The band has released six studio albums: Appetite For Destruction in 1987, G N' R Lies in 1988, Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II in 1991, "The Spaghetti Incident?" in 1993 and, after 15 years and with frontman Axl Rose and keyboardist Dizzy Reed being the only members left from the previous lineup, Chinese Democracy in 2008. They also released three EP's in 1986, 1988, and 1993 and two live albums, in 1999 and 2014.
The group was formed in early 1985 by Hollywood Rose members Axl Rose (vocals) and Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitar) and L.A. Guns members Tracii Guns (lead guitar), Ole Beich (bass) and Rob Gardner (drums). The band created its name by combining two of the members' names. Rejected names were "Heads of Amazon" and "AIDS." A short time later, Beich was fired and replaced by Duff McKagan, and Guns was replaced by Slash after not showing up to rehearsal. Slash had played with McKagan in Road Crew and with Stradlin during a short stint in Hollywood Rose. On their first tour (from Sacramento, California to Duff's home town of Seattle), Gardner quit and was replaced by Slash's friend, Steven Adler.
Stemming from the LA rock underground, the ugly lyrics matched the sleaze of the music--driven by heavy blues licks--covering misogyny, violence, city life, sex, liquor, and hard drugs. They also, however, tended to show sensitivity and a desire to break free from the city. Subsequent albums revealed influence from bands in the vein of The Rolling Stones and Queen.
Their 1987 breakthrough, Appetite for Destruction, (18-times platinum and the highest-selling debut album of all-time), coupled with the success of the hit single "Sweet Child O' Mine" in 1988, took the world by storm. "Appetite" was full of raunchy hard rock with blistering, anthemic guitar riffs and snarling vocals.
The followup EP, "G N' R Lies", contained four songs from their debut EP, three new acoustic songs, and an acoustic version of "You're Crazy". The album sold well and got into the top 10 alongside Appetite. By the end of the 1980s, they were one of the most popular bands in the world.
Steven Adler (original drummer) was kicked out of the band due to his drug abuse and replaced by Matt Sorum.
Following the release of G N' R Lies, Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II made history by making the number 1 and 2 spots on the American Billboard Album chart. The albums were filled with songs that pushed Guns into a different direction, far from the Appetite era. They surprised critics who expected hard rock songs but found more "epic" tracks featuring a wider range of instruments (pianos, brass instruments, various effects, etc). The main response was that instead of releasing two albums that included "filler tracks", they could have released one CD.
The band then started a world tour to support the albums. During this tour, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin quit the band due to differences with Slash, Sorum and McKagan due to his newfound sobriety and Stradlin's anger at Rose's management of the band.
They played 192 shows in the 28-month tour, which set attendance records and concluded with a show in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 17, 1993. This show marked the last time original members Slash and McKagan and newcomers Clarke and Sorum would play a live show with Rose.
Axl began work on a new album of original material in 1993. In 1994, Gilby Clarke left the band, and was replaced with Paul Tobias. That same year, the band recorded a cover version of The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" for the movie Interview with the Vampire. According to Slash's 2007 autobiography, the first version of guitar track was rejected by Axl, who wanted Slash to copy Keith Richards' playing on the original. Reluctantly, Slash agreed and recorded another version closer to the original. Slash was further infuriated when he discovered Tobias' guitar copying his own solo note by note layered in the final mix of the song. This would be the last recording by the original version of the band, and five years would go by before any new material came out under the Guns N' Roses name.
Slash drifted in and out of the band for the next couple of years, beginning a side project called Slash's Snakepit. In August 1996, GN'R returned to the studio, even though McKagan and Sorum were simultaneously touring with their side project, Neurotic Outsiders. Eventually, only Slash and Rose were left to continue working. During this period, Slash commented in an interview, "My relationship with Axl right now is sort of at a standstill." Additionally, Axl had approached guitarist Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society) about jamming and possibly joining Guns N' Roses.
In 1996 and 1997, Slash, Sorum and McKagan all left the band, leaving Rose as the only remaining charter member of the band. The three later formed rock supergroup Velvet Revolver with former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland and guitarist Dave Kushner.
In 1998, a "clean" (i.e., profanity removed) version of Use Your Illusion was released (in the USA only), mainly so the album could be sold in Wal-Mart and K-Mart stores. The album, titled "Use Your Illusion" was a 1 CD compilation of the 2 albums.
