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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1991 - May: Guns N’ Roses ”Use Your Illusion I” and ”Use Your Illusion II”
Description: Guns N' Roses had established themselves as top tier Rock artists in the mid through late 80's, and it had been three years without an album release by the time we rolled around to 1991. The band got its start in 1985 when members of the band L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose decided to combine. They released their debut album, "Appetite for Destruction" in 1987, which originally received disappointing sales, but which built over the next year to mainstream success. Their second album, "G N" R Lies" was a short album released at the end of 1988 which combined an earlier E.P...