26th Anniversary: Guns N' Roses: Use Your Illusion I & 2

[GlobalObserver]

Released: September 17, 1991

[hobub]

Time is really flying now.

[Mikey]

Never cared for Guns N' Roses back in the day

Always hated Axl Rose's (old lady screaming) voice.

Never understood why anybody liked it.

[hobub]

I know what you mean, I could picture Mel Blanc doing the same vocal range, and would have done it well.

[CrimsonGhost]

Loved GN'FnR from the first time I heard them and bought both 1 and 2 the first weekend it was out. It was hoped that those albums could bring back the popularity of pop metal the way Appetite did in '87. Alas, it was not to be. I've often wondered if trimming the two albums down to one would have made a difference. Instead of two good albums, they released one really great one.
Anyway, this came out during my first year of Kubert school and there are A LOT of great memories tied into that album for me.

[cjefferys]

I was a huge GNR fan, I bought Appetite before it really hit big and it's still one of my favorite albums (and IMO one of the finest debut albums ever). It was a long wait for Use Your Illusion 1 & 2, I bought them the day they came out and while they were pretty good, they weren't as good as their debut and there was a lot of filler (compared to Appetite, which is solid from beginning to end). Still, there is some good stuff on the pair, especially the long epic songs and Izzy's contributions. Can't believe it's been twenty-six years!

[Nostalgiabuff]

Never cared for Guns N' Roses back in the day

Always hated Axl Rose's (old lady screaming) voice.

Never understood why anybody liked it.

I'm with you. never liked them or saw the appeal. Okay, they have 1 or 2 songs I don't mind when they come on the radio. but I never really cared for them and certainly never bought one of their albums or tickets to see them. in fact, Rose is such a prima donna I would not buy tickets even if I did like them

[fallensaviour]

Nice,wow time flies!!!
Bought them when they came out.
Appetite is also still one of my favourite today as well.

[J.B.]

Appetite was amazing, but these two albums made them worthy of walking down those steps of The Academy, arm in arm, with Plato. Estranged still blows my mind today.

[palitoy]

Music is so subjective isn't it?

Appetite was a punch in the gut for this suburban teen. So much better than the "Warrant/Poison" stuff going around, it kind of propelled me to seek out harder bands and getting me into metal/thrash/punk/rap phases. I think of it as a near perfect album.

BUT i had a diminishing return on everything afterwards, I bought them but it just didn't ever come close for me. I found the double album excessive and full of fat, I just didn't dig it at all. I've never listened to the "Spaghetti Incident" and probably never will.

[hobub]

Brings back a lot of late 80s early 90s memories.

[sprytel]

Nothing lasts forever, even cold November rain.

[J.B.]

I've never listened to the "Spaghetti Incident" and probably never will.

Brian, give it a shot; some great covers here, especially this one:

[Hector]

Guns N Roses was pretty good...but my go to 80s hard rock band was Van Halen...with both Roth and Hager.

[Hector]

Oh, Illusion I & 2...great stuff...