Also in 1998, Axl put a new version of the band together and returned to the studio. This version of the band has been touring and recording sporadically ever since. The new band's membership has changed frequently, but its core members have included guitarist Robin Finck, effects man Chris Pitman, bassist Tommy Stinson (formerly of The Replacements)— as well as Paul Tobias, drummer Josh Freese and longtime GN'R keyboardist Dizzy Reed.
In 1999, the band released one new song, "Oh My God", on the soundtrack of the film End of Days. The track featured additional guitar work by [arist]Dave Navarro and Gary Sunshine, Rose's personal guitar teacher. The song's release was intended to be a prelude to their new album, now officially entitled Chinese Democracy. Geffen also released Live Era '87-'93, a collection of live performances from various concerts during the Appetite for Destruction and Use Your Illusion tours. Also in 1999, during an interview with Kurt Loder for MTV, Axl said that he had re-recorded Appetite for Destruction with the new band, replacing two songs with "Patience" and "You Could Be Mine".
In 1999, guitarist Robin Finck departed the band in order to rejoin his former band, Nine Inch Nails, on tour. In 2000, virtuoso guitarist Buckethead joined Guns N' Roses as a replacement for Finck. Josh Freese was replaced with Bryan "Brain" Mantia (formerly of Primus). Robin Finck returned to Guns N' Roses in late 2000 to complement Buckethead on lead guitar.
The revised lineup finally made a public appearance in January 2001 with two well-received concerts, one in Las Vegas and one at the Rock in Rio Festival in Rio de Janeiro. The band played a mixture of old hits and new songs from their forthcoming album.
The new lineup played a further two shows in Las Vegas at the end of 2001. In 2002, rhythm guitarist Paul Tobias left the band because of his frustrations with life on the road. He was replaced by Richard Fortus (formerly of The Psychedelic Furs and Love Spit Love). The band then played several shows in August 2002, headlining festivals and concerts throughout Asia and Europe. They made their way to New York for a surprise appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards in September.
In 2002, the band's first North American tour since 1993 was organized to support Chinese Democracy. However, the opening show in Vancouver was canceled by the venue when Rose arrived late due to his plane being held up by bad weather conditions at Los Angeles airport. A riot ensued. This tour was met with mixed results. Some concerts did not sell well, while shows in larger markets such as New York sold out in minutes. Due to a second riot by fans in Philadelphia, tour promoter Clear Channel canceled the remainder of the tour.
The band went on hiatus until they were scheduled to play at Rock in Rio IV in May 2004. However, Buckethead left the band in March of that year, causing them to cancel. Also in March 2004, Geffen released Guns N' Roses' Greatest Hits, since Rose had failed to deliver a new studio album in more than 10 years. Rose expressed displeasure with this album as its track listing was established without his consent and went as far as trying to block its release by suing Geffen. This failed, however, and the album went triple platinum in the USA.
In February 2006, demos of the songs "Better", "Catcher in the Rye", "I.R.S." and "There Was a Time" were leaked through a fan site. The band's management requested that all links to the MP3 files and all lyrics to the songs be removed from forums and web sites. Despite this, radio stations began adding "I.R.S." to playlists, and the song reached #49 on the Radio & Records Active Rock National Airplay chart in the final week of February - the first time an internet leak had done so.
On May 5, 2006, Axl appeared on the Friday Night Rocks with Eddie Trunk radio show (during an interview with ex-Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach) and said the new Guns N' Roses album would be released before the end of the year. Later in May, the band launched a European tour, headlining both the Download Festival and Rock In Rio - Lisbon. Four warm-up shows preceded the tour at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City and became the band's first live concert dates since the aborted 2002 tour. The shows also marked the debut of virtuoso guitarist and composer Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, replacing Buckethead. During the tour, Bach and Izzy Stradlin made frequent guest appearances. By the tour's end in 2007, the band had played to over 750 000 people in over 23 countries.
On April 5, 2008, a picture of Finck appeared on Nine Inch Nails web page under the title "Welcome Back!" starting the rumor of his possible reunion with Trent Reznor. On April 11, Finck expressed his happiness on playing again with NIN. On April 20, on Guns N' Roses' web site, Axl expressed surprise about the news.
Chinese Democracy had been given the tentative release date of March 6, then reported September 17, 2007. However, both dates passed with no sign of the album. After further release dates were discussed, the album finally came out on November 23, 2008, to mostly positive critical reviews & underselling industry expectations.
