Guns N’ Roses 1987-2011 9CD+2DVD Complete Boxset Brand New

Description: Guns N Roses 1987-2011 9CD+2DVD Complete Boxset During its late 80s and early 90s heyday, Guns n Roses perpetually teetered on the brink of chaos and threatened to implode. That powder keg atmosphere made the L.A. band great: Not only were its concerts unpredictable, energetic and confrontationalthanks in no small part to frontman Axl Roses loose-hipped stage moves and gravelly, menacing banshee screamsbut the band and its music oozed danger. The ominous guitar pulses introducing Welcome To The Jungle, the teeth-baring Nightrain and Right Next Door To Hell, and the no-brakes cover of Wings Live And Let Dieit all solidified Guns n Roses reputation as a gang of debauched misfit hellraisers determined to inject raw sincerity and adrenalin into an increasingly staid, overproduced rock scene. This us-against-the-world mentality started with Rose, a mercurial Indiana native with a troubled upbringing who followed childhood friend Jeff Isbell (a.k.a. Izzy Stradlin) to Los Angeles in the early 80s. The pair formed the glammy punk-metal band Hollywood Rose, whose lineup later featured guitarist Slash and his teenage best friend, drummer Steven Adler. As local bands do, Hollywood Rose eventually disintegrated due to interpersonal turmoil. However, when Rose decided to give the band one more shot, he struck gold: In 1985, Guns n Roses lineup finally coalesced with guitarists Stradlin and Slash, drummer Adler and Seattle-born punk vet Duff McKagan on bass. Still, the bands full-length debut, 1987sAppetite For Destruction, wasnt an immediate hit. In fact, Guns n Roses spent over a year opening for Mtley Cre,Alice Cooperand the Cult while the slow-burning record caught fire. The tipping points: the video for Welcome To The Jungle, which mirrored Roses Midwest-boy-hits-seedy-L.A. backstory, and the bands only No. 1 single, 1988s unabashedly romantic Sweet Child O Mine. Next single Paradise City landed in the Top 10, whileAppetite For Destructionitself hit the top of theBillboardalbum charts for four non-consecutive weeks in summer and fall 1988. As of 2008, the record had sold a staggering 18 million albums in the U.S. alone. Guns n Roses penchant for chaos and unpredictable behavior grew in proportion with its popularity; in fact, this was part of its charm. But despite hard rock tendencies and an off-putting attitude, the band had deep respect for tradition. Its songs often possessed a streak of defiant, melodic vulnerabilitysomething Rose, an avowed fan of artists such asBilly Joel,Elton JohnandQueen, never shied away from embracingand maintained a distinctly bluesy edge. Slash had a penchant for easygoing licks and affection for Jimmy Page, while 1988sG N R Liesfeatured a fiery live version ofAerosmithsMama Kin. All of these ambitions collided on Guns n Roses sprawling, 1991 double-disc release,Use Your Illusion I & II. Although these records referenced the bands wild-eyed punk and metal club days, they also touched on Southern-rock boogie and supersonic hard rock, and highlighted towering epics such as the guitar-scorched Civil War and the dramatic, almost Broadway-esque Estranged. Thankfully, keyboardist Dizzy Reed and new drummer Matt Sorum were on board to help flesh out the dense music, both in the studio and live: After all, by this time, Guns n Roses was playing gigantic stadiums all around the world and touring with acts such asMetallica. Unfortunately, the stress and tension that came with global superstardomand distractions ranging from various members substance abuse issues to notorious concert riots in St. Louis and Montreal took their toll, and the massive, two-and-a-half-year post-Use Your Illusion tour felt like a last hurrah. The bands original lineup splintered in the years after 1993s covers albumThe Spaghetti Incident?and Rose didnt start sporadically touring again with a new lineup until 2001. Rumored acrimony kept the original lineup at odds for well over two decades. In early 2016, however, the improbable happened: Rose and Slash buried the hatchet, and teamed up with McKagan, Reed, guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Frank Ferrer and keyboardist Melissa Reese for a reunion tour. The reactivated Guns n Roses sounded powerful at its first dates in Las Vegas and at Coachella. And when Axl, Slash and McKagan kicked into Welcome To The Jungle together for the first time since 1993, the song felt as vitaland importantas it did back on the Sunset Strip in the late 80s. Contains 9 CDs and 2 DVDs 1. appetite for destruction 2. G N \ R Lies, 3. Use Your Illusion I 4. Use Your Illusion II 5. The spaghetti incident 6. Live \ 87 \ 93 era (CD 2) 7. Greatest Hits 8. Chinese Democracy World Tour in Tokyo -1992 + Use Your Illusion (DVD 2)

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