Guns N’ Roses, Axl, Slash & the making of Appetite for Destruction | Professor of Rock

[@migy5031]

Professor, you have made an ironclad case that our generation enjoyed the most phenomenal musical awakening ever!

[@dvvaughn564]

yea we did easily

[@mikecook4025]

Amen

[@eugkam8726]

awesome to have seen and heard the music of those years

[@andreamccabe7170]

When he said we had three big moments, I knew immediately what they were. Man what a generation!

[@joshuatraffanstedt2695]

One of the timeless albums. This will still be listened to and enjoyed 100 years from now.

[@allisonhayes9529]

U know it

[@robrichardson7079]

Glad to hear Izzy get some credit - he was a big reason for their success.

[@carlspinks1991]

Really ? Never heard that ..ever

[@robrichardson7079]

@@carlspinks1991 That's why it's good he mentioned it.

[@russelschultz]

Izzy and Adler gave the band a certain swing that was lost after they were replaced.

[@mojojojo11811]

Slash was the icing on the cake..... Izzy WAS the cake!

[@Y00UUNGYYY]

Izzy is probably the most important member they struggled without him

[@sherriweibert3311]

Had Appetite on cassette. Played it so much I broke it, bought another one! Still one of my favorite albums of all time. And yes, we were fortunate to have grown up in the 80's. Such a great time to be alive.

[@fugitivity]

i feel like a psycho cuz i used to dance to tis album… well i still do 😮

[@Zman82]

That's why they sold so many copies everybody played it so much it broke and they had to buy another. 😂

[@victorgasior]

You really had to be there to appreciate how HUGE this album was when it came out (well, after Sweet Child O Mine hit)

[@section8usmc53]

Totally blew up when that came out. I think I was in 8th grade.

[@alansands256]

True, NOBODY didn't have an opinion on GnR. They either loved them or hated them. I got my fair share of crap when I wore my GnR shirt to school, but instead of cowering away, it became like a badge of honor.

[@je-2024_1]

still to this day I will play this front to back not one bad song

[@joeymorvant161]

@@je-2024_1 Exactly!!!!

[@joeymorvant161]

Came out in June or July of '87. I saw them open for Motley Crue at The Cajundome, November 6, that same year, 4 or 5 months post-album release. They were unknowns, still. Summer of '88, "Sweet Child O' Mine" hit, complete change of scenery. Took at least a year to hit, but when it hit, IT HIT!!!!! This album was HUGE!!!!! I saw them again, early January, 1992, LSU Assembly Center. Obviously, they were headlining, Soundgarden opening. As good as the "Use Your Illusion" sets are, and though they were immensely bigger(the band) this time around, nothing will ever replicate "AFDmania", once that album finally hit!

[@LostInOhio75]

This album was the beginning of my love of rock music at 11 years old. I remember my Mom putting the opening of Jungle on her answering machine with the message "That's right, Aaron's playing Guns N' Roses again, so I'm not home!" Good times...

[@runronnierun7213]

Cool mom.

[@ericgionet132]

I was 7. I don't remember how I ended up getting it. But I will tell u I went through a bunch of walkmans and had to rebuy that cassette many times because I would wearout the ribbon. That album still sounds awesome in 2021. Still the best rock album to date.

[@Begining2013]

Your Mum sounds cool!!!!

[@heatheranderson7069]

"Think About You" is one of my faves!

[@mrjackbilbo]

Yess me also

[@fdauhajre]

Didn't even mention it

[@darrenmorgan870]

Your not alone on that one, you have good taste in music, which is getting hard to find these days with all the younger people loving music that does,nt have any soul, etc.

[@Eric-qx1kx]

Get well soon Professor, we need you in these dark days, to cheer us up, and remind us of better times...!!

[@maxbeau5062]

My dad bought a used appetite cd in a pawn shop when I was 13. That along with the black album, southern trendkill, and toxicity. Amazing

[@LordByron2752]

I must be your dads age ? Lol good music.

[@joshuatraffanstedt2695]

Right on

[@MrWilander88]

Your dad has awesome taste in music 🎶

[@StruggleoftheOutsider]

System of a Down Sux. Gn'R rulez tho.

[@pawlpoche8736]

Your dad was a good man to do so

[@armanddevries]

Dude, your videos about music insight behind the scenes going with your opinions are the best on KZbin. I hear the passion and love in every word you speak. Never delete this channel. Strongs with covid x

[@jasonhaynes2952]

Dude has covid, but nevermind that. We have to do more videos about rock music! To those about to rock, we salute you Mr. Reader!

[@toddlabelle]

I remember driving to high school and hearing the DJ introduce Welcome to the Jungle for the first time. I heard that opening scream by Axl, pulled off the road, cranked the volume and just smiled. Late to school - totally worth it. Went straight to the mall and bought the record that same day. One of my favorite days as a kid.

[@helzapoppin9810]

I was one of those first 200k to get my hands on Appetite. I was a sophomore in college in LA and I remember taking the album home with me on break and playing it to all my friends who had never heard of GNR. Just one of those timeless classic albums. And yeah, GenX had the greatest musical experience of any generation.

[@BEpicEvents]

Appetite was the first record I ever bought. I still remember walking through Wal-Mart with the cassette then getting home and scouring the liner notes while listening to the album.

[@tomlind2]

Appetite is my escape from reality. If I'm having a bad or just need to get away from life for a while I put this album on in the car and just drive. It will always be the greatest album of all time, to me.

