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Guns N' Roses – The General
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“The General” is a song released by Guns N' Roses on December 8th, 2023 as the b-side to the “Perhaps” 7" vinyl single. The song was long in the making, dating back as far as 2001
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Guns N' Roses – Yesterdays
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“Yesterdays” was the third single to be released from the 1991 Guns N’ Roses album, Use Your Illusion II. Although the power ballad never achieved the same levels of success in the
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Guns N' Roses – You Could Be Mine
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“You Could Be Mine” is one of Guns N' Roses' greatest hits. Many remember it for being the theme song of Terminator II: Judgment Day. Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin co-wrote this song
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Guns N' Roses – Hard Skool
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[Verse 1] / All cautions made, every chance was given / No effort spared to save what we had / All in good faith I would not hesitate / To extend myself and lend you my hand / [
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Guns N' Roses – Since I Don't Have You
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Originally a 1958 doo-wop single by The Skyliners, “Since I Don’t Have You” is considered to be among some of the best heartbreak ballads ever recorded.
Guns N’ Roses later
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Guns N' Roses – Mr. Brownstone
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“Mr. Brownstone” was only released as a promotional single in the UK ahead of the release of Appetite for Destruction in 1987. It was featured as the B-Side of both “Welcome to the
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Guns N' Roses – Used to Love Her
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A humorous murder ballad, Izzy wrote it after he heard a song on the radio about a guy who’s girlfriend bothered him. It is actually about Axl’s dog, originally recorded in an
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Guns N' Roses – Paradise City
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A Guns N' Roses masterpiece, usually the last song in every setlist, “Paradise City” was the sixth track for debut studio album Appetite for Destruction, and upon its single
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Guns N' Roses – Live and Let Die
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A cover of Paul McCartney and Wings' song, originally written for the 1973 James Bond film of the same name.
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Guns N' Roses – Patience
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One of the Guns N' Roses' most famous and beautiful songs. This song was the main single of their second album G N' R Lies.
Played with only three guitars, it remains one of rock’
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Guns N' Roses – Estranged
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The third song in the unofficial “Del James trilogy” including “Don’t Cry” and “November Rain.”
The director of the music video, Andy Morahan, said:
By the time we got to ‘
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Guns N' Roses – Coma
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Appearing on Use Your Illusion I, the longest Guns N' Roses song (so far) is the 10 minutes, 14 seconds long chorus-less “Coma”. Lyrically, the song is one of their heaviest
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Guns N' Roses – Rocket Queen
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The song was named after Barbi Von Grief, a girl Axl was infatuated during GNR’s club days. As stated in Slash’s autobiography, Barbi “Rocket Queen” Von Greif was only 18-years old
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Guns N' Roses – Anything Goes
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“Anything Goes” is one of the oldest Guns N' Roses songs, dating back to 1981. Originally titled “My Way, Your Way,” an early version was written by Axl Rose and guitarist Izzy
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Guns N' Roses – One in a Million
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Released as the final track on 1988’s GN'R Lies, “One In A Million” would prove to be one of Guns N' Roses' most controversial songs.
The song is said to be semi-autobiographical
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Guns N' Roses (Ft. Alice Cooper) – The Garden
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“The Garden” is the 11th track off 1991’s “Use Your Illusion” and features guest vocals from Alice Cooper and Shannon Hoon.
The lyrics are about drug use and addiction, and the
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Guns N' Roses – It's So Easy
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In Steven Adler’s (band’s drummer) autobiography, he says that as the band got more popular, it became almost too easy to find a girl to hook up with after shows. He said girls/
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Brantley Gilbert – My Baby's Guns N' Roses
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As one might expect, “My Baby’s Guns N' Roses” alludes to multiple Guns N' Roses songs in its lyrics.
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Guns N' Roses – My Michelle
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Axl Rose writes an ode to his friend Michelle Young, inspired by her wanting a song about her. Only Axl failed to make a “Michelle ma belle” straightforward ballad and wound up
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Guns N' Roses – Think About You
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“Think About You” is the eighth track on Guns N' Roses' debut album Appetite for Destruction. It was mostly composed by Izzy Stradlin, then the rhythm guitarist, who even played
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Guns N' Roses – Bad Obsession
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“Bad Obsession” is about tackling drug abuse and addiction, which had haunted the band since before they had become famous written by Izzy Stradlin and West Arkeen. Michael Monroe
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Guns N' Roses – Dust N’ Bones
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This classic and yet under-appreciated track features Izzy Stradlin on lead vocals, with Axl Rose providing high harmonies in the background. It focuses on the struggles of
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Guns N' Roses – Out ta Get Me
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“Out Ta Get Me” talks about how Axl Rose got harassed by the police for things that he didn’t do. So no matter what they do to him, they will never get him for something he didn’t
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Guns N' Roses (Ft. Shannon Hoon) – Don’t Cry
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“Don’t Cry” is a Guns N' Roses melodic ballad off their 1991 album Use Your Illusion I.
