Do you own Appetite for Destruction?

Itssoeasy

Mod Edit: Do not start discussing your opinion of Axl Rose. If you don't like him that's fine. Stick to discussing Appetite for Destruction.

Seeing as there is a master of puppets(which I own) thread why not an appetite thread.

Track listing.
1. "Welcome to the Jungle"
2. "It's So Easy"
3. "Nightrain"
4. "Out ta Get Me"
5. "Mr. Brownstone"
6. "Paradise City"
7. "My Michelle"
8. "Think About You"
9. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
10. "You're Crazy"
11. "Anything Goes"
12. "Rocket Queen"

Jako8

Nope. I borrowed it from a friend and burned it. It's an album I don't really care about owning since I'm not a huge Guns 'n Roses fan.

I do really like it though. When I was 13 I thought it was their greatest hits. :P

Nailz

No

I do, very good album but I don't listen to it too much, nor have I in a while. I don't necessarily like GNR too much so there lies the blame. "Annoying types" where I come from it love all their hits, and it kind of spoils the reflection against GNR moreso. But I'm not bothered with them either way.

Mental Mickey

No

Yup, I bought it when it first came out. Absolutely brilliant album. Mind you, there is a weak track on it -"Anything Goes". Everything else on it is brilliant. Shame it all went pear-shaped - but let's not start that argument again.

Herb Powell

Personally, I'm not really a fan of GnR, so no.

Max Power1

No

Indeed I do....

Another "must have" album imo.

Knifey Spoony

No

Yup have it alright, got it off my friend a couple of years back. Think it was the album that made me stick with the guitar, spending hours trying to learn most of the songs off it.
Don't listen to it that much these days though, have probably played it so much that I'm sick of it at this stage!

old gregg

there's a copy on cassette somewhere up in the attic. Have not heard it on CD in a few years though. The singles are still worth turning up when they come on the radio.

Myrddin

No

Yep have it. Back when music had attitude & balls, quality album.

Joe_Dull

No

I do indeed. Not much of a fan though, a lot of it strikes me as filler (e.g. "It's So Easy", "Out ta Get Me", "You're Crazy"). I was surprised when I first heard it, being such a "classic" album, that only the singles and a few album tracks stood out as being decent. There are some fantastic tunes on it, but for GnR's most acclaimed album it feels to me to be worryingly padded out.

Myrddin

No

Joe_Dull wrote: »

I do indeed. Not much of a fan though, a lot of it strikes me as filler (e.g. "It's So Easy", "Out ta Get Me", "You're Crazy"). I was surprised when I first heard it, being such a "classic" album, that only the singles and a few album tracks stood out as being decent. There are some fantastic tunes on it, but for GnR's most acclaimed album it feels to me to be worryingly padded out.

True enough, & I prefer the Illusions myself. But there are some properly 'bad-ass' songs on Appetite - Jungle, Nightrain, Brownstone, Paradise City, My Michelle & Rocket Queen.

MagicMarker

No

There is definitely no filler on AFD, unlike UYI 1&2.

barone

No

one of the greatest rock/metal albums in my lifetime,so yes

Joe_Dull

No

EnterNow wrote: »

True enough, & I prefer the Illusions myself. But there are some properly 'bad-ass' songs on Appetite - Jungle, Nightrain, Brownstone, Paradise City, My Michelle & Rocket Queen.

You have indeed named the incredible tracks off that album, each of em a classic

Mental Mickey

No

MagicMarker wrote: »

There is definitely no filler on AFD, unlike UYI 1&2.

UYI albums are chock full of rubbish, with a few absolute gems thrown in - Don't Cry, Estranged, Locomotive to name but 3.

Nailz

No

EnterNow wrote: »

Yep have it. Back when music had attitude & balls, quality album.

You know what, I would never have guessed you had it! :pac:

jurahnimoh

No

The cool album cover sold it to me, nevertheless its one of my all time favourites

seanybiker

No

Yup. Listened to it on repeat a few nights ago while having a few cans. Class album

happyoutscan

No

A masterpiece and imo there are no fillers on it. Couldn't listen to the illusions but could easily listen to this straight through once a day. Axel is a twat though.:D

Welease

Awesome album.. Have the original Robot picture album on vinyl at home..

Malice

No

Max Power1 wrote: »

Indeed I do....

Another "must have" album imo.

This is exactly what I was going to post . In terms of hard rock it'd be my first choice for an album every rock fan should own. It'll be interesting to see how the percentages stack up against Master of Puppets.

happyoutscan wrote:

Axel is a twat though

Just for once I'd love to see a thread discussing something to do with Guns N' Roses that didn't feature some variation of the above. In order not to derail the thread can everyone please note the following:
Do not start discussing your opinion of Axl Rose. If you don't like him that's fine. Stick to discussing Appetite for Destruction.

Myrddin

No

Mental Mickey wrote: »

UYI albums are chock full of rubbish, with a few absolute gems thrown in - Don't Cry, Estranged, Locomotive to name but 3.

