Guns N' Roses' sound was dark, sleazy, dirty, and honest - in short: everything that good
hard rock and
heavy metal should be. Although Guns N' Roses were certainly one of the most promising groups of the late 80s and early 90s, band-internal conflicts and the emergence of
alternative rock led to Axl Rose slowly losing the rest of his band, and he spent more than 15 years in the studio before the release of the long-delayed album "Chinese Democracy", which was finally published in 2008. The first EP of the band was released in 1986 and brought them a contract with
Geffen records, where they released their debut album, "Appetite for Destruction", in the following year. The band slowly gathered a community of fans, but the album only started selling well one year after it was published, when MTV started playing "Sweet Child O' Mine". The album and Guns N' Roses became a household name of the international
rock music scene, with their debut single "Welcome to the Jungle" and following singles, like "Paradise City", reaching the top ten, and the group's following albums selling well. With the rise of
Nirvana and a general stylistic change in rock music, the career of the band came to a halt, and Rose was left behind by the other band members. Today, the group still exists and performs live with changing lineups, while the band's classic lineup was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