[@scottwilson4008]

I was just moving into a rural trailer court and starting a new school my senior year. A core group of young guys exchanging metal and hard rock music. I got two tapes that changed my life around. Ice-Ts the Iceberg (pre-Body Count) and Appetite for Destruction. It was a brave new world from then on. Get better soon Prof. Lighting candles for you and yours

[@fireguy5733]

I remember when this album came out, played it non stop. My first concert ever was GnR opening for Motley Crue Girls Girls Girls tour at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Florida, just amazing and unforgettable.

[@aj16entertainment67]

At the skating rink most kids requested You Can’t Touch This or Ice Ice Baby. I always requested Paradise City. And for that moment I was a king. Couldn’t skate worth a shit, but I was still a king.

[@dirtroadfarmsjimmideanreen2458]

I love it!!! I couldn't skate either!

[@joshuatraffanstedt2695]

Yeah lol

[@val13c59]

Did you have the skating rink floor all to yourself. 👍

[@jennykritikos]

Love this! You go skater boy!

[@luisforeal8676]

Dude I never thought about that song being perfect for ice skateing... To me it somewhat sounded a lil bit like a carnival song because of the chorus.

[@neverleftthe80s29]

Greetings from Australia. I was fortunate to be right in the zone for the mid to late 80's rock. Aged 15 -19 and what an era. NEVER to be repeated - sadly. From GNR to Poison, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Cinderella, Skid Row and a heap more. All were producing their finest work and still listen to them all in 2020. Get well soon Professor. Love your work - nothing comes close. Cheers.

[@thanksfernuthin]

DEFINITELY remember that one! Back when I used to have roommates. My roommate was watching MTV in the living room and "Welcome to the Jungle" came on. I was walking from the kitchen back down the hall to my room and I stopped and watched for about 5 seconds and said: "These guys are gonna be HUGE." My roommate agreed.

[@YukonDemon]

Had a car accident a week ago and happened to stumble across your channel while I was in the hospital. Been binge watching all your videos as I recover. Hope your recovery from the vid19 goes as smoothly as mine has been. Thanks for the fantastic content and for your passion for the music I (we) grew up on. Appetite was one of those cassettes I had that was rarely ever rewound or fast forwarded. Just play to the end and flip it over. And over and over and over......

[@ThisIsMeOnYoutube]

I haven't listened to Appetite in a while. Today sounds like a good day blast it. 🤘🤘🤘

[@CoreyT127]

It always sounds new and fresh when you do. That's one of many reasons it's the greatest album of all time. IMO

[@bebew.7659]

When I listen to Appetite... SO DOES MY NEIGHBORS

[@CidMusicTV]

When I listen to Appetite... I relapse! And my neighbors do to!

[@MidgetMalone]

At work no less

[@petetobey3933]

I was 19 when Appetite blew up huge, so I was right in that wheelhouse. Almost couldn’t get away from it the summer of 1988, but it was a huge part of my soundtrack for a memorable summer.

[@BIZARBIES]

I listened to Appetite For Destruction for the first time in my church parking lot, in my friends car, in the fall of 1987. It blew me away. We were supposed to go in for choir practice and I didn't go in. I listened to that cassette tape over and over that day. Got my own copy soon after and wore it out. Literally. To this day Rocket Queen is in my top 20 list of favorite songs.

[@alansands256]

A few years ago I had a female coworker who wasn't feeling well so I had to drive her home in HER CAR while another coworker followed ua to drive me back. She had our local classic rock station on her radio, but I think her husband was the rocker, not her. Rocket Queen came on and I rocked out right up until THAT PART (if you know the song you know which part I'm talking about) then I turned the volume all the way down. She asked me "why did you turn it down? That song sounded cool". She then turns it back up just in time to hear the LOUDEST MOAN" and immediately turin it back down. It was an awkward moment but we had a good laugh about it, but never spoke of it again.

[@loknloll]

This was your best episode so far. I'm 51, the wife is 45 - we just watched the whole thing. I got this cassette when I was 18. It was such a big part of that period... I bought it because I'd seen them open for Iron Maiden in 1988, and was blown away. They absolutely killed it. Great job - look forward to hearing more about this revolutionary album. Best wishes with the Covid!!!

[@greengoog22]

Rocket Queen is truly a masterpiece, along with the album!

[@greengoog22]

@dimebag Darrell hell yes👊🏻

[@kimnewton1205]

Feel better friend.

[@Red_Lanterns_Rage]

the balls it took to do that....not just bang the GF of a band member on mic but add the audio in a song....just amazingly ballsy

[@greengoog22]

@@Red_Lanterns_Rage 😂

[@Rock4everR4]

Preach~!!

[@davidtadic]

*My first experience with Guns N' Roses was on GTA San Andreas Radio X station. At the time, I was seven but I immediately got the song stuck in my head for the days and I remember myself just waiting for Welcome To The Jungle to pop on the Radio X again (KZbin was not popular at the time). Some years have past and one day my dad told me to type November Rain in the KZbin search bar. He told me "Look at this son, this is a masterpiece". I started to listen to GN'R more often and every day I was impressed by something new. At the time, it was 25 years old record, but for me, it was fresh as fu*k. I have spent hours and hours watching Tokyo 1992. concert and just wondering "Why I wasn't born then". My love for GN'R became an obsession and I started to read and watch documentaries about GN'R in global, Axl's life, Izzy's philosophy, Slash's attitudes, and more. When I found out the band had broken up tears streamed down my face, but after the realization of the GN'R reunion, I was the happiest kid in the street.* *And now I live in a generation where I am ridiculed for listening to "some old junkies" by the people who's main meaning of life is hating others to make yourself happy. This situation, 21. century is the real Jungle we live in. But you know what? I don't give a fu*k. Axl's motivational speeches have taught me more than my generation.* *We lost many legends such as Kurt Cobain, Eddie Van Halen, Malcolm Young, Michael Jackson, and the fact is that GN'R members will follow them. Thank God that they left behind the music that, despite their absence, will spread its influence to future generations.* *Parents, thank you for pointing me to real music. Guns N' Roses, thank you for making my childhood.* *Thank you too for taking the time to read this. Greetings from a 15y/o kid to all the Gunners in the world