Slash, McKagan and Sorum still played together in Velvet Revolver. However, Izzy Stradlin, original GN'R rhythm guitarist and co-composer of many of the band's most successful songs, has not joined them. He did, however, play a few dates as a guest with GN'R in the summer of 2006. Keyboard player Dizzy Reed, while not a founding member of the band (joining in 1990 in the Use Your Illusion period), remained in the previous lineup. in 2014, Bassist Tommy Stinson had previous commitments to The Replacements, leading former bassist Duff McKagan to fill in. After the 2014 tour, bassist Tommy Stinson, guitarists DJ Ashba & Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, and keyboardist Chris Pitman all left the band.
Slash and McKagan rejoined in 2016, as did keyboardist Melissa Reese, as the group embarked on the "Not in This Lifetime..." stadium tour. The tour also featured several guest appearances, including from former drummer Steven Adler, AC/DC guitarist Angus Young, former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach, and Rose Tattoo singer Angry Anderson. The tour was a massive success, becoming the third highest grossing concert tour of all-time by its end in 2019.
The band continued with the Guns N’ Roses 2020 Tour and in 2021 released two new singles “Absurd” and “Hard Skool”, both reworkings of ‘’Chinese Democracy’’ era tracks. The singles are the first songs released featuring Slash and Duff McKagan since 1994.
GN'R's current lineup includes Rose (lead vocals), McKagan (bass), Fortus (rhythm guitar), Slash (lead guitar), Melissa Reese[/bandember] (synth & programming), Frank Ferrer (drums) and Reed (keyboard and percussion).
Discography
Appetite for Destruction (1987) #1 US Billboard, 18x Platinum
G N' R Lies (1988) #2 US Billboard, 5x Platinum
Use Your Illusion I (1991) #2 US Billboard, 7x Platinum
Use Your Illusion II (1991) #1 US Billboard, 7x Platinum
The Spaghetti Incident? (1993) #4 US Billboard, Platinum
Live Era '87-'93 (1999) #45 US Billboard, Gold
Greatest Hits (2004) #3 US Billboard, 3x Platinum
Chinese Democracy (2008) #3 US Billboard, Platinum
The above figures represent US sales only and do not constitute worldwide figures, which are much higher.
You´ re crazy
Guns N' Roses Lyrics
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Lookin' for a heart
Lookin' for a lover in a world
That's much too dark
You don't want my love
You want satisfaction oh yeah
You don't need my love
You got to find yourself another
Said where you going
What you going to do
I've been looking everywhere
I've been looking for you
You don't want my love
You want satisfaction
I have got your satisfaction
You don't need my love
You got to find yourself another
Piece of the action
Because you're crazy hey hey
You're fucking crazy oh my
You know you're crazy oh child
I said you're crazy ay, ay, yeah
Yeah, aow
Oh!
Oh
Say, boy, where you coming from
Where would you get that point of view
When I was younger said I knew someone like you
And they said you don't want my love
You want to satisfaction yeah
You don't need my love
You have got to find yourself another
Piece of the action
'Cause you're crazy, hey hey
You're fucking crazy, oh my
You know you're crazy, oh child
I said you're crazy
Oh, you're crazy
You know you're crazy
Well, you're crazy
You know you're crazy, oh
You know you are
Bring it down you're fuckin' crazy
The lyrics of "You're Crazy" are about a womanizer who believes he has the power to manipulate women and seduce them. The opening lines suggest that the singer has been searching for love in a dark world, but the object of his affection is not interested in a serious relationship. Instead, she seeks only temporary satisfaction, and the singer realizes that she is not worth his time.
Throughout the song, the singer repeats the phrase "you don't want my love; you want to sati-satisfaction," implying that the object of his affection is only interested in using him for her own pleasure. He suggests that she finds another man to use, urging her to "find yourself another piece of the action." The chorus repeats the phrase "you're crazy," highlighting the woman's manipulative and self-centered behavior.
In the final verse, the singer shifts from addressing the woman to addressing a male who reminds him of himself when he was younger. This man also seeks temporary satisfaction from women, and the singer emphasizes that he should not seek love but rather look for another "piece of the action."
Overall, "You're Crazy" is a commentary on casual sex and the dangers of treating people as objects rather than individuals deserving of respect and love.
Line by Line Meaning
Ow!
Expressing sudden pain, the singer starts the song.
I've been lookin' for a trace
The singer has been searching for a sign of hope or indication.
Lookin' for a heart
The singer is searching for someone who genuinely loves him.
Lookin' for a lover in a world
The world is dark and cruel, and the singer is looking for someone to provide him with love and comfort.
