Originally Posted by mr dave

ooOOOOooo something contentious

regardless of Axl's attitude the band released some stellar hard rock back in the day. it's easy to write them off as just another hair act at this point in the game but unlike all the poofter 'metal' chumps who were dominating the scene at the time acting like spandex and pouty faces made them tough G n' R actually were rock and roll bad boys. not a single one of them had a reputation for being a nice guy deep down. they were one of the last bands that still brought an element of danger to the table and did it well.

Appetite for Destruction is killer from start to finish, Lies is fantastic as well, the Illusion albums are where things start to slide into excess, two good albums that should have been a single great followup to Appetite, with its filler left for the Spaghetti Incident instead of a bunch of apparently contrived covers. though it's easy to be a retroactive armchair producer fact remains they were a significant and iconic band in their day and most definitely deserving of a nod in my eyes.