[@MicEffect]

Haha Tommy the Nightmare

[@DukesMusic84]

Man, if you can get Axl Rose to do a sitdown I'd give you mad props. He's done like 2 interviews in the past 20 years. Dude is a reclusive genius

[@johnpaul9830]

I met a old lady in a Florida casino, she told me her son lived next door to Axel Rose and her son hangs out with him and he keeps to himself as you stated a recluse. So sad , that casino was Hollywood casino in Florida I was looking at the clothes and shoes of different groups when we stumbled on Guns and Roses and the old lady told me about Axel Rose.

[@AntwhaleNearfar]

ScottyDukesMusic He may be reclusive but he isn’t a genius. That term gets way too overused. Jimi Hendrix was a genius. Miles Davis was a genius. Axl Rose was a great frontman with a voice that sounded like a cross between Janis Joplin and a buzzsaw.

[@Morten_Nielsen1979]

@@AntwhaleNearfar Axl Rose is a way bigger genius than Hendrix (most overrated guitar player ever).

[@timcamp2030]

@@AntwhaleNearfar Def a musical genius

[@AntwhaleNearfar]

M. Nielsen It’s so easy (see what I did there) to judge Jimi in 2020, after all of these guitarists have come after him to copy and “perfect” what he invented, by practicing hours upon hours to play it faster and more precise...but he CREATED that shit way back in 1967. THAT’S the sign of a true genius: there’s before you (no one like you) and there’s after you (many imitators). Listen to the live version of “Machine Gun” with The Band of Gypsies and tell me that he’s overrated. Listen to the phenomenal instrumental “Villanova Junction” at Woodstock and tell me he’s overrated. Listen to the amazingly creative and unique songs he wrote on albums like “Axis: Bold as Love” and “Electric Ladyland” and tell me he’s overrated. Listen to the myriad of guitarists (including Slash) who worship at the altar of his innovation and inspiration and tell me he’s overrated. Axl Rose made one great album, its success went to his head and he started writing godawful overblown piano rock ballads like “November Rain”. His screeching nasal singing quickly became obnoxious and annoying and his songwriting, written after Appetite from the perspective of a multimillionaire super model dating rockstar, often sounded like overproduced elevator music for headbangers. Jimi Hendrix: one of the most original and influential musicians of the 20th and 21st century. Axl Rose: a once great frontman who hooked up with a great guitarist and band, wrote some great tunes and captured their youthful hunger, decadence and anger on one album, became a wealthy rockstar with delusions of grandeur and started writing crap that sounded like it was written by a wealthy rockstar with delusions of grandeur (don’t even get me started on his magnum opus “Chinese Democracy”😆😆) Class dismissed.

[@scottoconnor]

The album that put X in GenX - the Official Soundtrack of a Generation!

[@FatherAndTeacherTV]

Sorry to hear that the Professor of Rock is a bit under the weather. Get Well Soon!

[@JonathanKine]

Get well soon

[@liamcinq]

Good shout @operation: fatherhood

[@greypilgrim6157]

Great channel Professor. I’m a lot like you, rock is the mainstay but I love all sorts of music and all the history and backstories behind the music as well. And you are right, Appetite is one of those no-doubter home runs; from the second you heard pretty much any song on the album, it screamed classic. So much so that to this day I remember the first time I heard a song off of it, where I was and what I was doing. Like a musical 911 so to speak. It was 1987. I had just graduated high school in Scottsdale, AZ. And I was in my 1979 Camaro driving to the grocery store up the street (Alpha Beta, or as my hormonally challenged pals and the called it me Alpha Beat-Off). I had just smashed the roach I had finished in my ashtray and was feeling no pain when I turn on 98 KUPD and magically caught the very beginning of Welcome To The Jungle. Instantly I was paying attention, mesmerized by the super cool intro and blown away by the riff and then Axl’s powerful voice so full or attitude: and then Slash’s solo... I got to ABCO and just sat in the parking lot jamming to it, the groceries becoming inconsequential. And being more of a hard rock fan of bands like Zep, Rush, Floyd, Sabbath, Stones, Priest, Van Halen, etc., I was really disillusioned with the state of rock in the mid 80s with all the hair and glam bands and 80s music in general (although I secretly liked a lot of 80s music and today love many bands I professed to hate as a teenager, but that’s another story), and was ready for rock to get its raunchy edge back. And when I heard Welcome To The Jungle, I knew right there whatever this is it is going to be HUGE. And it was. I saw them warm up for the Stones (with Living Colour) in Los Angeles in 1989 the night after the infamous meltdown, and they were incredible. I remember many highlights but in particular that they did an extended jam of Rocket Queen that was simply amazing. Some bands are all about studio magic but can’t reproduce live. Not this band. They were simply an amazing live band, the test being I was at the LA Coliseum and about 99,000 people back, and they still sounded awesome. Not many bands could pull that off.

[@thevisionary2007]

I remember the first time I heard Jungle. The first measure and the subsequent echo made me shiver. In under 5 seconds, I knew my music paradigm had changed. I didn't even know what a paradigm was.

