Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImage 12 Patience (1988) One of the tautest songs on one of rock’s tautest albums, Appetite for Destruction, it’s all rallying bass, clamouring percussion and a surprisingly smooth vocal turn from Rose.Īxl Rose and Slash performing at Rock in Rio in 1991. “It’s so easy, easy / When everybody’s trying to please me.” That hook makes it unforgettable, but there’s more to It’s So Easy than its chorus. Izzy Stradlin’s lead vocal is a chilling industrial hum, but you still have the slicing guitar licks and restless energy needed for a bona fide hard rock stomper. If that swaggering drumbeat at the outset doesn’t get you moving, you’re either dead or deaf. 14 Double Talkin’ Jive (1991)ĭouble Talkin’ Jive is essentially a dance anthem pushed through the GnR filter. GnR may have gone weird, but there was no denying that they were still a force of nature. But then Rose’s drawn-out bark hits, and the clock’s been wound back 20 years. The title track opens the album with a minute of distant, pounding drums and dissonant guitars before breaking into an unabashedly industrial riff. 15 Chinese Democracy (2008)Ĭhinese Democracy wasn’t afraid to get weird from the off. Also, that call-and-answer chorus is among the band’s best. On an album that would flirt with everything from folk to prog, Rose and co wisely got everybody on board with a burst of old-school aggro. This guaranteed that Use Your Illusion I would start off with an adrenaline jolt.
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