oh my god do people here like toto’s africa ironically? but… i genuinely love it. jt’s so good.
Slash
Oxford Street, London, Christmas Eve, 1965.
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The worst apart about loving older bands is the fact that I can never see them live. I will never be able to see my favourite band preform with all the members and it fucking sucks man. Most bands are broken up, can’t continue due to a death in the band or if they are all here, they wouldn’t do another tour or even a concert and it hurts. All we have are photos, their albums and videos with crappy quality. But I’ll still watch them because the closet I’ll ever get to seeing them live.
God the things I would do to see them live and all there
Once there was this rock n’ roll band rolling on the streets…
Raised in a working-class Indiana family, high school dropout Axl Rose had, by age 20, compiled a police record that included charges for public intoxication, criminal trespass, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. An ELO and Queen fan, the singer became friends with guitarist Izzy Stradlin, and the two joined forces in L.A. in the early Eighties to form a band. Crafting their name from those of two groups they’d played in, Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns, they formed Guns N’ Roses with English-born biracial guitarist Slash, whose parents, both in the music industry, had moved to L.A. when he was 11. With bassist Duff McKagan, whose own past included stealing a purported 133 automobiles, and drummer Steve Adler, the Gunners immediately accrued notoriety for their debauchery — alluding to the band’s heroin and alcohol abuse, their posters featured the legend “Addicted: Only the Strong Survive.” — Rolling Stone Magazine And became one of the most awesome fucking bands of all time.
Guns N’ Roses