Talk:Appetite for Destruction

Best selling debut album of all time?

Isn't that Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.73.43.193 (talk) 10:35, 20 March 2010 (UTC) "Jagged Little Pill is Alanis Morissette's THIRD album. Not her debut. 69.114.21.142 (talk) 00:52, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Album Cover

I'm not so sure about all the facts with the album cover art story. I do know about the robot rape picture part of the story, but the part about the cross might be somewhat wrong. In the United States at least, the CD version of the album was sold with a cover that showed a lot of small photos spread out on a black background. The skull cross logo was on the inside cover. Maybe this cover was different in other parts of the world, but the article should reflect that fact, if it is true. Konky2000 15:19, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

The skull/cross logo was the cover of the album after the band compromised to get it released. It was from a picture that Billy Whited painted for the band. Axl got the tattoo afterward. This info is available in Slash's autobiography. The small photos were on the back of the album, not the front.

Stickers

Supplied with my copy of the vinyl (bought new, with the original rape cover art) was a set of stickers on a single sheet. Is this worth mentioning? I'm not sure of how widely the stickers were available? (Yes, I do still have it, and no, I've never used the stickers). Jaruzel (talk) 14:38, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Gossip

Whoever puts this kind of garbage in articles needs to stop writing for Wikipedia:

Some trivia concerning the album's recording: for the moans during the break of "Rocket Queen", is has been rumoured that Axl Rose literally brought a girl friend into the recording studio and recorded himself having intercourse with her. Also, essentially all of Slash's beloved guitar work on the album was recorded not on a Gibson Les Paul as is commonly assumed, but rather on a superior hand-made imitation guitar, which remains his favoured instrument for the studio, though he no longer uses it onstage.

Unless one can use a citation, keep this crap OUT. --65.7.138.84 02:30, 17 June 2006 (UTC)The Prowler

I agree. Unless someone provides a cite in the next coupe of days, it should be removed. Ashmoo 02:42, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

To the moron who calls that "crap" and "garbage", that whole paragraph is true (the girl's name was Adriana Smith). It was recorded with the mixing guys and Slash in the recording booth, enjoying the show. The guitar he used to re-record his tracks WAS a imitation given to him by Tom Zutaut since his own guitars were not good enough to use for the album. BOTH of these FACTS are mentioned in Slash's autobiography.

"Thrash"

Nothing in Guns N' Roses music is thrash metal related in the slightest... there seems to have been some confusion some of the 80s hard rock and Sleaze Rock bands are refered to as "trashy".. notice the absence of the "h"? - Deathrocker 02:29, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

I disagree. "You're Crazy" seems pretty thrash to me... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.203.155.135 (talk) 06:17, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

No, "Angel of Death" by Slayer is thrash. Hear the difference? There's definitely metal influence, and they were friends with some thrash bands like Metallica, but in no way is this album thrash. 64.90.217.245 16:46, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. I'm listening to You're Crazy right now. Thrash? Compared to The Carpenters, maybe.72.67.93.133 (talk) 17:23, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

What? Guns N' Roses isn't even heavy metal, much less thrash metal. Go pop in Reign in Blood, Ride the Lightning, or Rust in Peace if you want to find out what thrash metal is. -MetalKommandant (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 14:33, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Guns'N'Rosse played also heavy metal for sure. Listen to Paradise City and you'll find heavy metal riffs in it and in many other songs by them. Mairlon Silveira from Brazil, at 18:33, 8 September 2009.

I don't see the punk aspect

I really don't understand how this album can be considered to reflect any punk rock influence. If anything, it's anti-punk. Danthelawyer 08:17, 2 January 2007 (UTC)danthelawyer

The sloppiness of the playing and the attitude are quite punky. 64.90.217.245 16:47, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

The song "It's so easy" is pure punk rock. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.39.235.68 (talk) 05:47, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Duff was influenced by such bands as The Sex Pistols and The Misfits. You can hear it in his playing. Also the track It's So easy is blatantly a punk song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.100.206.193 (talk) 03:38, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

The "punk aspect" is the band's reckless attitude and lifestyle at the time.

Re-Recorded

should it be mentioned that Axl re-recoreded it in 1999 [1] Bencey 13:04, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

yes —Preceding unsigned comment added by Britannia10 (talk • contribs) 15:25, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Shouldn't We Add

A list of which skull is which? MaulYoda 01:50, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Yea, someone did now, but could whoever did or someone who knows cite it, my friends think differently than it says. a citing would prove them wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.159.251.165 (talk) 01:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

what?

