Introduction
Act One: Squalor on Sunset Strip
01 New Rose: Hollywood Rose forms
02 Right Next Door to Hell: GN’R plays their first show
03 Nice Boys: Slash and Steven complete the classic lineup
04 Pretty Tied Up: GN’R signs with Geffen
Sidebar Razamanaz: Manny Charlton Recalls Producing the Appetite Demos
05 Perfect Crime: GN’R issues Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide
06 Get in the Ring: GN’R issues Appetite for Destruction
Act Two: Appetite for Domination
07 Anything Goes: GN’R’s first North American tour
08 Paradise City: Appetite for Destruction hits No. 1 in the US
09 Down on the Farm: GN’R performs at Monsters of Rock
Sidebar Appetite for Destruction: A Deconstruction
10 November Rain: GNR’ issues G N’R Lies
11 Shotgun Blues: Opening for the Rolling Stones
12 Reckless Life: Farm Aid IV, Steven’s last show with the band
13 Out ta Get Me: “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” features Matt Sorum’s GN’R debut
Act Three: Insanity
14 Breakdown: Axl leaves midshow in St. Louis, causing a riot
15 Welcome to the Jungle: GN’R issues Use Your Illusion I
16 Raw Power: GN’R issues Use Your Illusion II
17 One in a Million: Use Your Illusion II debuts at No. 1
18 Coma: Izzy’s out, Gilby’s in
19 Human Being: The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
20 Civil War: Chaos at Metallica/Guns N’ Roses show in Montreal
21 I.R.S.: Appetite for Destruction certified 10x platinum in US
22 Attitude: GN’R releases “The Spaghetti Incident?”
23 You Ain’t the First: Axl announces that Slash has left
24 Garden of Eden: New GN’R song appears on End of Days soundtrack
25 Live and Let Die: GN’R issues Live Era ‘87 – ‘93
Sidebar GN’R versus Hair Metal
Act Four: Axl Goes Rogue
26 You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory: Geffen issues Greatest Hits
27 Absurd: Izzy rejoins (sort of)
28 Patience: Dr Pepper linked to release of Chinese Democracy
29 Mr. Brownstone: Steven records first episode of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
30 14 Years: GN’R releases Chinese Democracy
31 My World: GN’R embarks on first Chinese Democracy tour
32 You Could Be Mine: The Up Close and Personal Tour
33 Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door: Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Sidebar Chinese Democracy Progress Report
Act Five: Legacy
34 Don’t Damn Me: The first reunion-era tour
Sidebar The Solo Projects
35 This I Love: Axl is in AC/DC!
36 Used to Love Her: Appetite for Destruction subject of elaborate reissue
37 Dust N’ Bones: Band embarks on We’re F’N’ back! Tour
38 Bad Apples: GN’R issues “Absurd” and “Hard Skool”
39 Yesterdays: Geffen issues Use Your Illusion expanded editions
40 Double Talkin’ Jive: New single renews hope for new album
Discography
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