On September 17, 1991, the hard rock band Guns N’ Roses released their groundbreaking albums Use Your Illusions I and II. They debuted, appropriately, at #2 and #1, respectively, on the Billboard charts, and have sold millions of copies. They were also a watershed moment for the band: GNR released Continue reading 30 years of “illusion”: a retrospective (part 1)
Hopefully, you’ve read my take on Guns N’ Roses’ album Use Your Illusion I, released on September 17, 1991. In this post, I’ll look at the simultaneously-released Use Your Illusion II. Though it was my favorite Guns record when it came out, I have to admit, upon coming back Continue reading 30 years of “illusion”: a retrospective (part 2)
If you grew up as a suburban teenage white boy in the 1980’s, your dad (if he was around) might have listened to Clapton or Hendrix. Your burnout older brother (if you had one) dug Jimmy Page, Brian May, or maybe Ace Frehley. By the time he went to high Continue reading evh: a guitar god for gen-x