It was one of the first compositions written by Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin while in Los
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Guns N' Roses – Get in the Ring
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Originally written by Duff McKagan as ‘Why Do You Look At Me When You Hate Me?’, the song is a message from Guns N Roses to the Rock N' Roll journalists of the early 90’s who
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Guns N' Roses – Civil War
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Before its release as the opening track on the Guns N' Roses album Use Your Illusion II in 1991, “Civil War” first appeared on the 1990 charity compilation Nobody’s Child: Romanian
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Guns N' Roses – You're Crazy
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Axl berates a girl who’s out of her mind and/or excessively horny, that wants to have sex all the time. While Appetite for Destruction has the song as a fast-paced rocker, G N' R
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Guns N' Roses – Oh My God
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“Oh My God” is a song by Guns N' Roses released in 1999 on the soundtrack to the film End of Days. The song was sent out to radio stations in November 1999 as a promo for the
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Guns N' Roses – Chinese Democracy
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Chinese Democracy is the lead single of Guns N' Roses’s 2008 album Chinese Democracy. The song was written around 1999 primarily by Axl Rose and drummer Josh Freese (guitarists
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Guns N' Roses – 14 Years
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As one of the few Guns N’ Roses songs sung almost entirely by former rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, “14 Years” was only performed live up until his departure in 1991. The song
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Guns N' Roses – Raw Power
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[Intro: Duff McKagan] / Yo, check it out / Huh / [Verse 1: Duff McKagan] / Dance to the beat of the living dead / Lose sleep, baby, stay away from bed / Raw power is sure to come
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Guns N' Roses (Ft. Michael Monroe) – Ain’t It Fun
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This song was originally by Rockets from the Tomb. However, it was first recorded by the punk band Dead Boys. The GN'R version is with Michael Monroe, lead singer of finnish rock
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Guns N' Roses – This I Love
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A song that goes way back to 1993. In ‘93, Axl told Hit Parader:
I wrote and recorded a new love song that I want on the next record called “This I Love,” that’s the heaviest
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Ras Kass (Ft. Lil' Fame & Styles P) – Guns N Roses
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[Intro: Lil' Fame] / Oh, the gods are now preparing / For the feast that waits us all / Uh, uh, here come the drums / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / Uh, uh, here come the drums / Yeah
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Guns N' Roses – Street of Dreams
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“Street of Dreams” is a song by Guns N' Roses featured on their 2008 album Chinese Democracy. The song is the third promotional song sent to radio stations but was not released as
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Guns N' Roses – Better
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Axl Rose complains about a failed relationship, a constant in his life. The second single off Chinese Democracy, it supposedly received a music video but only a workprint has
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Guns N' Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
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“Sweet Child O’ Mine” is the 9th track of Guns N’ Roses’ debut album Appetite for Destruction. The song became GNR’s most successful single, topping the Billboard Hot 100.
The
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Guns N' Roses (Ft. Sebastian Bach) – Sorry
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“Sorry” has been interpreted to be about Slash, the fans, other former members of GnR, the media, and everything in between. Vocalist/frontman Axl Rose himself said this about the
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Guns N' Roses – Garden of Eden
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[Intro] / It's a critical solution, and the east coast got the blues / It's a mass of confusion, like the lies they sell to you / [Verse 1] / You got a glass-jawed toothache of a
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Guns N' Roses – Nice Boys
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This song was wrote for Rose Tattoo band. Rose Tattoo are a punk rock band, and Guns N' Roses (mainly Duff McKagan) was influenced by punk rock. And, this is a tribute to this
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Guns N' Roses – Silkworms
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[Verse 1] / Listen motherfuckers to this song that should be heard / Dragged down in the gutters, it's more than you deserve / Screaming fucking banshee, you know that's what you
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Guns N' Roses – I Don't Care About You
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A cover of the Fear original that appeared on their 1982 record The Record.
The band has stated numerous times in interviews and books that they were a big fan of Fear and
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Guns N' Roses – Dead Horse
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“Dead Horse” is the second to last track on Use Your Illusion I. Based on the expression “beating a dead horse”, the lyrics are about trying to rebuild yourself after a failed
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