Appetite For Destruction, the debut albumn of Guns 'N Roses, made quite an impact on the music industry over the years.
Released in the summer of 1987, the album helped GNR became the biggest band in the world - albeit for a brief shining moment.
For many fans, it was certainly a sad spectacle to see Axl Rose slowly destroy the band, and whatever promise they once had for the future.
But it's no surprise the album still has a special place in many people's memories. Appetite was one of those albums that perfectly captured the angst of the time, and became the soundtrack to many people's lives, including my own.
As Slash told Guitar World, "Appetite was basically just an off-the-cuff recording. Guns were a club band, and like most first records from club bands, it was mostly made up of material that we had been playing onstage for a while. We were pretty rough around the edges and had virtually no studio experience. We went in there and threw the album together pretty quickly."
As a result, they captured lightning in a bottle, not an easy thing to repeat. Yet as Slash also told Rolling Stone, "When I was a kid, there were these be-with-you-forever albums that represented something in your life. Whether it was the background music of your childhood or your puberty or whatever
For many fans, it was certainly a sad spectacle to see Axl Rose slowly destroy the band, and whatever promise they once had for the future.
But it's no surprise the album still has a special place in many people's memories. Appetite was one of those albums that perfectly captured the angst of the time, and became the soundtrack to many people's lives, including my own.
As Slash told Guitar World, "Appetite was basically just an off-the-cuff recording. Guns were a club band, and like most first records from club bands, it was mostly made up of material that we had been playing onstage for a while. We were pretty rough around the edges and had virtually no studio experience. We went in there and threw the album together pretty quickly."
As a result, they captured lightning in a bottle, not an easy thing to repeat. Yet as Slash also told Rolling Stone, "When I was a kid, there were these be-with-you-forever albums that represented something in your life. Whether it was the background music of your childhood or your puberty or whatever