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Just listening to some Guns n Roses, what a bunch of rapscallions they were 😁

Read Slash: The Autobiography once. What an eye opener! And he was from Stoke, a genuine legend unlike the preening Robbie Williams.

Take that, Robbie.

Duff's autobiography is worth a look too.

Cheeky chappies indeed though, like Motley Crue, some aspects haven't aged too well!

Thanks both for the recommendations. That’s a couple of books added to my reading list 🤘

Funnily enough GnR seem to regard Motley Crue with disdain but I think that's a musical thing rather than a lifestyle thing. And quite rightly too, musically they are in a different league.

There used to be a GnR tribute band called Guns N Wankers.

Brilliant!

Guns n wankers weren't a gnr tribute band but they were completely brilliant.

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Come on man. GNR - one great album. Motley Crue at least two and they invented the power ballad ?!

I think mick Mars was quite under rated 

Every track on that "one great album" is better than anything Crue ever did and their other albums also had some great tracks on them even if the albums as a whole weren't as good as Appetite.

Motley Crue were musically mediocre and their songs simplistic clichés. If there were a grammy for "the most overhyped and overated rock band" they would come second to Kiss. I'll grant you they are in another league to Kiss but that's because when it comes to overhyped and overated, Kiss are in a league of their own.

In terms of pure swagger I'd put Too Fast For Love over Appetite (just). In terms of musicality Appetite for sure. Mick Mars always underrated in my opinion, Slash is equally restricted but effective.

I can dig the KISS diss mind.

Only if you rated him as really not very good at all. There's not a shred of originality about his playing. And Vince Neil was a dreadful singer, I have to wince when I hear him straining to hit notes and that's on studio recordings, no wonder he was so bad live. If you want decent singing on a Crue album you have to listen to the one John Corabi did!