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APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - GUNS N' ROSES (1987)
After touring the clubs for months, Guns N' Roses finally released its debut album in July 1987. The band recorded twelve songs with Mike Clink in charge of the production. Twenty years after, Appetite For Destruction has sold 30 millions copies world-wide.
Line-up
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Axl Rose: lead vocals, percussion on "Welcome To The Jungle", keyboards on "Paradise City"
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Slash: lead & rhythm guitars
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Izzy Stradlin: rhythm & lead guitars, backing vocals, percussion on "Paradise City"
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Duff McKagan: bass, backing vocals
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Steven Adler: drums, backing vocals
Tracklist
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Welcome To The Jungle (Slash / Rose)
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It's So Easy (McKagan / Arkeen)
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Nightrain (Stradlin / McKagan / Rose / Slash)
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Out Ta Get Me (Slash / Rose / Stradlin)
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Mr. Brownstone (Stradlin / Slash)
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Paradise City (McKagan / Slash / Rose / Stradlin)
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My Michelle (Rose / Stradlin)
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Think About You (Stradlin)
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Sweet Child O' Mine (Rose / Slash / Stradlin)
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You're Crazy (Slash / Stradlin / Rose)
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Anything Goes (Stradlin / Rose / Weber)
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Rocket Queen (Rose / Slash / Stradlin)
Recording guitars & amps
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Gibson Les Paul Standard 1959 replica
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Gibson SG 1960 (My Michelle)
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Marshall JMP 1959 Super Lead S.I.R. stock #36 modded by Frank Levi (for distorted sounds)
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Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus (for clean sounds)
Album information
By: Guns N' Roses
Released: July 21, 1987
Length: 53:48
Label: Geffen
Producer: Mike Clink
Recorded: Rumbo Studios / Take One Studios / Can Am Studios
Singles: It's So Easy / Welcome To The Jungle / Sweet Child O' Mine / Paradise City / Nightrain
Press
(Guitar magazine, September 1988)
Return To The Jungle
(Guitar One magazine, June 2002)
Back To The Jungle
(Guitar Edge magazine, March 2007)
20 Years Of Appetite
(Classic Rock magazine, July 2007)
Appetite For Reconstruction
(Guitar World magazine, May 2010)
Singles
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