[@alansands256]

I remember too. I was 13 and ready to throw out my DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince tape.

[@thevisionary2007]

@@alansands256 haha... Tape! The default medium! Compact, easy to carry to a friend's house, always getting "eaten" by the player after 150 listens (which we actually cauld and would do!) Good times!

[@namewitheld2568]

Greatest. Album. Ever. Saw GnR in person before they were big. Amazing times. Saw them play all the LA clubs. Will never forget it.

[@D-Fens_1632]

I'm wondering if covid is just that weak, or The Professor's commitment to making videos is just that strong. My hope is that the cure is ROCK!

[@ProfessorofRock]

The Cure is... The Cure. Ha ha. Ya rock for sure.

[@FatherAndTeacherTV]

@@ProfessorofRock Great play on words of course! Get Well Soon!

[@WolfDan78]

It affects different people differently. He may be toward the end of it too. We had it. Its no fun.

[@andyb1653]

It doesn't knock everyone who gets it on their ass, just some people. That's one of the things that make it kinda dangerous: it's unpredictable and shifty. Some ppl get it and don't even realize they have it (or think it's just a cold), which helps it spread

[@luzdaviola]

@@andyb1653 no virus is unpredictable or shifty. It depends on the person's "terrain". What is their general state of health? What underlying health conditions do they have? What level of intracellular zinc do they have? What are their levels of vitamin D? What level of toxicity and mineral deficiency do they have? Adequate levels of intracellular zinc stop the virus from replicating. Asymptomatic people (which actually means healthy people) are not the driving force behind pandemics. Never have been. Never will be. Even Dr Fauci said that.

[@johnbeckwith1361]

I knew when the album came out, I bought one immediate. I never heard the single 'Its So Easy' on the radio or mtv. That was my initial fav song on the record. The first single was Welcome to the Jungle followed by Sweet Child one year later.

[@henryrdesouza]

It was and it is my favorite band!!! When I heard Paradise City, I knew what I wanted to do in my life - play the drums! From that I became a musician, music teacher and drummer!

[@ericotto314]

I listened to “Appetite For Destruction” constantly in high school. Now I perform songs from it on a weekly basis throughout Houston. 🤟🔥🖤

[@RockyH.]

Hell yeah you badass!

[@thefamilyseed2415]

Saw Guns when I was 12 , Welcome to the Jungle was on heavy rotation on MTV . They blew the headliners off the stage

[@totigerus]

was that opening for aerosmith?

[@thefamilyseed2415]

@@totigerus it was

[@totigerus]

@@thefamilyseed2415 I saw aerosmith during the Get A Grip tour. Most low energy rock show I ever saw lol. Even the Eagles had more energy lol

[@thefamilyseed2415]

@@totigerus I saw Aerosmith on the Permanent Vacation tour maybe 1989, they didn't even play Dream On or Sweet Emotion !!!! SMH!!!

[@timtyler8357]

Saw Aerosmith on the Pump tour. They kicked ass. I think Skid Row opened. Great show!

[@raytull3922]

Great Rockumentary! I remember climbing aboard the GNR train after seeing them perform "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", which ironically wasn't on Appetite For Destruction. My favorite track on their first album is "Mr Brownstone". The guitar work & Axel's lyric delivery is amazing on that song.

[@JacobNNorton1982]

I have Covid right now too. It sucks!! But I’m ok getting better every day. Hope you get better too Professor!!

[@FatherAndTeacherTV]

Get Well Soon to you!

[@dennisjay4155]

Had it 2 weeks ago. It wasn’t to bad for me. Wish the same for you!

[@acmebrandinc]

"Getting better everyday" TESLA Reference!!! HAHA!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thank you! Get well my friend.

[@timcamp2030]

@@acmebrandinc Gettin better awesome Tesla song. Underrated band

[@brianowens4158]

I teared up when you talked at the end about Gen X, music from 82-92, and the albums and artists you were listing. It was the fall of my freshman year in high school when AfD hit big. Best. Rock. Album. Ever.

[@billbright100]

Still my favorite album. Not a bad song on it. Great video Professor get well soon!

[@dustinjones8887]

What so great, is their least best song on this album, You're Crazy, was still so good they did a remake acoustic of it the next album, which was super incredible!

[@bobjose5855]

Thank you for this one. I remember my friend sharing this album with me late summer '87. We loved it and listened to it a ton, but it seemed like it took forever before it really took off. Of course then it got so big and in our minds over-played that we kind of got turned off, though we couldn't help still loving it. It was GREAT.

[@ravitanwar9537]

i can legitimately argue that this is one of the best videos on KZbin p.s my first comment on this channel

[@dr.bonscott3962]

It's unbelievable how good this entire album is.

[@Zman82]

It's weakest point is Your Crazy followed by Anything Goes. And those are ok songs. Your Crazy on LIES is a much better version.

[@GnRmike]

Great video professor! Was 12 when GNR hit...I’ll never forget living through that....what a great, great, great album. There’s nothing like it

[@rafael357]

My first experience with GnR was with Use Your Illusion 2. Then I got my hands on Appetite for Destruction, and oh boy, then I became a real fan.

[@chrisanderson2099]

I remember driving down PCH to get more refreshments for a Malibu beachouse party in my Probe, with Paradise City blasting my ears and lungs out!

[@timcamp2030]

I was 19 and worked at Ford dealership that sold probes:) I bought a mustang gt and blasted GNR

[@chrisanderson2099]

@@timcamp2030 - I really wanted a GT, but the insurance was too high....loved that ‘88 model! Put over 750k miles on my ‘68 Mustang before selling it. Wish I had it now!

