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[[Guns N' Roses]] is one of the all-time greatest rock bands.

Their main lineup brought a mix of musical styles that is still to this day original with no band even sounding similar to them.  Even though their music was original, GN'R was always grouped with the 80s hair bands.  This is largely because at the time MTV had a huge part in making bands successful and Axl looked like a woman with his bushy hair in the band's video for [[Welcome to the Jungle]].

== Why the music has remained popular ==
While Axl is known for his screeching, he actually does have a huge vocal range and two very different voices that he uses while singing.  Slash brings a combination of nasty rock riffs and incredible blues solos.  Izzy brought the country twang (this is the component that really separated them from the hair bands).  Adler has never been known for much other than his blond hair and drug problems, but while it wasn't extra special or truly unique, he complemented the rest of the band very well.  Lastly there was the ever so grungy Duff.  Duff brought a dirty, white trash attitude and pushed out some deep, loud, bass notes.

Each instrument could easily be heard, none overshadowing the others, and the music produced during the time of this lineup was amazing.

== Why they can't stay together ==
It makes sense that so many people with different styles in music and life would end up having a hard time dealing with each other.  They had the music, but without a sustained friendship and stability it is hard to stay together.

Like oil and vinegar, they taste great when you shake it up, but eventually separation is inevitable.

== Band History ==
=== Band Members (the ones that matter) ===
GN'R has had tons of band members, but only a few of them are on the major albums and worth discussing.
==== Axl Rose ====
* Lead Singer
==== Slash ====
* Lead Guitar
==== Duff McKagan ====
* Bass
==== Steven Adler ====
* Drums
==== Izzy Stradlin ====
* Rhythm Guitar
==== Matt Sorum, Dizzy Reed, Gilby Clarke ====
* Drums, Keyboards, and Rhythm Guitar respectively. Aside from Axl, Dizzy Reed has been the longest continuous member of Guns N' Roses. Axl has said in interviews that Dizzy was originally invited to join the band in 1985, but was unable to do so due to other commitments.

=== The Band Member History Table ===
Guns N' Roses has had a large number of band members.  The only one who has been in the band from beginning to end is Axl Rose.  The only reason he has been in the band that long is because he legally owns the name and can call a bunch of meowing cats Guns N' Roses if he wants.

Since the band has been around for over 20 years, it can be difficult to know who was in or out of the band together.  This table should help bring it all together.
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| width="95" | 1985
| width="95" | 1986
| width="95" | 1987
| width="95" | 1988
| width="95" | 1989
| width="95" | 1990
| width="95" | 1991
| width="95" | 1992
| width="95" | 1993
| width="95" | 1994
| width="95" | 1995
| width="95" | 1996
| width="95" | 1997
| width="95" | 1998
| width="95" | 1999
| width="95" | 2000
| width="95" | 2001
| width="95" | 2002
| width="95" | 2003
| width="95" | 2004
| width="95" | 2005
| width="95" | 2006
| width="95" | 2007
| width="95" | 2008
|-
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="24" | Axl Rose
|-
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="12" | Slash
| style="border: 0px" colspan="12" |
|-
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="13" | Duff McKagan
| style="border: 0px" colspan="10" |
|-
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="7" | Izzy Stradlin
| style="border: 0px" colspan="17" |
|-
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="5" | Steven Adler
| style="border: 0px" colspan="19" |
|-
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="1" | Tracii Guns
| style="border: 0px" colspan="23" |
|-
| style="border: 0px" colspan="5" |
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="8" | Matt Sorum
|-
| style="border: 0px" colspan="6" |
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="4" | Gilby Clarke
|-
| style="border: 0px" colspan="12" |
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="4" | Josh Freese
|-
| style="border: 0px" colspan="9" |
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="8" | Paul Tobias
|-
| style="border: 0px" colspan="15" |
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="5" | Buckethead
|-
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="1" | Rob Gardner
| style="border: 0px" colspan="23" |
|-
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="1" | Ole Beich
| style="border: 0px" colspan="23" |
|-
| style="border: 0px" colspan="5" |
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="19" | Dizzy Reed
|-
| style="border: 0px" colspan="11" |
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="3" | Robin Finck
| style="border: 0px" colspan="2" |
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="8" | Robin Finck
|-
| style="border: 0px" colspan="12" |
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="12" | Tommy Stinson
|-
| style="border: 0px" colspan="5" |
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="19" | Chris Pitman
|-
| style="border: 0px" colspan="17" |
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="7" | Richard Fortus
| style="border: 0px" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="border: 0px" colspan="15" |
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="8" | Bryan "Brain" Mantia
| style="border: 0px" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="border: 0px" colspan="22" |
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="2" | Bumblefoot
|-
| style="border: 0px" colspan="22" |
| style="background: #FFDDDD; border: 1px solid #FF8888; text-align: center" colspan="2" | Frank Ferrer
|}

