what was the first guns n roses song you listened to?

[kingcanyon]

just a question what was the first guns n roses song you all listened to/heard on the radio

 

for me its paradise city playing the game burnout paradise

[Tom2112]

Sweet Child on Kerrang! when I was maybe 9/10yrs old? 

[We love Axl Rose]

SCOM or WTTJ, like most probably. Then PC, and then (KOHD, ISE, YCBM) and the rest is history. 

Edited February 26, 2022 by We love Axl Rose

[Dean]

Knockin' On Heavens Door from the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.

[kingcanyon]

Just now, Dean said:

Knockin' On Heavens Door from the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.

were you their live?

[Dean]

4 minutes ago, kingcanyon said:

were you their live?

Naa, unfortunately not. My old man never went to it either, he seen the Brian May band later on that year instead. I still think he was off his tits at that decision. He never bothered seeing Queen at Knebworth either (their last ever show) - had a ticket and everything, but chose to see a Celtic XI play a bounce game instead. Again - off his tits 

[kingcanyon]

4 minutes ago, Dean said:

Naa, unfortunately not. My old man never went to it either, he seen the Brian May band later on that year instead. I still think he was off his tits at that decision. He never bothered seeing Queen at Knebworth either (their last ever show) - had a ticket and everything, but chose to see a Celtic XI play a bounce game instead. Again - off his tits 

ok would have been nice if you did with the stories you could tell

[Lies They Tell]

My brother had Don't Cry, Bad Apples and Don't Damn Me on casette. So those were probably the first GNR songs i ever heard.

[alfierose]

I can't remember now. Probably whatever charted first in the UK Top 40 chart. I used to listen to Radio 1 every Sunday eve  and record onto tape whichever songs I liked.

https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15737/guns-n'-roses/

According to this site it would have been SCOM. Looks like ISE and Jungle were released before that but didn't chart under 40 the first time around. After the success of SCOM, Jungle then charted again in the top 10 a year later.

We didn't have MTV or anything like it at home so my best guess is SCOM.

[SoulMonster]

I think Sweet Child O' Mine.

[John Reid]

I heard Sweet Child back in the summer of ‘87, and thought it was okay. Then I heard Jungle later that year (maybe?) and I thought it was a lot better song, more my speed. Then in 88-89, I heard Paradise City. That was all it took. I was in love with this band. 

[Ratam]

1 hour ago, kingcanyon said:

just a question what was the first guns n roses song you all listened to/heard on the radio

 

for me its paradise city playing the game burnout paradise

Same PC.

[lilacmess]

I believe it was Patience.

[Screamin' Demon]

Mine was You Could Be Mine as a 5 year old kid when I was watching Terminator 2 in 1991. That sped up version they played in the credits had me totally crazed & hypo; I was totally like "Whoa! What is THIS! Now that's what you call real music!!!" 🤘😎

[JohnnyRais]

Don't Cry (alternate lyrics). 

My sister had a cd of UYI II and gave it to me and said don't cry was her favourite, I gave it a listen and thought there were multiple singers, was blown away when she told me it was the same guy doing that crazy voice. Became an instant fan, it was summer '99 

[darkside259]

welcome to the jungle from ares in my mp3 at 13/4 years old

[RussTCB]

Jungle. 

We took a family trip to Cedar Point (a theme park in northern Ohio) and when my brother fell asleep, I raided his cassette case. 

I picked out Appetite because it looked bad ass, of course. I rewound it to the start and hit play. 

The memory of hearing Jungle for the first time is extremely vivid. I can see the whole memory play out in my head every single time I hear the song. 

[SoulMonster]

3 minutes ago, RussTCB said:

Jungle. 

We took a family trip to Cedar Point (a theme park in northern Ohio) and when my brother fell asleep, I raided his cassette case. 

I picked out Appetite because it looked bad ass, of course. I rewound it to the start and hit play. 

The memory of hearing Jungle for the first time is extremely vivid. I can see the whole memory play out in my head every single time I hear the song. 

I can also remember hearing Welcome for the first time. I heard Sweet Child first, on summer vacation in Germany in 1988. A few days later I bought the album on vinyl. When listening to it back home after the trip, the staccato intro to Welcome with Axl's scream was different to anything I hard ever heard. I moved the needle back and listened to that intro again and again before hearing the rest of the song. I was hooked. Sweet Child may have been my first, but I fell in love with Welcome. 

[Gibson87]

WTTJ when I was 14. It was 2012 and at the time, I was listening to whatever was in the top 40. Anyways, I bought an iPod and somehow Appetite ended up being synced onto it without my knowledge. Later in the day, I was listening to my songs on shuffle and WTTJ came up. It was one of those "Holy shit, play that again!" moments. I very quickly found Nightrain, SCOM, and PC. I grew up in a shitty household, so I think the anger and attitude on AFD provided a release for me.

[WAR™]

civil war

[DoMw94]

Welcome To The Jungle in a commercial for GTA San Andreas back in 2004/05

[martinb33]

Probably KOHD or Used to Love Her

[Draguns]

Welcome to the Jungle. I was watching MTV in October 1987 with my father. We had just got cable for the first time. I was in the middle of battling for my civil rights to be in a public school system. 

[rocknroll41]

My mom played WttJ for me when I was 9 years old (which I’m sure she regrets now).

[Mendez]

q cover of SCOM in guitar hero ii