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Guns N' Roses helped usher in a new era in the hard rock genre. They are recognized as a band that changed rock and metal music in the late 80s.
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metal dominated the airwaves in the late 1980s, but the band's style of
music and onstage behavior created a new movement within the music
industry. Guns N' Roses offered a grittier, more traditionalist take on rock
music, winning over many fans who admired their apparent authenticity
compared to their peers.
Appetite for Destruction, Guns N' Roses' debut album, was released on August
21, 1987. The album sold twenty million copies and reached #1 on the
charts. It included the songs "Welcome to the Jungle", "Sweet Child O'
Mine" and "Paradise City", all of which were top ten singles on the
Billboard charts. As of 2006, Appetite For Destruction remains the
best-selling debut album of all time.
Their hit ballad "November Rain" became the most requested video on
MTV, eventually winning the 1992 MTV Video Music Award for best
cinematography. During the awards show, Guns N' Roses performed the song with Elton John accompanying the band on piano.
The band took on new formations in the mid-90s. Slash began a side
project called Slash's Snakepit before finally quitting in late 1996,
citing musical differences with Axl. The next year, Sorum was fired from
the group following a verbal dispute with Rose regarding negative
comments Paul Tobias had made about Slash. In early 1997, McKagan opted
out of his contract. This left Rose as the sole remaining member of the
original band. Five years later, Slash, McKagan and Sorum reunited and
formed the band Velvet Revolver.
Axl Rose is the only original band member in the current lineup of Guns N' Roses. The
band is planning on releasing their new album, Chinese Democracy, sometime
in 2006.
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