Guns N' Roses: Appetite for Destruction | Full Documentary | Izzy Stradlin | Malcolm Dome
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Published 2022-09-17
The album was released to little mainstream attention in 1987. It was not until the following year that Appetite for Destruction became a commercial success, after the band had toured and received significant airplay with the singles "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child o' Mine". The album peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200 and became the seventh best-selling album of all time in the United States, as well as the best-selling debut album. With over 30 million copies sold worldwide, it is also one of the best-selling albums of all time.
In a retrospective review for The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), Ann Powers wrote that Guns N' Roses "produced a unique mix of different rock values", such as "speed and musicianship, flash and dirt", on an album that "changed hard rock's sensibilities at the time." Stephen Thomas Erlewine also viewed it as a "turning point for hard rock" in his review for AllMusic and felt Rose's singing and songwriting are enhanced by Slash and Stradlin's dual guitar playing, which helped make Appetite for Destruction "the best metal record of the late '80s". According to Jimmy Martin of The Quietus, as the 1980s' best hard rock album, Appetite for Destruction had an "unrefined, punk quality" that marked a "shift away" from hair metal bands commercialized by MTV. According to Billboard magazine's Christa Titus, Appetite for Destruction appealed to rock music's various listeners because the band incorporated "metal's forceful playing, punk rock's rebellious themes, glam metal's aesthetic, and bluesy guitar riffs that appealed to purists." Russell Hall, the features writer for Gibson's online publication, said the album "injected a much-needed dose of ’70s-style rebellion into the frothy pop metal of the '80s", by "combining the swagger of late '60s Stones and vintage Aerosmith with the menace of punk and a trash-glam aesthetic".
Director: The Creative Picture Company
Cast: Izzy Stradlin, Malcolm Dome, Chris George
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All Comments (21)
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I first heard this band when I was 17 years old......I'm 52 now and still listen to them every day!
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In the past 50 years, there is NO rock band that generated as much excitement and fan appeal as Guns N' Roses when they were huge in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Easily the biggest rock band in the world since the Rolling Stones and Beatles in the 1960s. The fact that they had such a heavy sound, but were still able to transcend heavy metal and gain such a huge following is a measure of their greatness. I'm glad they finally got back together, but I wish they had done it a long time ago. They could have created so much amazing music over the past 20 - 30 years.
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I swear I won't ever get over this band, Axl Rose will have my heart till the end of the world
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Axl Rose is a phenomenon, he might have been messed up from his upbringing, but he is highly intelligent, and very eloquent when he speaks. His voice is totally unique, and GNR is like no other rock band, they are the greatest rock band ever without a doubt.
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Growing up with sexual abuse myself i have always understood his anger issues. One of the best bands ever, and what a voice that I understood and still do.
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History will show this is the greatest rock album of all time
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I'm going on 70 and have gotten into the late 60's, 70's music but really rocked to Guns N Roses from their beginnings. Had the privilege of seeing them in 87 I believe at a local bar with a group of co-workers from the hospital I worked at. They were just getting going but I knew at the time, they were going to kick some hinny in the music world. I briefly had a conversation with Axil letting him know they were awesome. I was like 10 feet away from them playing. I wish I would have gotten their autographs.
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Everyone says Slash and Axl were the formula, but Izzy was secret ingredient that made the band magical. Never was the same without Izzy, and once Axl added the backup singers and biker shorts it was RIP. What a great band they were as Axl, Slash, Izzy, Duff, and Steven 🔥
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Appetite was an unbelievably amazing album. Start to finish.
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Steven Adler, "not the greatest drummer in the world"? Pshaw there! He was a MASTER of the small kit, far better than came later. 'nuff said.
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1st album i bought was appetite for destruction. i was 14. I'm now 50! I still love that album! I saw them live in 2018 in south Africa. I was so disappointed. We are all old and tired. Especially my beautiful axle. They are still a rock powerhouse make no mistake. They defined my youth, and made me a headbanger for life! I will always be a loyal fan, no matter!
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Axl rose is highly intelligent individual. When this record came out, it blew everybody away. It was unreal. And everything else that followed by this band was nothing but great. The lyrics to use your illusions 1 and 2 are just phenomenal.
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Izzy is not in this documentary. There’s two short clips of interviews from back in the day. I fell for it and clicked on this thinking he was actually going to be on it. I should’ve known, though. Just a heads up for anyone who is thinking about doing the same. They should remove his name from the title and description.
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I bought this album when it came out. I was only 8 years old and my mum took me to the shop to buy the cassette. I still remember buying it. It was the second album I ever bought (after michael jacksons Bad)
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I have to say, as a 50 year old man having really liked the songs Paradise City and Sweet Child O' Mine over the years - I had NEVER listened to Appetite For Destruction in my entire life until 3 days ago. It has been on non-stop ever since and I feel blessed that I got to experience it as a 'new' album at this point in my life. Loved it that much I even bought the T-Shirt. Literally!
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GNR Set the world on fire when Welcome to the jungle finally got played on MTV .The album had sold 200 thousand copies and in 2 weeks after. They got on MTV the album had sold upwards to 2 million. Guns N Roses came along and made rock n roll DANGEROUS AGAIN
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Did anyone else get annoyed by that music critic. He really loves the sound of his own voice.
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I'm always curious how a band gets so popular over Seas with the language barrier. Pretty cool
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All these documentaries are over ten years old. R.i.p. Malcolm Dome (the bald music journalist interviewed) AFD was the perfect debut album. I said it back in '88, "They won't top this with their next album"
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There was certainly a paradigm shift in hard rock when this album came out. Very few bands had this effect on music in their career. Of course the same happened when the whole grunge/alternative movement hit in the early 90's, where every record company was scrambling to sign the next Nirvana type band or whoever, Guns never lost their popularity like most of their peers from the 80's did. A lot had to do with Axl and his outlandish and polarizing nature of course, but still, the music is what set them apart. Would have been interesting to see what they might have come out with had the original band stayed together back then.
