WFA Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 the greatest debut album ever, hands fucking down. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Been meaning to check it out, heard it was a big influence on GNR, will be interesting to see what all the fuss is about. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFA Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 Just like I said on TheGNR, THIS is a rock and roll album. From the very start of Welcome to the Jungle to the very end of Rocket Queen, the album is the epitome of what a rock album should sound like. Sex, drugs, RnFnR. These guys lived the life, nobody can come close to creating or recreating what they had. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 On a serious note, wasn't the original cover something to do with a spaceship crash or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 the greatest debut album ever, hands fucking down.It must bring you back some memories, doesn't it Izzy?I'm 20 days older than AFD. I feel old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFA Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 On a serious note, wasn't the original cover something to do with a spaceship crash or something?The Original Appetite Cover Axl Wanted Was The Challenger explosionbut it was nixed by the label. Some fans made a fake one and posed with it with Axl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Still one of the greatest albums of all time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimitrisaxl Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Still one of the greatest albums of all time.This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 27 years old and still sounds pretty damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlfan88 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 (edited) On a serious note, wasn't the original cover something to do with a spaceship crash or something?"Appetite for Destruction" represents the rape of mankind by technology and the media according to its author Robert Williams. It seems that Robert Williams is a disciple of anti-industrial thinkers like Lewis Mumford, Gunther Anders or William Morris. http://hem.passagen.se/snoqalf/tr-198810-1.html Journalist : Well, talking about being the center of controversy, right now in Santa Cruz... You know about this, right? They're picketing the record stores. Do you know... Duff - For what? Journalist : There are women who are picketing record stores, who say that the Guns N' Roses album should be taken out, because the innersleeve is sexist and pro-rape. Slash - Oh now it's the innersleeve? It wasn't good enough when we took it off the cover and put it on the inside. You know, that's... That blows. They can't... Duff - I mean... Slash - They can't do anything about it. Duff - Exactly. I mean, for people to look at that sexist, or anything, I guess I can see what they're saying, you know. But we don't look at it that way, and that's the most important thing. If we don't look at it that way, we're not trying to make the sexist statement at all. And I think that's the most important thing. We didn't do that for any reason against women or whatever. And it doesn't matter. It's just artwork. Slash - I don't see anybody hassling Robert Williams about it. Duff - Yeah, the guy... The artist. Journalist : They are, actually. I mean, he's been quoted now for saying what it represented to him. And I was curious what it represented to you. He said that it repres... Slash - To us it was just a picture that looked sorta cool. Duff - Exactly. I mean, it's that... Slash - People have nothing better to do with their time than picking things apart and make a big deal out of stuff. Duff - Yeah. So go ahead. Let them do that, if that makes them feel... If they think they're doing something, then fine. Journalist : You don't worry about being picketed. Slash - No. I mean, it would be a drag if they take the record out of the stores. I don't think that'll happen. Journalist : I think he said it represents the rape of mankind by technology and the media. Slash - Whatever. Duff - Oh sure. That's deep. Slash - That's pretty complicated. Edited July 21, 2014 by axlfan88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Maybe it will OD and join the stupid club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 AFD still kicks you in the balls and at the same time it doesn't seem even remotely dated. Only really great albums can do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faxl Rows Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Shit, it's two years since people were hoping something special for the 25th anniversary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooting Star Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Maybe it will OD and join the stupid club.LOLI used to listen to it a lot more than I do now. Anyway, congrats AFD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNNER PT Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 (edited) So it can enter into the Club 27, now.Let him RIP. Edited July 22, 2014 by GUNNER PT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Are you going to make this thread every year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Bird Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 There are way more senseless threads on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ana_1991 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Who will remember CD after 27 years??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Bird Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Dr Pepper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 (edited) Appetite For Destruction - Best Live Playlist Videoshttp://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdyXhITJ6KIjqVjnZ1WkS4lsvN21xRQJR Edited July 22, 2014 by Gibbo 27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Are you going to make this thread every year? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourcrazy Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I'm suddenly feeling old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trin9498 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) 27 yrs ago I was in 5th or 6th grade and we used to draw the cross cover on our trapper keepers Edited July 23, 2014 by Trin9498 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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