The hatred and anger Axl Rose spewed on “Back Off Bitch” was more than a decade old by the time it appeared on a record.
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Tom Petty knew what it was like to move to California on a whim in the hopes of becoming a star. So when it came time to

The recording sessions for Guns N’ Roses’ Use Your Illusion albums were, by all accounts, laborious and often bleak affairs, inhibited by substance abuse and infighting. But things

If 1976’s Live Bullet began the ascendance to superstardom for Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, 1981’s Nine Tonight commemorated the group’s arrival at

If you want to sum up Guns N’ Roses’ Use Your Illusion albums in one song, look no further than “November Rain.” The track –

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In September 1996, a supergroup featuring Steve Jones of Sex Pistols, John Taylor of Duran Duran and Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum released its debut

The days following Sept. 11, 2001 saw a country equal parts devastated, on edge and full of uncertainty. Clear Channel stumbled into this unsettled situation apparently

In the span of just a few hours on Sept. 11, 2001, the world changed for good. Ask most everyone of a certain age if

After blowing his first chance to make a good impression on Alice Cooper, Axl Rose almost went too far in the other direction while collaborating