The Garden (song)

"The Garden"
Single by Guns N' Roses featuring Alice Cooper and Shannon Hoon
from the album Use Your Illusion I
Released	1992
Genre	Heavy metal, art rock
Length	5:21
Label	Geffen
Writer(s)	Axl Rose West Arkeen Del James
Producer	Mike Clink, Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses chronology
"November Rain" (1992) "The Garden" (1992) "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (1992)
Use Your Illusion I track listing "November Rain" (10) "The Garden" (11) "Garden of Eden" (12) Alice Cooper chronology "Love's a Loaded Gun" (1991) "The Garden" (1992)

"The Garden" is a song by the rock band Guns N' Roses. It appears on the album Use Your Illusion I as track 11, and the compilation album Use Your Illusion as track 5. The song was written before the band released Appetite for Destruction, but was not included on that album. It was written by Axl Rose, Del James and West Arkeen.

Shock rock pioneer Alice Cooper is featured in the song, along with the former lead singer of Blind Melon, Shannon Hoon.

The music video for the song depicts various band members in sections of New York City, specifically Times Square and Washington Square Park, and was released to promote the Use Your Illusion Tour. Due to various scenes taking place in strip clubs, the video was not shown very much on MTV. The video appears on the band's Welcome to the Videos.

Personnel

Guns N' Roses

• Axl Rose – lead vocals, backing vocals, production
• Slash – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, production
• Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, production
• Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals, production
• Matt Sorum – drums, production

Additional musicians

• Alice Cooper – lead vocals
• Shannon Hoon – backing vocals
• West Arkeen – acoustic guitar

References

• Davis, Stephen (2008). Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N' Roses. Gotham Books. ISBN 978-1-592-40377-6.