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“Whatever the background, the results were dynamite, and can still be seen on YouTube today. Niven is right. This was Guns N' Roses, at their earliest, now classic best. When Slash dived into the audience at the climax of 'Rocket Queen', you could almost touch the heat from the crowd, escaping, hissing like bad gas from the manholes of New York City.” the concept of rewatching THE full concert video w a backstory

— Sep 24, 2026 11:40PM

Last of the Giants: The True Story of Guns N' Roses

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“…But Axl was stuck on the fact that nobody had ever entered the charts at 1 and 2 at the same time, and he wanted to do that. And in fact he did’.
Indeed, within a week of release, Use Your Illusion II had gone straight into the US charts at Number 1, with Use Your Illusion 1 right behind it at Number 2.”

— Sep 29, 2026 05:17PM

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“When Axl played "Civil War" for me, I was absolutely over the moon. The simple cleverness of saying, what's so civil about war?
Clarity of expression. Great song.” whats so civil about war anyway

— Sep 29, 2026 04:52PM

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“I feel like Lenny Kravitz: like, peace and love, man, or you’re gonna fucking die.” - Izzy Stradlin

— Sep 28, 2026 01:52PM

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“I was telling you earlier, if anybody fucks with my homeboy here, Slash - and it's happened before, like if a big guy was gonna hit him - I've stepped right in front of him.
S: Sure, and I can hide in the crook of his knee...
D: I beat up a guy for him once. And he'd do that for me.
S: But not to sound stupid, because we're starting to sound stupid...”
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— Sep 28, 2026 12:03PM

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“M: We're gonna go much further, but first we're gonna play a Guns N' Roses track. Which track shall we hear?
D: 'Nightrain'!
S: No! No, no, no, no, no, no, no... 'You're Crazy.
D: You're crazy...
S: I'm nuts, but no, play 'You're Crazy'...
D: Okay,’You're Crazy'.
S: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Fuck, I can't remember the name of it...
D: 'NIGHTRAIN'!”
DUFF U R SO RELATABLE MAN

— Sep 28, 2026 11:54AM

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“'I hate the edit of "Sweet Child o' Mine"' Axl would later complain in Rolling Stone. 'Radio stations said, "Well, your vocals aren't cut." [But] my favourite part of the song is Slash's slow solo.” crying

— Sep 25, 2026 12:02AM

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“That was the moment I had to walk onstage and say, "Tonight's performance by Guns N' Roses, unfortunately, will not occur due to a medical emergency." Immediately, people started throwing shit at me and it got ugly fast. The crowd rioted and it spilled out into the parking lot, and at least one car was turned over and set on fire.'” valid reaction to being unable to see prime gnr i fear …

— Sep 24, 2026 11:48PM

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“Sweet Child o' Mine' had 'sounded like a hit to all of us. So much so that I remember Axl asking me when we were finished if I thought the album would actually sell. I told him that, despite the fact that it was nothing like what was on the radio, I thought it would go gold. I was only off by 20 million records.'”

— Sep 21, 2026 01:26PM

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“With Axl its always been his way or the highway.” - Slash

— Sep 19, 2026 09:12PM

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“But for anyone who remembers its ghosts and who saw the place in its 1980s heyday, this is the town where anything that could happen did happen. Where everything was coooool, baby, one minute, then out of control the next.
Imagine arriving here, as W. Axl Rose and many thousands of others did, from the Greyhound Bus terminal in North Hollywood and seeing the Strip for the first time at night.“ TAKE ME THEREAHHH

— Sep 19, 2026 05:12PM

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