That's much too dark
The world is too dark, and the singer is searching for hope and positivity.
Because you don't want my love, no, no
Someone the singer is seeking attention from seems to be indifferent to his love.
You want to sati-satisfaction
The person the singer is trying to win over is only interested in self-gratification.
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, ow!
The singer emphasizes that he is in pain due to this realization.
You don't need my love
The person the singer refers to does not need his love.
You got to find yourself another
The person the singer refers to needs to find another lover for self-gratification.
Another piece, another piece of the action
The person in question needs another object of desire to feel satisfaction.
Say where ya goin' What you gonna do?
The singer wants to know where the person in question is going and what they're going to do without him.
I been lookin' everywhere said I
The singer has been searching everywhere for the person in question.
Because you don't want my love, no, no
The person the singer is referring to does not want his love.
You want to sati-satisfaction
The person the singer is trying to win over is only interested in their own pleasure.
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
The singer says this in a somewhat sarcastic tone to emphasize the futility of his efforts.
You don't need my love
The person the singer the singer is longing for doesn't need his love.
You got to find yourself another
The singer suggests the person needs to find another lover to satisfy their needs.
Another piece, another piece
The person in question needs someone else or something else in their life to make them feel complete.
Of the action
The person in question is used to pursuing objects of desire.
You're crazy, hey, hey
The singer tells the person in question that they're acting irrational or insane.
You know you're crazy, oh my!
The singer emphasizes that the person in question should be aware of their irrational behavior.
You're fuckin' crazy, oh child
The singer continues to assert that the person in question is acting irrationally.
You know you're crazy
The singer emphasizes that the person in question is indeed irrational.
Ay,ay,ay,ay,ay,ay,ah,ah,ah,oooh, yeah!
The singer uses this cry of frustration and pain to accentuate their feelings.
Woh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
The singer continues to express their frustration and hopelessness.
Oh na,no,na,no,na,no,na,no,na,no,no,no
The singer expresses their anger and frustration.
No,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no
The singer repeats the word 'no' multiple times to express rejection.
No,no,no, no, no, no, no,no,no,no,no,no
The singer reiterates that their love has been rejected, even after their desperate attempts.
No,no,no! Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, ow! Woooaaah, hayow!
The singer expresses their pain and frustration through screams and cries.
Say, boy, where ya comin' from?
The singer asks where the person in question has come from.
Where'd ya get that point of view?
The singer questions the person's values and beliefs.
When I was younger
The singer uses this phrase to imply that their experiences have made them wiser and more mature.
I knew a motherfucker like you
The singer is calling the person in question a despicable or contemptible character as they have used others before.
And she said
The singer is recalling the words of the woman who had previously dealt with the person in question.
'You don't need my love
This is a direct quote from the woman who the singer refers to as a warning to the singer.
You want to sati-satisfaction'
The woman had warned the singer that the person in question is only interested in self-gratification.
Bitch you don't need my love
The singer is repeating the words of the woman in frustration.
You've got to find yourself another
The person in question must find another lover to satisfy their desires.
Another piece, another piece
The person in question is accustomed to pursuing multiple partners in order to achieve self-gratification.
Of the action
The person in question is continually seeking objects of desire for their own pleasure.
You're crazy, hey, hey
The singer once again expresses his belief that the person in question is acting irrationally and dangerously.
You know you're crazy, oh my!
The singer reiterates his belief that the person is acting irrationally.
You're fuckin' crazy, oh child
The singer continues to argue that the person in question is acting stupidly and dangerously.
You know you're crazy, Ay, ay, ay, ay
The singer continues to express his belief that the person is irrational.
You know you're crazy, Hey, hey
The singer again emphasizes that the person in question is acting irrationally.
You're fuckin' crazy, Oh child
The singer continues to assert that the person is not thinking clearly.
You know you're crazy, Ay, ay, ay, ay
The singer repeats the phrase one final time to emphasize his perspective.
You're fuckin' crazy, yeah
The singer reiterates that the person in question is not thinking clearly or acting rationally.
You know you are!
The phrase is repeated to emphasize that the singer's perspective is accurate.
Bring it down!
The singer is calling for the music to be played more quietly to express a change in his mood.
You're fuckin' crazy!
The singer emphasizes his perspective one final time.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Duff Rose Mckagan, Saul Hudson, Izzy Stradlin, Steven Adler, W. Axl Rose
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on Sweet Child o' Mine
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