There are some fillers, but chock full of rubbish??

There arn't as many instant hits as Appetite, but when you familiarise yourself with the albums there's far more good than bad songs. Much deeper album(s), not to everyone's liking but I find myself listening to those more than appetite for some reason.

Malice

No

MagicMarker wrote: »

There is definitely no filler on AFD, unlike UYI 1&2.

I was tempted to agree then I remembered I've never really liked It's So Easy, Think About You or Anything Goes. Anytime I'm listening to the album I nearly always skip those. I nearly always skip Sweet Child O'Mine too but that's because I'm pig sick of hearing it. It's a fantastic song but sadly the epitome of an overplayed song.

nyarlothothep

Yes, I read the Slash biography and immediately went out to buy Appetite for Destruction. Needless to say I am a marketeers dream.

DHYNZY

No

Definitely one of the greatest albums of all time. While I agree that UYI was somewhat deeper, Appetite captured an atmosphere, a moment in time, and the attitude of an era, and stands out as classic for that reason.

It only falls short of Back in Black for sheer listenability over and over again!

Myrddin

No

DHYNZY wrote: »

Appetite captured an atmosphere, a moment in time, and the attitude of an era, and stands out as classic for that reason.

Couldn't have said it better, nicely worded.

Wooden Jesus

No

This album should be issued to people when they're born.
Its a definite must have album.
I don't even know many people who haven't got this album.

Lucifer31

No

Got my first Agfa cassette copy in 1988. Currently have a well worn CD copy and two copies on vinyl (one european, one south american) with the original 'banned' robot scene artwork.

hidinginthebush

I have it somewhere, can't say I'm mad about it. Think I used to love it, but now Nightrain, Mr. Brownstone and Paradise City are all that'll get played. The rest of it is all very skippble IMO

JBnaglfar

No

Have it too. Its an absolutely brilliant album, surely one of the best debut albums if not the best. Love every song on there, but unfortunately - as Malice said - Sweet Child o' Mine has been overplayed to the point where I never put it on anymore. Between hearing the original version and countless covers by pub bands over the years, I have been way over-exposed to the song. I can't deny its quality though

Minstrel27

No

It sits happily in my top 10 albums of all time. I give it a listen every 2 weeks or so.

Catari Jaguar

No

Bought it when I was 17, for €7.99 in Tower Records. Couldn't figure out why it was on sale. Actually every time I've seen it since, it's been on sale... It really is a must have; one of the greatest debuts of all time, just an absolute classic.

rednik

No

Bought it on release and it still gets spun a lot, great album.

Riddle101

No

Appetite for Destruction is just one of those albums that you have to buy. I don't know any rock or metal fans who don't own a copy of it. Even if you're not a GnR fan, it's still one of those albums that everyone get's because it's such an awesome album. So yeah i do own a copy of AFD. But then again, i own all the GnR albums

Joey the lips

No

Its one of my fav albums. I always wished patience was on it just to top it off.

Remember a couple of filims that used welcome to the jungle in one form or another.

lord lucan

No

I could write for pages about this album,such is its greatness.

This was the album that got me into Rock and subsequently Metal. I know i've recanted this story before somewhere in the annals of the R&M boards but i'm gonna tell it again.:)

Sometime in 1988 i heard Paradise City on the radio. Don't know the station or the show but it caught my attention immediately. I was 14 and had been on a diet of pop and whatever ****e the pirate stations were playing for years and that was all i knew. Sadly none of my mates were rockers so i was never exposed to it.

I found out the name of the album that Paradise City was on and decided to save my pocket money and buy it. Roll on a few weeks later and i asked my Da' to drop me off in town on the way to the fortnightly visit to the grandparents in Raheny. I headed to Golden Discs on Mary St. and duly purchased AFD and headed to Connolly station to catch the Dart to Raheny. I threw the cassette into my Phillips Moving Sound walkman as i waited for the train and got to listening to it.

First track(WTTJ) was amazing,the killer hook at the start drawing me in instantly. It was the 2nd tune(ISE) that done the job. When Axl sung "why don't you just,f**k off" the hairs on my arms were standing on end. I even rewound the tape to here it again! Coming from listening to A-ha and other such bands this was unreal. It's nothing in comparison with what gets commited to vinyl these days but back then it was a real eye opener.

And so began my love affair with GN'R. The album still gets regular play and to be honest it hasn't aged at all. There's only 1 track that i'm not mad about(TAY) but the rest is killer. It'll always be special to me as it was my intro to the world of rock music and i'm thankful i heard it and became aware of such an awesome genre. Thanks GN'R.:)

Malice

No

I threw it on in work this afternoon. One of the things I really like about it is the separate and distinctive guitar tracks. That is something I wish more bands featuring two guitarists would do rather than either having a very distinct separation between lead and rhythm or just doubling the same track and panning one hard left and the other hard right.

