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Podcast: Comics In Motion
Episode: Mandatory Music and CD: Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses
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Appetite for Destruction ReviewÂ
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Guns N' Roses' debut, Appetite for Destruction was a turning point for hard rock in the late '80s -- it was a dirty, dangerous, and mean record in a time when heavy metal meant nothing but a good time. On the surface, Guns N' Roses may appear to celebrate the same things as their peers -- namely, sex, liquor, drugs, and rock & roll -- but there is a nasty edge to their songs, since Axl Rose doesn't see much fun in the urban sprawl of L.A. a...