Is it night rain or nighttrain?

Neither, it's Nightrain Bucketheader 11:22, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

MTV video ban is false.

The thought that the original album artwork (rape scene) was the cause for MTV to ban Welcome to the Jungle is completely baseless. First of all, the Welcome to the Jungle video wasn't released until at least six month's after Appetite's first single/video, Sweet Child o' Mine.

Band documentary books will tell you that record stores refused to sell the album with graphic artwork and that this was the reason for the cover change.

"Welcome..." was the band's first video. Get your facts straight.

FA

Hey, we should prep this for featured article. Skeeker _[Talk] 08:39, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

That's going to take a ton of work. LuciferMorgan 19:21, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Move proposal

There's a proposal at Wikipedia:Requested moves#Incomplete and contested proposals to move this page to Appetite for Destruction (Guns N' Roses album). I don't think that's necessary since this is the primary topic with this name. Crazysuit 05:52, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

GA

Sorry, but as mentioned before there is no information on recording or production of the album, the legacy section isn't a legacy section, it's about sales figures. There is no section pertaining to critical reception or critics reviews of the album. There is no information on what an influence the album has had. There is no introduction of the band 9who plays what, who the members are) or the recording process, the first section is about songwriting credits. M3tal H3ad (talk) 06:10, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

"Banned" cover?

I've made a small change. This article lists quite clearly the reason for the changed cover - people refused to stock it. Ergo, the caption below the image of the original cover which claims it was "banned" is inaccurate. As such, I have removed the word banned.72.67.93.133 (talk) 17:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

blah blah

Should the cover images be exchanged with each other?

Like the ongoing discussion with "Virgin Killer" by Scorpions, it is noted the cover image featured on the top of the page should be the original one, and the additional image the one which is released later or replacing the original one.

In this article it says: "The album's original cover, based on the Robert Williams painting "Appetite for Destruction", depicted a robot rapist about to be punished by a metal avenger. After several music retailers refused to stock the album, they compromised and put the controversial cover art inside, replacing it with a cover depicting a cross and skulls of the five band members --"

It clearly states the "robot" version is the original cover art and the more common "cross" version is the later, replaced cover art. According to Wikipedia guidelines, shouldn't the images thus be in opposite order - even if the now-"additional" cover art is not the most common one, but it was the _original_?

I didn't dare to change the pictures, but shouldn't this be the way it's meant to be? 88.192.188.80 (talk) 14:24, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Highest selling debut of all time?

We all know Boston was, but if you look at the articles, Boston is 17x Plat., while it says in September AFD went 18x, should we add something about this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by KILLER BOB11694 (talk • contribs) 18:45, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Adriana Smith

I added Adriana and someone toock it down, why? See Rocket Queen. Alright, there is no proof that Adriana and Axl had *** in the studio but still, it's worth agnologing, even if it's in a new section called "Unconfirmed additional personal" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.198.113.60 (talk) 18:04, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

There is "proof" about Axl and Adriana's sex being recorded to mix with Rocket Queen. It's in Slash's autobiography, and he was a witness to it. It was Axl's idea, and they went with it.

Cover art

We should use the cover art most are familiar with, as the one used is only on the re-released 2008 vinyl version, isn't it? Everyone is familiar with the cross, I say we keep the cross. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KILLER BOB11694 (talk • contribs) 17:19, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Why can't I use this source?

I put a simple link to the list that Metal Rules put together of "The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums"(I also used it on the page for Rainbow's Long Live Rock 'n' Roll album) a link that has been used as a source on the page for Metallica's Master of Puppets album. If it can stay on that page then why did it have to be removed here and on the Long Live Rock 'n' Roll page]]? 19:33, 27 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rockgenre (talk • contribs)

yeah

yeah i agree —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.20.99.190 (talk) 01:30, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Metal

If the borderline, bubblegum Poison albums and half of Europe's songs can be listed as metal than I don't get why an album 10 times heavier can't. Appetite is mentioned in our heavy metal article and Rolling Stone has called it metal. Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6597908/61_appetite_for_destruction . Rockgenre (talk) 03:26, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Can we get some people responding here.Rockgenre (talk) 19:21, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Is there a better source than that one? It would take a few good sources to overturn the consensus for this article. 142.167.160.111 (talk) 00:37, 13 October 2009 (UTC) Striking sock Rockgenre (talk) 20:42, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