I forgot to say in my earlier post that this is another album I've bought three times. Twice on tape and once on CD.

Welease wrote:

Have the original Robot picture album on vinyl at home..

Isn't that just the inside cover of the normal version?

Say Your Number

No

Got it 4 years ago, Haven't listened to it for a long time. Out Ta Get Me is my favourite tune on it.

lord lucan

No

Malice wrote: »

Isn't that just the inside cover of the normal version?

Originally the Robo Rape scene was the front cover until it gained attention from the media and Geffen done an about turn and changed it. I have it on vinyl somewhere with that cover and a load of stickers. Japanese release iirc.

Still have the casstte that i bought all them years ago complete with sides G and R(instead of A & B for the nippers here who don't remember tapes:pac:).

Malice

No

lord lucan wrote: »

Originally the Robo Rape scene was the front cover until it gained attention from the media and Geffen done an about turn and changed it.

I knew that alright, I suppose what I should have asked was whether there was some additional artwork that was replaced when the robot pic was moved from the front. I guess if it's vinyl then there was just a front and back so probably not. Were there any tapes issued with different artwork?

lord lucan

No

Malice wrote: »

I knew that alright, I suppose what I should have asked was whether there was some additional artwork that was replaced when the robot pic was moved from the front. I guess if it's vinyl then there was just a front and back so probably not. Were there any tapes issued with different artwork?

IIRC the robo rape scene was inside the cassette inlay on the one i had. Must dig it up and check it out. Not sure how many cassettes were ever issued with robo scene on the front.

Pauleta

No

Greatest debut album of all time and my favourite album of all time.

jack presley

No

Is this "do you own ....." concept going to get out of control now? 2 now, what's next?

Max Power1

No

jack presley wrote: »

Is this "do you own ....." concept going to get out of control now? 2 now, what's next?

In fairness the two so far were must have albums for any self respecting R&M fan.

Taxedalot

No

Minstrel27 wrote: »

It sits happily in my top 10 albums of all time. I give it a listen every 2 weeks or so.

Me too.

Bought on casette back in in 87, then gave it my girlfriend's older sister when she was all teary-eyed heading off back packing around Europe.

Bought it shortly after on vinyl and later agin on CD. It's usually the first album that gets trasnferred to any new phone or media playing device that I get.

Sheer kick-ass brilliance.

Welease

Malice wrote: »

I knew that alright, I suppose what I should have asked was whether there was some additional artwork that was replaced when the robot pic was moved from the front. I guess if it's vinyl then there was just a front and back so probably not. Were there any tapes issued with different artwork?

I dont think there is anything majorly different.. The insert on the changed cover version is lots of band photo's and lyrics on the other side..

From what I have read there were only 10,000 copies of the original cover, so it's considerably rarer (given the overall sales of the album globally), and have seen price estimates between $50-250 for it depending on condition. Apparently lots of fakes have been made.

r3nu4l

No

lord lucan wrote: »

Originally the Robo Rape scene was the front cover until it gained attention from the media and Geffen done an about turn and changed it. I have it on vinyl somewhere with that cover and a load of stickers. Japanese release iirc.

Still have the casstte that i bought all them years ago complete with sides G and R(instead of A & B for the nippers here who don't remember tapes:pac:).

lord lucan wrote: »

IIRC the robo rape scene was inside the cassette inlay on the one i had. Must dig it up and check it out. Not sure how many cassettes were ever issued with robo scene on the front.

I bought it on Vinyl from Golden Discs when it first came out so it has the robo rape scene on the cover. Mine wasn't a Jap release, I believe they pulled the robo rape scene copies from the shops about two weeks after I bought it.

It's a very good album and held such promise for the band, however I didn't like any album after that, just one or two tracks from UYI 1 and 2.

Motley Crue

No

Like with a Christian and the book of Genesis, this album is as important to me as a Music fan and someone who works in the Media Industry, probably one of the first albums I ever owned to be perfectly honest.

This track, for me, is a rare example of me liking track after track after track and considering it one of the greatest examples of modern music I've ever heard. The only track, mind you, which I don't like is the only song which I believe GNR sort of rarely played live - Anything Goes - it's just never been a song I liked, which is rare, because every one of it's brothers and sisters is a song I love

Great album - 10/10

Nailz

No

Motley Crue wrote: »

Like with a Christian and the book of Genesis...

Nice analogy there, Crue, because similarly to the Book of Genesis (and Christianity as a whole), GNR can also be full of shit.

So, at this point - where I've appeared to insulted two sets of people - I'll get out of here!

Motley Crue

No

Nailz wrote: »

So, at this point - where I've appeared to insulted two sets of people - I'll get out of here!

Get my shotgun....:rolleyes:

*Nobody insults Axl Rose on my watch - even if he does deserve it - I believe we all learned that lesson after the event last year of which we do not speak*

blastman

No

Yep, bought it on cassette shortly after it came out and years later picked it up on CD. I haven't listened to it in a long time, but it's an album that never gets old.