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      <bio>
    <published>Fri, 3 Apr 2009 19:19:20 +0000</published>
    <summary><![CDATA[Guns N' Roses are an influential American <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/hard%20rock" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">hard rock</a> band founded in Los Angeles in 1985. They are often credited with bringing rock n' roll back into the mainstream during the late 1980s, resurrecting the styles of bands such as Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones during a time when hair metal and glam rock had been dominating the airwaves.  They have released six studio albums, <a title="Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Guns+N%27+Roses/Appetite+for+Destruction" class="bbcode_album">Appetite for Destruction</a> in 1987, <a title="Guns N' Roses - Gn'r Lies" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Guns+N%27+Roses/Gn%27r+Lies" class="bbcode_album">Gn'r Lies</a> (re-issue of the self-released 'Live Like a Suicide' EP, plus four newly recorded acoustic songs) in 1988...]]></summary>
    <content><![CDATA[<strong>Guns N' Roses</strong> are an influential American <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/hard%20rock" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">hard rock</a> band founded in Los Angeles in 1985. They are often credited with bringing rock n' roll back into the mainstream during the late 1980s, resurrecting the styles of bands such as Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones during a time when hair metal and glam rock had been dominating the airwaves.
 
 They have released six studio albums, <a title="Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Guns+N%27+Roses/Appetite+for+Destruction" class="bbcode_album">Appetite for Destruction</a> in 1987, <a title="Guns N' Roses - Gn'r Lies" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Guns+N%27+Roses/Gn%27r+Lies" class="bbcode_album">Gn'r Lies</a> (re-issue of the self-released 'Live Like a Suicide' EP, plus four newly recorded acoustic songs) in 1988, <a title="Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Guns+N%27+Roses/Use+Your+Illusion+I" class="bbcode_album">Use Your Illusion I</a> and <a title="Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Guns+N%27+Roses/Use+Your+Illusion+II" class="bbcode_album">Use Your Illusion II</a> in 1991, <a title="Guns N' Roses - The Spaghetti Incident?" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Guns+N%27+Roses/The+Spaghetti+Incident%3F" class="bbcode_album">The Spaghetti Incident?</a> (Covers album) in 1993, and, after fifteen years and several lineup changes with only one member of the original lineup remaining, <a title="Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Guns+N%27+Roses/Chinese+Democracy" class="bbcode_album">Chinese Democracy</a> in 2008. They also released one &quot;Live&quot; EP in 1986, which was a collection of 5 songs that the band had been playing since their first rehearsal with an audience track added to make the demos seem live, titled <a title="Guns N' Roses - Live Like A Suicide" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Guns+N%27+Roses/Live+Like+A+Suicide" class="bbcode_album">Live Like A Suicide</a>.
 
 The band is often referred to as &quot;the world's most dangerous band&quot; due to their volatile live shows. Stemming from the LA rock &amp; roll underground in 1986, the band signified a shift in rock from slick hair-metal back to gritty, dirty, street-smart rock &amp; roll. 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, had a tendency to show sensitivity and a desire to break free from the city. Subsequent albums revealed an influence from bands in the vein of <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Rolling+Stones" class="bbcode_artist">The Rolling Stones</a> and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Queen" class="bbcode_artist">Queen</a>. 
 
 Their 1987 breakthrough, <a title="Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Guns+N%27+Roses/Appetite+for+Destruction" class="bbcode_album">Appetite for Destruction</a>, (which is the second highest-selling debut album of all-time) 15 times platinum, coupled with the success of the hit single &quot;<a title="Guns N' Roses &ndash; Sweet Child o' Mine" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Guns+N%27+Roses/_/Sweet+Child+o%27+Mine" class="bbcode_track">Sweet Child o' Mine</a>&quot; in 1988, took the world by storm. &quot;Appetite&quot; was full of raunchy hard rock with blistering anthemic guitar riffs and snarling vocals. It was unlike anything before, it was raw and real with no flaw at all.
 
 A follow up EP was made in 1988. &quot;GNR Lies&quot; contained 4 songs from their debut EP Live Like A Suicide, 3 new acoustic songs, and an acoustic version of You're Crazy. The album sold well and got into the top 10 alongside Appetite For Destruction.  By 1991 they were one of the most popular bands in the world. <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/steven+adler" class="bbcode_artist">steven adler</a> (original drummer) was kicked out of the band due to his drug abuse. <a href="http://www.last.
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