[@timcamp2030]

@@chrisanderson2099 Insurance? What was that Lol. I was shady. Loved the probe and digital

[@dannyh5937]

GnR were the definition of what a rock band should be. Loud, unapologetic, dangerous and most important of all...they were talented. People that didn't grow up with Guns have no idea how huge this band actually was. They were a force of nature. They'd either blow the roof off the stadium or burn it to the ground.

[@rooskiebella]

Sneakily bought this tape at 10 years old while my mom was looking at sheet music. Changed my life!

[@simonvandugteren6010]

I remember sitting in my room having to dip the volume whenever Axl swore 🤣

[@johnedwards4589]

Same bro, but I was 8, my 14 year old sister had the tape & I got a Walkman from my grandparents for Christmas, I confiscated her tape & literally wore it out in my Walkman, watched em on mtv with adam curry, I knew every word, note & beat to that whole record before I turned 9. To this day I play guitar because of it & was even "slash" in a guns n roses tribute playing shows all over so cal. I'm 40 now.

[@williamhampson5350]

Back in the 80"s I loved watching headbangers ball on MTV, it ran from 12 am to 3 am on Saturday nights. It was one night in the summer of '87 when the last video they played was "Welcome to The Jungle". I was immediately mesmerized and blown away sideways as to what I was watching. The vision of Axl and Slash on stage was permanently seared into my brain from that moment on. I told all of my friends about this band I saw and couldn't even remember there name, just this guitar guy wearing this top hat was the coolest f*in thing ever. Listening to AFD for the first was also unforgettable just one song after another blew me away when I heard the end of Paradise City jam It was practically life changing. The first time I saw them live was the Ritz show in NYC and at least a dozen times since then. One of my favorite bands of all time. Thanks for the video.

[@alternatemusichistory1187]

Once again you nail it Professor! Loved every bit of it. Michael Jackson, G'n'R and Nirvana as pivotal moments within a decade. That's spot on! 😎🤘♥️

[@mireilleblacke6567]

Absolutely dead-bang accurate!!

[@cacophonic7]

This album came out when I was 10. Such formative years. Such a formative album. I grew up with it. It’s a part of me. It’s comfortably in my top 5, probably in my top 3, and could be #1 on the right day, of the best album of all time.

[@robertcronin6603]

I'll never forget when this album dropped - they appeared on Headbangers Ball and trashed the studio - I bought the album immediately and *wore it out* ...every single song is a masterpiece 🔥

[@schwarz9199]

I still blast the songs on this album more than 30 years later!! Love it!!

[@dr.zacharysmith7007]

Outstanding breakdown Professor!! You NEVER fail to deliver, even when covid comes knocking on your door. Keep up the great work and hope you're back to the best of health soon.

[@simonogg1376]

First album I ever bought and still my favourite 33 years later! My parents bought me the appetitel t shirt with the banned art work on the back with "guns n roses was here" somehow I got away with wearing it at school. Still trying to master all of Slash's guitar licks. Get well soon and keep up the good work.

[@johnpaul9830]

Took me way back, thanks needed that👍 Almost forgot I Live in the Jungle NYC . I hear that encounter with Axel Rose came out of Astoria Queens Queens Bridge

[@vaiperman]

My first concert when I was 15 was the Motley Crue Girls, Girls, Girls tour with GnR opening in Dec of 1987. I had no clue who GnR were. My buddy had told me a few days before the show they had a recent video on MTV called Welcome To The Jungle. That was all I knew. I specifically remember Paradise City and Knocking On Heavens Door from the show as standout songs and when I finally got a copy of the album I remembered the signature riff from Sweet Child O’ Mine when I listened to it. By April of 1988 GnR was a household name and all of my guitar buddies worshipped the ground they walked on. I used to listen to the tape while I delivered newspapers everyday and was just blown away at the guitar work and wondered if I could ever be good enough to play like that and more importantly write the beautiful guitar melodies that Slash channeled. Thanks for allowing me to post and share!

[@allsystemsgo8678]

I've never seen a band get so huge, so quickly, and so well liked. The closest would be Pearl Jam, but Pearl Jam wasn't nearly as intriguing/interesting as Guns.

[@samsmith2506]

Even Black kids liked them due to their rebel don't give a fuck attitude.

[@thismothafuckasaid7304]

@@samsmith2506 Ya, I worked at poolhall in NYC back then..and Black dudes only allowed GNR to be one non-R&B/Hiphop music on the jukebox

[@Thedesertguy75]

nope not even close.... the 90s was the beginning of the decline in rock for me.... it had some gems but was never as alive and interesting as the 80s

[@yosemitesam106]

@@Thedesertguy75 wow bro so true so off the hook like fuck anything that challenged me post 80s amirite?

[@jared37]

Great video my friend - My enduring memory of AFD - me and a couple of my friends went to Greece, in '88, we were 17/18 yrs. One of my friends took a tape player - but we only had two tapes. Appetite, and the best of Queen. GnR was played on a loop for 14 days. The resort of Agia Galini on Crete - a sleepy island back then, had never heard the likes of it. We almost became notorious as " the English guys with the tape". Heady days, never to be repeated. Side note. We were from Madeley, a small place outside Stoke on Trent - where slash spent time and came back to do his live show, and also the place where had Lemmy lived..

