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Originally Posted by N-E-B
I was a GNR nut in junior high and high school. I wasn't born when they were relevant, so seeing Axl and Slash together in 2017 was a dream come true (even if Axl sounds like Mickey Mouse now).
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Between the ages of 13-16 I was obsessed with them. I got a cassette of Appetite for Dustruction for Christmas '87 and I played the s*** out of that album for the better part of 2 years. Eventually I had to buy a CD copy after completely wearing out the tape. Those guys were a big deal at the time and kind of a bridge between hair metal and grunge. They were a little edgier, a little sleazier, and more badass than the rest of their Sunset Strip peers, and I also loved the bluesy Stones-like influence that Slash and Izzy brought to the band.
I got to see them live once in '93 in Edmonton on the last leg of the Illusion tour. I remember the show being good, but I had lost interest in them by that point and had moved on to bands like Pearl Jam, Nirvana, the Hip, etc.. But I was glad I finally got to see them, even though Izzy and Steve Adler were no longer in the band at that point.