sweetness Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 The first time I heard GNR, I pictured Axl as some bearded midget that kinda looked like Vince Niel. But I didnt know what to think of the other band members, Axl just sorta stood out as a little midget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AxlRox Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I remember thinking they were some sort of joke band I was wrong obv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildrose Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I knew id found my favourite band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted March 27, 2006 Author Share Posted March 27, 2006 I knew id found my favourite band.Me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmm Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I was listening to QUEEN and then I saw some guys singing Knockin on Heavens Dorr.... I tought: "Queen are shit compared to this...." Main consequences: 1- Almost never listened to Queen anymore..2- I knew the band that is now and ever my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adnan Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I had the image forced into me. I was about 7 years old and my sister was watching VH1 and November Rain came on. I became addicted after that. I kept on trying to play the first solo on the classical guitar we owned, not that I could play that either. I ended up breaking one of the strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-GenerationX Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Heard 'Sweet Child O' Mine' in 6th grade when it broke. Not blown away.But once I heard 'Welcome To The Jungle', I was hooked and have been, lo these past 18 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W. Axl Kev Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Whenever someone mentioned Guns N' Roses to me or I saw Guns N' Roses, there was something about them which made me think they were an incomplete band. I knew of the Chinese Democracy situation before I liked them. I thought Welcome to the Jungle was funny with the daft 'Shanananana' bit. Then one day in LA, I thought 'Guns N' Roses - Greatest Hits', I dunno what made me do it but I thought that might be worth a purchase. I bought it and haven't looked back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnR lives on Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 my first impression was when i was 5 or 6... it was around 92-94 somewhere i guess... i thought they were just ok...my second impression came when i was 11 and a big backstreet boy/rap fan..(dont bash me i didnt know better)Then aerosmith got me into rock and roll and i started listening to it..and i heard november rain again and i was like blown away and have loved them ever since.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldwideboss Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I first heard Civil War in my father's car, when I was about 10. I was completely hooked. I couldn't stop whining the lyrics, even though I didn't understand them. Civil War is still my favourite GNR song to date.I heard the whole UYI II cd and I was amazed. 14 years, Yesterdays, Get In The Ring, Shotgun Blues, Breakdown, Pretty Tied Up, So Fine and Don't Cry really stood out and I was like going crazy around the album.Until my 8th grade, when hip-hop became cool. I am now a bit ashamed of saying I used to prefer hip-hop to GNR. Thankfully, that went away and I came back to my rock roots, to the likes of GNR, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, and so on, mainly because I was on holiday, really bored, and I picked up my old cds and said "Let's give this a listen". Boy, was I ever hooked by a cd. UYI II once again. And now, as you see, I have become a big GNR addict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*ParadiseCityGirl* Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I still remember the first time I heard november rain...I was like 8 or something and my dad played it in the car and I pictured an old guy singing it ....I was so wrong though..... lolBut I really liked the song anyway and I remember when I got home me and my sister were playing with these little plastic horses and I decided to name mine Guns n' Roses That was what I remember anyway.But I never became obsessed until last summer when I found UYI2 laying around so I listened to it and the first song I listened to was Don't Cry and I thought it was just the greatest song ever. I remember it gave me a stomach ache....but it wasn't exactly a bad stomach ache . So for like the whole next week after, I was totally OBSESSED with GNR and I couldn't stop listening to the music and I even lost my appetite and....it was just really weird but I knew I had found my favorite band thats for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F*ck Fear Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 (edited) When I was 7 years old I heard Paradise City for the first time. Before that day I was into counrty I guess,but not really a music fan,too young you know?But when I heard that it was like I needed to hear more,it was the best stuff I'd ever heard before.Been a fan since. Edited March 27, 2006 by F*ck Fear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patience 4 Axl Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I remember being very afraid of Slash... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negleyjj Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 When I was younger I liked Paradise City on the radio, but had no idea who it was by.I didn't really love Welcome to the Jungle (it's an okay song, but still doesn't strike me as one of their stronger songs).But once I heard Sweet Child O' Mine.... Hooked instantly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisjonas Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 FUCK! Welcome to the Jungle is by far the worst song i've ever heard in my entire life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 (edited) I heard Jungle like half a dozen times between the ages of like 8 and 11, and I always thought they were some dead 80's band with a lead singer who looked like Brian Johnson from AC/DC. My mom made a few negative remarks about them to, and being young I was impressionable so I never really checked them out despite liking the song. Then the whole commercial rap thing of the late 90's started and I didn't really "discover them" 'till like 7 years later. Edited March 27, 2006 by Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marisa Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 I was pretty young when i first heard them so i can say that i fell in love for the first time then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madagascar88 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 the first song I heard was "Paradise City"... I thought at the time that it might've been a little too heavy for me... then I was listening mostly to pop music like Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears (even though I was in high school...). Then, I started to get into it more and more... and finally, the nail in the coffin was Sweet Child O'Mine... G'n'Rs been my favorite band ever sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fridayfan13 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 I knew id found my favourite band.Me toome also, a friend of mine let me borrow his GH album (after id heard WTTJ in his car about 50 times), and i was hooked. at this point in my life, i didnt listen to music much. i had never truely found anything that fit me. thanks to gnr im now a guitarist and a classic rock fan. its becuase of gnr that i discovered bands like Queen and Aerosmith. and its also thanks to gnr that i spend my time dreaming of CD and a US tour. rock2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Studham Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 first song i heard was 14 years i was 5 years old so it probably didnt make an impression on me then, but i liked the song, didnt understand a thing about it but the words , the time it really made an impression was around 10 years old, lol i loved Welcome to the jungle, now adays i like more of the illusion stuff, Mr.Brownstone and Rocket Queen will always be favorites to me tho, since the first time i heard emJames S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattjay Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 I used check this site from time to time for news, but now I just check it to feel better about myself. Thanks guys for being bigger losers than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kropotkin Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Slash is the enduring symbol of GNR for me - we used to crank MR BROWNSTONE in our 87' buick - just raw, fresh rock n roll - they all looked so cool, especially this shot:Somehow after that, maybe after Nirvana, it all got a little tired ... ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*ParadiseCityGirl* Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Thanks guys for being bigger losers than me.hey no problem, it's what I do best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Flower Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 First song I ever heard was WTTJ.Loud and nasty were the words that came to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duff_mckagan21 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 The first song i heard was November Rain and i remember thinking 'wow these guys must of been a super band!' 4 years later they are more that just a super band.. they are a super band that i love and have become obsessed with! duff21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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