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At a time when pop was dominated by dance music and pop-metal, Guns N' Roses brought raw, ugly rock & roll crashing back into the charts. They were not nice boys; nice boys don't play rock & roll. They were ugly, misogynist, and violent; they were also funny, vulnerable, and occasionally sensitive, as their breakthrough hit, "Sweet Child O' Mine," showed. While Slash and Izzy Stradlin ferociously spit out dueling guitar riffs worthy of Aerosmith or the Stones, Axl Rose screeched out his tales of sex, drugs,... Read More

AC/DC, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Elton John, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Mötley Crüe, Queen, Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Van Halen, T. Rex, Hanoi Rocks, Faces, Cheap Trick, New York Dolls, The Stooges, Judas Priest and Ted Nugent

Buckcherry, Manic Street Preachers, Marilyn Manson, Mother Love Bone, Circus Of Power, Blind Melon and New American Shame