Anniversary Of Appetite For Destruction









On July 28th, ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler and Tracii Guns (ex-L.A. GUNS) – will take the stage to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Appetite For Destruction’s 1987 release at Hollywood's Key Club. First Tracii will perform with his own legendary namesake - L.A. Guns - and then Steven will be joined by his own aptly-titled band, ADLER’S APPETITE. Both bands will deliver their respective takes on rock n’ roll as they pay tribute to the album that started it all. Doors will open at 7:30 PM and tickets are available for $17 in advance - $20 day of the show - from the Key Club box office and www.ticketmaster.com.

GUNS N' ROSES - Appetite For Destruction Era Videos Online


GUNS N' ROSES site GNRDaily has issued the following report:

"MetalSucks week long celebration of the 20th anniversary of Appetite For Destruction now continues with each of the music videos the band made to promote the album - including the never officially released video for 'It’s So Easy', which was supposed to be the first ever released by the band before it was decided by everyone that the sight of Axl and future ex-wife Erin Everly engaged in acts of bondage was more than a little much for MTV.

But that’s who GN’R were - the band that was, at least for awhile, more than a little much for MTV. These are the dudes who tore down the set during a taping of Headbanger’s Ball; they were not, as the comedian Patton Oswalt has observed of so many 80’s metal bands, the guys that made a video that took place in some anonymous factory that appeared to manufacture fireworks (in fact, Axl Rose revealed to Eddie Trunk last year that he had wanted the video for 'Sweet Child O’ Mine' to follow a woman and her baby as they traveled - until the final moments, when you’d realize the baby was dead as she cracked it open to reveal that she was smuggling drugs inside the corpse). They made videos that were stripped down, often seemingly filmed at a detached distance, just oberrving the band being the band. Consequently, these videos are a perfect time capsule of who the band were when they were made, and, perhaps even more so than the musical differences between "Appetite" and Use Your Illusion, the difference in the style of videos illustrates the evolution of this band from gutter punks to bloated superstars."

Read the full story and check out the videos at GNRDaily.

GUNS N' ROSES - Appetite For Destruction Marks 20th Year

The following report is courtesy of Erin Fox from Thegauntlet.com.

As the modern incarnation of GUNS N' ROSES currently storms across Japan on a successful concert tour highlighted by an appearance in front of a packed house at the world-renowned Budokan Hall, today marks the twentieth anniversary of a rock album that has had a most profound impact on American culture. Appetite For Destruction is the second-largest selling debut record in history, having sold 15 million records in the United States alone and 25 million across the globe.

When Appetite hit the shelves in record stores across the US on July 21st, 1987, the buzz on the Gunners was building slowly. Most rock listeners had little idea exactly what kind of rock n’ roll hellride was in store for them. Having brought a new level of rock n roll excess to Hollywood’s famed Sunset Strip, the “most dangerous band in the world” was now ready to take on the world with charismatic frontman W. Axl Rose leading the classic lineup, rounded out by guitarists Izzy Stradlin’ and Slash, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steven Adler. Guns N’ Roses combined traditional rock sounds with punk rock and blues on “Appetite” to form a rock sound that reflected the gritty realities of street life. The band’s emergence on the national scene signaled the end of the safe and calculated style of hair metal and re-ignited the entire rock genre.

Primed for controversy, the young, streetwise band was so edgy and out of control, it was necessary for label Geffen Records to censor the record’s original “pornographic” album cover as well as bury the band’s bondage-laced first video clip, the anarchic UK single. “It’s So Easy.” Named after the Robert Williams painting that adorned the censored album cover, “Appetite” ushered in a new era of rock music with imaginative songwriting and intense performances. The uncensored record cover, based upon a tattoo on the forearm of singer Rose, is an instantly recognizable image of the individual band member’s skulls upon a colorful cross.

Appetite For Destruction was produced by Mike Clink and recorded at three studios, Rumbo, Take One and Can Am. Three tracks from the album were released as singles in the US, 'Welcome To The Jungle', 'Sweet Child O’ Mine' and 'Paradise City', all of which receive substantial airplay on rock radio to this day. The track 'Mr. Brownstone,' although never released as a proper single, also enjoys plenty of attention from radio stations. By the end of its first year of release, the record had been certified Gold by the RIAA. 'Sweet Child O’ Mine', the record’s second single was the song that established GN”R as an international rock sensation. Since then, it’s become one of the best-loved songs in the entire history of rock music.

Over the years, high praise has been bestowed upon the album by prominent media outlets, scoring a five star rating from both Rolling Stone and All Music Guide. Kerrang! called “Appetite” the #1 album of all time. The record has scored impressively amongst dozens of best album polls.

A landmark in the history of rock music, Appetite For Destruction is a bona fide rock phenomenon that’s left an indelible mark upon millions.

Guns N’ Roses wrapped up its Japanese tour yesterday (July 21st) with an appearance in Osaka, Japan.