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DISGRACELAND

Guns N’ Roses Pt. 1: Brawling with Bowie, Juvenile Delinquency, Dealing Dope and Death at Donington

DISGRACELAND

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Music, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.613.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Few hard rock bands lived the life portrayed in their songs as authentically as Guns N’ Roses. Singer Axl Rose was driven by deep-seated demons that drove the creation of his band’s legendary debut album, Appetite For Destruction, as well as his legendary bad behavior. His band was hardly any different. Nearly dysfunctional from drug use and excess, their record label feared they would all die before their first album was even released. This episode was originally published on March 10, 2020. To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at ⁠www.disgracelandpod.com⁠. To listen to Disgraceland ad free and get access to a monthly exclusive episode, weekly bonus content and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at ⁠disgracelandpod.com/membership⁠. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - ⁠GET THE NEWSLETTER⁠ Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠YouTube⁠ ⁠X⁠ (formerly Twitter)  ⁠Facebook Fan Group⁠ ⁠TikTok To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, this goes Jake Brennan here. Listen to new episodes of Discrets Land from season

0:10.8

11 every Tuesday and catch the after party episodes every Thursday. This is where we

0:16.0

go deeper into the artist's stories. I'll share what I'm reading, listening to, and

0:19.6

what I'm watching, and I'll respond to your messages and questions, and of course,

0:22.8

I'll be reading the phone book. You've probably realized that we're releasing a lot of

0:26.3

previously exclusive episodes this month. We've got episodes on Studio 54, Prince, the

0:31.0

Missfits, Selena, way more than you've probably never heard before. You can listen to all

0:34.8

those episodes in a bunch more Discrets Land right now, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:39.0

Apple Podcasts, I Heart Radio, Spotify Stitcher, Cast Box, Amazon Music, you get the picture

0:43.8

where everywhere thank you for listening. Let's get into it.

0:47.5

Discrets Land is a production of Double Elvis.

0:56.3

The stories about guns and roses are insane. They brawled with cops, delped drugs, robbed

1:09.6

unsuspecting friends, fans, and one-night stands. Singer Axel Rose once slept with drummer

1:16.2

Stephen Adler's girlfriend and recorded her orgasm for an overdub in one of their songs.

1:22.6

Their music and the attitude that propelled it was so authentic and so compelling that it

1:27.9

instigated riots on multiple occasions.

1:31.8

Guns and roses was the real deal, violent, aggressive of the street and for the street, a

1:37.5

product of 1980s Los Angeles as bipolar as G&R has notoriously short-tempered and moody

1:43.6

frontman, hard and hedonistic all at once. And they made great music. That music you

1:50.5

heard at the top of the show, that wasn't great music. That was a preset loop from my

1:55.9

Melotron called Castro McQueen's Last Call, MK1. I played you that loop because I can't

2:03.7

afford the rights to roll with it by Steve Winwood. And why would I play you that specific slice

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