Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American rock band Guns N' Roses, released in July 1987 on Geffen Records. It was well-received by critics and topped the American Billboard 200 chart. As of September 2008, the album has been certified 18 times platinum by the RIAA, accumulating worldwide sales in excess of 28 million as of October 2008. The album is the best-selling debut album of all-time worldwide, beating Boston's debut album Boston, which has gone 17x platinum.

Axl Rose stated in 1988 that many of the songs featured on the album had been written while the band had been performing on the Los Angeles club circuit, and a number of songs that would be featured on later Guns N' Roses albums were considered for Appetite for Destruction, such as "Back Off ♥♥♥♥♥", "You Could Be Mine", "November Rain" and "Don't Cry". It is said that the reason for not putting "November Rain" was because they had already agreed to put "Sweet Child 'O Mine" and that they already had a ballad on the album (however, both Use Your Illusion albums would contain more than one ballad).

While the songwriting credits are credited to all five band members, many of the songs began as solo tracks that individual band members wrote separate from the band, only to be completed later. These songs include "It's So Easy" (McKagan) and "Think About You" (Stradlin). "Rocket Queen" was an unfinished Slash/Adler song that was written from their earlier band Road Crew, whereas "Anything Goes", written by Hollywood Rose and included in their compilation album The Roots of Guns N' Roses, was later re-written for Appetite.

Other songs on the album reflect the band's reaction to the debauchery of the L.A. rock and roll underground, such as "Welcome to the Jungle" the lyrics of which Rose wrote after he encountered a man on the sidewalks of New York City shortly after arriving there from Indiana. Lyrics to some of the songs focus on the band members' younger years, like "Out ta Get Me", which focuses on lead singer Axl Rose's constant trouble with the law as a youth in Indiana. The band also based song lyrics on their assorted female companions, reflected in the songs "Sweet Child o' Mine", "Think About You", "My Michelle", "You're Crazy", and "Rocket Queen".

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A Group Created by AymericTheNightmare
A Group From The Nightmare Community
Video-Games - Music - Anime
http://v1.steam.hlxgame.cc/groups/TheNightmareCommunity

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------