Guns N' Rose - G N' R Lies

Happy forty-eighth birthday today (February 5th) to bassist Duff McKagan and fiftieth birthday tomorrow (February 6th) to singer Axl Rose.

Following their smash hit debut album Appetite for Destruction (click here for my review of that one), Guns N’ Roses followed it up a year later in 1988 with G N’ R Lies. This one too went multi-Platinum in sales and scored well on the charts; it reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 200, number 7 in Sweden, number 13 in Canada, number 15 in Switzerland and number 22 in the UK.

Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

The California rock band Guns N’ Roses had an incredible recording debut with their 1987 album Appetite For Destruction, beating out the record held by Boston’s self-title debut album. The record has sold over 28 million copies world-wide.

Besides being a best-seller, the record was also a critical success. Rolling Stone ranked it at number 27 on its 100 Top Albums of the 80’s list and number 61 on its 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time list. VH1 named it their 42nd Greatest Album of All-Time. Guitar World magazine put it at number 2 on their list of 100 Greatest Guitar Albums.