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== Albums ==
GN'R has produced a great deal of music, but only a few studio albums under major labels.
=== 1987 Appetite for Destruction ===
* In on 7/23/1998 the [[RIAA]] certified Appetite for Destruction with a 15.00x Multi Platinum award.
* As of 2007 Appetite for Destruction is the 25th best selling album in the US.
* Appetite For Destruction is also the 2nd best selling debut of all time, behind [[Boston]]'s eponymous debut.

=== 1988 G N' R Lies ===
=== 1991 Use Your Illusion I ===
=== 1991 Use Your Illusion II ===
=== 1993 "The Spaghetti Incident? ===
=== 3057 Chinese Democracy ===

== Songs ==
Guns N' Roses only pushed out 4 studio albums of original material.
=== Song List ===
This list has been colored according to song popularity.  Red songs are album songs that you would rarely hear unless you own the album.  Blue songs are popular songs but they do not get regular air play.  Green Songs are impossible to have not heard.  If you are more than a year old, you have probably heard all of them.
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| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | 14 Years
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| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Anything Goes
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Back Off Bitch
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| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Bad Apples
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| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Bad Obsession
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Breakdown
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| style="border: 1px solid #4444ff" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Civil War
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Coma
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Dead Horse
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Don't Cry (Alt. Lyrics)
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #44ff44" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Don't Cry (Original)
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Don't Damn Me
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Double Talkin' Jive
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Dust N' Bones
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #4444ff" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Estranged
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Garden Of Eden
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Get In The Ring
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | It's So Easy
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #4444FF" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Knockin' On Heaven's Door
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #44ff44" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Live And Let Die
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Locomotive (Complicity)
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #4444FF" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Mama Kin
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Move To The City
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #4444FF" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Mr. Brownstone
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #4444FF" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | My Michelle
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | My World
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #4444FF" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Nice Boys
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #4444FF" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Nightrain
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #44FF44" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | November Rain
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | One In A Million
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Out Ta Get Me
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #44FF44" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Paradise City
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #44FF44" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | Patience
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Perfect Crime
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Pretty Tied Up 
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #4444FF" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Reckless Life
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Right Next Door To Hell
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #4444FF" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Rocket Queen
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Shotgun Blues
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | So Fine
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #44ff44" bgcolor="#CCffCC" | [[Sweet Child O' Mine]]
|-
| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | The Garden
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| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Think About You
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| style="border: 1px solid #4444FF" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Used To Love Her
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| style="border: 1px solid #44ff44" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Welcome to the Jungle
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| style="border: 1px solid #4444FF" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Yesterdays
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| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | You Ain't The First
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| style="border: 1px solid #44ff44" bgcolor="#CCffCC" | You Could Be Mine
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| style="border: 1px solid #4444FF" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | You're Crazy
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| style="border: 1px solid #FF4444" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | You're Crazy (Acoustic)
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=== Best Songs You Probably Haven't Heard ===
* Back Off Bitch
* Bad Obsession
* Used To Love Her
* Coma
* Don't Damn Me
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=== Most Overrated Songs ===
* Knockin' On Heaven's Door - They didn't write it & their version isn't as good as the original.

== Sydapedia Trivia ==
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*Guns N' Roses is one of Syd's all-time favorite bands and [[Axl Rose]] is one of his personal heroes. The third article he ever wrote was [http://www.sydlexia.com/novemberrain.htm a review of the "November Rain" music video.]
*[[Ross Rifle]]'s lullaby was ''Sweet Child O' Mine''. Whenever he started to act up, his parents would put it on and he'd calm down. They also had him convinced that his dad was Slash.




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