Guns and Roses were a great band. I would argue that, besides the Ramones, they suffered from the second worst timing in music history. The Ramones met disco, and G&R met grunge.
They got classified as a "hair band", but they were just a harder version of the heroin/alcohol-fueled depression that was the early 90's. I feel that G&R really set the stage for what we saw in Peal Jam/Nirvana/etc.:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYRC4H64EFk]YouTube - Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9O82ydYL_c]YouTube - Guns N' Roses - Mr. Brownstone (Ritz, 1988.02.02)[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-AYAv0IoWI]YouTube - Sweet Child O' Mine Music Video[/ame]
They got classified as a "hair band", but they were just a harder version of the heroin/alcohol-fueled depression that was the early 90's. I feel that G&R really set the stage for what we saw in Peal Jam/Nirvana/etc.:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYRC4H64EFk]YouTube - Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9O82ydYL_c]YouTube - Guns N' Roses - Mr. Brownstone (Ritz, 1988.02.02)[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-AYAv0IoWI]YouTube - Sweet Child O' Mine Music Video[/ame]