[@captainsnarky6949]

The statement that our generation had four or five "Beatles Ed Sullivan moments" is so accurate. I think I always felt that was true but I never articulated it that way. Right on. Everything you named... GnR, The Police, Prince, Van Halen, Michael Jackson, so many more... all so groundbreaking and so important in the context of music history, and all happening in the same years. Of course, then followed Nirvana. I'm 45 now and I'm so glad I grew up in that time. Thanks for a fantastic video.

[@jimbobmcgurt8078]

Love your channel. AFD is the first Album(cassette) I ever bought. I still get chills looking at the 5 skull cover. I was 12 and had no real musical identity yet then we got cable and I saw the vid for Paradise City and it changed my life. I was a hard rocker for life. And I follow GN'R with religious devotion. Keep up the great work

[@richorichards4655]

Got it as a 14 year old in 2004, I raised a lot of hell that year, bought KISS Double Platinum the same day, The Queen should provide everyone those two albums when they turn 14

[@ericgionet132]

I got it in '87. Lol

[@richorichards4655]

@@ericgionet132 I would have, but I didn't exist yet

[@fungus_am0nguz644]

@@richorichards4655 lol damn you sure burn his ass. Nice one kid.

[@klyter21]

It was Sweet Child that caught my attention in '88. Saw GnR three years ago and Welcome To The Jungle live was an experience that was just wow ... especially Slash's guitar. Got the Deluxe box set a few months ago as well.

[@t-boog2173]

Zakk Wylde once said, "If Jimmy Page & Keith Richards had a baby, it would be Slash". I think that's a great description because Slash has Page's musical depth & flow and he has Keith's rawness & swagger. However, you def have to add in Joe Perry too. Page + Richards + Perry = Slash! Cheers🍻

[@kjhfitness1982]

Don't forget Steve Lukather! Listen to a few Toto solos and you'll definitely hear some licks that inspired Slash - Especially the solo in 'Hold the Line'

[@beyourself2444]

More like Page and Hendrix…

[@t-boog2173]

@@beyourself2444 Well physically speaking, you may have something. 👍

[@sw6716]

Great information. My favorite band by far. Saw them 3 times in the past few years and looking forward to seeing them again in 2021.

[@CaribbeanLounger]

I was 17 in San Francisco. I had seen GnR at Gazzari's and found out they were playing the Warfield in SF and I scored 3rd row tickets. I had to BEG a friend to go with me because he didn't know who they were. We walk in, go to our seats and sitting in the row in front of us is James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Jason Newstead! TSOL opened the show and the whole show was incredible!!

[@topixfromthetropix1674]

I got to mix the jazz fusion band, the Dixie Dregs at the Warfield. John Nash was the stage manager at that time. I later toured with Metallica and ate sushi with Lars in Detroit. What a long strange trip it's been. Oh yeah, I was living at 201 Locust St in San Rafael, directly across the road from Dominican college, a Catholic girls school. Although Lars was conversant and quite intelligent, the only words Kirk ever spoke to me was "Get that asshole off my stage" when a barricade jumper made it past the security. Hetfield had a cowboy boot fetish and would gladly talk about his latest boot purchase.

[@fungus_am0nguz644]

Dude that sounds like a great show, were the metallica dudes pumped for the show?? And holy shit TSOL opening?? Damnnn

[@jarrodblakely6031]

AC/DC’s Razors Edge album was my introduction to the heavier side of music (at the rip old age of 10) then I heard ‘Don’t Cry’ by GNR and was an instant fan. I then worked my way back to Appetite…and still love the band AND album to this day 😊 Keep the GNR vids coming 😎

[@Bodyknowledge77]

Get better well Prof. Oh boy did I play AFD tons back in the day! I was captivated by the firearm and flower power they produced in their way...and still am somewhat today.

[@moderndayprophet8604]

Just make sure you're lying when you tell the truth

[@floydmills8963]

Being a Cincinnati Bengals fan, this is definitely one of my go to albums. I'd also love to hear about the Slave To The Grind album from Skid Row!!! They just missed the hay days of the 80's, but that album in my opinion is right up there as one of the best from that era! Keep doing this, love the channel brother 🤟.

[@guitary]

I have owned this album 4 different times. I will never go a year in my life without since it’s release. Best album, ever.

[@AntonioPiemontese1]

That's one of my favourites ever. So full of memories with this album. I was a teenager and discovered gn'r (and rock music) through it, started playing guitar and definitely changed my life. I read the 3 autobiographies (Duff, Slash and Steven) and they're illuminating : this is "the" album by Guns, recorded when they were still friends and which captured all the energy of the band. Anything else made by them (I don't even mention Chinese democracy) is pure professionalism. But their heart is to be found just here. Thanks for the video, gonna follow the channel. Ps get healthy soon, man :)

[@wj74]

I was 13 when Appetite came out. Jungle had just started getting some time on Headbangers Ball but Hit Parader and Circus magazine were writing articles on GnR and out of curiosity I bought the record. I still remember that day, because I was more excited about getting the Faster Pussycat record because of their single Bathroom Wall but I also purchased Appetite and thinking to myself that, between the two albums, I would at least enjoy the Faster Pussycat record. I listened to it one time and then played the GnR album. Blown away is an understatement. It would be another few months before Sweet Child would be released and for that brief time, it felt so special and personal to have that album and knowing that not very many people knew about them but boy would that change!!! It’s nice to recognize greatness before the masses 😂

[@val13c59]

I thought of Welcome to the Jungle as a punk song.

[@johnbeckwith1361]

Loved that Faster Pussycat album. I like it more today than when it came out. I think it was a tad ahead of its time.

