Popcorn crew Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 IT was 1990, I was 18. my music direction was not defined yet. My best friend was all into MC Hammer and he had this huge slow hit "Have you seen her?" and I was kind off, ok this was good, but large pants and dancing no way. And my other best friend (Slash look-a-like) was all into Aerosmith and Gnr. So he gave me mixed tape. And the first song that was on it was My Michelle. That was this WTF moment when you realize this guys are special. And than after My Michelle was SCOM and PC. That was it I was hooked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendez Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Im sure Ive heard Paradise City or WTTJ everywhere, but first recognizable song i heard was the SCOM cover that was on guitar hero 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadSlash Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 32 minutes ago, Popcorn crew said: IT was 1990, I was 18. my music direction was not defined yet. My best friend was all into MC Hammer and he had this huge slow hit "Have you seen her?" and I was kind off, ok this was good, but large pants and dancing no way. And my other best friend (Slash look-a-like) was all into Aerosmith and Gnr. So he gave me mixed tape. And the first song that was on it was My Michelle. That was this WTF moment when you realize this guys are special. And than after My Michelle was SCOM and PC. That was it I was hooked. You're slightly older than me, I was 16 in 90. I'm sure the first one I heard was WTTJ, but I oddly do not remember getting the album or how I'd heard of the band. It changed my musical taste forever, prior to AFD, my favorite albums were Hysteria, Slippery When Wet and Licensed to Ill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlRoseCDII Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 I’m a lot younger than the lot of you, but Appetite was my first Guns album still. I was maybe 13, 14, started working out for the first time and I wanted to find a killer album to lift weights to. Came across Appetite, listened to it maybe a few hundred times that year, was just so taken away by how good it was. Looked up bootlegs and started getting into the other material, joined the forum maybe a year and a half later, have been here ever since! (meaning WTTJ was my first Guns song because it’s first on Appetite) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vloors Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Was in the late 80s for me. Probably PC, SCOM or WTTJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 25 minutes ago, vloors said: Was in the late 80s for me. Probably PC, SCOM or WTTJ. Yep, one of these, not really sure which. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamillos Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 It was a 92 mixtape heavy on UYI, with some AfD and probably Patience, so I unfortunately don’t remember a particular song, but it may have been something off UYI (mainly the biggest hits were there, nothing like Don’t Damn Me etc.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
action Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 knocking on heavens door. the guitar parts were like a revelation, and seeing slash with a two-neck guitar was like seeing some kind of super hero. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobige666 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Right next door to hell 1991 on a Radio Show wich was called hard & heavy ☠🤘 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble's Bridge Pickup Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 November Rain. I was like 15. It was 2007 or something, I was chatting about music with my friend on MSN Messenger and he linked me the NR video on YouTube. Obviously the video is cheesy as fuck, but that Slash solo outside the church though... Couple of months later, I bought my first guitar from that same friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelFuel Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 87 Paradise city and i was hooked. 13 years old and i never looked back. GnR forever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinaleblood Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 I was a little kid in 1991 and Schwarzenegger was one of my fav movie heroes. I caught the YCBM video on tv and I was hooked. It also kickstarted my interest in heavier music (soon after I caught Enter Sandman on the radio). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragan1978 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 You could be mine definitely in 1991 MTV just started in our country, me and my best friend saw it once and were waiting the next day from 8 am to video taped it and than it how the obsession with GnR started it just changed my musical taste instantly and I started digging for rock, heavy metal, punk, gothic, whatever that has guitar, was loud, aggressive and just ready to make some trouble - I was 13 when I saw it so adrenaline and puberty just kicked in like hurricane it is still my favorite song 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricA Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 37 minutes ago, RebelFuel said: 87 Paradise city and i was hooked. 13 years old and i never looked back. GnR forever same year. same song. same age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flotcho51 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 "Jungle" baby !! in 1988, i was 10....Thanks to my old brother !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Shotgun Blues I think. I was about 10 years old, my mate got a copy dubbed from his sister and he went 'listen to this, its got swearing in it' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 6 minutes ago, Len Cnut said: Shotgun Blues I think. I was about 10 years old, my mate got a copy dubbed from his sister and he went 'listen to this, its got swearing in it' Bet you felt well hardcore? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lies They Tell Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 My brother had a cassette with the songs Don't Cry, Live N' Let Die, Don't Damn Me and Bad Apples on it in the early nineties. I was about 6 years old then. My earliest GNR related memory is trying to sing the last part of Don't Cry without losing breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRfanMILO Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Welcome To The Jungle. GTA San Andreas, Radio X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzagbigbag Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 2 hours ago, dragan1978 said: You could be mine definitely in 1991 MTV just started in our country, me and my best friend saw it once and were waiting the next day from 8 am to video taped it and than it how the obsession with GnR started it just changed my musical taste instantly and I started digging for rock, heavy metal, punk, gothic, whatever that has guitar, was loud, aggressive and just ready to make some trouble - I was 13 when I saw it so adrenaline and puberty just kicked in like hurricane it is still my favorite song This is nearly my exact story, beside I was 11 in 1991. 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydney Fan Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 (edited) SCOM video, colour, 88 when it first hit the charts in oz and i saw it one saturday morning watch rage (oz MTV equivalent). As a 13 year old it blew my mind. I finally found a band that represented "me".GNR forever Edited November 21, 2019 by Sydney Fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll41 Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 (edited) My mom played me AFD in the car stereo when I was 9, when we were just on a drive. So the first song I heard was WttJ, and the opening guitar riff and first vocal line were enough to blow me away. Edited November 21, 2019 by rocknroll41 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 It was Spring 1988, I was 10 years old and playing sandlot football with a bunch of neighborhood kids and one of the older kids came over with a boom box and said “check this out”. He popped in a cassette of AFD and the jungle scream started. I remember thinking holy shit! Was very different than anything else in the music industry at the time. Rest is history although I do remember being slightly disappointed when UYIs came out. Although still good, UYIs were a complete departure from AFD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydney Fan Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Twinaleblood said: I was a little kid in 1991 and Schwarzenegger was one of my fav movie heroes. I caught the YCBM video on tv and I was hooked. It also kickstarted my interest in heavier music (soon after I caught Enter Sandman on the radio). Gnr and metallica were in nearly every music mag in 91 and 92, good time to have been a fan.of both of those bands. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanG Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 No idea. Probably Paradise City or KOHD on the car radio without realizing who it was. I must have seen the YCBM video on MTV constantly and watched it to see Arnie because I loved Terminator 2. I got into rock music and GnR around 1993 and I believe it was WTTJ that someone made me listen to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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