One of the most popular and reductive theories in rock history is that grunge singlehandedly destroyed glam metal overnight after the release of Nirvana’s Nevermind. While
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When Guns N’ Roses returned to their studio after a boozy afternoon in a nearby club, the result was what then-drummer Matt Sorum described as
Guns N’ Roses’ penchant for excess made them a liability from day one, and they reflected on their insatiable drug habits in sobering detail on the swaggering
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.
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 –
Long before Nirvana’s 1991 single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” became the defining anthem for the grunge revolution, it was just a phrase scribbled on Kurt
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