[@jfrockon]

Dude, you're an extraordinary music story teller. Rock on!

[@docproc5150]

This was the first album that I had to hide from my parents. I was 10 when this came out and a neighbor let me listen to it in their room. We both pretty much freaked out. It took a year or so before I actually was able to get my own copy (a cassette) that I played at the lowest volume possible cause I knew if my parents heard this I would be in big trouble.

[@happypyro793]

Lol.. my very first rock album was Hysteria. Growing up in a conservative family and town as mild as that album was, I still played it low as my parents hated the sound at that time. Second rock album was Appetite. Not only did I have to play that album really low, I had to keep it hidden ( the art work would have in, their minds, sent me to hell).

[@alansands256]

@@happypyro793 as tame as Def Leppard may seem now, back then, the label "heavy metal" had a stigma to it in some people's eyes. Once they decided they hated metal (not just parents, but stupid bubble gummers at school) it didnt matter. Any group involving long hair dudes playing guitars were Satan worshippers and you couldn't convince them otherwise.

[@Sound_Commission]

Well done review. Thank you. I didn't know that they had one chance on MTV at 4 am. Unbelievable.

[@davengeance4811]

Don't forget we had RUN DMC and Public Enemy!! Gen X had everything musically

[@Starlesslight]

Interestingly you picked two groups who also put out a couple of great songs working with rock groups, Aerosmith and Anthrax. You don't see groups and artists work together as much as they did in the 80's. He could do a whole series just on that.

[@davengeance4811]

@@Starlesslight they're the Beatles and Stones of the hip hop community

[@joetomei1]

I first noticed guns and roses when they appeared on MTV as guest host for the headbanger's ball I didn't know who they were and I didn't know what songs they had then at the end of the show they played their appetite for destruction welcome to the jungle from right there I knew they were a very good band I still didn't have no money to buy any albums but every time I went to a park to hang out everybody was playing their album every time a song came on I could recognize that was guns n' roses due to the airplay I've seen them on the headbanger's ball also around 4 p.m. in my city another show came on where they played hair music on MTV. But whenever the host of MTV headbangers ball at the end of the show they got to tear up the set.

[@Starlesslight]

@@davengeance4811 Public Enemy is one of the groups that got me listening to rap in the late 80's. Erik B and Rakim, Ice Cube, and Ice-T were some others I listened to as well. Stopped following it when it went gangster/mainstream in the mid 90's. Like a lot of things becoming successful ruined it.

[@davengeance4811]

@@Starlesslight Ice T & Ice Cube were gangster tho....

[@alexrojasbr]

This album absolutely defined my teen years. This album was the most responsible for my friends an I in São Paulo, Brazil, to break away from pop into hard rock/ heavy metal. It had such a huge influence in my life. I just ordered the cassette on eBay.

[@CBDM777]

I remember a friend saying you gotta check out this band so I went and saw them in 87 at Hammerjacks. Izzy was really messed up so the sound guy turned the sound off on his guitar through the PA. He was getting pissed and swaying back and forth and there was a roadie standing on the edge of the stage waiting to try and catch him if he fell. Izzy ended up throwing his 335 guitar into the audience and some girl got hit in the head with it and then she grabbed it lol. The bouncers rushed over and yanked it away from her. The band was Amazing and at the end of the show Slash flicked his cigarette in the air and it landed on a bouncer. The bouncer was furious and said that Guns n Roses will never play at Hammerjacks again!! I told him I don't think you have to worry about that. We were so lucky back then with the insane amount of great bands and variety. I don't think it will ever be repeated

[@prashantmallick8821]

Thanks for sharing the story...!!!! GNR rocks!!!!

[@GordoFabulous]

"Paradise City" is one of the earliest rock songs I remember hearing, along with "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and "Us and Them".

[@halmartin7417]

My wife just said The Professor's voice is super annoying. The divorce proceedings begin December 18th. 👍

[@michaelmcdonald8452]

Dang, I don’t get that at all. There’s plenty of people on the Tube who I like their content but their presentation is grating but the Prof? Not only is the content always A+, I’d probably listen to him just describe his day. Sounds like the wife is a bit cynical and can’t handle enthusiasm and passion. Proceed...

[@halmartin7417]

@@michaelmcdonald8452 I could listen to him all day long.

[@ProfessorofRock]

@@michaelmcdonald8452 YOU guys are awesome! Thank you for the vote of confidence!

[@DC05570]

Annoying? Does she think Casey Kasem’s annoying as well? Adam’s our generation’s Casey and his exemplary enthusiasm and dedication in preserving pop/rock history is outstanding and necessary. He’s performing an invaluable service, yo!!!👍🏻🎸

[@Red_Lanterns_Rage]

bro's before hoes man.... that's how it's always been and how it'll always be lolz PS, the Professor is awesome for making this channel and he has a good voice

[@zacharygoldberg5457]

Prof..GnR mean everything to me. I have seen many documentaries about them. Some good some boring. This was by far the best breakdown of Appetite I have ever seen. I can't wait for the next installment. Thank you so much and feel better!

[@rardyprice7418]

Best video I have ever seen on the album! It was the first album I ever bought with my own money, I was raised in a very strict Mormon household so it goes without saying! but it was as if I had brought the devil home haha, I was so nervous that I hid it under clothes in my wardrobe and would only listen to it with headphones. My heart would race as I read the lyrics and listened to the music in bed after my family had gone to sleep. It was life changing, finally I had found something which let out all my 12/13 year old angst! And also inspired me to wear a bandana every single day till the age of 18 hahaha

[@shpgrl1026]

Such a fun story about your dad. That is awesome. Appetite was and is a phenomenal record. I didn’t get on board with it until I was an early teenager because my parents didn’t allow me to listen to much. But when I heard it, blew me away. I was instantly a GNR fan. Seeing some of it played live was a highlight in my life.

