Guns N' Roses

From AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/01/2015 04:09 | #133504

Guns N Roses is by far the best band to come out of the mid-80's Sunset Strip scene. Of course that isn't saying a whole lot, but when GNR wanted to, and tried, they could write a truly amazing song. Some of my favorite rock songs belong to Guns N Roses, such as Estranged, Civil War, November Rain, Coma and even Sweet Child O Mine. For their time, they were one of the best bands in the world, but since then, it goes without saying that they are a shadow of their former, legendary self. I love Appetite, and the Use Your Illusions are for the most part very good albums, but all I can give them for the time being is an 8/10. Deserving of the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame.

From Goliath 06/04/2020 10:18 | #252833

Guns N' Roses were a breath of 'fresh' air when they broke onto the music scene. By the 80's 'Heavy' rock bands had become stale, hairy parodies of previous bands, more pop rock than heavy rock. Guns N' Roses' more gritty sound put off many, in order to get noticed their marketing team(s) came up with a silly distasteful album cover and other dodgy merchandising material, putting off others who regarded it all as an affront to moral decency. Bands should be judged by their music, not their marketing.
Accusations of being Led Zeppelin or Aerosmith rip-offs are ridiculous, it's almost impossible not to build on the success of previous bands, and no, they could not sound like Led Zeppelin one little bit! One of the most interesting bands of the late 80's, they provoked every reaction from devotion to blind hatred. Nirvana's 1992 Nevermind made them seem uncool, they responded with the covers album 'Spagetti Incident' where for me only one track hit the mark (Down On The Farm). So the real Guns N' Roses were over by 1993, nothing Axl's rantings and on-stage tantrums could change. They only produced three great/good albums so could never claim to be one of the great bands, but as they say, briefly their star shone brightly, they were fun while they lasted.

A band that had the fire and passion that would revive Rock N' Roll in the late 80's. Then it went all wrong due to egos, drug and alcohol abuse. Appetite For Destruction is one fine debut album

From LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/01/2017 14:21 | #190115

Were my favourite band when i was 10, now I just overplayed all of their songs and don't like them anymore. Not that they're bad, but there are better bands with similar sound there. Also I don't like Slash as I used to, after listening to so much other bands and guitarists I've concluded that his riffs aren't very special. Still better than 99% of 80s polished glam hard rock, pop hair metal and repetitive synth pop.

Absolute garbage. I can't imagine someone would actually like any of their albums. Worst riffs I heard in my life plus terrible voice of lead vocalist. (Edited)