Nobody wants to be today, but back then there were quite a few people who thought Guns N ‘Roses was average hard rock band, the debut of which was not much better than that of Faster Pussycat.
In the Metal hammer In 1987, “Appetite for Destruction” received three out of seven points, it was recommended to buy “Electric” from The Cult. In the meantime, everyone knows that – in addition to “Born in the USA” and “The Joshua Tree” – it was the rock album of the decade: one of these records that everyone can agree on if necessary. And that is not due to the hairstyles or tattoos or the rather silly slogan of the “Most Dangerous Band in the World”.
It is of course due to the unforgettable songs by Guns N ‘Roses
From the initial scream in “Welcome to the Jungle” to the noise stories of “Nighttrain” and “Mr. Brownstone to the hymn “Paradise City” and the moaning of “Rocket Queen” is “Appetites” a single sequence of hits.
No other album describes a life between rock clubs and striplocals, in the middle of dealers and light girls, in a cloud of hairspray and whiskey vapor. And they also had love songs – especially “Sweet Child O’Mine”, with whose reef Slash suddenly made himself immortal.
In 2014, the Rolling Stone chose with a big jury from journalist: inside, musicians: inside and industry people “The 100 best metal and hard rock albums of all time”, including naturally legendary bands such as the Scorpions, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath And Judas priests, but also a number of surprising works that may not have come up with the same genre people. Of course, Guns n ‘Roses didn’t end up in the back seats …