[@damianference9052]

I wore my cassette out, side G and side R. And you’re right about GenX.

[@soonerbrent98]

Great video and well wishes for a speedy recovery. I bought the 45 of Welcome to the Jungle and the B-side was Mr. Brownstone. While I could not rewind that “moment” in Mr. B, I wore both sides of the record out and parent had no idea about that old man being a real.....

[@finnanminnan6949]

In the 80s you had 3 groups in my highschool. Alternatives listened to DM, New Order, The Cure. Then you had the Rockers with Metallica and GNR. The last group was the Preppies who liked U2, Madonna, Bon Jovi, Rick Astley...lol!

[@alansands256]

While I nevet been a fan of new wave, looking back I can appreciate that, just like the metal heads, they were doing their own thing and not just following what Mtv and top 40 radio told them to like.

[@dvvaughn564]

wait hold up that first u2 album rocked bro later they became preppie AF

[@topixfromthetropix1674]

The CURE's wardrobe girl tried to take her pet goldfish on the Cure's tour bus when they opened for AC/DC. The crew were drunk and decided to put alcohol in the fish bowl. When the fish got sick, the band made the crew pay for veterinary services which totalled over $1000 before the fish died. Do not mess with wardrobe girls, they have the band's ear.

[@nealvaught8176]

Absolutely loved this episode of my all time favorite band and album. Thank you, Adam!

[@patricksclarke]

It's criminal to not mention Nightrain. Best a minor chord opening possibly ever. Great video. Hope you get well soon. 🤘

[@ProfessorofRock]

I did mention Nightrain...

[@patricksclarke]

@@ProfessorofRock Ooof. My bad. That is why you are the Professor.

[@gr8kzoo]

I got a Les Paul because of Slash and I love playing that song. Probably more than the neighbours like listening to it haha.

[@LS-ti1rz]

Man I can't thank you enough for discussing this album. This album ended the hair band craze. I for one was grateful. This album was so gritty, so dirty, so real I was a fanatic instantly! It felt like Guns came outta nowhere and flipped the music industry upside down. Every song on this album is incredible. Its one of the very very few albums that I actually listen to every song. Im an Gen X'r myself and I tell everyone how incredibly fortunate I am to have live in this generation in regards to the music. We had it absolutely all. You name it! From New Wave stuff like "Devo" and "Thomas Dolby" to the 80s invasion of the brits like Duran Duran and Billy Idol. We watched in awe as Michael Jackson took the world by storm. We fell in love with the Material girl "Madonna" we watched the birth of Rap Music, great stuff by "Run DMC" and LL Kool J and many many other greats. Then there was of course MTV! Wow! When MTV first came out it was all videos 24/7. Not the crap that it later became. We were introduced to so many great artist. We also experienced the big scandal of " Villi Manilli" who remembers that debacle! Man oh man that was a damn shame. I liked those guys and then it turns out they were phonies, lip syncers. Then MTV went through a period in which there were bands being put in rotation that were more about the image and not so much on the music. That to me was a dark period. The bands were all fluff no fill, known as "Hair Bands" Then like if the Rock Gods heard many of our prayers they sent us our saviours, Guns N' Roses! With their album " Appetite for Destruction"and that was all she wrote for the hair bands, lol. I was ecstatic! This album is in my opinion the epitome of Hard Rock Perfection! The band members were gritty and not all dolled up. It was awesome. Something that good that volatile was not gonna last long. I wasn't surprised when they broke up. In fact I was amazed they kept it together as long as they did, but boy oh boy the music that we got from them in that short period is incredible. Till this day I consider Appetite for Destruction the best rock album ever.

[@KipArmadillo]

It's a near perfect rock album. And I've always said that Izzy didn't get enough credit. All of the guys were essential and there obviously would be no GnR without Axl, but that rhythm guitar is everything on that debut album.

[@jasonsylte6500]

Nightrain was the song that inspired me to play guitar, been playing ever since! Also Izzy stradlin was the secret weapon of the band

[@davidbellecy1709]

This album is a masterpiece. Absolutely love it.

[@mikecook4025]

Awesome Video, I sure hope your all better health wise my friend, as a 55 year old fella, I know exactly how much you love music, especially Rock n Roll, I'd enjoy talking about music with you, Take Care and keep up the Great Work Sir.

[@alandalton1992]

I think it's the first alternative rock album it prepared the main stream for grunge. Before Guns n Rose's hard rock was getting soft. Appetite was edgy and raw.

[@DEEZEEMTB]

Good point….they were hair-metal light

[@mckid2683]

@DeeZee Good 1! LMFAO! Needed a good laugh. Thx. Hair-Metal Light! Lol

[@neillenet291]

Great video, great summation. Hope you are feeling better. In my opinion there will never be a greater era for music than the 70's. The groundbreaking albums you mentioned, MJ, GNR and Nirvana certainly were new and exciting over this 10 year period. In the 70's we were getting releases like this every day it seemed.

[@moogieanddoggo2156]

lol you're the first person i hear sayin' "i have covid" so nonchalant. lol get well soon and keep us entertained in this crazy times! :D

[@tracebasto]

My very first CD! Professor - your show makes me so happy to remember the musical joy of being a Gen Xer! Get well soon x

[@ShreddingFinn]

I would say this is the greatest hard rock album of all time