There are 5 other sources on GNR's main page for them being metal and this album is mentioned in wikipedia's heavy metal article. It's metal.Rockgenre (talk) 02:42, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

:::Wikipedia can't be used as a source for itself. 142.167.160.111 (talk) 10:28, 13 October 2009 (UTC) Striking sock Rockgenre (talk) 20:42, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey I got another source here, Rock: The Rough Guide(It's used on the 1960s in heavy metal music page here). A quote from page 929, "It remains among the few LPs of the '70s able to stand toe to toe with modern metal masterpieces such as Metallica's Master of Puppets and Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction". Rockgenre (talk) 01:07, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

I believe that citation should pass. But a supporting citation should be found for it to avoid IP tampering. I've seen the recent edit history for this issue and I would like to point out that adding a reference for heavy metal here does not mean that heavy metal can be added to any of the song articles related to this album. Individual references specifically mentioning the song title being a heavy metal song must be found. Like this article, to avoid any further confusion, at least two separate citations which pass Wikipedia's criteria for sources should be found. I do not think Rolling Stone is a good reference for heavy metal related subjects. As a North American publication it may cater to its readership there. But for my home country, and others I've lived in, it is not respected and is read by very few. Cold Goast (talk) 01:58, 15 October 2009 (UTC) Striking sock Rockgenre (talk) 20:42, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Songwriting Credits

There are no sources listed for the "actual" songwriting credits. What is posted seems to be in contradiction with other sources, especially in regards to Slash and Duff McKagan's writing contributions. Here Slash is credited as the sole music writer for Sweet Child O Mine while in Slash and Izzy Stradlin's interview with Guitar For The Practicing Musician in 1988, Slash claims he only came up with the famous intro and Stradlin' wrote the rest of the song. This section needs considerable sourcing in order to justify its claims. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.9.162.247 (talk) 07:45, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

If this is the inspiration for the Neutrality notice at the top of the article, I have clarified things a little (I hope) by adding a tag to the Track Listing section calling for more references. I agree that the so-called "actual" songwriting credits seem fishy and might be based on rumors and innuendo that have been circulating for 20 years. Without more references on where those credits came from, and soon, I propose that the whole section be reverted to "all music and lyrics written by Guns n' Roses except..." as can be seen in the album notes themselves. --DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 19:01, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Been quite a while since this was brought up. The album itself credits all songs to Guns N' Roses, with Arkeen and Weber co-credited on a song each. Allmusic gives the same credits (apart from "Rocket Queen" - Adler, Rose?). I'm assuming that most of, if not all, of the credits currently there are based on what Slash says in his autobiography. Will have to have a re-read to find the pages, apart from that, cant find anything else that, at the moment, that lists individual composers. HrZ (talk) 14:52, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Title of "Best-Selling Debut Album of all time"

It states in this article, that, as of last month, this album has sold 28 million copies worldwide. However, In the article for Hybrid Theory, it is states a global sales total of 29 million. If I am correct, wouldn't that make Hybrid Theory (the Debut Album of Linkin Park) the best-selling Debut Album of all time? I would also like to note that the article, List of best-selling albums worldwide, it still lists hybrid Theory as selling 24 million copies, and that when i googled the sales total, i got mixed results ranging from 19 Million copies worldwide, to 45 Million Copies worldwide. Can we clear this up? Get a RELIABLE SOURCE that states what Hybrid Theory's total sales are, and IF they are higher than that of Appetite For Destruction, or not? ~L.H.C.D.1~ (talk) 00:26, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Best-selling debut album in the USA, not worldwide

You should correct that AFD is the best-selling debut album in the USA. The best-selling debut album worldwide is still Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill. List of best-selling albums worldwide —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.237.99.5 (talk) 04:52, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Album Cover (again)

Shouldn't the alternative rape cover be up in the info box as an "Alternative cover"?Jasper420 01:06, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

think about you

just wondering is think about you about heroine, i am a huge GnR fan, listened to that song many, many times, read slash's auto biography and another book about guns n roses and have never heard that before. can someone confirm it or show me a source please?