Did Guns N' Roses save metal in the late 80's?
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They were supposed to be metal?  I'd have never guessed.\n\nMetal didn't need saving.  It's done fine on its own.
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No-brainer. PRE!\n\nThey took a MAJOR nosedive when the horn section became more prominent, & the cheesy movie ballads took over.\n\nThey ROCKED the way God meant em to in the 70s!
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guns n roses have the best intros... especialy welcome to the jungle. one of the best solos is the one in freebird. its awesome
995719
Hair Bands!  They got into the whole "sex drugs and rock and roll" thing, which I prefer to the depressing scene of grunge.  Hair bands were more fun.  \n\nMaking depression and not caring 'cool' was awful for the people sucked up into it and our society as a whole.  Thankfully this is slowly changing.  The fact that Kurt Cobain is made out to be some kind of hero is an utter joke.  \n\nYes they looked odd, but I feel on average they had more talent than grunge artists.  Grunge just doesn't seem that creative to me.  And as a guitarist myself, I really missed the guitar solo.    \n\nNow, I prefer other types of rock and metal, but for the question, Hair Metal ftw!
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"14 Years" by Guns' N' Roses
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How could they still be putting out "80's rock"?  You do know that when "80's rock" was new, in the 1980's, it was just called music.  And I don't even understand your question anyway.
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Like a lot of musical movements, Grunge had its time in the sun. I think what happened was the corporates didn't like the ferocity of the Grunge movement and fought back through manufacturing faux-grunge bands and singers (I'll name no names) so that they could control music again. With the death of Kurt Cobain and the breakup of Soundgarden, the movement was always going to be eventually marginalized by the hype of manufactured bands and the American Idol culture that seems to have completely taken over music. I wouldn't despair, though. Music has always had a way of throwing up rebels. There will eventually be a backlash against the corporates. Something like Grunge (which, after all, was really Punk Mark II) will spring up again. All it will take is a few genuinely talented bands to kick the door down.
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Are cookies the same without milk?  What would Steven be without Joe, Mick with Keith, one Robinson brother without the other?  They would be nothing and that is what Axl is with out Slash.  Good thing it doesn't work in reverse.  Slash has kept his head above water and still has the respect of his peers in the industry.  I believe that down the road there will be a reunion but it is still a ways off.  Axl has to lose the chip on his shoulder and relize that he sucks without Slash.  SLASH IS GOD!
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i am sure they dont have it anymore. But I hear axl is just as good working the crowd as he was in 87. Check blabbermouth and search the foourms. I have seen some people talking about em in the fourm area
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Im pretty sure Geddy Lee did.  At least thats what I have heard all these years.\n\nHeres a link that supports my statement.  \n\nhttp://www.2112.net/powerwindows/AF2Klyrics.htm
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the 80's- 90's i might be young and all but it all seems cool to me ya know! Bon Jovi, Guns n' roses, motley Crue, Ozzy. C'mon who is competing with them!!
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i don't think there has been such a thing as "rock n' roll" for a long time.\ni think those words have their own little group of bands, i don't think anyone falls in there anymore. "rock n' roll" to me is buddy holly, richie valenz, the big bopper, etc.\nanything after that to me is hard rock, alternative, pop.\nits the same think with hendrix, led zep, skynard, and pink floyd- that to me is classic rock and nothing else.\n\nwhat i'm trying to say is that i can't compare iron maiden to marylin manson cuz to me it's already 2 different styles of music. and same with s.o.a.d. to slayer.\n\np.s. (slayer and iron maiden can't hold a candle to S.O.A.D.)
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On February 20, 2006, Guns N' Roses were confirmed to be headlining "Nova Rock", a festival in Austria from June 15 to 17th of this year.\nGuns N' Roses have also been confirmed to play at Rock In Rio 2006, at Lisbon. They play May 27.[2] Also, Guns N Roses have also been confirmed to play at the "Gods of metal" festival which takes place in Bologna Italy from the 3rd to 4th June of this year. They are now confirmed to play at Download Festival, UK on the weekend of 9th - 11th June this year.\nGreece? Don't think so.
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It wasn't really one band that started metal, it was a bunch of movements and bands over time that were eventually brought together to form what we now call metal. If you meant who came first, they started the same year, however black sabbath was not originally called black sabbath, and originally played heavy blues rock and moved into metal a few years later. Metallica didn't start until well over a decade later.
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Absolutely. The created an unique style and sound and are very original and prolific in their recordings. Each album they record automatically becomes a Heavy Metal classic, since their first one in 1980 until the most recent. They are also terrific musicians as well. Though there are many great groups in the Heavy Metal scene, only Iron Maiden is always one step forward. They are the real masters of the genre.
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I don't have one but I would have to say Guns N Roses, Jon Bon Jovi, KISS, Poison, WhiteSnake, Foreigner, Zebra, Def Leppard, Twisted Sister were all worth listening to.
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In the mid 80's Metallica of course\nPresent time  System...